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Information you need to know before you vote
Who Is Behind NicoPAC Political Signs Around Fountain Hills? Hint: It Is an Outsider Funded By Ruinous Interests
Who’s behind the deceitful anti-Dickey signs and those promoting Corrigan and Watts that are appearing around #FountainHills? A far-right activist immersed in MAGA, conspiracy theories, and far-right conservatism is depositing political signs around town, funded...
UNFIT TO SERVE
We expect our candidates for Town Council to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and knowledge to serve effectively as our representatives. We also expect our candidates to demonstrate that they have sound judgment, value collegiality, and have a...
THE PROJECT 2025 MANDATE FOR LEADERSHIP AND FOUNTAIN HILLS – Political and Religious Extremists Are Intent on Taking Control of Our Town
The Appeal to Heaven Flag and the Second American Revolution Recently, Councilmember Allen Skillicorn changed his on-line profile image to a painting depicting George Washington holding the “Appeal to Heaven Flag". The Appeal to Heaven Flag, also known as...
NO, MAYOR DICKEY DID NOT VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT……BUT ALLEN SKILLICORN DID
It is campaign season in #FountainHills and, true to form, ROT with the avid support of Councilmember Allen Skillicorn have made every effort to ensure that the slime continues to ooze down Avenue of the Fountains. This time, they are relying on Tony Pierce, the...
NO, GINNY DICKEY AND PEGGY MCMAHON ARE NOT CONSPIRING WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES TO BRING ELECTRIC TRUCKS TO FOUNTAIN HILLS-
"GARBAGEGATE” LIKE “REFERENDUMGATE” IS ANOTHER OF ROT’S DARK FANTASIES Another week and yet another false narrative circulating on social media generated by ROT and Allen Skillicorn, the tireless and increasingly tiresome agent of chaos. As a result, we must...
Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce 2024 Legislative Report –
Fountain Hills Town Council Candidate Scorecard ROT-SUPPORTED CANDIDATES ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLASS The Fountain Hills Chamber of...
A Flailing Friedel Enlists an Ally to Buttress His False Claims About the MCSO Contract
A candidate who feels compelled to enlist a spokesperson to reinforce his false campaign claims is in serious trouble. Gerry Friedel must believe that his campaign is on the rocks as evidenced by his recent ploy of trotting out his old buddy, David Spelich, to...
FOUNTAIN HILLS IS NOT PAYING TO POLICE RIO VERDE & TONTO VERDE
You can tell that election season is in full swing by the number and frequency of incendiary rumors in circulation. Many of these rumors are attributable to #GerryFriedel, the man who aspires to be our mayor and should be striving to earn our trust. Instead, he is...
Friedel Friday: Special Edition
It’s Friday again and time for another edition of “Friedel Friday.” Where will Gerry take us this week? He has already taken us to the Splash Pad and the Skate Park, both of which fall clearly within the “nice to have” category he has publicly disdained. Will he...
‘We didn’t start the fire. No, we didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight it.’
With apologies to Fall Out Boy The Fire Starter Has to Go More than a year ago, in February 2023, a grandmother wrote her very first letter to the editor. The newspaper, a weekly, was published in #FountainHills, a town known for its “close-knit community,"...
Round and around we go!
Every so often, someone on a local social media page makes a negative remark about the town’s roundabout at Avenue of the Fountains and La Montana, often to stir the pot. It usually triggers a slew of opinions, conjectures, and even insults. Our roundabout not only...
WHEN CONSPIRACY THEORIES SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE
Some #FountainHills residents flipped their lids recently with the story announcing the town's social media request of residents to manage weeds on their properties, even launching into tirades about "big government's" "money-making" initiative. The best way to...
DOES COUNCILMEMBER FRIEDEL MEAN WHAT HE SAYS?
Cap: Does Councilmember Friedel mean what he says?Posted Friday, March 15, 2024 10:51 am Pam Cap | Fountain HillsThe next council meeting will be a nail-biter. Especially when it comes to how Councilmember Friedel votes regarding Councilmember Skillicorn’s ethics...
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