by admin | Jul 10, 2024 | Current News Posts, Election Straight Talk
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...
by admin | Jun 26, 2024 | Current News Posts, Election Straight Talk
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...
by admin | Jun 21, 2024 | Current News Posts, Election Straight Talk
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...
by admin | May 15, 2024 | Current News Posts, Election Straight Talk
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,”...
by admin | May 2, 2024 | Election Straight Talk
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...
by admin | May 1, 2024 | Election Straight Talk
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”...
