Brain Spool

I have decided to do a dead simple book review every Sunday. Some of this is to just share what I’m reading. Rather than go with some complex rating system a book will either be a thumbs up or a…

Many people asked me what I thought about State Legistlator approving a nearly $140 million cut in soft capital budget for K-12 education. I never like to see education getting it’s budget cut….

Based on the Gangplank Futurespective, one thing I promised myself to investigate was Creative Economy AZ. This is an initiative to raise 1/10th of cent sales tax for the next 20 years to help…

The other day I lamenting about “Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” and this week I noticed that the Phoenix Business Journal a list of entrepreneurs that found funding this year.

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Will you be home for the holidays? Thanksgiving weekend come to downtown Chandler and do some ice skating while listening to Dicken’s carolers. Fun for everyone!

1-9 p.m. Public skating on…

There are so many reasons to love and celebrate living in Metro Phoenix. We have a plethora of great State and National Parks, which need your support. We are also in close driving distance to many…

Dr. Lattie Coor, started a Think Do Tank (Center for the Future of Arizona) after stepping down as president of Arizona State University in 2002. I never really paid attention, but recently…

I had the pleasure of participating in a Chandler’s Local Bites meet up last week. Local Bites allows local Chandler restaurants to get together and solve problems they face and increase…

Sam Richard has an excellent piece over at the Downtown Phoenix Journal on Size Does Matter. He discusses how messed up the boundaries and representation for the City of Phoenix currently is.

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