If there is big drama on a relatively minor, powerless advisory committee made up of volunteers – yes, you’re in Scottsdale.

Though certainly not as air-consuming as some of the controversies on City Council 2025 (canceling DEI, the sustainability plan and a roundabout; “Parkingate”; mayor staffing tug-of-war, etc.), the Budget Review Commission is off to a bumpy second act.

Indeed, at the Oct. 7 council meeting – concerning the banal-sounding agenda item “Budget Review Commission code amendments” – Mayor Lisa Borowsky accused her colleagues of “tying (commissioner’s) hands behind their backs” and taking “another swipe at undermining” the mayor’s office.

“I’m completely opposed to everything that’s being discussed,” she added. “I don’t know what the goal is other than to deprive the Bud

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