Whimsical Woodland: Autocrat Mayor Undermines Staff
In Show of Self-Serving Favoritism, Friedel Rejects Rules to Make His Own. First, let’s recognize...
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Category: Flourish Forum
Jennifer Wright Officially Joins Team ‘Hide the Ball’
Gerry Friedel and his four teammates have accomplished little during the first year of the ROT...
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Do You Remember Mayoral Candidate Friedel Running on ‘Transparency’? We Do!
“In a chaotic discussion wherein Mayor Gerry Friedel had Sheriff’s deputies clear the council...
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A Town Attorney Appointment Undermining Public Trust
It has been three months since the Fountain Hills Town Council belatedly approved the Professional...
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Fountain Hills Officials Punished a Paper for Coverage They Don’t Like
Right-Wing Town Officials Decided to Remove a Media Table for the Local Paper in Retaliation Over...
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A Second Homeschooling Candidate Resigns from the FHUSD Governing Board
On October 11, 2025, Madicyn Reid resigned her position as a member of the Fountain Hills Unified...
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Councilmember McMahon Rebukes Move to Restrict Public Participation
Fountain Hills Times Independent, Nov. 19, 2025: “In a chaotic discussion wherein Mayor...
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No – Our Voice & Right to Speak Is Not a ‘Toy’ to Be Taken
We will describe the meeting exactly as it unfolded. The Tuesday, Nov. 18, Fountain Hills Town...
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Allen Skillicorn’s War on Truth – and the Bodycam That Exposes It
In the weeks since unprecedented sanctions were levied against him, Fountain Hills Councilmember...
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ROT’s Chair Spins Fiction, Not Facts – Skillicorn Broke the Law
Cavanaugh’s call for apologies ignores what Skillicorn’s own “Fake Charges” video proves—that he...
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Mayor Friedel Questions Long-Time Resident’s Right to Speak
During the Nov. 4 Fountain Hills Town Council meeting, a decade-long resident, Ms. Villa-Watkins,...
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Mayor Friedel’s Double Standard on Decorum
The Fountain Hills Town Council’s Rules of Procedure 5.2.G5 state in part: “In order to conduct an...
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