Commentary

In other words, as we have said many times, we aren’t looking under rocks for headline-grabbing sensationalism.

Marketing/public-relations director and designated broker for real estate superstar Michael Pollack, Patrick Cassidy sits back on the wrought-iron chair at a Tempe Starbucks and launches into a story about a woman who awoke one morning hearing her 2-year-old son screaming in agony.

We are still in the midst of a strong seller market—both locally in the Kyrene Corridor and throughout most of the Valley.

Sure, other community newspapers do it. But we’re not like everyone else.

Any time a tragic event happens, you remember where you were when you heard the news. That’s how it was for me and the Boston Marathon bombing.

A fundraiser for a Tempe Union High School District student battling a rare, life-threatening illness, takes place 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, Phoenix.

Do you ever hear about tragedies and cancer patients and natural disasters and think to yourself: “For heaven’s sake! I’m just one person. What am I supposed to do about all this?”

To me, a newspaper will always be what the name says it is: News on paper.