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Why do Zubia’s allies in Scottsdale avoid the issues?

OPINION — The opinion pages have been busy this election — and the pattern is impossible to ignore.

Residents who support Barry Graham and Michelle Ugenti-Rita — or the many who have doubts about Raoul Zubia — are focusing on the issues: the connection between high-density apartments and water security, short-term rentals, neighborhood safety, the Bar District and civility, along with an out-of-state super PAC spending huge sums to tip the election.

Zubia's supporters have taken different approaches, like using cruel labels, mean-spirited innuendo and whataboutisms that never quite answer the question that was asked. Some are recounting that Mr. Zubia was born here, that he's friendly and that he cares.

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