More growth. More density. More traffic. Vote no.
Raoul Zubia has already told Scottsdale voters where he stands. He argued against slowing growth, his allies promoted him as the anti-NIMBY choice, and Councilwoman Maryann McAllen publicly endorsed him. Scottsdale does not need another growth-first vote on the City Council.
His own words and endorsements tell Scottsdale voters what to expect.
Zubia argued against slowing Scottsdale growth. His allies promoted him as the anti-NIMBY choice. Councilwoman Maryann McAllen publicly endorsed him. Those are warning signs for residents who want less density, less traffic, and a Council that puts neighborhoods first.
In the Aug. 2, 2022 nonpartisan primary for three Scottsdale City Council seats, Zubia finished 6th of 7 candidates. He received 17,755 votes, 10.4% of the total, ahead of only one opponent, and did not advance to the general election. Scottsdale already saw this campaign once.
Source:Ballotpedia - Raoul Zubia (2022 nonpartisan primary results)
“If we stop growing... it's just going to go somewhere else.”
At a June 2022 Scottsdale Council candidate debate covered by Scottsdale Progress, Zubia argued against slowing growth, saying: "If we stop growing or slow down our growth, it's just going to go somewhere else and they are going to be using the same water we should be using." His answer was not no to more growth; it was managed growth with developers adding density "responsibly." Scottsdale voters should expect more growth, not less.
Source:Scottsdale Progress - Council candidates debate Scottsdale issues
When activist Paula Sturgeon dropped out of the 2022 Scottsdale Council race, she endorsed Zubia as her replacement. Arizona Progress Gazette covered the handoff under the headline "Can He Carry the Anti-NIMBY Torch?" and explicitly hoped Zubia shared Sturgeon's pro-business views against the "Council of No." That is how his allies sold him to voters. The record does not disappear because the year changed.
Councilwoman Maryann McAllen publicly endorsed Zubia for Council in a Facebook ad paid for by ZUBIAFORSCOTTSDALE: "Raoul Zubia lives and breathes all things Scottsdale... He would be a strong addition to the Scottsdale City Council, and I look forward to working with him." McAllen is also listed first on Zubia's published Host Committee for his Feb. 24, 2026 campaign launch. Scottsdale voters should take that endorsement seriously.
Scottsdale needs fewer giveaways to growth, not another vote for more of it.
Zubia did not promise to slow growth. He argued the opposite, saying that if Scottsdale slows down, growth will simply go somewhere else. His allies celebrated him as the anti-NIMBY choice, putting him on the wrong side of residents fighting more traffic, more density, and more development pressure.
Now Zubia has the public support of Councilwoman Maryann McAllen. His own words and political backers point in the same direction: more growth and less power for the neighborhoods expected to absorb it. Read the evidence, share it with a neighbor, and vote no on Raoul Zubia.
“Choose neighborhoods over more growth. Reject Raoul Zubia.”
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