Government Oversight & Accountability Team

Protecting the interests of the herd.

GOOD|GOAT focuses on good government where it actually affects people — at the neighborhood level. Making sure citizens have access, a voice, and the means to hold local government accountable.

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Public Records & Open Government

A.R.S. § 39-121 enforcement, sunshine law

Public Land & Preserve Protection

Mountain Preserve, Sonoran Preserve, parks

Voter-Mandated Compliance

Bond promises, 3PI, audit enforcement

Park Stewardship & Naming

Tributes, naming policy, maintenance

Active Matters

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Public Safety · Reverse Lanesactive

Safer 7s — Phoenix Reverse Lanes

GOOD|GOAT's data-driven campaign on Phoenix's reverse-lane program. Crash rates on 7th Street and 7th Avenue are double comparable corridors — and non-motorists account for 82% of fatalities despite just 1% of crashes. The City's 2021 study had the data. It didn't surface it.

Park Stewardship · Public Trustactive

The “Living” Tree Celebration

Phoenix families paid $500 each for a living tribute to a loved one. The plaques remain at North Mountain & Papago Parks. Many of the trees do not.

Public Land · Preserve Protectionactive

From Trail to Steel — Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Citizens’ coalition AG complaint over a steel-and-concrete footbridge built on protected Phoenix Mountains Preserve land — without Council approval, without a disclosed permit, and without the environmental assessment required by the City Charter.

Naming Rights · Public Spaceactive

Jesse Owens Park — Renaming Campaign

GOOD|GOAT is petitioning the City of Phoenix to rename Cesar Chavez Park in honor of Jesse Owens, who made Phoenix his home from 1972 until his death in 1980.

Voter-Mandated Compliance · Litigation Holdactive

Phoenix Parks & Preserves Initiative Tax Grift

Pre-litigation hold letter served on the City of Phoenix. Counsel concludes 3PI funds were used for golf-debt retirement contrary to ballot language, and the voter-mandated annual audit was replaced with a management-controlled attestation.

In Memory · 1929–2025

Greta Rogers — the original GOOD|GOAT. Read her story →

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deniedJan 1, 19703PI · Public RecordsCity Misses Deadline on 3PI General-Ledger Records Request activeMay 7, 2026Safer 7s · Public SafetySafer 7s: GOOD|GOAT Launches Public Safety Campaign on Phoenix Reverse Lanes filedMay 6, 2026Public RecordsOral Argument Held on Discovery Motion in Public Records Case