Projects & Initiatives.
A nonprofit holding government accountable to the public it serves — through advocacy campaigns and litigation matters.
Public campaigns.
When the right path is to organize, petition, document, and apply public pressure. We file complaints, deliver letters, attend hearings, and hold the receipts. Each campaign has a clear ask and a public record.
Safer 7s.
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.
ActivePublic feedback window open through May 29, 2026Rename It Jesse Owens Park.
Petitioning the City of Phoenix to rename the park currently bearing the name of Cesar Chavez — in honor of an American hero whose Phoenix years were defined by service, integrity, and excellence.
From Trail to Steel.
AG complaint filed regarding unauthorized construction of a steel-and-concrete "footbridge" at the Ocotillo Trailhead within the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. No permit. No environmental assessment. No notice.
Legal action.
When advocacy alone cannot enforce a voter-approved commitment or a statutory right, we work with outside counsel to take the next step. Each matter is briefed in plain language and supported by a public docket of filings.
Phoenix Parks & Preserves Initiative.
Two parallel actions on 3PI: a litigation hold letter on systemic compliance failures (golf-debt diversion, attestation-not-audit, concealment of material expenditures), and a public-records demand seeking native SAP general-ledger data the City has refused to produce in usable format.
ActiveRecords deadline missed · May 1, 2026Recent updates across our work.
Cases we follow.
Matters where GOOD|GOAT is not the lead party but the outcome bears on public-records, open-meetings, or oversight law in Arizona. We document the docket, archive the public record, and cover the rulings.
Thacker v. Phoenix & Pastor.
A statutory special action under A.R.S. § 39-121.02. Two records requests sat for roughly seventeen months without substantive response. Internal email later showed the requester was added to a "high-profile PRR" watchlist. Discovery motion argued May 5, 2026.
Thacker v. City of Phoenix.
Statutory special action testing whether Phoenix can pre-approve a year of executive sessions in a single November vote and notice them only as "Community Citizen Comment." Trial-court judgment for the City; appeal filed.