Cave Creek
Deserves a Mayor
Who Can Get It Done.
Not a politician. A problem solver.
Thirty years of executive leadership. A family-man committed to this community. A clear plan for water, affordability, and preserving the town we love.
ABOUT BRIAN HARDY
Businessman. Neighbor.
Cave Creek First.
Brian Hardy is not a career politician. He is a Cave Creek neighbor who runs businesses, makes payroll, and has to be accountable when things go wrong.
He moved to Cave Creek for the same reasons most of his neighbors did – the open desert, the dark skies, and a community that chose itself deliberately. He is running because the decisions facing Cave Creek over the years to come are too consequential to leave to someone whose instinct is to manage the message rather than solve the problem.
GM & VP – Thomason/BARBER Autogroup
Led multi-site operations with complex budgets and large teams. When numbers were short, he found the savings. No committees. Results.
Founder – Cross Point NW Auto Auction
Built from scratch and became one of the largest auto auctions in the country. Self funded, hired staff, made payroll every week. That is what balancing a budget looks like when it’s your money.
Owner – Auto Boom Scottsdale (current)
Running a specialized exotic luxury auto dealership today, employing hardworking Arizonans. Not a former executive – an active one.
Water Security
A specific plan to protect Cave Creek’s water – not talking points. Finalize exchange agreements is Priority One.
affordability
The lens applied to every decision. Protect the no-property-tax model. Exhaust every option before bills rise.
Preserving Cave Creek
Enforce the General Plan. Complete the 4,005-acre open space acquisition. Cave Creek stays Cave Creek.
Issue #1 — The Dominant Issue
Cave Creek’s Water:
A Real Plan.
Cave Creek’s only major water source.
Mandatory CAP/Colorado River water cuts begin January 2027.
Before Cave Creek’s water buffer runs out.
FINALIZE EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS
Essentially done is not done. Hardy will complete the water agreements with Peoria and Surprise as a top priority.
One Test for Any Utility Sale
Will Cave Creek residents have more water security and affordable bills in 20 years? If the answer is not clearly yes, Hardy will not agree.
Keep Harquahala on the Table
The town wisely withdrew when the infrastructure wasn’t ready. When it is, Cave Creek needs to be at the front of the line, not scrambling to catch up.
Champion Conservation
Advocate for water savings strategies to save citizens money.
Full Transparency Before Any Vote
Any utility sale will affect every Cave Creek household for decades. Hardy will require public hearings, independent financial review, and plain-language rate projections before any council vote.
Issue #2 — The Differentiator
Affordability Is the Lens.
Affordability is not a single program. It is the standard Brian Hardy applies across every decision Cave Creek faces – from rate design to the utility sale, from the open space bond to every rezoning request.
No Property Tax
Cave Creek charges zero local property tax. That is a deliberate community commitment Hardy will defend as a binding obligation – not a talking point.
Water Rate Discipline
Cave Creek already has the highest sewer rates in the Valley. Before any new fee lands on your bill, Hardy will exhaust every federal grant, state loan, and regional partnership.
Tourism Pays the Bills
Bike Week, Rodeo Days, Cave Creek Road – they fund everything. Hardy welcomes every visitor, but when events run out of control, residents pay the price. He will fix that.
Open Space – Smart Financing
The 4,005-acre State Trust Land acquisition uses the Excise Tax Revenue Bond – backed by existing sales tax, no new property tax.
Private-Sector Discipline
Every significant expenditure passes the same test Hardy applies in business: does this produce real results for the people it is supposed to serve?
Transparency First
Before any water deal, utility sale, or major financing decision, residents will see a plain-language projection of what it means for their monthly bill. No surprises.
Issue #3 – a PROMISE
Cave Creek should stay ‘Cave Creek’.
Cave Creek incorporated in 1986 for one reason: to stop Phoenix from absorbing it and turning it into another suburb. The General Plan is that promise written into law. We need to remember that when it comes to every policy decision.
- Complete the 4,005-acre open space acquisition. The financing is approved. The community wants it. Hardy will see it across the finish line.
- Fight FAA noise over Cave Creek. Hardy will be loudly representing Cave Creek’s right to quiet skies.
- Defend local control against state preemption. Cave Creek residents, not Phoenix legislators, decide what Cave Creek looks like.
- No rezoning without genuine community input. The town should not process rezoning quietly.
“Cave Creek did not incorporate to become Scottsdale. We incorporated to stay Cave Creek. That is still the only job that matters.”
Cave Creek Is Home. Not a Stepping Stone.
Brian and Annie Hardy have been married 30 years – they met in high school and built a life together. They are the proud parents of two sons and a daughter, and the loving grandparents of two. When they are not working or engaged in the community, you will find the family hiking through Cave Creek’s wilderness, or on one of their favorite rafting trips. Cave Creek is not a campaign backdrop for Brian Hardy. It is where his family lives, where his grandchildren visit, and where he intends to spend the rest of his life.