Scottsdale mayor says she never skipped court over speeding ticket, calls controversy ‘a setup’

Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky says she never skipped a court date over a photo radar ticket because she never knew the citation existed until a reporter called her after it had already been dismissed.

“There was no court date. That didn’t happen. No skipped court date, no ducking out on a fine,” Borowsky told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show Thursday. “There was no fine because the citation was dismissed before I even knew about it. Those are the facts.”

Borowsky said she never received notice of the citation and still has not seen it.

“I have contacted two people in the city of Scottsdale, high up, and said, ‘Can I pay this?’ … And they said, ‘Absolutely not, it’s not an option.’ So that’s where I stand right now,” Borowsky said.

She said the city also rejected her request to obtain a copy and pay the citation retroactively.

“I asked if I could pay it, if I could see it, pay it. The answer was no. It’s been dismissed. It’s purged from the system,” Borowsky explained.

Scottsdale mayor calls Arizona Republic coverage inaccurate

Borowsky disputed an Arizona Republic report that she avoided a $334 fine after a city photo radar camera caught her speeding in October.

The citation alleged she was driving 58 mph in a 40-mph zone near Scottsdale and Thomas roads at 3:06 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2025, according to ABC15.

“The way that this has been reported from the get-go: Arizona Republic: ‘Mayor skips court date.’ I’m a lawyer. You can’t skip a court date unless you have a notice or notice to appear,” Borowsky said.

There was no court date, she added.

“No skipped court date, no ducking out on a fine,” Borowsky said. “There was no fine because the citation was dismissed before I even knew about it. Those are the facts.”

‘It’s easy to find out where I work,’ Lisa Borowsky says

Borowsky disputed reports that process servers repeatedly tried to reach her, saying she reviewed the entry records for her gated community and found no evidence of those visits.

“I’ve checked the gate log. No process server came through,” Borowsky said.

Borowsky argued that she could have easily been served at City Hall.

“I mean, let’s be honest, it’s easy to find out where I work. It is effective service if they would have walked in and laid it on my reception desk at City Hall. No one did that,” Borowsky said.

Scottsdale mayor says the international scandal feels like ‘a setup’

The story has become international, with the English newspaper The Daily Mail covering it, referring to her as a “female mayor.” Notably, the paper over the pond doesn’t refer to other American mayors who make news, like New York City’s Zohran Mamdani, as “male mayors.”

Borowsky finds her ticket’s online virality, and the intense focus, fishy.

“I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it kind of feels like a setup here,” she said. “This happened in October, an anonymous blogger suddenly comes out with it on X, then it catches fire.”

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