Lately, “hot mic” moments – during which people don’t realize their comments are on microphone – have been all the rage in politics.

Last week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was heard mumbling an apology to President Donald Trump for not being prepared to give an AI investment number. A week earlier, Russian and Chinese Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were caught pondering organ transplants and immortality.

Scottsdale is hardly immune to the public awkwardness, with a Councilman Barry Graham "hot mic" moment at the Sept. 9 City Council meeting.

One month earlier, on a video of the Aug. 5 Scottsdale Unified Board District Governing Board meeting, board member Carine Werner – who was participating remotely – can be heard complaining “This is what I have to listen to.”

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