Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is an abbreviated version of Rep. Steve Farley's latest Farley Report (edited for state legislative issues): Here we are in October, and our deficit is now $1.5 billion and growing. Constitutionally, the Legislature is supposed to have delivered a balanced budget on June 30, but no one seems to want to … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I received a press release that I will pass along for your information. The Gathering Voices Against Prop 200 to Hold Thursday Press Conference Please Join Us! Thursday, October 8 3 p.m. Reid Park Zoo 1100 S. Randolph Way Main Entrance The Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, labor unions, developers, homeless advocates, … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Pima Association of Taxpayers is sponsoring a public forum today on the Tucson ballot initiatives, the "Public Safety First" initiative (Prop. 200) and the TUSD budget override initiatives (Props. 401 and 402). Speakers for and against the propositions will present their arguments. What: Public forum on ballot initiatives Where: Joel D. … Read more
By Michael Bryan Tucson's ballot initiative to peg the ratio of emergency personnel to population seems to me to be the latest iteration of populist discontent being cynically used to snatch at political power while denigrating and disempowering representative democracy. Too frequently over the past few decades we have seen progressive institutions such as the … Read more
By Karl Reiner The water level in the Colorado River’s storage lakes has been steadily dropping, leading to the possibility that Tucson will face a water shortage in the future. As consumers of local ground water and supplies from the Colorado, we need to start paying attention to the problem. The combined effects of population growth, drought and global warming trends are turning the region’s water future murky. … Read more