Tim Bee Working to Limit Impact Fees on New Construction

Link: Home builders push to limit impact fee increases – The Business Journal of Phoenix

What ever happened to Republicans being in favor of local control and smaller, less-intrusive government?

Now, it seems that they are only in favor of doing the bidding of big business in whatever way they can, by whatever means they can, with no philosophical justification whatever.

Tim Bee is now carrying water for Home Builder’s Association of Central Arizona, forcing a two year delay before any new impact fees on new construction takes effect. These fees are far too low currently, not nearly recapturing the costs of infrastructure and services to new development. But Big Stucco doesn’t like these fees, especially during a new home starts and sales downturn like we’re now seeing. So Timmy is riding to the rescue by sponsoring a this new bill.

Is it because he feels that new growth in Tucson is already actually paying for itself with impact fees—in which case, he needs some schoolin’—or because he really, really badly needs to raise some major money, and the construction industry is one of the biggest sugar tits around for Arizona pols—in which case, isn’t he putting the needs of McMansion builders ahead of the needs of his hometown?