The deadline for nomination petitions for the upcoming races in the City of Tucson for Mayor & Tucson Council members in Ward 1, 2 and 4 was on April 3 at 5 p.m. Here’s the list of who’s running for the Primary and General in 2023: Mayor: Regina Romero (D), incumbent (one term), former … Read more
Has it truly been 9 years since I joined this group of good bloggers at Blog for Arizona? I remember it being Feb. 11, 2014 and I had been asked to come on by the mysterious, long-time blogger AZ Blue Meanie, to post community and political events. Here was my chance to continue the community … Read more
The Democratic primaries for Tucson City Council are coming up on August 3, 2021 in Wards 3 and 6. The primaries are in the wards only, not citywide till the General Election on November 2, 2021. Running in Ward 3 open seat are Kevin Dahl, conservation activist and Juan Padres, businessman. Juan ran before against … Read more
Mayor Regina Romero and the six Tucson Councilmembers had a study session today on their survey results after the 45 day pause voted on March 9, for the proposed expansion of the Reid Park Zoo. The survey results by 14,000 participants were the most “neutral” for Concept/option D. City of Tucson City Manager Michael Ortega … Read more
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero has issued a letter today seeking common ground between the Reid Park zoo and the Save the Heart of Reid Park activists, about the proposed zoo expansion which would destroy the south duck pond and Barnum Hill. I wrote about this conflict back in December against this destruction: (https://blogforarizona.net/save-the-heart-of-reid-park) and the … Read more