Who’s Hanging with Ramon Valadez?

Ramon Valadez is having a kick-off fund-raiser. Appropriately enough at the Rio Nuevo Business Plaza (developed by Diamond Ventures).

In case that small type listing the hosts is hard to read, and maybe those names aren’t so familiar to Democrats in our community, here they are:

Bill Estes III (R, SD
4) of The Estes Co., a longtime residential developer in the Tucson
market

David Goldstein (O, SD
1), President of Diamond Ventures

Mike Grassinger (O, SD
4), Principal of The Planning Center

David Greenberg (O, SD
1), President, DR Horton Homes

Robert Iannarino (R,
SD 1), Real Estate Developer/Engineer, Diamond
Ventures

Chris Kemmerly (R, SD
1) CEO Kemmerly Homes

Rob Longaker (O, SD
1), WLB Group

Ken Perry (R, SD 1),
Principal and Vice-President of Land Development, Engineering and Environmental
Consultants, Inc.

Michael Racy (R, SD
1), lobbyist, Racy Associates (clients include Diamond Ventures and Tucson
Airport Authority)

Keri Silvyn (D, SD 1),
Attorney, Lewis & Roca, in Real Estate practice representing developers, including Diamond Ventures.

Priscilla Storm (R, SD
3), vice president for public policy and community planning, Diamond Ventures.

John
Take, managing principal at Stantec, which is designing a wastewater
treatment plant in Marana.

Mark
Taylor, Westland Resources

Alice Templeton (D, SD
2), Project Manager, Stantec Consulting

Corey Thompson (R, SD
4), Engineer, Stantec Consulting

Jim Tress (O, SD 1),
Principal, Westland Resources

Richard Underwood (R,
SD 1), Owner, AAA Landscaping

Vince Vasquez (R, SD
4), Diamond Ventures

These are the folks
hosting Ramon’s fund-raiser. All developers, lobbyists, lawyers and consultants for
developers. Only two are even Democrats, and only one even lives in Ramon’s
district. So, I guess that who really supports Ramon. And who Ramon really represents.

Of course, I suppose he could still prove me wrong… but I’m not holding my breath.