Emil Franzi writes in the June 25 Edition of the "Explorer" about the Oro Valley Marketplace, Wal-Mart and more. In the article, Franzi notes:
"The current Wal-Mart dispute in Oro Valley, a sure highlight in the upcoming town election, should be based on two fundamentals beyond the relative virtues or vices of Wal-Mart itself. Why did three town council members — Helen Dankwerth, Barry Gillaspie and Terry Parish — bail out on their original position opposing the Vestar development subsidy? That opposition got them elected. They need to explain what changed after they got there and why it was an important enough revelation to cause them (but not council members K.C. Carter and Paula Abbott) to reverse themselves. Simple courtesy let alone good governance demands that.
The second argument should be why Vestar needed a subsidy and fudged (the most polite and understated word I can use) their arguments during the referendum campaign about what their development would include. The council needs to address this, too. Their voters have been conned twice — once by them and again by Vestar."
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2 comments:
Thank you Emil for setting the record straight. The voters of Oro Valley were hoodwinked and fooled by people we trusted, the Council, and then people we should not have trusted, Vestar.
I think it'll be a LONG time before I'll trust this, or any other Council again. However, I've noticed that when it comes to somethings, i.e.: parks "for the children", memories are awfully short; I think I'll be in the minority (again).
I don't get out much,so give me an idea of what sort of response the original supporters of the OVM had once it was announced that a Walmart was being built. Thanks.
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