Wow! Tucson Rejects Wal-Mart Petitions!

The Tucson Citizen reported in their July 5 issue that the city of Tucson did not accept Wal-Mart's petition to put a portion of the "big-Box" ordinance on the ballot. Read it here. Read the Article in the Arizona Daily Star of July 6 by clicking here.

Beating The Zoning Code

New blogger Mike Arnold discusses his lawsuit against the Town of Oro Valley regarding what he describes as a "Slimy Way To Beat The Zoning Code." It is interesting to see how the Town does not hesitate to use our tax money to fight our citizens in court. Click here to read Mike's comment.

Oro Valley First Trying To Reach OV Citizens

The Explorer printed a front page story in their July 4 issue concerning Oro Valley First trying to reach as many citizens as possible asking for support.

Reporter Patrick McNamara did a good job in getting quotes from a number of sources.

We would ask our readers to read the quotes carefully, especially those of OV1st spokesperson, and council candidate, Salette Latas, and those of mayor Paul Loomis. Each reader can decide: Who is more believable? As to the other quotes, the Wal-Mart spokesperson sounds very much like David Malin, Vestar Project Manager-----and we know how believable he was!

Read the article by clicking here.

AZ Star Reports On Crematorium "Time-Line"

The Arizona Star reports in the July 5 online edition (as we originally did in our posting of June 25,) that the the neighbors who filed a lawsuit against Oro Valley are not liable to pay the crematorium owners (who opted in as intervenor), the $25,000 in court costs they sought.

Perhaps bloggers may be more interested in the "time-line" on this issue, as noted in the accompanied story. Click here to read the article.

Innovation Park Land Swap Proposed

As reported in The Arizona Daily Star July 5 online edition, the land owners in Innovation Park will be presenting their case for a "land swap" to the Planning & Zoning Commission at 6:00 PM on July 12 at Town Hall. Read about this issue that we first reported on last week, by clicking here.