The Explorer reports that the Oro Valley Town Council may consider raising fees for both commercial and residential development plan reviews. Compared to the towns of Marana and Sahuarita, Oro Valley fees are dramatically less. While,as we noted in a prior posting, what Oro Valley pays its employees is dramatically more. Something wrong with this picture? You think?
Click here to read the article and to compare the fees.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
A Reader Tells Us; "Fire Council Members Responsible For Our Utility Tax"
One of our astute readers sent us the following message. We believe she echos the sentiments of many Oro Valley citizens. By the way, i was Helen "The Tax" Dankwerth who pushed the utility tax on us. She was joined by Terry "It's A Home Run" Parish, Paul Loomis, the Teflon Man, and Mr. Invisible, Al Kunisch. Although we can't "fire" them, we can certainly vote Dankwerth and Parish out of office in the March 2008 election.
Art
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I read it in an Arizona Daily Star article (Sept 6) and it still grinds me. It was an announcement of the use of the new Oro Valley Utility Tax to expand police presence at our elementary,
middle and high schools. What?? I don't know when Copper Creek, Wilson (K-8) and Painted Sky Elementary schools became hotbeds of crime to justify full time resource officers at each location. Additionally, there are now two full time officers at each of the high schools. Talk about wastefulness.
When the police department spoke of better coverage per capita in our town, I didn't know they meant cushy SRO coverage at our schools. And let's be honest. Have you ever witnessed a local arrest? Officers buzz in from all directions like bees to a hive. Shortage? Why isn't our utility tax money being used for, say, burying utility lines? If SRO's are the most urgent need we have, perhaps that utility tax should be rolled back. And please, please fire the council members responsible for it.
Art
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I read it in an Arizona Daily Star article (Sept 6) and it still grinds me. It was an announcement of the use of the new Oro Valley Utility Tax to expand police presence at our elementary,
middle and high schools. What?? I don't know when Copper Creek, Wilson (K-8) and Painted Sky Elementary schools became hotbeds of crime to justify full time resource officers at each location. Additionally, there are now two full time officers at each of the high schools. Talk about wastefulness.
When the police department spoke of better coverage per capita in our town, I didn't know they meant cushy SRO coverage at our schools. And let's be honest. Have you ever witnessed a local arrest? Officers buzz in from all directions like bees to a hive. Shortage? Why isn't our utility tax money being used for, say, burying utility lines? If SRO's are the most urgent need we have, perhaps that utility tax should be rolled back. And please, please fire the council members responsible for it.
Tucson Weekly Reports On Pima County Election Procedures Trial
Below are links to two articles from the Tucson Weekly on the forthcoming trial concerning voting procedures in Pima County.
Voting Counts by Dave Devine 11/29/2007 - Democrats' accusations of security breaches by the Pima County Elections Division go to trial next week.
“At a trial beginning Tuesday, Dec. 4, attorney Bill Risner is expected to paint an extremely unflattering portrait of internal security within
“Risner--representing the local Democratic Party--hopes to secure outside oversight of vote-counting procedures, and is asking Judge Michael Miller to order the county to provide copies of its election databases to all major political parties”.
Voting GEMS By Mari Herreras 11/29/2007 - A lawsuit regarding election procedures has raised tensions at
Golder Ranch Fire District Annexation Ahead Of Schedule
The Az Star reports that the Golder Ranch Fire District annexation of additional communities within Oro Valley is two years ahead of schedule.
We must ask----for those of us who were serviced by Rural-Metro and had their rates escalate so dramatically PRIOR to any annexation----is this good news, or bad?
Click here to read the bad news!!!!!
We must ask----for those of us who were serviced by Rural-Metro and had their rates escalate so dramatically PRIOR to any annexation----is this good news, or bad?
Click here to read the bad news!!!!!
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