Clearing The Air On the Issue Of "LOVE" Blog and Oro Valley

On two recent postings, "Sam Adams Alliance" posted Jan 25 & "Kathy Pastryk Saga" posted Jan 24, the name of Council Member Terry Parish was prominently discussed in the comments section. In fact, we are pleased that Mr. Parish, for the first time has seen fit to be one of our bloggers, as he has commented on both postings.

One issue that has been introduced in the comments concerns who was the citizen that initiated the action that precipitated the Town Clerk to tell me I MUST form a Political Committee, as a result of my endorsement of Bill Garner & Salette Latas for Town Council.

A couple of bloggers thought that Mr. Parish was involved in initiating the Town's actions, and as I noted in my comment on both postings, I have no knowledge as to who initiated the action.
I also stated that I have sent an email to the Town Clerk requesting she advise who this person was.

Mr Parish, in one of his comments here wrote: "I think the Az Star has this info. I was told they requested it in writing. I haven't made a request but believe the info is public info."

The Star requested this info, as well as any costs incurred in getting an outside legal opinion on my situation for their story and were informed it is "Private and Confidential."

Hopefully, as a Council Member, Mr. Parish can assist me in getting a response to my email to the Town Clerk, in which I asked about the two issues: Who was the person, and were there any costs for the legal opinion. My email was sent the morning of Jan 22. To date I have not had a response.


Herein is my email to Ms. Cuvelier with a copy to Clint Bolick at the Goldwater Institute.

Kathy Cuvelier

Oro Valley Town Clerk

Ref: Your letter to me dated Dec 10, 2007

Dear Ms. Cuvelier,

As a follow-up to your letter to me stating I must form a political committee, I am disappointed that neither you nor any Oro Valley personnel saw fit to inform me that you will not be pursuing this. Having said that, I would like to bring the following points to your attention.

It is my understanding that verbal complaints to the town would not be pursued and the complaint must be in writing and must be signed.

Therefore, I am requesting you advise who "the citizen" was that initiated the action that resulted in your letter to me.

If this email does not merit a positive response, please be kind enough to let me know what other options I have in getting this information.

Also, please be good enough to advise if the outside legal opinion the town solicited was at "no charge," or if there was a fee, how much was it?

Once again, if this email request will not suffice, please advise if I need to fill out a "Freedom of Information" form, or by what means will this information be made available to me?

I appreciate if you would give this matter your immediate attention and favor me with an email response.

Thank you.

Art Segal

art@letorovalleyexcel.com