John Musolf Questions The Wisdom Of Having The Museum Of Art In Oro Valley

John Musolf has been an outstanding contributor to this blog. In his letter to The Explorer, we can only hope that John's take on the potential of having the Tucson Museum of Art relocating to Oro Valley is incorrect.

Robert Knight, the museum's director will address the OV Council at their Sept 3 meeting. We believe, the addition of the museum will be a giant plus for Oro Valley.
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In OV, a $203M budget appears to be inadequate

The Oro Valley Town Council just approved a 203 million dollar budget.

Let’s spend more.

The Tucson Museum of Art has outgrown its downtown facility and is in search of new space.

Last month, museum officials began informal talks about relocating to or opening a branch in Oro Valley or Marana. I believe the museum is using TOV as a bargaining chip against Tucson.

The town manager said he would try to bring the matter before the town council in September, setting in motion a plan to bring the museum to Oro Valley.

TOV may want to spend time and taxpayer money for a plan and hire a consultant.

The TOV would also want to give the museum tax incentives and include it in a future phase of the Naranja Town Site and add more to the proposed secondary property tax.

Another way to spend our tax money.

John Musolf

Oro Valley