David Malin and Vestar are on tonight's Town Council agenda, thanks to council person Bill Garner. They are to discuss the Oro Valley Marketplace. Some questions we'd like to see asked and answered:
1. Who are the tenants going to be in the Oro Valley Marketplace? When is each going to be opening?
2. What retailers is Vestar courting to fill the marketplace? When will they be in place?
3. Which of the retailers will provide the upscale shopping experience that the voters of Oro Valley were promised?
4. What's the financial projection, by year, regarding sales tax revenues from the Oro Valley Marketplace? In what year will Oro Valley's sales tax subsidy ("investment) of $23.3 million be paid out such that Oro Valley can collect full sales tax revenues?
5. What about all those ugly rooftop units, highly visible from Oracle Road? They are not masked and spread out as promised. (And why didn't Wal-Mart put in solar panels for a site that is going to have sunlight 340 days a years?[Wal-Mart is doing it elsewhere])
We'd like David Andrews, Town Manager, to discuss each and ever building code violation and we'd like Vestar to respond regarding what they plan to do about each and every one of them. (Click here to read "Vestar Has Disrespected Oro Valley"-a letter to the Explorer on this topic.)
Got some questions for Vestar? Post them as a comment to this posting.
Click here to read an Explorer article that previews the meeting.
3 comments:
Zee Man,
I disagree with asking readers to post our questions for Malin here. I'm sure he or his assistant check this site regularly. If we give him a heads up on our questions, that just gives him time to prepare his lies...umm, answers in advance. Much better that he be taken by surprise.
I suggest instead, that if you have questions for Vestar, that you e-mail them to the council members and let them ask the questions. That's what I did.
My reasoning for this is that if we ask questions by filling out a blue speaker card (which we might not even be allowed to do), Malin won't have to answer those questions. A citizen will speak and sit down and that will be the end of it.
But if Malin is asked the questions by the council members, he will HAVE to respond!
Excellent point, VC.
Best to do it at the meeting.
Most likely Malin will blame the problems on the economy.
Malin is polished and slick.
Maybe we will see some attitude from him. Malin and Vestar have nothing to lose.
Sale was made so they have nothing to sell.
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