Terry Parish & Vestar: "Joined At The Hip"

Doesn't it seem like yesterday that we were being inundated with those glossy postal cards on almost a daily basis extolling the virtues of Vestar's Oro Valley Marketplace?

Well, it was not yesterday, but about 2 years ago that Terry Parish, as Vestar's "spokespersopn," was telling us "It's A Home Run!"

As we now know, we got "snookered" by Parish & the smooth talking David Malin of Vestar who promised us a "unique" & "upscale" shopping mall. Instead, we are ending up ----not unexpectedly for some of us, with a monster 24/7 Wal-Mart Super Center.

Now, what are we getting in our mailboxes? If you're like me, it's glossy postal cards that have an eerie look about them. After the second one arrived, I said, "Hmmm. This looks like a reincarnation of Vestar's glossies. Could it be that Parish is getting a good deal on this REALLY expensive advertising campaign?"

I guess the costs don't much matter, as Parish unabashedly acknowledges that the BIG DEVELOPERS support his campaign financially. And why not? Parish continuously supports the developers on just about every vote.

So, if you're ONLY a citizen, and NOT a developer, especially a developer with no scruples, please
VOTE FOR ONLY BILL GARNER & SALETTE LATAS FOR OV COUNCIL.

Let's take back control of our town government. We deserve nothing less.

Phoenix Judge Hears Oral Arguments On Goldwater Institute "Subsidy Case"

This morning, I and a few other interested Oro Valley neighbors traveled to the Maricopa Courthouse to hear Clint Bolick, Director of The Goldwater Institute present his oral argument against the three attorneys representing the interests of the Phoenix mayor (Turken vs. Gordon) in front of Judge Robert Miles.

For those readers not familiar with the case, The Goldwater Institute is challenging the city of Phoenix's $97.4 million subsidy to the developer of a planned mall in north Phoenix known as CityNorth.

We will be following this case closely as it goes through the court system. Hopefully, the Goldwater Institute will prevail, and put an end to these ridiculous giveaways to large retail developers. Sadly, even if victorious, it will be too late to help us in Oro Valley as we already committed to give "our" developers in excess of $50 million in our sales tax revenue, including the $23.2 million to Vestar.As you probably know, they are in the process of building that monster new Wal-Mart, our new "upscale, unique" retailer! (Be sure to see the post below.)

Read more here.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/0211citynorth0212.html