Zev Cywan Comments on Terry Parish---"The Ties That Bind"

Following is a recent comment by our neighbor Zev Cywan on our posting,--- "Terry Parish: "I'm Proud To Have Business Support Me"." I thought it deserved its own posting, rather than chance some readers missing it.
Art
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Zev Cywan said...

THE TIES THAT BIND!

At some point, Terry Parish must opt that he is either on the side of the law or on the side of those who may squirm around it. It is interesting that he advocates that the donations he receives are from individuals and therefor legal but 'admits or implies' that many of those individuals are 'members' of one 'development group' or another. Terry, Terry, Terry - it is written that one CONNELY WOLFSWINKEL, a 'true player' in the RANCHO VISTOSO development, and, by virtue of the many articles documenting his wayward dealings (let alone his conviction for bank fraud), appears to be the consummate manipulator in the ways and means of 'burying' his hidden 'riches' relative to his 'stakes' in VISTOSO PARTNERS and VESTAR, too.

WOLFSWINKEL, VISTOSO PARTNERS, VESTAR - TIES THAT BIND! Want more details, just search the internet -it's all there.

According to the 'Business Journal of Phoenix' in an article dated August 24, 2001, VISTOSO PARTNERS is named as a WOLFSWINKELS' company. According to the 'Urban Land Institute', Candice WOLFSWINKEL is listed as a representative of VISTOSO PARTNERS.
According to the 'East Valley Tribune' in an article dated October 10, 2005 titled "WOLFSWINKEL pulls the strings in a family enterprise" it is written that WOLFSWINKEL has 'intricate ties/partnership' in at least one of the VESTAR centers.

According to the record of ME-SPEAK
TERRY PARISH, he admits that [much of the money he receives for his campaigns is from 'developers' but that it is legal and okay because the donations are 'laundered' (my term) through individuals]. He continues that he is a proponent of said developers for the benefit of Oro Valley. Terry, were you elected to represent the people of Oro Valley and beholden to represent ALL of us, or were you elected to act yourself out as a hired gun for the development clique that has inundated it? What qualifications do you have that ordain you as the master planner for this Town? Who elected you as the authority on what this Town needs? What degree qualifies YOU to have become the wizard of those economic responsibilities necessary for the 'running' of a town, especially when you seem to bury your head in the sand when it comes to the realities that face us in these economic times? You wanted retail, you got empty storefronts all over town, and a snail-paced construction of the Oro Valley Marketplace (what, no tenants?) anchored by a Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer rated 'worst in customer satisfaction' in the 'departments and discount stores' category (statistics published by Market Watch and compiled by the recognized ASCI, American Customer Service Index). As an aside but necessary to mention, The Naranja Town Site is initially going to be nothing more than an ill-advised coagulation of a 'sports' complex with dreams of more future pie-in-the-sky facilities; we simply can't afford it, and even if there is a vote to 'get it started', we still can't afford it. And, those of us who do not use soccer fields, baseball fields, tether ball whatevers, tennis courts, etc., may have to pay for them but we'll never receive the benefits; where's the balance? River Park - my having visited it several times and at many different hours, I rarely see anything more than sporadic use at any given time; the maintenance is ordinary, the grounds so-so, and the bathrooms are abominable. So, now it's more, more, more for the kids and nothing for the seniors even though a Tucson area study expects a 75/25 growth ratio in favor of senior citizens; so much for the cry of "demographic change".

Terry Parish, either you can be a squeaky clean law enforcement officer and Town participant, or you can be perceived as an on-the-take small town politician; you just can't be both or you could wind up being labeled as an on-the-take law enforcement officer. You cannot wield the power of law on the one hand and then associate yourself with those who would muck up the law with the other. Your vision of the future is naive, your ways of getting there are reckless, you are dealing with a situation that is way over your head, and your pursuits within
THE TIES THAT BIND are of great concern.

VISTOSO PARTNERS is the developer of RANCH VISTOSO.

VESTAR is the developer of shopping centers including THE ORO VALLEY MARKETPLACE within the Planned Area Development, RANCHO VISTOSO.

CONNELY WOLFSWINKEL is a convicted felon who was most seriously involved in a hundred million dollar+ bank fraud in the mid
1980s, a person who the government claims still owes them (us, We the People) over one billion dollars + interest, a person who has woven strings of deals that exclude his 'ownership' by his 'bobbing and weaving' through family entities; a person depicted as being embedded in relationships with BOTH RANCHO VISTOSO and VESTAR (want to really 'get it', simply type in the name WOLFSWINKEL in your search engine and read the postings).

TERRY PARISH deems himself as a bridge for [moving this town forward] and he defends his relationships with developers as his means to his ends. What exactly are they?

TIES THAT BIND are not a good thing here.

Neighbor John Musolf: Parish & Gillaspie Do Not Understand Town Budgeting

Our Oro Valley neighbor John Musolf is recognized by those who know him as being one of our community's more knowledgeable residents when it comes to financial issues.

John sent me the following email. I believe it is worth reading----especially for those who have not yet cast their votes.

One may say, it is just another example why we need to elect Bill Garneer & Salette Latas.

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Art:

I thought you might be interested in the article in the Explorer some weeks ago by Pat McNamara that stated; "OV's financial forecast is better than anticipated" and my letter to the editor called "Oro Valley can't take care of its basic needs."

In the Explorer article, Stacy Lemos, OV finance director, was talking about all the surplus the OV would experience in its budget.

Our Town Council, especially Terry Parish and Barry Gillaspie, talk quite often about the OV Council building up its contingency fund for short term financial problems and how wonderful our budget is performing.

It illustrates that the two council members do not understand budgeting. They look strictly at the short term budget but ignore the OV long term liabilities such as the area of Pavement Management which maintains our 600 miles of streets.

The best analogy I can give is your household budget. Your ability to pay your current bills by using your current income might result in a short term surplus.But if you ignore or under-pay something like a long-term mortgage you might have the bank eventually show up with a foreclosure notice.

John Musolf

Here is The Explorer article & John's letter.

http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/21341
http://www.explorernews.com/article/show/21428

Congratulations To The Goldwater Institute On Their Worthy Recognition

Congratulations to our friends, Darcy Olsen, Clint Bolick, Starlee Rhoades and the whole Goldwater Institute team for being recognized as the Best Capital Watchdog.

Hopefully, all of our readers will recall that The Goldwater Institute was ready, willing and able to take on our cause if necessary as it pertained to our recent "issue" with Oro Valley.

Art

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