Dave Perry, publisher, editor, and most recently, reporter of The Explorer has written an editorial on the somewhat contentious issue of "when the lights go out in Oro Valley."
Mr. Perry writes about the concerns of the business community----and they surely have, and will continue to enunciate those concerns.
What was conspicuously absent from Mr.Perry's editorial was any reference to the concerns of the 45,000 citizens of our community. Mr. Perry also failed to note the concerns of the scientific community as they pertain to Tucson being a major astronomical center.Dark Skies are IMPORTANT here!
Read the editorial here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/08/19/opinion/editorials/doc4a8b00eb675d0883243513.txt
2 comments:
Too bad Mr. Perry doesn't spend his time advocating for print advertising which would not only benefit his own enterprise, but, correctly presented, has a much, much higher return for a business than the non-business draw of a lighted sign over a closed-for-the- night entity. Mr. Perry doesn't seem to get it and has missed the boat; not a very adept observance by an owner,editor, reporter for a widely distributed and read publication within our community.
I jumped the gun a bit as I wrote my prior post before I read Mr. Perry's article. Mr. Perry's analysis is worse than I thought it could be. Business, business, business, I get sick and tired of hearing about it, the crying game, the excuses, the so-called solutions, etc. Most of the citizenry moved here before the Marketplace, before Oracle Crossings, before the Great Wall of Oro Valley, before the idea of a Municipal Operations Center where it is now proposed, and Oro Valley was touted as a nice place to relax and enjoy the beauty of the surround DAY AND NIGHT. The way Mr. Perry puts it, We, the People seem to owe business special privileges not included in the Plan as we know it. His is a form of advocacy for public capitulation in favor of business guesswork simply allowing for the tail wagging the dog. I've stated it before and I'll state it again: if a business cannot figure out how to do business without wrecking the Peoples' right to peaceful enjoyment of THEIR property then they should 'get the hell out of dodge'. We have a general plan, we have zoning codes, and we have ordinances - businesses knew it when they set up and reasonably should have known that there ARE up and down cycles relative to same. I knew it over a period of 40 years in storefront operations as an owner, manager, analyst, advertiser, etc. I SURVIVED!!!
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