The Az Supreme Court has ruled that the state lawmakers violated the Az Constitution in a 2008 action when they tried to force local governments to pay the state almost $30 million.
Had the court not ruled, it would have had a negative impact on Oro Valley finances, to the tune of about $143,000.
One Justice who concurred wrote that the state could still get the $30 million by reducing local government’s shares of Urban Revenue Sharing Funds (URSF).
Read the details in The Explorer Feb 11 article.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/doc499306e5e44bf580343506.txt
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Oro Valley Council Says "No" To GOVAC---"Yes" To Loomis
The Explorer Feb 11 issue reports that the Oro Valley Council rejected GOVAC's request for an additional $25,000 for the July 4 event.
This is not "new news," as we posted the results of that vote on Feb 4. Oro Valley Council Says "No" To GOVAC July 4 Funding.
Perhaps more interesting was the balance of The Explorer article pertaining to the request from Mayor Loomis for more funds for travel.
A compromise was reached when Al Kunisch & Paula Abbott (why Paula???) voted to give the mayor $2,500 each from their travel budget.
Salette Latas brought up the fact that Mr. Loomis took that sojourn to Europe last May at a cost of $11,000.
As far as we know, the council & citizens are still wondering what was accomplished by the mayor going.
Perhaps if he filled out a trip report, we'd know that it was a waste of time, and a waste of taxpayer's money!
Here's The Explorer article.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/doc4993062e1e8a6029126831.txt
This is not "new news," as we posted the results of that vote on Feb 4. Oro Valley Council Says "No" To GOVAC July 4 Funding.
Perhaps more interesting was the balance of The Explorer article pertaining to the request from Mayor Loomis for more funds for travel.
A compromise was reached when Al Kunisch & Paula Abbott (why Paula???) voted to give the mayor $2,500 each from their travel budget.
Salette Latas brought up the fact that Mr. Loomis took that sojourn to Europe last May at a cost of $11,000.
As far as we know, the council & citizens are still wondering what was accomplished by the mayor going.
Perhaps if he filled out a trip report, we'd know that it was a waste of time, and a waste of taxpayer's money!
Here's The Explorer article.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/02/11/news/doc4993062e1e8a6029126831.txt
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