NIMBY- Cops Say No... Instead-Raid The Piggy-Bank

In a letter published in the Explorer, John Musolf notes the "heavy police protection" present at the March 4 council meeting where council approved the extension of the utility tax. The tax funds "public safety" jobs.Read John's letter: Who’s running OV — police, or council, manager?

In a related letter, OV should find ways other than jobs to save money, the Fraternal Order of Police state that they "...would like to see the town look for ways to cut the budget through programs instead of people." Apparently an accountant ( :-)), the writer added: "We believe that using a very small portion of the contingency fund money and municipal operations building fund money to get through this next year, along with the attrition rate, the 33 employee positions and services they provide to this town could be saved". The writer provides no concrete analysis, using real world numbers to prove that this can be done. What the writer is saying, however, is: "Take the money from somebody else. Just leave us alone."

When it comes to budget cutting, NIMBY applies.

Difficult economic times demand difficult decisions and sacrifices by all. All, of course, except Public Safety.

Still Camping At The Oro Valley Marketplace

Here's a chart of daily camping activity at WalMart at the Oro Valley Marketplace. It's our understanding the the town is going to post signs prohibiting this. They should go up any day now. We shall see.