For those residents in La Reserve, and the areas south of Pusch View Lane, up to Hardy road, Golder Ranch Fire District will move their annexation date up from 2010, to the very near future.
I had the opportunity to discuss this Phase 3 annexation with John Sullivan, and came away with the confidence that GRFD will work with all the property owners to meet and exceed the services as required by Oro Valley.
For anyone interested, GRFD will hold a hearing this evening (April 9) at their facility at 3885 Golder Ranch Dr at 7:00 PM.
If anyone wishes to discuss this annexation, John will be happy to talk to you. His cell # is 954-4003.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Does Don Cox Intend To Run (Again) For Town Council?
In his letter to The Explorer, Cox once again lashes out at Council Member Paula Abbott.
For those that may not know it, Paula was eleced in 2002 & reelected in 2004.
Cox, on the other hand was defeated in two election bids; 2004 & again in 2006.
For those of us that are familiar with the votes of Paula, she is generally on the side of the people, and during some of her tenure, she was the sole voice of her constituents.
Don Cox is well known to be a good friend to the developers. All one need do is read any of his multitude of comments on this blog to understand Cox is NOT worthy of being on the council.
Here then his is letter. It sounds like a precursor to his 3rd try to get elected.
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Abbott is not the voice of OV’s citizens
I found the following quote attributed to Councilperson Paula Abbott another instance where she is completely out of touch with most folks in Oro Valley.
"If you squelch my voice, you squelch the citizens' voice."
Ms. Abbott's attendance record at meetings from day one has been embarrassing. She misses about 40 percent of the meetings she is supposed to attend. She is often late to those she does attend and she leaves early many times. Public records will support that.
Ms. Abbott does not return e-mails from most citizens. Ms. Abbott does not return phone calls from most citizens. Ms. Abbott does not make herself available to citizens as other town council members do. Ms. Abbott has seldom been seen in her town office. Ms. Abbott does not respond to the press.
Ms. Abbott is simply not available.
If you were to ask every town council member who has ever served with Ms. Abbott, "Which council person is the least accessible?" the response would be, Ms. Abbott, 100 percent of the time. The same response would be forthcoming from town staff.
Ms. Abbott was elected (barely) to represent all of the people of Oro Valley and should be out there listening and soliciting input from a wide variety of sources. Then and only then can she lay claim to be the voice of the citizens.
Don Cox, Oro Valley
For those that may not know it, Paula was eleced in 2002 & reelected in 2004.
Cox, on the other hand was defeated in two election bids; 2004 & again in 2006.
For those of us that are familiar with the votes of Paula, she is generally on the side of the people, and during some of her tenure, she was the sole voice of her constituents.
Don Cox is well known to be a good friend to the developers. All one need do is read any of his multitude of comments on this blog to understand Cox is NOT worthy of being on the council.
Here then his is letter. It sounds like a precursor to his 3rd try to get elected.
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Abbott is not the voice of OV’s citizens
I found the following quote attributed to Councilperson Paula Abbott another instance where she is completely out of touch with most folks in Oro Valley.
"If you squelch my voice, you squelch the citizens' voice."
Ms. Abbott's attendance record at meetings from day one has been embarrassing. She misses about 40 percent of the meetings she is supposed to attend. She is often late to those she does attend and she leaves early many times. Public records will support that.
Ms. Abbott does not return e-mails from most citizens. Ms. Abbott does not return phone calls from most citizens. Ms. Abbott does not make herself available to citizens as other town council members do. Ms. Abbott has seldom been seen in her town office. Ms. Abbott does not respond to the press.
Ms. Abbott is simply not available.
If you were to ask every town council member who has ever served with Ms. Abbott, "Which council person is the least accessible?" the response would be, Ms. Abbott, 100 percent of the time. The same response would be forthcoming from town staff.
Ms. Abbott was elected (barely) to represent all of the people of Oro Valley and should be out there listening and soliciting input from a wide variety of sources. Then and only then can she lay claim to be the voice of the citizens.
Don Cox, Oro Valley
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