Probably not too many of us are familiar with our Town Attorney Tobin Rosen. Most of us that know Mr. Rosen know him from council meetings, where, when necessary, he gives his legal opinion when asked; usually on an issue that needs legal clarification.
However, Mr. Rosen does a lot more than that on behalf of our community.
I want to share a letter Mr. Rosen sent to the Town Attorney in Scottsdale on June 4. The letter is in reference to Turken v. Gordon Supreme Court Case No. CV-09-0042-PR.
Mr. Rosen writes:
Yesterday, the Oro Valley Town Council authorized and directed me as Town Attorney of Oro Valley to sign on to the amicus curiae brief that the City of Scottsdale is preparing to file in the Arizona Supreme Court in support of the Court of Appeals Decision in Turken v. Gordon.
Please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you in the preparation of editing a brief. Given the admittedly tight timeline for preparing and filing the brief, I will accommodate you and your office in any way I possibly can. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for allowing and assisting the Town of Oro Valley to participate with you in this important matter.
Very truly yours,
Tobin Rosen
Town Attorney
I only have two comments.
1) Mr. Rosen was directed by the OV Council to write the letter. Nobody had to tell Mr. Rosen to
show such grace and class in his choice of words.
2) It would have been nice if Mr. Rosen could have said, the Oro Valley Town Council unanimously authorized and directed him. Unfortunately Mayor Loomis & Councilman Kunisch voted "no."
Their terms expire in 2010. Inasmuch as they refused to support our community, please try to remember this as another reason why they don't deserve our support in any future election.
