An article in The Explorer discusses the home-rule question. In a nutshell, home-rule allows Arizona cities and towns to determine their own budget limits. Without home-rule, the state law would set budget standards.
A number of our citizens asked our opinion of whether we believe home-rule is good, or bad for Oro Valley.
We believe the answer is, it depends on who will be elected mayor and who will fill the three council seats come June 2010.
This present council----or more appropriately, the four incumbents whose terms expire----Loomis, Carter, Kunisch & Abbott have shown they have no clue when it comes to fiscal responsibility.
Hopefully, the challengers we enthusiastically endorse---Mike Zinkin, for Mayor, and those for council all have a good business background, and will use their expertise to do what is right for the people of Oro Valley.
So--- The basic answer is this: Home-rule is good in the right hands. Otherwise, let the state dictate the policy. That is not desirable, but let's not forget, Loomis and his three fellow "incumbents" have shown that raiding our contingency fund is NOT the way to balance a budget.
Remember---- Your vote is critical. Please read about the candidates we endorse (Top right on blog) and let's control our own destiny.
Here's The Explorer article.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af0b9b1485c8805106718.txt
