We join with most other Oro Valley residents in applauding the decision to have the Basis School come to Steam Pump Village in Oro Valley.
However, it seems a little self-serving for Mayor Hiremath to say "the efficiencies of the town's revised development process." was responsible for the speed in getting the job done. Hiremath must realize the previous council was responsible for getting the school here and putting it on "fast track."
Here's The Explorer article.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2010/08/04/news/doc4c589556c3279402517624.txt
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Diane Peters Asks Mayor Hiremath Legitimate Questions
Thanks to Diane Peters for asking these questions in her letter to The Explorer. It deserves some answers.
Art
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OV mayor ought to get after willing sign code violators
I'd like to thank Bonnie Quinn for her defiant violation of the town sign code and for bragging about it at the Oro Valley Town Council meeting on July 21.
In doing so, she has provided me an opportunity to ask Mayor Hiremath if he plans on handling this deliberate violation with the same vigor he displayed, when, as candidate Hiremath, he relentlessly pursued his opposition's inadvertent violation of using the town logo on a campaign flier.
Immediately upon learning of the mistake, his opponent pulled the fliers and apologized for his error, but this wasn't good enough for Hiremath, who contacted the town attorney and demanded that his opponent be penalized under the law. Quinn, on the other hand, knowingly and willfully violated the town sign code and then proudly announced her flagrant violation to the mayor and council.
Will Mayor Hiremath do what candidate Hiremath did and file a formal complaint with the town attorney? Will Quinn receive a fine or reprimand of any sort?
Apparently, Ms. Quinn never considered that her deliberate violation of the sign code and subsequent announcing of it in a public forum could result in unintended consequences for Mayor Hiremath (the candidate whom she supported).
There is a huge difference between a willful violation and an unintentional one, and if Mayor Hiremath doesn't handle Quinn's willful violation in the same way that candidate Hiremath handled his opponent's unintentional one, then Quinn will have succeeded in placing Hiremath under the microscope of hypocrisy.
Diane Peters, Oro Valley
Art
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OV mayor ought to get after willing sign code violators
I'd like to thank Bonnie Quinn for her defiant violation of the town sign code and for bragging about it at the Oro Valley Town Council meeting on July 21.
In doing so, she has provided me an opportunity to ask Mayor Hiremath if he plans on handling this deliberate violation with the same vigor he displayed, when, as candidate Hiremath, he relentlessly pursued his opposition's inadvertent violation of using the town logo on a campaign flier.
Immediately upon learning of the mistake, his opponent pulled the fliers and apologized for his error, but this wasn't good enough for Hiremath, who contacted the town attorney and demanded that his opponent be penalized under the law. Quinn, on the other hand, knowingly and willfully violated the town sign code and then proudly announced her flagrant violation to the mayor and council.
Will Mayor Hiremath do what candidate Hiremath did and file a formal complaint with the town attorney? Will Quinn receive a fine or reprimand of any sort?
Apparently, Ms. Quinn never considered that her deliberate violation of the sign code and subsequent announcing of it in a public forum could result in unintended consequences for Mayor Hiremath (the candidate whom she supported).
There is a huge difference between a willful violation and an unintentional one, and if Mayor Hiremath doesn't handle Quinn's willful violation in the same way that candidate Hiremath handled his opponent's unintentional one, then Quinn will have succeeded in placing Hiremath under the microscope of hypocrisy.
Diane Peters, Oro Valley
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