Is anyone impressed with Mary Snider's article in The Explorer concerning the council's recent 6-1 vote (Bill Garner the "1")to discontinue the Coyote Run Bus Service, that was there to serve the elderly and disabled among us?
As noted in the Snider piece in The Explorer,on April 20, acting on advice from staff to satisfy federal requirements for the public hearing process and to meet fiscal timelines, the council directed the staff to begin the process necessary to consider discontinuing Coyote Run.
Writing this article for The Explorer is so blatantly disingenuous,it almost reaches the level of the child that kills his parents, and asks for mercy because he's an orphan.
It's too bad, but we've learned to expect this type of behavior from Ms. Snider.
Here's her article.
http://explorernews.com/voices/article_7abf46c6-8650-11e0-87bd-001cc4c002e0.html
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
"Gang Of Five" Show Total Disdain For Oro Valley Residents By Doubling Our Utility Tax
Although we were out of the country with no internet access, we were not surprised to learn on our return that led by Mayor Hiremath, his four cronies -Hornat, Snider, Solomon & Waters, voted to double our Utility Tax to 4%.
This is a total disgrace, especially in these tough economic times, with so many foreclosures right here in Oro Valley; so many out of work, and seniors trying to make ends meet while seeing their Social Security benefits frozen for the last two years.
Without looking at some of the "sacred cows"---such as a bloated police budget, these five believed that a balanced budget could only be accomplished by "zapping" the people of Oro Valley.
Kudos to Bill Garner & Barry Gillaspie----the only two on the Council that showed any concern to their constituents.
Although tax matters are not referable under Arizona law it just might be time to initiate a recall of those that show such disdain for those of us that make Oro Valley our home.
If the people of Egypt, from where we just returned, can toss out Mubarak after 4 decades, I would think the people of Oro Valley could do the same, before this "gang of five" do more damage to our community.
Below is The Explorer article, although the reporter calls is a "construction sales tax," you can be sure, it's a tax on our gas, electric & water bills---all necessities to survive.
This is a total disgrace, especially in these tough economic times, with so many foreclosures right here in Oro Valley; so many out of work, and seniors trying to make ends meet while seeing their Social Security benefits frozen for the last two years.
Without looking at some of the "sacred cows"---such as a bloated police budget, these five believed that a balanced budget could only be accomplished by "zapping" the people of Oro Valley.
Kudos to Bill Garner & Barry Gillaspie----the only two on the Council that showed any concern to their constituents.
Although tax matters are not referable under Arizona law it just might be time to initiate a recall of those that show such disdain for those of us that make Oro Valley our home.
If the people of Egypt, from where we just returned, can toss out Mubarak after 4 decades, I would think the people of Oro Valley could do the same, before this "gang of five" do more damage to our community.
Below is The Explorer article, although the reporter calls is a "construction sales tax," you can be sure, it's a tax on our gas, electric & water bills---all necessities to survive.
With Apologies For Our Hiatus
We want to apologize for our recent hiatus. For those readers that may have noticed an absence of any activity on the blog for the past month, we were traveling out of the country without any access to the Internet.
We are back, and hope to continue in our efforts to enlighten our neighbors in Oro Valley as to what is really going on.
Art
We are back, and hope to continue in our efforts to enlighten our neighbors in Oro Valley as to what is really going on.
Art
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