Crowded Field Files For Miller's Supervisor Seat

Seven District One Pima County Supervisor Candidates
Seven people have filed to fill Ally Miller's District One seat as Pima County Supervisor. This is a partisan election. There are four republican and three democrat candidates. They will compete in the August 2020 primary. The winners will be on the November Ballot.

A competitive race
Supervisors are elected by district. There are five districts: Five supervisors. The term of service is 4 years. Most supervisors run for reelection so a real competitive election rarely occurs. This one, however, may be the exception.

District One is more than Oro Valley
District One includes all of Oro Valley. It includes pieces of Marana, Catalina Foothills, and unincorporated areas north to the county line and south past River Road. These areas have little in common. So, it is a challenge to serve as district one supervisor.

Pima County District One

The seven candidates
Oro Valley council member Rhonda Pina is running on the republican ticket. Three other people are running as republicans. Two are Steve Spain and Bill Beard. Former state representative Vic Williams is also a republican candidate. His papers were not visible on the county web site.

Current supervisor Ally Miller has endorsed Spain. Beard is a former special staff assistant to Miller.

There are three democratic candidates: Rex Scott, Brian Radford and Jeff Farrell. All filed in September.

Pina raised $53,000 in one month
Oro Valley Council Member Rhonda Pina entered the race in December. Her PAC has raised almost $53,000 (source) in just one month! Major contributors include Jim Click Family ($12,900) and the Assenmacher Family ($12,900). William Assenmacher, President of CAID and on the board of Fly Tucson, is the PAC's chairperson. Other contributors are HSL and related ($6,950), GRFD board member Vicki Cox Golder ($3,000), and members of Diamond Ventures ($3,750).  Pina also loaned $20,000 to her campaign. The other republican candidates just filed for their candidacy this month.

It should be an interesting District One race

Ally Miller cautions voters on the Naranja Park Bond. The Devil is in the Details.

We recently received an email from Pima County Supervisor, Ally Miller, with her thoughts on the Naranja Park Bond. Ally has worked with State Representative Vince Leach on bills to clean up the laws for Publicity Pamphlets sent out to voters because they are misleading. Unfortunately, lobbyists have twice killed these bills.

Below is a portion of that email:

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Below are some of the things that I noticed in the Publicity Pamphlet for Oro Valley’s Naranja Park Bond. These are the issues that everyone should understand and question.

1. PURPOSE: “Parks, Open Space and Recreational bonds”

These monies can be used on any parks, for purchase of open space, and any recreational purpose.

The list of amenities and all the renderings listed are nonbinding. The PURPOSE stated above is the only binding use of these funds.

If you want clarity…it must be stated in the PURPOSE.

2. Voters are approving up to 7% per annum Interest Rate.

The calculations were done using a 5% per annum interest rate. Ask the Town for the calculations at the 7% interest rate that voters are being asked to approve. 2% will make a huge difference. (My bill would have required them to show the calculation at the maximum interest rate).

3. They list the average cost per year for a homeowner with a $250K home as well as the estimated cost over 20 years. However, for the 20 year cost, they simply multiplied year-1 times 20 years.

This assumes that your valuation stays at $250K for the entire 20 years.


One of the things that Chuck Huckelberry (Pima County Administrator) does to garner support for bonds (and I will use a Parks and Recreation bond to illustrate) is that he will list every park in the county and list $1 million for each park. This sounds great to voters. They think, “My park will get some improvements. You’ve got my vote.”

Then after the election, he uses all the bond money for one park. Voters are outraged. An audit is ordered but of course it passes with flying colors. Why? Because the audit is focused only on the bond PURPOSE listed in the Publicity Pamphlet.

Allyson Miller
Pima County Supervisor

You can read the Naranja Bond Publicity Pamphlet HERE