Oro Valley Hires New Assistant Town Manager

As reported in The Explorer, Oro Valley has hired a new Assistant Town Manager.

We welcome Greg Caton from Colorado to our community, and wish him the best in his new position.

Mr Caton comes on board officially on Nov. 15.

Read The Explorer article here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2010/11/03/news/doc4cd08df731e60889899222.txt

Southern Az Requests $1.67 Billion Stimulus---Oro Valley's Request = $570.9 Million

A front page story in the Feb. 1 Az Star discusses the total amount of dollars requested by southern Arizona municipalities as part of the federal government stimulus package.

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is quoted as saying he predicts that the total request of $1.67B is more than half of what the whole state of Arizona will get.

As we pointed out in a previous posting on the stimulus package, Pertinent Information Concerning Oro Valley's Stimulus Request Oro Valley certainly wasn't shy in its request---that was more than any other, including the city of Tucson. As noted in the table from the article, OroValley's request was for $570.9 M.

Total federal stimulus requests by local governments

• Oro Valley: $570.9 million, 18 projects

• Marana: $226.8 million, 24 projects

• Sahuarita: $74.8 million, six projects

• Tucson: $528.4 million, 29 projects

• Pima County: $240.6 million, 11 projects

• Pima Association of Governments: $28.7 million, six projects

• South Tucson: did not respond

• Total: $1.67 billion, 94 projects

The full article can be read here.
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/278364.php

Loomis' Town Paid "European Vacation"

In a letter to the Explorer, John Musolf, friend and blogger, pointed out the scurrilous nature of Mayah Loomis' town paid boondoggle trip to Europe in May.

What a waste of taxpayer money.

What insider dealing.

Read John's letter by clicking here.