Golder Ranch Fire District (GRFD) is holding a special election in November for a $26 million bond and secondary property tax.
The benefit to Oro Valley residents is diminimous
The purpose is to build new future stations in Pinal County (Saddlebrook and Arroyo Grande), to upgrade existing lightly used facilities in Pima County and Oro Valley and to upgrade their technology.
Deadline is August 9 for public comment in bond pamphlet
"The Fire District will prepare an informational pamphlet that will be mailed to households of registered voters within the Fire District. Such informational pamphlet is to include arguments for and against the authorization of the issuance of bonds payable from a secondary, ad valorem property tax by the District to be considered at the Election. Any person interested in providing any such argument (not to exceed 200 words) is hereby requested to provide the same by mail or hand delivery of the argument to the Fire District at 3885 East Golder Ranch Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85739.
To be included in the information pamphlet, the argument must be received in the office of the Fire District on or before 5:00 p.m. (AZ) on August 9, 2019. Such statement should include the author’s name, address, telephone number and whether the name can be printed in the informational pamphlet."
The bond offering was reported later this week by the Arizona Daily Independent. You can read their anaysis here.
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Source: grfdaz.gov
