This is one of the unintended consequences of rebuilding La Cholla Blvd. The traffic during busy times is heavy southbound in the morning and northbound in the afternoon. This is because of the closing of LaCholla from Lambert Lane to Hardy. Leave yourself extra time.
The rebuilding of LaCholla will be completed this summer. It is Oro Valley's last major corridor to be built.
LOVE celebrates 13 years of continuous publishing
We forgot to mention it last week. LOVE went live on February 5, 2007. We have published continuously ever since. That's about 3,200 posts and about 1 million views. A pretty nice accomplishment for 2 people who just want to make Oro Valley a great place to live.
Our first posting was about how the residents of our community got "hoodwinked" into voting to give $23.5 million in sales tax revenues to developer Vestar to build the Oro Valley Marketplace. We were promised an upscale shopping experience and we got a Walmart and a movie theatre. We thought that it was wrong for the town to give away sales tax revenues. The State Supreme Court agreed. Such tax giveaways are not allowed anymore.
Over the years, there have been many people involved in publishing LOVE. Some you know. Some you don't. We want to thank them for all they have done and for all they do for LOVE and for Oro Valley.
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| Source: Explorer, 2/12/20, p 4 |
One of our readers informed us that the Explorer, a local advertiser "newspaper", used the title of this column to post a column of its own called "Bits and Pieces." This appeared in their February 12 edition.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
And we are flattered!
The Explorer is certainly free to post a column like our "Bits and Pieces". We would hope that they come up with their own title for it. In fact, we even have some ideas for them.
Happy Valentines Day
Today is Valentine's Day.
"The holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a day of romance from about the 14th century." (Source)
We always thought it was a day created by the candy and gift card makers to sell stuff in the offseason. ( :-) )
We're not right on that. But we do think that our explanation makes sense.
Enjoy the day!
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