This week, there was a settlement in the State of Arizona’s case against two Tucson Transportation Department supervisors who misappropriated at least $83000 in public resources for personal gain. They will each have to pay just $5000 to the city. This result is a failing by state, rather than city, officials. This fact cannot be [...]
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To quote Truman Capote: “That’s not writing, that’s typing.” There is talk among the happy bunch over at Blog for Arizona that some response has to be made to a recent post at the Arizona Daily Independent regarding the discussion that happened last week after my post making a case for why my friend, Representative [...]
Saturday, January 26, 2013
It was only a few weeks ago when City Councilman Kozachik announced that he was leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat. Among the things that led to his split with the Republicans were the Legislature’s consistent attacks on local governance, in Tucson in particular. So, it may come as some surprise that, in [...]
The conventional wisdom about political parties in local elections is that they are irrelevant. The saying goes something like “there is no Republican or Democratic way to pick up the garbage.” Emil Franzi, the one-time Republican Rasputin turned columnist best known to Old Pueblo political geezers as the man most responsible for Ed Moore’s takeover [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
I attended the City Council’s study session yesterday. One of the items was transit, which brought out the Bus Riders Union. For those who don’t know about the Bus Riders Union, it was organized last year by Brian Flagg of Casa Maria to represent the interests of poor and working class riders that depend on [...]
Today is the birthday of Ward 5 councilman Richard Fimbres. It is also the birthday of former Ward 5 councilman Steve Leal. I don’t know when Roy Laos’s birthday is. Is this part of some obscure requirement of the charter slipped in by Henry Jaastad at some point? Poco Bravo ought to get on that.
Mayor Jonathan Rothschild released a progress report today on his 180 day work plan. He’s touting accomplishments like appointing a small business advocate and streamlining regulatory and permitting processes. In case you are wondering what is going on with Rothschild’s opponent from the last election, he just got booted from the Rio Nuevo board. The [...]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
This afternoon the City Clerk’s office officially asked Republican pooh bah Bruce Ash to turn over some records from his group Tucson United. The group paid for billboards, mailers and radio ads attacking Democratic candidates and allegedly played fast and loose with reporting requirements. He has until December 27th.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Here’s a bit of a follow-up to something I wrote last week. You may remember that I posted a press release from Richard Carmona’s campaign which announced that the entire Tucson City Council, including Republican Steve Kozachik, endorsed Carmona. It was my inclusion of Kozachik that raised hackles with one of my frequent commenters. The [...]
Monday, November 14, 2011
Three things I need to write about: – From our Sour Grapes desk, Rick Grinnell made an ominous threat to Tucson’s share of state shared revenues after he lost his race for mayor. There has been talk from city staff that the actions of the Rio Nuevo board may be to lay the groundwork for [...]
