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Most of you know that the RTA regional transportation plan election is coming up on May 16. I and many other citizens from all different parts of the political spectrum have been working for the last three years to develop regional consensus. We finally have a plan that we can all support, and the endorsements [...]
Yesterday, despite prodigious get-out-the-vote efforts on the part of our cadre of indescribably dedicated volunteers, only 14% of eligible Ward 6 voters cast a ballot. 35% of those who did, voted for me, and I am humbled by their support. Their votes were truly votes coming from a place of hope, and we will build [...]
Payday loan operations prey on the poor and keep them in poverty. There’s no other way of looking at it. You know the places… they’re on almost every streetcorner on the southside, westside, and near Davis-Monthan, preying on working families and underpaid airmen who need a little help to get by until the next paycheck. [...]
An excellent Star front-page article today tells us the story of Dorothy Gooding, a 92-year-old whose driver’s license was revoked. “When they took my wheels, they cut off my legs,” Gooding said. “I felt trapped.”
By 2010, almost one-third of our residents will be seniors, and almost one-half of them will be unable to drive. In [...]
It’s the people who make Tucson so amazing. We Tucsonans are always looking for ways to reach out to each other and strengthen our community, and I see the benefits everywhere I go around town. When neighborhoods have a problem, neighbors find a solution.
Just today, the Star reported on the Eastside Neighbors Volunteer program [...]
Those of us who live in central Tucson are no strangers to the Davis-Monthan flight path. New and louder planes have been flying more frequently and at lower altitudes particularly in recent months, dramatically affecting the quality of life of many of our neighborhoods. And indications are that things will only get worse in the [...]
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Selected endorsements to date:
Chair: Richard Elias
Treasurer: Walter Ridley
Paul Eckerstrom
Cele Peterson
Larry Hecker
Alice & Bill Roe
Joan Kaye Cauthorn
Molly McKasson
Richard Fimbres
Katie Dusenberry
Brad Holland
Sonja Macys
Tim Sultan
Carolyn Campbell
Rick Myers
Jerry Anderson
Katya Peterson
Bruce Wheeler
Ward & Judy Wallingford
Camiliano Juarez
Joy Herr-Cardillo
Ash & Barbara Silverburg
Marilyn Robinson
Ted Hinderaker
Kathy Lohse
Brad Lancaster
Diana Rhoades
Dr. Ron Spark
Tom Warne
Chris Tanz
Jean-Paul Bierny
Maurice Grossman
Richard & Shana Oseran
Donovan Durband
Dianne Bret Harte
Michael Bryan
Clyde Kunz
Juana Mase
Fr. Gordon McBride
Bob Cook
Anne & Robin Gomez
Ron Schwabe
Michael Finkelstein
Miriam Huber
Jim Sinex
Don Martin
Tom Cuevas
Gretchen Wagenseller
Bob Rodriguez
Clague Van Slyke III
Pierre Landau
Terry Nordbrock
Mac Hudson
Mary-Carol Wagner
Vlad Slomberg
Tim Fuller
Homer Thiel
Irma & Ruben Moreno
Gretchen Lueck
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