Rio Neuvo is looking fairly, well broke. Their is a contract being prepared for the full audit of Rio Nuevo finances and we are hearing that full results will be available by October (just in time for the November elections). The auditor general is going all the way back to day one . From what we understand they are REALLY looking forward to doing the audit.
Here’s some preliminary findings:
Here is a list of funds spent to date = $214,989,482.28 through 01/31/2010.
Keep in mind that the City is required to match these expenditures Read More
Let’s see how our vaunted municipalities handle this one!
Beavers look to Tucson as ‘temporary home’ for start of 2011 season
By Aaron Fentress, The Oregonian
February 12, 2010, 6:38PM
The renovation of PGE Park for Major League Soccer has prompted the Portland Beavers to seek a new home stadium. With prospects uncertain in Portland, the team is considering Tucson, Ariz., as a temporary location for the start of the 2011 season. The Portland Beavers, in what ultimately might be the first step in Read More
From Rhonda Bodfield - AZ Star -A group formed to oust the president of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce circulated survey results to the chamber’s board last week, showing 21 percent of respondents said being a member helped their business.
The survey, which went out to the chamber’s 1,500 members, received roughly 140 responses.
Among the findings:
• 75 Read More
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 25, 2010 – Results from a special poll of Arizona small business owners released today by their leading representative association show 71 percent of them voting ‘No’ on Proposition 100, the May 18 ballot referendum seeking a three-year, 1¢ increase in the state sales tax.
“The response to this special survey of our members on Proposition 100 came back fast and emphatic,” said Farrell Quinlan, Arizona state director for the National Federation of Independent Read More
GUEST OPINION: Difference in attitude
By Hugh Holub, special for Inside Tucson Business
Published on Friday, February 26, 2010
One of the interesting pieces of information from the Census statisticians is the difference in median household income between Tucson and Phoenix. According to the American Community Survey compiled in 2003, in Phoenix the median household income is $40,919 a year and in Tucson it is $32,414. Read More
Tucson’s modern streetcar - now we get to the pesky details
WAKE UP, TUCSON: Does it make sense?
By Joe Higgins, Inside Tucson Business, or Chris DeSimone, Inside Tucson Business
Published on Friday, February 26, 2010
We can hear it now, “Why do those Wake Up guys have to bang on the streetcar?” Don’t they have anything better to do than bum us out about this “high Read More
