Arizona Daily Star

August 10, 2009

Tucson election change long overdue

Re: the Aug. 2 article “Council likely to resist election change.”

The city should not waste its time and limited resources in challenging the new law that requires nonpartisan elections and election by ward. It is a change that is long overdue.

The quote from Regina Romero showed how out of touch she and the others are. All one had to do is read a newspaper to know that this issue was being discussed for months at the Legislature.

We citizens can only hope for change as the poor leadership and ineptness of this and previous City Councils this decade have hurt all of Tucson’s citizens and its businesses, and our quality of life has been diminished as a result.

David Cohen

Accountant, Tucson