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Welcome To Tucson – Comments From AZ Star Shelko

15th September
2009
written by Arizona Kid
40. Comment by Pamela R. (1813) — September 15,2009 @ 6:37AM

Ratings: -0 +1
 Well this only solidifies our decision to close up our businesses and leave Tucson. After struggling for several years trying to make a go of it in this one horse backwards cowtown we are leaving. So many here have been drinking the kool-aid and just waiting for something that will never happen. Complacency is the enemy and Tucsonans have been drinking way too much of it.
Wake up folks! This town is 300 years old and never will change. They will continue to vote in the idiots that make poor business choices. Other cities in America welcome new business unlike Tucson which was recently ranked in the top 5 for most expensive places to start a business and the #1 spot for cheapest place for retirement. There is nothing here. I mean nothing! But I guess that is what the city clowncil wants, a vacated city only inhabited by the folks who have given up their will to succeed due to the constant inaction and idiotic choices the city clowncil makes. While this is one of the most beautiful places on earth that is not enough to keep sustainable businesses here.
The average salary here is LOWER than YUMA! There comes a point when everyone has to re-evaluate where they are in life and decide if they have the ability to change circumstances to improve their lives. This is a welfare and sanctuary city that prefers to coddle the lazy and illegal rather than embrace the genius and ambitious who want to help bring Tucson to prosperity. I am speaking of the youth graduating from UofA. How many if them do you think stay here to utilize their educations to start new businesses and make Tucson better? Not many that I know of, most can’t wait to blow out of here. Either way with much regret we are joining a crowd that is larger by the day who are packing up and leaving while they still can.
Wake up folks! If you don’t make a concerted effort to change the clowncil and backward thinking of the powers that be Tucson will die and with that all of your dreams. Hamlet 2 (written by a former resident) said it all in the opening scenes…Tucson…where dreams go to die. So sad that such a beautiful place could be so ugly due to a few simple minded idiots with an agenda in office that does not reflect the MAJORITY of the population. I wish you all the best and can’t wait to see the dust behind my rear wheels as I vacate! Oh and to those of you who will say “glad to see you go”, you are the ones who are destroying this lovely place!!!!
City of Tucson

3 Comments

  1. Watchdog
    15/09/2009

    The City of Tucson has made some moves recently to clean up the messes made over the last few years, and to unload those who are primarily responsible for the squandering of Rio Nuevo. They canceled Shelko’s position, fired Hein, and gave Barr a deadline to leave. The City Council is a disaster, but don’t fall into the trap of thinking that the city manager was powerless and at the mercy of the council. That’s bull.

    Just when you think they’ve figured out what a disaster they created and made some people pay, they bring back the overpaid foot soldier.

    I don’t care what your political party is, we have to clean house on the city council this year. Vote for Steve Kozachik, Ben Buehler-Garcia, and Shaun McClusky. If you don’t live in the city limits, sign up to make some phone calls to get out the vote in the weeks leading up to the election. Call to encourage people to mail in their early ballots.

  2. Mike Brewer
    16/09/2009

    51 years in Tucson. Good life.Good education. Good people. Good friends. Good culture. Good memories. Until the last five years.
    Tucson has lost its grip; economically, culturally,spiritualy. It has become a tertiary city of suffering from a terminal existential crisis.

    We are City controlled lock stock and barrel by the real estate industry and the auto mavens who believe in their hearts they are important homo sapiens, when in fact they are leading this desert habitat into oblivion. We are moving from the city that nurtured me, for no other reason than to avoid opinions like this, and to be with our grown children, all UofA graduates,who cannot make a living and raise a family here.

    25 years and nearly 30 million in salaries for Economic Development Czars, have not found a way to keep our graduates in town and maintain family cohesiveness. I am sad, very sad. I do not see Tucson competing in the Global Market Place.

  3. Watchdog
    16/09/2009

    Whoever approved letting Greg Shelko back right after letting him go, and obligating the City or Rio Nuevo or whoever to paying him, without getting an approved contract—they should be advised to hire a lawyer, because some criminal charges should be filed.

    There was some handshake agreement, or a wink and a nod, for him to come back and work for free until they got a contract approved.

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