Why Tucson’s elected officials put business on the back burner
WAKE UP TUCSON: Time to restore balance
By Joe Higgins, Inside Tucson Business, or Chris DeSimone, Inside Tucson Business
Published on Saturday, February 13, 2010
We have many callers to our “Wake Up Tucson” radio show who ask the same question: Why are business owners treated like second-class citizens in Tucson and Pima County? One big reason Read More
We live in the desert, water is a precious commodity. In the west, if you control the water you control EVERYTHING.
Water and Wastewater is the issue of the future for southern Arizona. The two biggest bureaucracies in our region, Tucson and Pima County control the water supply and wastewater processes for the entire region. For the past 20 months a group of citizens (primarily from the environmental side of our community) have been assembled to learn, talk and plan for the future of ALL of southern Arizona.
A note that breaks down the core concern of the report from Chris Read More
Utah is hovering at just over 4% unemployment. It seems the economic crisis skipped over their state and landed in Nevada, Arizona and California. How did they do it? Here’s a hint; it took leadership and years of planning. Utah leaders embarked on a multi year project, Envision Utah. The Southern Arizona Leadership Council brought in organizers of the Envision Utah program about a year ago. A crowd of about 500 heard how Utah navigated through the wide variety of interests to come out with a comprehensive plan that would set their state on the path to prosperity for the next Read More
Men’s Heath gave Tucson and F as one of the drunkest cities in America. Read the findings and the full report at this months issue of the magazine. Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS — This tax-averse city is about to learn what it looks and feels like when budget cuts slash services most Americans consider part of the urban fabric.
More than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark Monday. The police helicopters are for sale on the Internet. The city is dumping firefighting jobs, a vice team, burglary investigators, beat cops — dozens of police and fire positions will go Read More
The names have been changed (sort of) to protect the innocent - or in this case guilty. Read the soap opera story we all know too well, by x4mr - HERE. Bravo! Read More
City of Tucson 2009 Audited Financial Statements
“Breaking out the green eyeshades”
The FY 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) was recently released. I have been working my way through the 170+ pages of dense financial reports. A couple of items may be of interest.
Let’s give credit where credit is due.
The City of Tucson has been awarded the “Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting” for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR for FY 2008. Tucson’s CAFR has been adjudicated by its peers as Read More
Top 10 Reasons To Come to Tucson
Ten – You can feel the sun on your toes in February! Sandals, shorts and sunglasses - pick up free sunscreen at the Visitor’s Center!
Nine – Golf! There are ____ golf courses in the Tucson valley – play them all! – get a free Mulligan from me!
Eight – The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum! The views, the animals, the gift shop and the incredibly good restaurants. The javalinas are Read More
