Tucson Choices

And you wonder where all that money the City of Tucson has to spend goes every year???? In the Oct 24, 2011 issue of the Star you get a small clue.
Businesses to get help on efficiency practices plus garner recognition
City begins green-certification effort
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Going green just got a little bit easier for Tucson businesses.
Tucson’s Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development is encouraging businesses to apply for its Green Business Certification Program.
More than a dozen businesses have applied so far, said director Leslie Ethen.
Among them is BWS Architects, a downtown business that made changes to become more environmentally Read More

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America’s Emptiest Cities, 2011
By Paul Toscano, CNBC.com
October 12, 2011

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The problem is multi faceted.  Here’s a few culprits:

1. Pima County has been too reliant on growth related industries and hasn’t done a very good job at divesting into different job creating industries.

2.  There seems to be no ryme or reason as to what gets built where in Southern Arizona.  We fight sprawl at the same time block infill projects.

3.  Financing – Here’s Read More

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So tell me Tucson Democratic Party leaders, ‘How Bad Does It Have To Be To Lose The Arizona Daily Star Endorsement As A Democratic Incumbent?”

The short answer is pretty darn bad.  Maybe the Rio Nuevo boondoggle, the FBI and Attorney General investigations, the Park Wise scandals, the condition of the roads, medians and general decay of our market, the total lack of economic activity anywhere in the City limits, catching the old tired democratic elected officials and party playing the same old tricks, the total lack of faith of anything Read More

Law governs annexations, not supervisors
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:00 am
By Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, Special to The Explorer | 0 comments
The old adage “Never let facts get in the way of a good story” seems to apply to Councilwoman Roxanne Ziegler’s recent opinion in The Explorer (“County official should follow best practices,” Oct. 5, 2011).
Lackluster (the councilwoman’s word) does not accurately describe the County’s Read More

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College basketball revenue: Duke first, Arizona 4th, ASU 43rd

Phoenix Business Journal by Mike Sunnucks, Senior Reporter

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 2:50pm MST

Duke University and Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau

Duke University, which plays basketball in Cameron Indoor Stadium, is the top revenue producer in college basketball.

College basketball’s March Madness is all about underdogs and Cinderellas busting brackets. But it’s the big boys of college hoops that dominate the “moneyball” aspects of the sport.

The University of Arizona ranks fourth among Division 1 school when it comes to men’s basketball revenue, Read More

After a week of getting hammered by a coordinated GOP attack following the release of a congressional map, the Independent Redistricting Commission approved its draft map of the state’s 30 legislative districts this afternoon in Tucson.

“We have a draft legislative map,” said IRC chairwoman Colleen Mathis. “And there is no question that we’ll be entertaining a lot of Read More

Quick, how many Pima County communications staffers does it take to put out a press release?

The short answer is 10. The long answer is one to write the press release, one to Tweet it, one to post it on Facebook, one to make a brochure, one to update the website, one to take photos, one to make the video and one to post it on the blog. That still leaves two staffers to fill in the cracks and manage the message.

At a time when local media are diminished – a downsized Star and defunct Tucson Citizen are just two examples – and Read More