With Prop 414 coming up for a vote soon, You could really help a bunch of us with some of your famous analysis and information digging. Some questions I have and have heard from friends.
1. There have been many bonds, grants, etc. to help fund police & Fire over the last 20 years or so. Being able to see the year to year amount of total funding to these areas, broken down by general funding and special funding (grants, bonds, etc.) and where that money was spent (physical buildings, equipment, adding people (headcount) and pay levels.
2. What is the trend of emergency services pay level over time and how does Tucson compare to other major cities in Arizona?
3. I know that we have chronically been short staffed for police & (maybe fire). What are the staffing levels of these agencies, and can they be broken down by people who actually work crime and fires in the field and Office staff/management?
4. Anything else you feel would help us to understand where the money has gone to and how that looks against 414.
My impression is that during Covid, we got all sorts of special funding and used it to grow the budgets, and the budgets keep growing and growing but it does not seem to be solving the critical problems, such as how long it takes to get a police officer to respond to an issue, and what levels of issues actually get a response.
The choice of photo you posted of Jim Sinex seems more than a little "odd", to me. It's an "in your face" closeup that feels like a violation of personal space with an ominous tone. Were there no other photos available?
With Prop 414 coming up for a vote soon, You could really help a bunch of us with some of your famous analysis and information digging. Some questions I have and have heard from friends.
1. There have been many bonds, grants, etc. to help fund police & Fire over the last 20 years or so. Being able to see the year to year amount of total funding to these areas, broken down by general funding and special funding (grants, bonds, etc.) and where that money was spent (physical buildings, equipment, adding people (headcount) and pay levels.
2. What is the trend of emergency services pay level over time and how does Tucson compare to other major cities in Arizona?
3. I know that we have chronically been short staffed for police & (maybe fire). What are the staffing levels of these agencies, and can they be broken down by people who actually work crime and fires in the field and Office staff/management?
4. Anything else you feel would help us to understand where the money has gone to and how that looks against 414.
My impression is that during Covid, we got all sorts of special funding and used it to grow the budgets, and the budgets keep growing and growing but it does not seem to be solving the critical problems, such as how long it takes to get a police officer to respond to an issue, and what levels of issues actually get a response.
The choice of photo you posted of Jim Sinex seems more than a little "odd", to me. It's an "in your face" closeup that feels like a violation of personal space with an ominous tone. Were there no other photos available?
This was the only photo available on his campaign website, but understand your concern.
I intend on updating his photo in the future.