I know you're talking about the Tucson city council in your section about RTA, but you ignore the bigger picture: That everyone in Pima County pays the sales tax and that projects throughout the county were completed. The story makes it sound like the RTA funding problem is the city's alone when it's possible that non-city voters might be willing to help by extending the sales tax and putting Tucson in front of the line.
This and the section about TEP continue to ignore the concerns that non-Tucson residents have about Tucson activities. Please take a regional perspective to meet the needs of your other readers.
Hi, Elena. You're absolutely right that a lot of these issues aren't contained within the city limits. But the focus of today's newsletter was what the city council will deal with at their meetings today (as you noted).
I lived in two Ohio cities that had city power-- my hometown of Amherst, Ohio and the Capitol City of Columbus. City power in Columbus served the old central core of the city and was significantly cheaper than privatized electricity in the suburbs and the rest of Franklin County. There was a large battle in Cleveland in the 1970s when Mayor Dennis Kucinich battled the corporations that wanted to privatize city power in Cleveland. Calling him the "Boy Mayor" of the "Mistake on the Lake," they savaged Kucinich over this issue in the newspapers. They tried to privatize the city power in Amherst when my Mom was still alive. She told me about it and said, "I don't think this is a good idea." I told her she was spot on.
I know you're talking about the Tucson city council in your section about RTA, but you ignore the bigger picture: That everyone in Pima County pays the sales tax and that projects throughout the county were completed. The story makes it sound like the RTA funding problem is the city's alone when it's possible that non-city voters might be willing to help by extending the sales tax and putting Tucson in front of the line.
This and the section about TEP continue to ignore the concerns that non-Tucson residents have about Tucson activities. Please take a regional perspective to meet the needs of your other readers.
Hi, Elena. You're absolutely right that a lot of these issues aren't contained within the city limits. But the focus of today's newsletter was what the city council will deal with at their meetings today (as you noted).
I lived in two Ohio cities that had city power-- my hometown of Amherst, Ohio and the Capitol City of Columbus. City power in Columbus served the old central core of the city and was significantly cheaper than privatized electricity in the suburbs and the rest of Franklin County. There was a large battle in Cleveland in the 1970s when Mayor Dennis Kucinich battled the corporations that wanted to privatize city power in Cleveland. Calling him the "Boy Mayor" of the "Mistake on the Lake," they savaged Kucinich over this issue in the newspapers. They tried to privatize the city power in Amherst when my Mom was still alive. She told me about it and said, "I don't think this is a good idea." I told her she was spot on.
In Ward 5, Manon didn't submit their signatures in time, but Fabian did.
Thanks, we will update the story.