It’s not often that you can save an entire city. But that’s the prospect facing Tucson voters.
Early voting is underway for an election which could bring a capable majority to our City Council.
There’s an impressive trio on the ballot. Steve Kozachik, Shawn McClusky and Ben Buehler-Garcia have shown expertise at managing projects, budgets and businesses.
We need to fix our roads, fund public safety and make Tucson attractive again for companies that want to bring jobs. These guys are the group that can do it.
In contrast, the incumbents have failed our community and the evidence is all over town. Shuttered shops are everywhere. Our city has become a harder place to do business. The roads are a travesty. They can’t even oversee pothole repair.
Even assuming the incumbents are well intentioned, they have shown that they don’t have the skills to manage this city or its budget.
Worse yet, special deals for friends have defined the current Council. Like free rent. Or entire buildings for a dollar a year.
The stakes couldn’t be higher for our city’s future. Communities can death spiral. Underfunding cops gives us higher crime. Businesses close, revenue falls further. That’s what going on.
But we can still turn this around.
If you live outside the city limits, make a difference by calling friends in Tucson. Do the same if you’re in the city. But also VOTE. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. It’s time to give a new majority a chance.
You can help save our city. Do it.
Barney,
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly what we need. The problem is, I am not sure that we are in the majority.
New taxes under the name of Health Insurance is a huge burden/obstacle in hiring someone. I think after the Health Insurance Tax is added per employee, many businesses will be financially forced to layoff workers or reduce their wages by the amount of the tax.
ReplyDeleteI think Downtown Tucson is a terrible place to go and I try to avoid the 'gov't district' unless I am forced to do business in that area.
I think the solution is two fold: smaller gov't and less taxes. Less taxes would allow for money to be applied to improvements, less profitable business opportunities (that are not profitable enough with the current tax rates) and a huge increase in employment. I would consider starting jobs for dozens of people if taxes were below 21%, but with the tax rate near/above 50%, it seems retarded to volunteer to be a larger slave to the gov't.