When I read the letter by Ted Maxwell of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council (SALC), I was transported to the mid-1990s. These were the arguments we used to try to pass a Pima County Charter.
The stats about the money loss was higher than my estimate. Mr. Maxwell estimates it costs the region nearly $50,000,000 annually for the unchartered areas of Pima County. This means that the anti-county charter Southern Arizona Republican business leaders of the 1990s have cost the region nearly $1,500,000,000 in funds that could have improved roads and built a better Pima County. Why? Because, while Republicans then claimed that the Republican-led legislature leaders were doing a good job representing Pima County, Republicans actually did not want the Democratic-led Board of Supervisors to possibly have more power.
SALC wants another Republican-run town as a powerbase and wants to add that town to the RTANext committee so that Tucson will continue to subsidize development outside its city limits.
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Matt Somers
Midtown
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