Martha Durkin will become a deputy to Tucson’s city manager, leaving a post as general counsel for Tucson Unified School District. She will being work as assistant city manager July 1.... Read more»
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An open letter to Councilmember Romero, Mayor and Council: I am strongly opposed to your proposal to sell or lease the El Rio Golf Course to the private Grand Canyon University. It appears that you and the Mayor and Council are rushing to discuss this drastically different vision for our community during a hastily planed executive session tomorrow.... Read more»3
Last week, there was a settlement in the State of Arizona’s case against two Tucson Transportation Department supervisors who misappropriated at least $83,000 in public resources for personal gain. They will each have to pay just $5,000 to the city. This result is a failing by state, rather than city, officials... Read more»
An interview with Mayor Jonathan Rothschild about Tucson’s budget and decision to give a 55-cent raise to city employees. Also, Keith Rosenblum on the border and Mexico, and Jonathan Litvack with an update on the $30-million renovation at the Westin La Paloma.... Read more»
City Councilman Steve Kozachik began his reelection campaign with a show of political force Wednesday night. In a coming-out party at Downtown’s Borderlands Brewing Company, Kozachik celebrated his recent party switch with bipartisan support from a group of Tucson mayors past and present.... Read more»2
An interview with Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, and the Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com, and Dan Shearer, editor of the Green Valley News. Plus, Weekend Watch with Matt Russell.... Read more»
State of the City: “Tucson is a community where people care for one another. It is a great strength of our city. It is a strength we must draw upon in deciding what services we want, how best to deliver them, and how to pay for them, while meeting our existing obligations.”... Read more»1
A day of smiles and sunshine is how many Tucsonans spent Saturday, in a moving memorial to the victims of the Jan. 8, 2011 shootings meant to lift both feet and spirits. The mayor Zumba’d up a sweat, thousands wrote messages to be delivered to Newtown, Conn., and U.S. Rep. Ron Barber said he recalls the attack like clockwork every Saturday. (with video)... Read more»1
The Friday Focus interview was with Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, followed by the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com, and Jimmy Boegle, editor of the Tucson Weekly. Plus, Matt Russell, Tucson’s Culinary Cruiser, had the Weekend Watch.... Read more»
Cross-border agreements between U.S. and Mexican officials, Republican politicians evaluate their stance on immigration and an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation into Border Patrol’s October shooting in Nogales... Read more»
Friday on the John C. Scott Show: An interview with Mohur Sarah Sidhwa, a Democratic candidate for state House in LD9, plus the executive director of the Tucson Police Foundation, Rob LeMaster, and Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild on the road bond that’s on the ballot.... Read more»1
Mayors representing 10 cities from around Arizona are forming a partnership to work with schools and private groups to improve education. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, founding chairman of the roundtable committee, said that cities have as much at stake as anyone else in what goes on in classrooms.... Read more»
Tucson had the sixth highest level of poverty in 2011 out of all the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Local officials identify the city’s economic struggles, but point to education as the key to getting more jobs and higher-paying jobs in the region.... Read more»10
Those depending on Arizona’s defense contractors and subcontractors, as well as its military installations, are looking warily toward year’s end, when automatic spending cuts will occur unless the White House and Congress agree on an alternative plan for reducing the federal deficit.... Read more»
Five Tucson streets workers — including a division administrator - are no longer employed after an 11-month investigation led the city to move to fire them. City officials allege the workers performed side jobs for personal gain at the city’s expense, and that a Department of Transportation leader “treated the Streets division as a personal enterprise.”... Read more»3
The City of Tucson is moving to fire another employee in the Transportation Department, and will discipline several others, according to a memo from the city manager. A source said the moves follow an investigation into Internet porn viewed on city computers.... Read more»2
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