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Written By: PT on November 28, 2009 One Comment

I want to be a city manager.  I know nothing about the job or what it entails.  And who cares?  All I know is want to have get one of these sweet severance packages that city mangers receive when they get kicked to the curb. Like this one.
Firing City Manager John Little may have brought [...]

Written By: PT on October 23, 2009 No Comment
Playing Games With Tucson’s Public Safety

Authored by Michael Claridge.
I want you to play a little game with me, if you will.
First, let’s define the structure of this little game.  You have 10 fingers (thumbs count) and I have 10 fingers (thumbs count).
Second, there is only one rule to this game:  You can only use your fingers.
Here’s the game:  We are [...]

Written By: PT on August 25, 2009 3 Comments

Buy a new toilet, get a rebate, save the planet, and save some water.  Or do we?  I spoke with someone who is affiliated with the Wastewater Department and he told a different tale.
Here in the greater Tucson area, our waste-water system runs on gravity.  In order to take advantage of the “gravity system”,  there [...]

Written By: PT on August 24, 2009 10 Comments
Cash for Crappers Program

You can always count on the Tucson City Council for a good laugh.  Today’s snort? A rebate program to replace that old toilet.  Yes, that’s right its the Cash for Crappers program.  Read on my friends…
Is your toilet a clunker?
Well, if it was made before 1991 and uses more than 3ƒ gallons per flush, then [...]

Written By: PT on August 19, 2009 4 Comments
The $46 Million Dollar Underpass Party

The Rio Nuevo project was scheduled to deliver to the Tucson Community, the Civic Center Complex, the Mercado District & Presidio, the Congress District, the Warehouse Arts District & 4th Ave, and the Modern Streetcar. OK, now that ALL of the $140+ million has been spent, we have got a tunnel!  The Fourth Avenue Underpass [...]

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