When county officials stopped counting votes last night, the city’s road bond proposition had fallen narrowly into the “No” column.
With a lot of votes left to count in the next few days, 54,355 voters opposed the ballot prop, while 53,420 supported it.
“It looks like it’s going to be close,” Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said. “I hope that the people of Tucson will support fixing our roads.”
City Councilman Steve Kozachik, the council’s lone Republican, echoed those thoughts.
“I hope it passes,” said Kozachik. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t.”
This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2012.
“I hope it passes”!! He opposed it!!
it should not pass, the State Leader, would only use it for what they want and not what it was supposed to be used for, like that damn street car that is no more needed than a man on the moon.
I can’t believe people aren’t willing to shell out a few extra dollars a year for better (acceptable) roads and better (excellent) education. Both are in a shambles. As a former teacher in several states I am embarrassed to say I live in the state that places 49th in national standing of all states in terms of student assessment (which reflects teacher accountability). I believed (erroneously) that PCC had finally closed admissions, requiring a higher standard of students and thus a higher standard of learning. When, much to my chagrin, they now require students to have at least a seventh grade educational level…P-L-E-A-S-E!!!!! So now what happens when those that want to go on to higher education, teaching for example? Will they have the knowledge and preliminary experience to take over in the classroom and become exemplary teachers? Mmmm! What are we in the midst of? Have those of you who voted no thought of the future?
Then there are the roads. Really, need I say more? But I will. How about this…sharp potholes cause flat tires which need to be repaired or replaced…good business for the local businessmen…a little cussing from us, a pain in the butt at time lost having to fix it. And the question when are they going to fix these bloody roads? West Grant Rd. has also been a pain in the butt and has been sitting idle for months. Ho hum…running out of funds? Well, if you voted no, it will stand idle for longer still. That’s all. Ciao
aarrgghh – sometimes it is not about the dollar amount but diversion of other monies that could be spend on roads. If you only knew what the City was spending their money on in the past 7-8 months you wouldn’t be surprised why some of us voted no.
We pay throgh the nose for gas taxes to fix the roads. They always want more.
Do people realize how much more they pay for auto maintenance with the condition our roads are in? I used to live in a developing country with bad roads and my tires had to be replaced every 10,000 miles. My tires used to last 30,000 miles in the “good ole” USA.