Tonight on the televised edition of Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel: I talk with Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik about Prop 101, the city’s proposal to hike the sales tax by a half-cent per dollar for five years in order to fund capital improvements for the police and fire departments and do more road repair. We also talk about the UA’s controversial proposal to build a massive Honor’s College campus right smack in the historic West University Neighborhood, the city’s lawsuit against the state over the state’s efforts to take away more than $100 million in state-shared revenues because the city destroys some guns instead of selling them at auction and some other city issues.
Then we’ve got an exit interview with Tucson Metro Chamber President & CEO Mike Varney, who recently announced his plans to step down after six years on the job. We discuss whether the city of Tucson and Pima County are more business-friendly than they were when he arrived, what the state should do about education funding and why the chamber is supporting Prop 101.
Tune in tonight at 6:30 p.m. on the Creative Tucson Network, Channel 20 on Cox Cable and Channel 74 on Comcast. The show repeats at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings.
On this weekend’s radio edition of Zona Politics, I talk with Democrat Paul Durham, who is seeking to replace the retiring Ward 3 Councilwoman Karin Uhlich. Durham is facing fellow Democrats Tom Tronsdal and Felicia Chew in the August primary election.
The radio show airs at 5 p.m. Sundays on community radio KXCI, 91.3 FM, and at 1 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays on KEVT, 1210 AM.
This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2017.
Ask Steve what happened to our tax dollars that were collected to repair roads. What was that money spent on, and what guarantee does the taxpayer have that we simply won’t be lied to again?
No more money Steve you have an addition to spending, and we are planning a tough love intervention.
Vote NO on any bond initiatives until we get rid of the current crop of lying leaders.
No on the sales tax, you idiots already burn through money like its your own, not to mention the millions you will loose from the state from your moronic anti gun stance. Stupid does as stupid is and as for the vouchers, I hoped it spells the end of TUSD as an actual school districts. Like the city it also is run by morons.
So we’re going to fix our roads on the backs of the working class with sales taxes already near the highest in the country? We’re going to buy a bunch of new firetrucks when we could pay Tucson citizens to rebuild the engines and whatever else they need in the ones we have instead of throwing them away? This progressive says NO!!!
This conservative says no. It does not make sense. By the way what was our road money wasted on? Bigger salaries and bigger pensions?