June 9 City Council Meeting: Broadway Coalition Redux #10? (I’ve Lost Count)
How wide should Broadway Blvd. be between the Snake Bridge and Country Club Rd? This seems like a never-ending question, but today– June 9– is a big day. Today, the … Continue reading
Assange, Manning, & Snowden: Where Would the World Be without Them? (video)
Life-size statues of three “contemporary heros” — Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley), and Edward Snowden– were unveiled in Berlin recently. What would we do without these brave whistle blowers? … Continue reading
UPDATED: Broadway Widening Redux: March 26 Meeting on ‘Community Alignment’
The beleaguered Citizens Task Force (CTF) of the Broadway Widening Project revolted at last week’s meeting and didn’t approve the city staff plan for widening Broadway Blvd. because it didn’t … Continue reading
Broadway Widening Project: Residents Speak Out Against It… Again
An estimated 80 Tucsonans attended the public meeting of the Citizens Task Force (CTF) for the Broadway widening project last week. The main event of the meeting was a potential … Continue reading
Why Don’t Americans Vote? We’re Repeatedly Told Not To (video)
The United States is the world’s largest democracy, we spend an obscene amount of money on elections–more than any other country–and we have the lowest voter turnout. The trend has … Continue reading
Tucson City Council: Ill-Conceived Ordinances Wiped from Agenda (video)
The Tucson City Council was scheduled to vote on two ill-conceived ordinances at their St. Patrick’s Day meeting this week. The Crowd Management Event ordinance would have given the police chief … Continue reading
Broadway Widening: Citizens’ Task Force Meeting March 19
The Broadway Citizens Task Force (CTF)– the city-appointed residents and business owners who have been working on the Broadway widening project– will meet at 5:30 today, March 19, at the … Continue reading