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:f there �re are still those'bemused Green Vailc sans who reversed the Pimal County. judge's ruling, telling them think Pima County, the City of Tucson, and the big-town ; they didn't have to let'Oro Valley incorporate. The ener
�, This is fair and disinterested government? all of us,re
brass are disinterested as to whether Green Valley s di The here are so
incorporates, we suggest they take a look at Oro,Valley. . But now the city/county combine is moaning a •y. ,
y Y . cut your
This little community north. of Tucson '�7 Aria.na Supreme Court has come back with a final,ruling keep it at€°
has been fighting for four years--that's z saying: Let the people of Oro Valley incorporate if they point: •
right,four years--to incorporate. .itself .: w ant to --it's their right First, a
as a to\�'n,as the Arizona laws permit it�: .': i The Arizona Daily Star, which -approves .of outdoors.N
• to, if a 7rraloriL,y of the residents soil— y ',elf-determination for Bangladesh but not for the citizens expands,
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desire. i'l of Oro Valley, comments sourly that "incorporation ways for it ..
The residents of ti-it- prop area i•� z,r i ot��es property fro•m the countytax base and leaves Oro house, it
duly petitioned and sent their petition ,., "'' �'elle r r> lativel 5r� itll aria,lar e r oblems such as haw important.
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to the Pima CountyBoard of !..'24”. ...> to finance adequate police and fire protection, sewage Insulatic
Supervisors..The supervisors, heavily influenced b3- the ili.; as, i and maintain streets." inexpensiv
City of Tucson (Supervisor Jim Murphy is a former city Y ine.tlZe Dail Porn osity's editorial for the properly-it:
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councilman),refused to act,as they're charged to rii�tttkder_ _ , clue to'whyincorporation — by by Oro.Valley,
by little the law.
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• re�en TallLy,or by any other group of residents with the ;:,.,;
So the residents of Oro Valley dug.into their pockets, the ceiling
iii�n�iti�,atc,d gall to wail(;to guide. their own cic�stlny=-has
hired lawyers,and filed suit to force the supervisors to do Fill spar
been and will continue to be-opposed. .
. , rdragged in,Florence,'since the e ,,; ,,. Also put n � .�.it��ix job. It_It: an,and on up
., municipal-al:.ro'vernment fl v r c inlet:
matler�-. � I1. ,,,�� #'�. �, , �, �. t•;.'�,�.,' �� ,.. ;:-: The ��:,+�Jalllt'�i1��+ �'•li at 1,:third.1�� �,,
i�e..�<<<l.•L Z.,«�xc�i'for t�sc .lui,-�� �oti�i�J .,LId��. �
,. will be added'in Penia.County, further complicating the that cover
anally, the:, P. 1 �,c�unt••,� •. i r ordered the •
job. thisthe county�• fragmenting regional, approaches to urban problems." such as en
supervisors to do their .(T�y time both the. o �
• and the City of Tucson had•becoiue parties to the lawsuit.to By golly, that is a terrible thing, isn't it? Imagine --- Use sty
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keep Ore VV'al:teyans from doing their thing.) ' three whole municipalities in little bitty Pima County!
r�i7h it boggles the (bureaucratic):mind.
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Well;the Fiala County and Tucson} 3'•�ts�:Wasn't about to �'� � :
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r take s;u. h.a,, ptli*t•order lying down. They appealed it -=- Wonder how runny municipalities.there are'in,' say, : Secure sit
and chortled happily when the State Court of .appears Suffolk County,New York?Or any of thousands of other window tr,
._..._ successful, well-governed counties in this nation? screen mei r
--- — -- Keep yr�T:,.' .17.),-,72.1 LT 77117,,,-71-37• 7.2-id But down to the.nitty-gritty:
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y, �^�_ _�___ __....______I "i ncor oration removes property ert from the county t,IX
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4# base," says the Star. storm doe
From Mrs,Jean Schmidt,Siren,
Wisconsin: I suspect.T A,.B'.s arti- And there you have it. The county --- and the city --- stand aper
~: cle,from Braidwood,Ill.,referred w ant every penny. out from
, r, to me as the "Wisconsin woman" •, Let ail. .
1..,"' This cleans' that Oro Valleya,ris (ztld/or Grp en
4',..' '.n t` ' 1 '" who said.her father had "a hard
w .: a ¢a h 1• have fore(▪ t:>rK �' time learninggto shift from first `ailleyans)can actually reap some of the return n from.local
, male Stile
^ ,' to second" when he learned',to property erty valuations, getting revenues yy hich they .can
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711 A� drive his first Model T Ford in apply hack t.o dedin «►ith their local problems and
fi" 1911.The man is correct: I have g furniture,
meeting.r local needs- instead of sharing it with the rest of
recalled since that dad shiftedob.;e't.s, t ;
7,' from low,straight to high. (I was the county and maybe finding most of it being spent in warm air.
only 9 years old'when. I was al-
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l nl.etrapolitatl Tucson. areas of t'
• lowed to sit behind the wheel and
thework thing y myself for a'mile ; It means that Oro Valley will now receive rebates from
ey sometimes dis- ortwo.) state motor vehicle taxes and state sales taxes which have
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gone previously to Pima County for county officials'to
y. Actually,the intent of meaning distribute as they wish.
i b I e fixed-income a n- in my article was that it took him Tr'ue,in this week's Bond election there were a nu m be r
�,1 home time to learn to shift gears of thin s cal.elate d to benefit tl)e Gree 'tiler-L—,an larita
:'1. Starting rich r-toX11, *vith his fort while AT THE
h 'e—derived from both - SAME TIME- controlling' the area and.to,g;t votes from this area.
, si)ar}c and gas levers and steering
w Suppose the talk of. incorporation out here had anything
You live. Even if you wheel with his hands.
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