Arizona: City Of Tucson

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The updated numbers are now in for the City of Tucson election. As of 13:43:36 on November 4, 2009. with 100% of precincts reporting, here are the unofficial results:

City Council Ward 3

Karin Uhlich (D)            30,350  47.22%

Ben Buehler-Garcia (R)  29,906  46.53%

Mary DeCamp (G)            3,928   6.11%

City Council Ward 5

Richard Fimbres (D)     33,847  53.25%

Shaun McClusky (R)      29,560  46.51%

City Council Ward 6

Nina Trasoff (D)           31,116  48.78%

Steve Kozachik (R)       32,448  50.87%

Prop. 200 Public Safety First Initiative

Yes                             19,510  29.72%

No                              46,139  70.28%

Prop. 400 Home Rule Budget Override

Yes                             31,671  49.42%

No                              32,416  50.58%

Prop. 401 TUSD Operations Budget Override

Yes                             26,206  40.96%

No                              37,778  59.04%

Prop. 402 TUSD Technology Budget Override

Yes                             24,821  38.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Rhonda Bodfield of the Arizona Daily Star fact checked, in a roundabout manner, the wild claims being made by the "Republican" candidates for Tucson city council and their Tea Party supporters. Tea Party organizers, Dems square off at downtown events. Here is her fact check reformatted:

Claim: Members of the Tea Party criticized the City Council's February decision to lease the building to the Museum of Contemporary Art for $1 a year.

Fact: The museum, which plans to move into the building in the next few months, was the sole bidder for a five-year lease that can be revoked with one year's notice.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I am reproducing below an exchange of e-mail correspondence which has been widely disseminated (I have received it from several sources) between Frances M. Merryman, CFPR and Vice President of Wealth Strategies Group, and Bill Arnold, chairman of the Public Safety First Initiative (Prop. 200), and copied to a host of community leaders. Any confidentiality has been waived due to the fact that this e-mail has been widely disseminated and forwarded before it ever arrived to my attention. It is my understanding that members of the local news media have also received forwarded copies. (No original content has been edited, only addresses are deleted.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

A Republican campaign worker dropped off walk pieces for the GOP Tucson Council Council candidates at my door today. (I understand that Republicans have $1 million to drop on this city council race and have the money to piss away on Democratic voters). Well, I'll make you pay for littering my doorstep with your trash.

Time for a Fact Check, since the practically useless Arizona Daily Starsure as hell won't do it. Too much advertising money is being spent by GOP money-man Jim Click lately on full page color ads. If you believe advertising revenue does not affect news content, I've got some ocean-front property in Arizona I'd like to sell you.