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Republican mayoral candidates McClusky and Asta interviewed on KUAT TV last night

by on Mar. 04, 2011, under Life, Politics

On March 3 KUAT Channel 6 host Kimberly Craft interviewed the two Republicans now running for Mayor of the City of Tucson (from their website, www.azpm.org):

Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup has announced that he will not run for another term. Now the field of those hoping to replace him is getting crowded.

Two more contenders have announced their candidacy. They are former county supervisor Ron Asta and Shaun McClusky, who has run previously for city council and was a strong opponent of raising city sales taxes in the last election. Both Republicans, they explain their reasons for running and the objectives they hope to accomplish, including making the landscape better for business and retaining young people to assume well-paying jobs.

To view this interview, log on by clicking below:

http://ondemand.azpm.org/videoshorts/watch/2011/3/3/1841-mayoral-race-draws-new-contenders/

My previous blogs on Shaun McClusky (click here), and Ron Asta (click here). McClusky ran for the Ward 5 Council seat in November, 2009 and Ron Asta is a prior District 1 Pima County Supervisor.

The only Democrat (so far) who has filed to run for Mayor is political newcomer/attorney Jonathan Rothschild. His interview by Craft on KUAT was on January 28 (click here).

McClusky and Asta will be speaking to the Eastside Republicans on March 16, along with the Ward 4 Council candidate Tyler Vogt, at the Golf Links branch library, 9640 E. Golf Links Road, at 6:30 p.m.

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  • Fraser007

    Did KUAT throw him softballs or did they actually ask him some tough questions? The car accident and shoplifting?

    • tiponeill

      Doesn’t matter – they are Repubs.

    • Carolyn Classen

      Bill Buckmaster asked Asta those tough questions on his radio interview on 3/2/11:
      http://www.buckmastershow.com/2011/03/02/buckmaster-show-322011/
       
       
       

      • Fraser007

        What did Asta say about those incidents?

        • Carolyn Classen

          Listen to the radio podcast link I provided above, as I don’t want to paraphrase what Asta said to Buckmaster.  Craft did not ask him anything about those incidents on the KUAT show.

          • Fraser007

            I didnt have time to listen to the show. Craft, although a good broadcaster would not ask the hard hitting questions. Neither would Bill B.
            On another unrelated note. KUAT takes all kinds of money from Freeport McMahon Mining so do you think that they will do a hard hitting expose on the effects of mining in the Santa Ritas?? Not only are they whores but they are cheap whores.

  • A Marcum

    That is too bad you have no time to listen but you have time to name call.  All who even look at your comment will come away remembering your inability to make a comment without personally attacking a person.  Thus, rendering you a person who lack self-control even as they write a simple reply null and void of thinking reasonably.

    • Fraser007

      You’re a little late. Asta is no longer running for mayor. He got the hint that Tucsonans dont want him. Thats good news for Tucson.

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