http://tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/archives/117 Politics, Government and the Free Press - by Mark B. Evans Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/archives/117/comment-page-1#comment-373 ldonyo Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:18:59 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/?p=117#comment-373 There isn't going to be a whole lot any combination of City Council members can do about anything until the local economy picks up. Until that happens, everything is going to have to be a holding action. The Magic 8-Ball in DC might say the recession is over, but they're the only ones. There isn’t going to be a whole lot any combination of City Council members can do about anything until the local economy picks up. Until that happens, everything is going to have to be a holding action. The Magic 8-Ball in DC might say the recession is over, but they’re the only ones.

]]> http://tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/archives/117/comment-page-1#comment-372 Carolyn Classen Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:57:36 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/mark-evans/?p=117#comment-372 Having attended 3 of the 8 dialogues, I think the City staff  should have had the attendees at each ward meeting vote on the top 3 areas that needed to be improved, and thereby gotten some consensus from the residents.   There was a lot of good will, but not a lot of prioritizing of "key community services" despite the logo on their website -- "working together to set city budget priorities". Having attended 3 of the 8 dialogues, I think the City staff  should have had the attendees at each ward meeting vote on the top 3 areas that needed to be improved, and thereby gotten some consensus from the residents.   There was a lot of good will, but not a lot of prioritizing of “key community services” despite the logo on their website — “working together to set city budget priorities”.

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