Comments on: More Election Thoughts - Last Time, I Promise! http://tucsonsammy.com/2005/11/20/more-election-thoughts-last-time-i-promise/ A libertarian curmudgeon who lurks near the ever changing geographic center of the Old Pueblo Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:10:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Alpha Jonathan http://tucsonsammy.com/2005/11/20/more-election-thoughts-last-time-i-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-9 The Alpha Jonathan Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:16:34 +0000 http://tucsonsammy.com/2005/11/20/more-election-thoughts-last-time-i-promise/#comment-9 I totally agree with your assessment, and cringe at the thought of an all-democratic council. Will they offer Tom Volgy a volunteer position as spirit guide? Will they go after gun shows at the TCC again (a struggle in which, shamefully, Republican mayor Walkup joined them the last time)? However, the Alpha Environmentalist welcomes one item on the agenda, assuming (doubtful) they can actually carry through with it: Impact fees. Big ones. Yes. Let the real free market rule in Tucson's growth sector. You want to move to our city? Welcome, and . . .PAY YOUR OWN WAY! I read the developers' sham report purporting to show how growth really does pay for itself. Sorry, but if growth paid for itself Tucson would not be saddled with one of the highest municipal tax rates in the country. That isn't the fault of tax-and-spend Dems; it's because those of us already here are forced to pay for the roads, traffic lights, water, sewer, police, fire protection, and who knows what else for those moving here. If growth paid for itself, natives like me would be getting rebate checks every year. - Jonathan Hanson I totally agree with your assessment, and cringe at the thought of an
all-democratic council. Will they offer Tom Volgy a volunteer
position as spirit guide? Will they go after gun shows at the TCC
again (a struggle in which, shamefully, Republican mayor Walkup
joined them the last time)?

However, the Alpha Environmentalist welcomes one item on the agenda,
assuming (doubtful) they can actually carry through with it: Impact
fees. Big ones. Yes. Let the real free market rule in Tucson’s growth
sector. You want to move to our city? Welcome, and . . .PAY YOUR OWN
WAY!

I read the developers’ sham report purporting to show how growth
really does pay for itself. Sorry, but if growth paid for itself
Tucson would not be saddled with one of the highest municipal tax
rates in the country. That isn’t the fault of tax-and-spend Dems;
it’s because those of us already here are forced to pay for the
roads, traffic lights, water, sewer, police, fire protection, and who
knows what else for those moving here. If growth paid for itself,
natives like me would be getting rebate checks every year.

- Jonathan Hanson

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