Dave Devine, who has been following the sale of Fourth Avenue's Coronado Hotel by the Downtown Tucson Partnership, says he just spoke Albert Elias of the city's Urban Planning and Design Department ... Elias tells Devine that Coronado is now in escrow with a buyer that he did not disclose. But Elias did say the new owner plans to allow the current low-income tenants to remain at the Coronado ...
Congressman Raul Grijalva has responded to today's split decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to lift limits on corporate political spending: ... In today’s case of Citizens United V. FEC, the Supreme Court went far beyond precedent, far beyond the original intent of the Constitution, and far beyond anything the Founders meant when they protected freedom of speech for individuals. James Madison never intended for the First Amendment to apply to corporations; he meant free speech to be for the
Should Pima County be in the cattle business? ... by Tim Vanderpool ... There was a time when cow-punching defined Southern Arizona. Acre after acre of cattle country spilled across the range, some of it beautiful, some of it grazed to the nubs. Today, the cattle ranching industry is largely in decline, a victim of shifting markets and ongoing drought. But there's one rancher who seems set for the long haul, and its name is Pima County. Under the dictates of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan,
For fantasy football owners, it all comes down to this weekend: will you win bragging rights amongst friends, or cry in your beer? The RapidDraft.com gang is here with its final installment of advice and a look back at the year in review.
Trouble is brewing for City Manager Mike Letcher's proposed tax on residential rent payments ... The Arizona Multihousing Association is promising to bring a crowd to the City Council meeting next Tuesday, Jan. 5. The meeting, BTW, has been moved from the council chambers at City Hall to the Tucson Convention Center to accommodate the hundreds of people who are expected to turn out. The study session begins at 2:30 p.m. and the evening meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m ... Here's the AMA press
Against the odds, Coach G.'s Icecats mark 30 years in Tucson ... by Irene Messina ... Long before the phrase "Rio Nuevo" became part of the vernacular in the Old Pueblo, a true downtown success story was born. It was 1979 when a dreamer from Illinois arrived in Tucson with his wife, Paula, to bring collegiate ice hockey to the desert. Some people laughed, but Leo Golembiewski—or Coach G., as he is called—made his dream a reality in the form of the University of Arizona Icecats. The team
According to UANews.org Joaquin Ruiz, executive dean of the University of Arizona's College of Letters, Arts and Science and professor of geosciences, has joined the list of outstanding researchers admitted into Mexico's National System of Researchers, known as SNI. Ruiz will be honored during a ceremony in early spring in which Mexico President Felipe Calderon will officially recognize the contributions of the council's newest members ... Over the years, membership in the SNI has become an
The University of Arizona's proposal to send a spacecraft to an asteroid and return with a sample is one of three finalists for a $650 million NASA grant ...