Morning, guys! I wanted to clarify something: "But Yuma voters appeared less ready to support a pay raise for their city council and mayor, who currently earn $300 and $1,000 per month, respectively. Prop 420, which was failing by about 400 votes last time we checked, would boost that up to 25,000 and $50,000 respectively. " That would be the new annual, not monthly, compensation, right? Thanks for all the great information every day!
And didn't I hear that the whole Sun custody fartknuckle was brought to the Dem's attention by Ben Toma, and that he had heard about it right after it happened? Weird story to sit on, especially then. Those are Felonies, and in a pro-family state like AZ, it's kind of hard to believe he didn't want to be right in the middle of a story like that. Maybe he thought she was crazy enough to break from the Dem Wall
With respect, I think your assessment of Flagstaff’s Prop 480 is flawed. In the interest of full disclosure, I have no connection to it other than wanting decent healthcare and more affordable housing here and I voted yes. But two things sunk it, in my opinion:
1. People here HATE Northern Arizona Healthcare. Patients, neighbors, their own employees, making them easy to vote against. Also, the hotel proposals seemed a bit over the top, and muddied the waters from the overall goal, with the acknowledgment that the overall goal is for them to make more money.
2. Mainly, the Flagstaff NIMBYs won out. People downtown are terrified of any sort of affordable housing that might fill in the old hospital location, so they choose to stick with the devil they knew, instead of potentially having poor people move in nearby.
Big loss for Northern Arizona as a whole, in my opinion.
And I know it will never pencil out for you, but I’d pay triple for a Flagstaff Agenda if you ever think about branching out.
Love this. Honestly I was thinking of paying for a reporting trip to Flagstaff because this has been so fascinating to watch from afar. And it just got a lot more interesting! But I can’t do something decent from Phoenix.
And you’re not the first to suggest a Flagstaff Agenda! I think there’s a way to make it work — at triple the price, it would only take a few hundred subscribers and a few good reporters.
Morning, guys! I wanted to clarify something: "But Yuma voters appeared less ready to support a pay raise for their city council and mayor, who currently earn $300 and $1,000 per month, respectively. Prop 420, which was failing by about 400 votes last time we checked, would boost that up to 25,000 and $50,000 respectively. " That would be the new annual, not monthly, compensation, right? Thanks for all the great information every day!
Ah good point. Stick with apples or oranges. I threw a per year in there. Thx!
And didn't I hear that the whole Sun custody fartknuckle was brought to the Dem's attention by Ben Toma, and that he had heard about it right after it happened? Weird story to sit on, especially then. Those are Felonies, and in a pro-family state like AZ, it's kind of hard to believe he didn't want to be right in the middle of a story like that. Maybe he thought she was crazy enough to break from the Dem Wall
With respect, I think your assessment of Flagstaff’s Prop 480 is flawed. In the interest of full disclosure, I have no connection to it other than wanting decent healthcare and more affordable housing here and I voted yes. But two things sunk it, in my opinion:
1. People here HATE Northern Arizona Healthcare. Patients, neighbors, their own employees, making them easy to vote against. Also, the hotel proposals seemed a bit over the top, and muddied the waters from the overall goal, with the acknowledgment that the overall goal is for them to make more money.
2. Mainly, the Flagstaff NIMBYs won out. People downtown are terrified of any sort of affordable housing that might fill in the old hospital location, so they choose to stick with the devil they knew, instead of potentially having poor people move in nearby.
Big loss for Northern Arizona as a whole, in my opinion.
And I know it will never pencil out for you, but I’d pay triple for a Flagstaff Agenda if you ever think about branching out.
Love this. Honestly I was thinking of paying for a reporting trip to Flagstaff because this has been so fascinating to watch from afar. And it just got a lot more interesting! But I can’t do something decent from Phoenix.
And you’re not the first to suggest a Flagstaff Agenda! I think there’s a way to make it work — at triple the price, it would only take a few hundred subscribers and a few good reporters.