El Orto Lado

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On SB 1070: Hotel Congress Entertainment Director David Slutes

"As a native Tucsonan who feels strongly about SB 1070 and as someone who's business is directly impacted by the fallout, I stand firmly against this misguided, dehumanizing bill."

On SB 1070: Congressman Raul M. Grijalva

"SB 1070 is a heavy-handed bill that undermines and threatens the civil liberties of all Arizonans."

On SB 1070: Tucson's Ward 6 councilman Steve Kozachik

"The bill includes several elements that cause me concern."

2009 Darwin Award Winners

Humourous, Posthumous Honors

Goofy tales of people offing themselves in the most ridiculous ways.

A Cultural Whitewash on Congress Street?

UPDATED - Manser speaks with Stiteler.

A Real Zocalo for Tucson

Imagine a big, shady park as the place where everything downtown is centered...

Is Rio Nuevo Synonymous with Downtown Redevelopment?

If a Tucson voter who supported Proposition 400 in 1999, the initiative that created Rio Nuevo, left town and returned ten years later, he or she would wonder what happened.

Death and Taxes

As cliché as the phrase may be that the only certainties in life are death and taxes, what is not cliché is how we as individuals, collectively and municipally, approach the given certainty of the need for tax revenue.

Don’t Rock the Leaking Boat

TWO DAYS after State Representative Frank Antenori warned the Rio Nuevo District Board not to rock Rio Nuevo’s boat by obligating Rio Nuevo or its TIF revenue stream to any contracts or projects prior to the Legislature’s passage of the State budget—which would include an amendment pertaining to the disposition of Rio Nuevo—an article in the Arizona Daily Star demonstrated the precariousness of Rio Nuevo’s position in the State Legislature.