We’ve been discussing the City of Tucson’s decision to inflict increased water rates on Tucson Water customers who live in unincorporated Pima County for some time now. We’ve argued the irresponsibility of the Mayor and Council for unanimously passing these increases without conducting an actual cost of service analysis of water delivery to county...
By Steve Christy Our July 22nd Southeast Regional Council quarterly meeting was held virtually, with a great group of presenters from the Pima County and Arizona Departments of Transportation, Pima County Sheriff’s Department and Pima County Development Services. We also heard from Brad Anderson, CEO of the Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce...
As predicted, and as I’ve been communicating to you, the City of Tucson Mayor and Council voted unanimously to enact increased water rates for those living outside of any city’s limits in unincorporated Pima County during its June 22nd meeting. Apparently, residents who get their water from another source or reside within a city or town’s...
By Steve Christy As we reach mid-year, there’s been no shortage of issues that our region has been addressing, investigating and yes, perhaps even struggling with. The possible incorporation of Vail and Corona de Tucson are a hot topic right now. We have lots of questions, and we hope we can obtain the most informative answers to help guide your...
By Steve Christy On April 16, I received my first COVID-19 shot, deep in the heart – or should I say, “deep in my arm” – of our Vail Community, at Old Vail Middle School. The entire event went off without a hitch and I had the opportunity to observe our members of our region coming together and working together to support the vaccine...
By Steve Christy Our District 4 office is fortunate in that we receive robust and regular emails, letters, and phone calls from our constituents. We rely on resident feedback and it is very helpful to us as we engage in addressing problems and formulating positions. We even hear quite often from folks who don’t live in our District, asking...
By Steve Christy I am honored and grateful for all the support I received from Greater Vail and Corona de Tucson voters in the recent election. The question before us now is what we will do during the next four years as your Supervisor. In the words of another politician from many years ago, my answer is, “Let us continue.” We can...
By Steve Christy Four years ago, I made it very clear that fixing our roads was my top priority. Today, it still is. My efforts, after being elected to the Board of Supervisors, were focused on convincing Pima County Administration, as well as my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors, that road repair needed to be prioritized as the County’s top...
In late August, our Vail/Corona de Tucson community witnessed and experienced a most significant meeting. Bear in mind, this meeting had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet was re-scheduled and held while the virus is still wreaking havoc in our lives and on the economy. This meeting exemplified our region’s resiliency and...
By Steve Christy It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come together since I took office as your Supervisor in 2017. I feel compelled to convey to all of you in the Corona de Tucson area what we as a community have done during that time. While we have accomplished a great deal, and I’m proud of that fact, I remain very aware that there is so much...
