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District 4 Update – June 2026
To this day, I carry with me the memory of our community’s grief and concern over the teen automobile-accident fatality on South...
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Your District 4 office has spearheaded several state legislative initiatives this session that significantly affect our region...
Read More District 4 Update – April 2026
I could hear it all the way down here in my office downtown. The collective sigh of relief from many of us in the community now...
Read More District 4 Update – March 2026
Have you ever found yourself fantasizing about how you would spend the money if you won one of those mega-lotteries? Of course...
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Message from Steve
Economic development must be the cornerstone of everything the Pima County Board of Supervisors does and is the cornerstone of why I am running to work for you in District Four. All Board...
Vail Parent Network Events
While we are hearing a lot about the upcoming Presidential election, it is just as important, if not more so, to be informed about what is happening at the local level. This year, we have...
Pima County Supervisor Candidates
The race to fill the seat on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, being vacated by Supervisor Ray Carroll, will be determined by the outcome of the August 30th primary vote. Three...
In my Own Words: John Backer – Candidate for District 4
On Saturday, May 21st, I participated in a debate with my two opponents, and I thought we all did well as we shared our thoughts and ideas to help move Pima County forward. The Sahuarita...
The Sonoran Corridor: Economic Promise for Pima County
On October 7, 2014, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted for approval to add an auxiliary interstate highway that would connect I-19 and I-10. This highway connection is a significant...
Arizona Proposition 123
Vote Yes on Prop 123 by Dr. Timothy L. Ogle, Executive Director, Friends of ASBA. In the last few months, there has been significant public discussion about K-12 school district’s budgets...
Marla Closen for Supervisor – District 4
Marla Closen challenged Supervisor Carroll in May, 2015 to apply her fiscally conservative principles to help fix our broken county. Since then she has attended Board of Supervisor’s...
County Priorities are Full of Hot Air
by Marla Closen If you had to pick, would you choose to have a Deputy Sheriff show up to assist you in your hour of need or choose to have the opportunity to pay $75,000 for a space...
RTA and Vail
by Steve Christy It would be an honor for me – if chosen to be your County Supervisor – to use my experience in serving on and chairing the boards of the Regional Transportation...