By Steve Christy It’s difficult to fathom that another year has passed, is now behind us, and that we are now welcoming not only a new year, but also a new decade. Looking back over 2019...
Category - Politics
District 4 Update – August 2026
I hope you are sitting down, as I fear this month’s column may shock you. It’s time for the Pima County Fiscal Year 2026/2027...
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For almost ten years now, when I arrive home after a long day and regale Mrs. Christy with the events of the day, she has said...
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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...
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District 4 Updates: Dec. ’19
By Steve Christy PAYGO Adopted in Pima County For the first time in the nearly three years that I’ve loved being your supervisor, and for the first time, as well, since I began writing this...
District 4 Updates: Nov. ’19
By Article Author During the Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting on October 1st, after a 4 – 1 vote, the Community Law Enforcement Partnership Commission was disbanded, dissolved...
District 4 Updates: October 2019
By Steve Christy After more than 30 years, we are on the verge of witnessing the opening of the first phase of homes in the long-anticipated Rocking K master-planned community within Pima...
District 4 Updates: Sept ’19
By Steve Christy As I begin this month’s column, I want to state up front and clearly: I am not in favor of underage smoking and vaping. I am not in favor of anyone, at any age, smoking or...
District 4 Updates: August ’19
By Steve Christy Our country is currently in the throes of border, humanitarian, and immigration crises. Not since the Vietnam War have I seen such divisiveness and polarization...
District 4 Updates: July 19
By Article Author For many years now, one of the most contentious issues facing our southeast regional community has been over a neighborhood construction project simply known as the “Bike...
District 4 Updates: May 2019
By Steve Christy As a native of Pima County, mining has always been of particular interest to me, and I’m sure to all of us who live, work, and invest in our community. After all, mining...
Protestors Rally Against Proposed Rosemont Mine
By Don McGee, Sandy West and Mari Sorri More than 500 people gathered in front of the Tucson Federal Building on Saturday, April 13th to protest Rosemont Copper, an open pit mine planned...
Teacher Shortage in Arizona
By Stacy Winstryg Arizona continues to face a teacher shortage even after Governor Doug Ducey announced his plan to raise teacher salaries 20 percent by 2020. And earlier this year, he made...