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Legal Briefs for October 2021

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now.” Alan Lakein By Christine Anderson Ferraris The wildfires and evacuations in California had me thinking, what we would we do if we were told to evacuate in a day? What if we only had a few minutes? Where would we go, what would we take? Living in Southern...

Hello from Louisiana

By Debra and April Divine Now let’s be honest. None of us knew if the levees were going to hold. It was predicted for early Sunday August 29, 2021, a hurricane would hit New Orleans (NOLA) again. This time Hurricane Ida. It would be 16 years to the date of Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana was bracing for a rough ride.Residents in NOLA were asked to...

Tucson Home Market

By Rob Hallberg As a REALTOR®, I have avoided posting articles on Real Estate as I wanted to focus on other areas of interest, and we already have an ad on the same page as our articles. But the Tucson market has had fewer homes for sale in at least the last 15 years and the demand has caused prices to rise at a pace unseen since 2005. And it is...

Pet Parlor for October 2021

My family , husband and daughter had been thinking about getting me a dog. I had spoken to a friend who had moved and couldn’t keep him anymore. He was a year old and we fell in love. His birthday is 11/19/09. He’s very smart, and he’s my buddy. We have a cat, they act just like Garfield and Odie!!!!Linda Bilbrey We thought we...

Minimum Wage Increase – What are the true costs?

By Brad Anderson The Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce represents businesses and business interest throughout the entire southeast Pima County area. Many of these businesses will be affected if Proposition 206, Tucson’s Minimum Wage Initiative, passes The Chamber is bringing this debate straight to its members during its monthly breakfast on...

August 2021 Climate Report

By John Simpson Last month I reported that July 2021 was the wettest month I have recorded since I have been taking records the past 11 years. I also reported that July 2021 was the wettest month the Tucson Airport (official location) has ever recorded and that location has well over 100 years of data. August 2021 is now my second wettest month as...