They've gone to countless meetings and sat around for endless hours with a bunch of suits and county staffers getting paid to mumble pop-pysch babble. The process was designed to wear the environmentally-minded folks down and blow them off. Been there, done that. Between now and then the Growth Lobby will counter-attack at a scheduled series of public hearings Even if Carolyn Campbell draws the ordinances, they'll represent merely a start at finally getting around to restraining growth in Pima County. He's right, of course, but the house is now filthy and needs a major renovation.
Some folks even think it was beginning to smell.
And, unfortunately, however strong such ordinances may be, they'll have little effect on entities like Marana and Oro Valley, which could currently handle most of this area's projected growth based on existing zonings. We suspect there'll be three votes for the new ordinances on May 19. For whatever reason, the community is indebted to Boyd for putting the whole growth issue on the table. And more in debt to Bronson for actually taking action, and to Grijalva for backing her up, and to Eckstrom for providing the third vote, and to Carroll for going along. And to all of them for adding a few points of their own.