Meeting after meeting has yielded nothing from TUSD, whose bureaucrats have consistently whined about being left out of the loop when planning was underway four years ago. A key player in TUSD's fight has been Guy Ferro, a former real-estate speculator who once developed congested commercial strips on corners such as that on the southwest corner of Fort Lowell Road and Campbell Avenue. Fate may have placed Ferro on the other side, but in 1989 he failed in his bid to be named Pima County director of planning and development. Garcia went further. When Councilman Steve Leal, a Democrat who represents the southside, asked to address the TUSD Board in open session about Arroyo Chico, Garcia dissed him with a condescending note saying Leal was welcome to petition for a place on the Board's call to the audience.
Time is the one thing on the side of flood-control proponents.
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