World View opinion was missing something
Re: the April 24 op-ed βWill investment in World View pay off?β
Two opposing views are presented: one by Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry and the other by Jim Manley, a senior attorney for the Goldwater Institute, a conservative and libertarian public policy think tank.
Huckelberry writes βthe county signed an economic incentive agreement with World Viewβ that will provide βnearly 500 high-paying new jobs.β Manley writes that economic improvement is βa job for entrepreneursβ.β
In order for Star readers to reach an informed opinion about the relative merits of providing government incentives to World View, it would have been helpful if Manley had included the names of the entrepreneurs who stand ready to provide βnearly 500 high-paying new jobs.β
Tom House
Midtown
World View math not adding up
Jim Manley of the Goldwater Institute states that Pima Countyβs economic incentive agreement with World View will not show a return on investment until Year 18 of the 20-year plan. It appears that he must have gone to one of the public schools defunded by the efforts of his organization and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Otherwise he would know that, since the World View monthly payments are greater than the monthly cost of financing the project, Pima County will make a return every month of the agreement.
Yes, this project does have its risks. But these pale in comparison to risks that his organization foist on the people of Arizona through their advocating for defunding state spending on roads, health and child protection.
Peter Dean
Sahuarita
Broadway widening project is pointless
Re: the April 26 editorial βWhy I voted against Broadway project.β
I applaud Steve Kozachik. The Broadway widening plan is a project without a purpose. (Unless the purpose is to create business for the road construction industry and for real estate developers who will benefit from customers fleeing the upheaval.) What problem are we trying to solve here? We seem to have planners who want to turn our midtown area of neighborhoods into a series of intersections on the way to parking lots.
There is room to make bus pullouts at various locations without having to destroy properties. Other than that, let us beautify our neighborhoods, not destroy them.
Margaret Goonan
Midtown
Claims on pothole damage donβt work out
On Oct. 29, 2015, I was on my way to an oncology appointment. It was a day of heavy rain and hail. Going up 22nd Street, I hit a pothole that resulted in a damaged tire that needed replacement. I contacted the city risk management department. They sent out a claim form that I completed and mailed back.
It was returned, saying that βthe exact location wasnβt named.β Due to the stress of the weather, the traffic and the nature of my appointment, I really didnβt notice the exact location. Later I drove that way again to find the pothole and resubmitted the claim form, noting the exact location. By this time the hole had been filled. The claim was denied, again, with the excuse being that the pothole was not previously reported before I hit it and ruined my tire. What a convoluted system.
Marcella Leight
Green Valley
Take a closer look at Prop. 123, please
All of us would like to think that Proposition 123 is the best deal possible for Arizonaβs school children present and future, and for their teachers. However, as Rep. Bruce Wheeler has come to realize, the proposed settlement of the lawsuit for the refusal of the Legislature and governor to fully fund our schools in accord with the requirements of the stateβs constitution is a sham. It is a doozy of a deal that would condemn public education in our state to perpetual penuriousness.
With Gov. Ducey and the legislative majority determined to cut taxes every year, how long will it be until the present 42 percent of the budget devoted to education becomes 50 percent, a no-no under Proposition 123? Thank you, Rep. Wheeler, for continuing to study the issues after deciding to support Prop.β123, and for sharing your change of mind with the people you truly represent. Any others having second thoughts? Speak up now before itβs too late.
Frank Bergen
Northeast side
