Here and Now: Megapolitan
How does Arizona keep temperatures from rising and water from declining as the cities of Phoenix and Tucson move closer to becoming one of the largest 'megapolitans' in the county? Will home construction drive the economy as it has the past 40 years or will technology driven industries finally become the backbone of our economy? Local development attorney Grady Gammage and the Nature Conservancy's Pat Graham discuss what the area could and should look like in the future. Have a question or comment? Post it below. If you don't see your comment appear right away that's because comments are moderated to prevent unwanted spam.
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I was told that on NPR news today it was mentioned that a Tucson, Arizona judge threw out a case because the maker of the breathlizer equipment would not reveal information regarding how it was made. Could you please send me the informaition regarding this case? Thank you.
Arizona leaders idea of long term planning is to not preserve land, extend all freeways for more development, leave washes and the tops of mountains alone, yadadada, in other words, status quo. It's literally become a waste of time to once again here about empty promises and future grandiose thinking from Grady and his development buddies. This state will undoubtedly continue on it's current development patterns and the state will become much, much worse that it has already with pollution, crime, heat, water, what water, we don't have water problems, right Grady. Any who, my question is for Pat, what will happen to our high country and what, in your mind, will it be like for those of us who utilize it to get away from the people, crime, pollution, heat, etc.. when this whole megapolitan thing is done?
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Is the T.I.M.E. funding Iniatitive designed to fund the projects promoted at www.CANAMEX.org?
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Who are the T.I.M.E. Coalition members?
Please ask these questions on my behalf.
I will not be able to call this in.
Question RE: TIME transportation sales tax.
The TIME Coalition is described as a group of business organizations. Then why not tax businesses themselves to raise the money, or a share of the money to fund this plan? Why fund it only through sales taxes which can be regressive to low and moderate income consumers.
By requiring it be funded by sales taxes, they're taking the burden off the business community.
As we know, the state doesn't tax food purchases for this reason. And, the TIME Coalition does not wish to tax gasoline sales which could be a sort of "user-funded" tax to support public transit, much like tobacco tax revenue to fund Arizona health initiatives.
We'll have Jack Lunsford from the TIME Coalition on at about 11:50am.
Can the Maricopa Council of Governments really represent the best interests of the area and all its citizens? Just as the original Continental congress didn't work because it put the interests of the states ahead of the Nation so MAG won't work because it's members each put their own interests first. Shouldn't there be a directly elected Metro council to represent the best interest of the citizens of the metro area?
