AZ DAILY STAR - SEE TCFC OP-ED Published Today! Free Speech and More from TCFC

AZ DAILY STAR - SEE TCFC OP-ED Published Sunday, June 11, 2023

Thank you to the Arizona Daily Star for publishing the op-ed written by your Tucson Crime Free Coalition steering leaders. TCFC believes “visible solutions are needed for a safer community.” It is our hope that our elected leaders will begin to see substance abuse (specifically fentanyl and methamphetamine) and crime with the same urgency that TCFC and our membership does. We highlighted several solutions that we have been working on that can be implemented right away to begin creating positive outcomes.

County Prosecutor Laura Conover, Mayor Regina Romero, and Chair Adelita Grijalva for the first time, a month ago, "acknowledge and accept ownership of the single most pressing issue facing our community, the toll the fentanyl crisis is taking on our community.” Unfortunately, we are not seeing any evidence of this to date.

CLICK HERE for the TCFC Op-Ed in Arizona Daily Star

Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisor Scott, Grijalva and Heinz in partisan vote, restrict free speech at Supervisors Meeting June 6th, 2023

All Supervisors except Christy and Bronson voted to restrict speech.  Supervisor Scott put forward a motion to cut Call to the Public to 1 hour and as expected they voted to restrict in a partisan vote.  Thank you members for your 150 emails asking supervisors not to restrict free speech.  2 emails were in favor.

TCFC PRESENTATIONS THIS WEEK

Tucson Association of Realtors and Southern Arizona Home Builders Alliance. Special Thanks to Shawn Cote for giving TCFC the opportunity to present

GOP Legislative District 18 - Special thanks to Alan Nichols for giving TCFC the opportunity to present.

MEDIA: Listen to Josh Jacobsen, WakeUP! Tucson, Chris DeSimone Show June 9th

Josh Jacobsen talks with Chris DeSimone about TCFC and our current activities as well as a more in-depth description of what is happening on our streets!

Josh starts in HOUR 2 at timestamp 18:20
CLICK HERE: https://www.kvoi.com/onair/wakeup-tucson

The questions generated from our members for the candidates of the upcoming City of Tucson Primary Election (8/1/2023) have been sent to all candidates below that will be on the ballot. 

The questions and instructions were sent to the candidates at the emails below which are their official email contacts provided by the City Elections department. TCFC sent the questions and instructions from two sources to ensure verified delivery.

The answers from the candidates will be posted in our newsletter on June 26th for you to view. 

EARLY BALLOTS GO OUT JULY 5th!

Below is a list of the candidates and offices:

PRIMARY ELECTION, August 1, 2023, CANDIDATES

MAYOR

KERSCHEN, ARTHUR
LIBERTARIAN
arthur.kerschen@cox.net

ROMERO, REGINA (incumbent)
DEMOCRAT
Re-elect Regina Romero for Mayor
tucsonromero@gmail.com

WITTENBRAKER, JANET
REPUBLICAN Wittenbraker Mayor
jlwitten@asu.edu

ACKERLEY, ED
INDEPENDENT
Ackerley for Mayor
Ed@AckerleyForMayor.com

WARD 1

LEM, VICTORIA
REPUBLICAN
Victoria for Tucson City Council
VICTORIA@VICTORIALEM.COM

ORTEGA, MIGUEL
DEMOCRAT
Miguel Ortega for Council
ortegaforcouncil@gmail.com

SANTA CRUZ, LANE (incumbent)
DEMOCRAT
La Lane for Tucson City Council
LALANEFORTUCSON@gmail.com

WARD 2

CUNNINGHAM, PAUL (incumbent)
DEMOCRAT
Cunningham for Council
tucsoncunningham@yahoo.com

NUTT, LISA
DEMOCRAT
Lisa Nutt for Tucson Ward 2
Lisa@MakeEveryMinuteCount.com

SHACK, ERNIE
REPUBLICAN
Shack Ward 2
eshack143@hotmail.com

SPICER, M. PENDLETON
LIBERTARIAN Spicer 4 Tucson
Spicer4Tucson@gmail.com

WARD 4

KAPLOWITCH, ROSS
REPUBLICAN Kaplowitch Ward 4
Ross.Kaplowitch@yahoo.com

LEE, NIKKI (incumbent)
DEMOCRAT
Nikki for Ward 4
nikkifortucson@gmail.com

Here is the list of questions:

1. Why are you the best candidate for this office?

[Candidate Answer]

2. What are your top 3 priorities for the office you are running for?

[Candidate Answer]

3. Tucson Police staffing remains low. What strategies would you support, not limited to maintaining market wage parity, to sufficiently and more quickly grow the ranks of TPD?

[Candidate Answer]

4. Substance abuse (specifically fentanyl and methamphetamine) and crime are among the most discussed issues in our community. What strategies would you support to mitigate these issues? 

[Candidate Answer]

5. Tucson’s economy still lags the state and region and is ranked among the lowest for the 11 western state metropolitan statistical areas. What strategies would you support to improve workforce development and grow higher wage job opportunities in the city?

[Candidate Answer]