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County says Marana’s sewer costs will increase fi ve foldPatrick McNamaraInside Tucson Business

As Town of Marana offi cials settle into their role as the owners and op-erators of their very own sewer system, Pima County has begun to cast doubts on how cost-eff ectively the town can run the facility.

In a Jan. 24 memo to the Pima County Board of Supervisors, County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry estimates that it would cost the town more than fi ve times what the county had operated the disputed Marana Wastewater Reclamation Facility for.

“Including the interest and debt re-payment,” Huckelberry wrote in part, “the total estimated cost for Marana

to operate not only the wastewater reclamation facility, but also the con-veyance and collection system, absent any utility billing cost, is approximate-ly $2.6 million per year.”

Huckelberry wrote that the county had budgeted $446,000 to operate the facility in the current budget year.

Pima County and Marana have battled over the small treatment facil-ity on the north edge of the town since 2007.

Following a 2010 court ruling that gave the county continued control of the facility but allowed the town some of the sewer system infrastructure, Marana lobbied state lawmakers for a legislative solution.

A resulting bill that passed the Leg-

islature last year allowed Marana to as-sume ownership of the county owned and run facility because the property lies within town boundaries.

Marana took over the facility ear-lier this month and has to repay the outstanding debt and interest, which totals more than $18 million.

Huckelberry estimates the treat-ment plant’s 1,800 connections would have to pay $122 month in fees versus an average of $34 per month the coun-ty charged.

Th e county based its estimates, in part, on the fact that it can spread sewer operating costs throughout the system.

For Marana, the goal in acquiring the treatment facility was access to a

renewable water source — namely ef-fl uent.

Without a renewable supply of water the town’s growth aspirations would be limited by law.

Huckleberry estimates that Ma-rana could have purchased 37 times as much water through the Central Arizona Water Conservation District for what it would cost to treat its own wastewater.

Th e county has fi led a lawsuit chal-lenging the constitutionality of the law that allowed Marana to take over the treatment facility.

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Bankruptcy court drops the bar on hotel property valuesBy David Hatfi eldInside Tucson Business

Barring what those involved say would be a surprising legal ruling in an appeal scheduled for Jan. 30, the stage has been re-set on the value of lodging and resort prop-erties in the Tucson region.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Eileen Hollowell on Jan. 18 approved plans for the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa and a companion property, the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort in South Carolina, to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy that, among other things, valued them together at $92 million. Th at’s less than 40 percent of the $240.5 million owed on the debt when Tucson-based Transwest Resort Properties put them in bankrtuptcy protection Nov. 17, 2010.

Susan Boswell, the Quarles & Brady lawyer who handled the bankruptcy for Transwest, said that despite the devalua-tion, the lenders who were originally owed the $240.5 million will get their money back from the cash fl ows of the two resorts over the next 20 years.

La Paloma isn’t alone. Th e six-year-old JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa, 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd., appears headed for foreclosure Feb. 2 after going into court-ordered receivership last year when de-veloper Signature Properties International defaulted on the mortgage owing $145 mil-lion. Negotiations to avert a foreclosure on the 575-room resort have, as of earlier this week, been unsuccessful.

To be clear, the issues over ownership doesn’t mean a property is in imminent danger of closing.

Quite the contrary in the case of the Westin La Paloma, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive, where general manager Jonathan Litvack can hardly contain his excitement over the

exit from bankruptcy even to the point of closing a PowerPoint presentation this week with the rallying cry, “we’re going to take back the hill.”

“Th at’s not to take anything away from the fi ne job the others are doing but from our point of view, in less than two weeks time we’ve gone from the worst position in the market to the best,” Litvack said. “Two weeks ago, we were still in bankruptcy with an un-certain future and now we’ve got a solid foot-ing with the best future we could hope for.”

Southwest Value Partners, a real estate investment company based in San Diego, acquired the La Paloma and Hilton Head properties out of bankruptcy. Th e company immediately announced it would spend $60 million between the two properties on ren-novations and had signed a new 20-year management agreement with Starwood Hotels and Resorts, whose brands include Westin.

Southwest Value Partners was co-found-ed in 1990 by former Tucsonan Robert G. Sarver, who is now managing partner of the NBA Phoenix Suns and chairman and CEO of Western Alliance Bancorporation, a hold-ing company that operates banks in four

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UA area targeted for two new hotelsInside Tucson Business

Despite the sputtering economy, plans are moving forward on two signif-icant lodging projects — both near the University of Arizona.

Two hotel groups are considering a project for the southeast corner of East Second Street and Tyndall Avenue across the street from the Marriott Uni-versity Park Hotel, according to Tom Warne, who is working with the Mar-shall Foundation to develop the site.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

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Giff ords steps down; replacements line up

Saying she had “more work to do on my recovery before I can again serve in elected offi ce,” Gabrielle Giff ords on Wednesday (Jan. 25) offi cially resigned her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Giff ords is recovering from being shot through the head on Jan. 8, 2011, when a gunman opened fi re at one of her Congress on Your Corner events that killed six and wounded 12 others.

“I don’t remember much from that ter-rible day, but I have never forgotten my con-stituents, my colleagues or the millions of Americans with whom I share great hopes for this nation,” Giff ords said in the letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Moments later, the House, including Gif-fords because the resignation didn’t take ef-fect until the end of the day, voted for her fi nal piece of legislation — a bill that would impose tougher penalties on smugglers who use small, low-fl ying aircraft to avoid radar detection and bring drugs across the Mexican border. Th e vote was 408-0.

Giff ords also submitted a letter of res-ignation to Gov. Jan Brewer, who under Arizona law has until Saturday (Jan. 28) to set the date for a special election to fi ll out the remainder of the term, which expires in January. A primary election must take place within 80 to 90 days so most likely it will be in April and then a general election fol-lows 50 to 60 days after that, so most likely it would be in June.

Democrats had shied away from saying anything about the race until after Giff ords had made her decision but Pima County Democratic Party Chairman Jeff Rogers now anticipates there will be “a good half-dozen people who will probably consider” a run.

Democratic names that have been prom-inently suggested are state Reps. Steve Far-ley and Matt Heinz, state Sen. Paula Aboud and Nan Stockholm Walden, who with her husband own Farmers Investment Co., which owns Green Valley Pecans.

On the Republican side, Jesse Kelly, who was the Republican nominee in 2010, fi led paperwork Tuesday for the special election. State Sen. Frank Antenori was expected to announce a step toward his candidacy at a meeting today (Jan. 27) before the Green Valley/Sahuarita Republican Club. Dave Sitton, a sports broadcasting and marketing executive, said he hoped to have a decision made this week.


Unfi nished Business: Rocky Point’s natural beauty invaded by sea of speculative, abandoned condos

By Keith RosenblumInside Tucson Business

PUERTO PEÑASCO — You’re the may-or of a coastal city of 35,000 known for its beauty. You have some great times where a lot of building goes on and then some not-so-great times when much of the work grinds to a halt and leaves you with sky-scaper skeletons. Parts of your city resem-ble backdrops for a movie about a nuclear disaster.

If you are Alejandro Zepeda Munro, mayor of this city, known to Americans as Rocky Point, you sigh.

“I wish I could complete them — or make them all go away,” Zepeda says. “Th e problem is, these are private projects, with private capital, each one with its own unique set of circumstances and there’s not much a municipal government can do. During the good times, who ever thought about his project coming to a stop?”

Th e two dozen or so buildings in ques-tion were to be condominiums for the visi-tors from the United States with starting sales prices at $175,000. During a rush six years ago, more than 3,000 new units sold for about $250,000. And there have been cases where units sold for $600,000 or more.

Some, such as Tessoro, a four-tower project in the Las Conchas subdivision, were new projects. Others, like Las Palo-

mas, were expansions of existing projects. An extreme case: Esmeralda, a luxury com-plex, ceased work after completing just 25 of 281 planned units. (See related story.)

Th e blight has blemished Rocky Point in a democratic fashion. Building hulks, exposed rebar, empty pools, traffi c circles leading no-where and exposed bedrooms are distribut-ed among luxury resorts along Sandy Beach; in the wharf area known as the Malecón; and at intervals throughout the sprawling Las Conchas subdivison. Ironically, perhaps, the only areas unaff ected by unsightly structures are the commercial district and Rocky Point residential neighborhoods, a mile inland, which never made any claim to beauty.

Th e stalled projects haven’t escaped the attention of the Sonora state government in Hermosillo, which has watched the corro-sion of its tourism jewel. In a decade, state offi cials had marveled as sand dunes were pushed around to make way for foundations and then high-rise buildings. Every time a new building went up, a buyer from Arizona, New Mexico, California or Nevada would appear. Some 3,200 condo units were built during a fi ve-year frenzy ending in 2008. For a period, conversations around Tucson and Phoenix dinner tables were about what size condo to buy and the home equity loan that would used to make the down payment.

But cognizance and taking action are two diff erent matters. So far, the state gov-ernment’s role in a solution has been non-

existent.Javier Tapia, general coordinator of the

Sonora tourism development commission — the state’s tourism chief — created a task force called the rescate de inmuebles turís-ticos inconclusos, or unfi nished tourism real estate rescue, that has now met with condo builders and city offi cials. Th e re-sult: a half-dozen builders have requested state assistance, including use of a private industry expert, to look at how to conclude construction and what to do with a build-ing whose end product, if off ered, would be one for which there’s little or no demand.

Th e mantra of Rocky Point, therefore, has become “conversion.”

Th ere is consensus that many, if not all, of the buildings are going to have uses other than their original purpose.

“Th e key is fi guring out which of these projects can be converted to something that’s in demand today or in the short-term,” said Zepeda, the mayor, who was re-cently in Arizona visiting assisted-living fa-cilities. “We think that these building shells, or fl oor-plans, can be converted into some-thing useful in the short-term. Th e city is open to any suggestions whatsoever.”

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Tourism has been hurt by stalled projects

Marijuana dispensariescould open in summer

Medical marijuana dispensaries could be open in Arizona by this summer. Will Hum-ble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, posted a blog Wednesday (Jan. 25) saying he expects to start accept-ing applications in April and it would then take 45 days to review and award up to 125 dispensary licenses statewide.

Th at would mean the dispensaries could be operating as early as July.

When voters approved the Arizona Med-ical Marijuana Act in November 2010, the dispensary application process was set to begin in June 2011. However, the state fi led a lawsuit in Arizona Superior Court asking a judge to determine whether state employ-ees complying with the law would violate federal law.

Th e court determined that would not be the case and a subsequent ruling in another case requires the state change its dispen-sary rules to eliminate certain restrictions that weren’t included in the ballot measure approved by voters.

Shrinking workforce lowersTucson unemploment to 7.9%

Th e only about 300 more Tucsonans were working last month than in December 2010, the total available workforce was 2,600 so the region’s unemployment fell to 7.9 per-cent, from 8.4 percent a year ago, according to the Arizona Offi ce of Employment and Population Statistics.

Th e unemployment rate deteriorated slightly from 7.6 percent in November but the state’s fi gures are not seasonally adjust-ed so year-over-year is more comparable than month-to-month.

According to the latest, 38,300 Tucso-nans were unemployed last month out of total of 486,300. Th at compares to 41,200 who were unemployed in December 2010 out of a workforce of 488,900.

Statewide, Arizona’s unemployment, which is seasonally adjusted, remained un-changed at 8.7 percent from November to December. It was at 9.2 percent in Decem-ber 2010.

Th e national unemployment rate de-clined in December to 8.5 percent, from 8.7 percent in November.

State offi cials said there were some un-characteristic changes in December, pri-marily below average monthly job gains in the private sector and above average losses in the government sector.

Catergories showing gains included pro-fessional and business services, leisure and hospitality and fi nancial.

Job losses were in the education and health services categories, both in the pub-lic and private sectors.


creased prison population, should exam-ine high-rise penitentiaries.

What makes the case of Rocky Point so intriguing is just how much of a hybrid it is. Whereas other tourist regions have fi ve or 10 hotel rooms for every condo, Rocky Point is the reverse, with one hotel room for every fi ve condos.

Cancun on Mexico’s east coast has 28,000 hotel rooms and 9,000 units of con-dos or time-shares. At Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach there are 32,000 hotel rooms and 3,300 condos. In some places, govern-ments are putting the brakes on allowing too many condos. In Clearwater, Fla., au-thorities have imposed limits on develop-ers’ plans to convert hotel rooms into con-dos.

In Rocky Point the sum total of hotel

rooms barely reaches 700. None of them are part of brands that would be widely recog-nized by Americans.

Business for Rocky Point hotels has gen-erally been good in recent months but not without issues. Tucson-based NCH Rocky Point LLC, operator of the largest hotel in the city, the 203-room Peñasco del Sol, is in the midst of U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy proced-ings.

As for the people who created the Rocky Point business model favoring condos over hotel rooms?

Th ey are among us and can be identifi ed by asking a single question: Who in Tucson and Phoenix would not own a beach front condo?

What made Rocky Point a condo city in-stead of a hotel city has more to do with fi -

nancing than tourism trends. Essentially, developers collected 30 percent down on a condo — often money from Americans taken out on second mortgages — instead of using a construction loan. As a result, there was more money in short-term construction projects than in building hotels which have longer payback periods.

“It was easy to ask for $50,000 to $80,000 upfront and proceed from there,” said Oscar Palacio, whose family runs the Playa Bonita and 91-room Laos Mar. “Every case is slightly diff erent, involving diff erent investors, dif-ferent banks and diff erent sales agreements, but what they have in common is they were speculative ventures predicated on the con-tinuing strength of the market.”

Opulence of virtual Rocky Point condos belies their absence in real world Inside Tucson Business

Th is is a partial list of condominium projects announced for Rocky Point and in varying stages of completion. Included are websites, along with an asterisk on web-sites that may not be up to date.

Some developments never had a web-site but were listed at third-party sites.

• Sonoran Skywww.sonoran-resorts.com• Puerta Privadawww.puertaprivada.com• Las Palomaswww.lpsgc.comwww.lpresales.com• Diamond Villagewww.inttelec.com/diamond/• The Oasiswww.sbrrealty.com• Costa Diamantewww.costadiamante.com• Casa Blanca Golf Villaswww.casablancagolfvillas.com• Princessa de Penascowww.princesacondo.com• Sonoran Spawww.sonoran-resorts.comwww.sonoranresales.com• Sonoran Seawww.sonoranresales.comwww.sonoran-resorts.com• Arcropoliswww.visitrockypoint.com/acropolis-mediterranea-village• Las Palmaswww.laspalmas-mex.com• Bella Sirenawww.bellasirena.com• Bellariawww.bellariaresorts.com (*) • Sonoran Sunwww.sonoran-sun-resort.comwww.sonoranresales.com

• Esmeraldawww.EsmeraldaResort.netwww.esmeraldaresortmx.com• Laguna del Marwww.lagunadelmar.com• Laguna Shoreswww.lagunashoresgcc.com• Harbor View Yacht Clubwww.MajesticRockyPoint.com (*) • Solace Towerwww.solacetower.com (*) • Los Coraleswww.loscoralesmexico.com (*) • Dos Reyes Condoswww.DosReyesCondos.com (*) • La Perla del Marwww.laperladelmarinfo.com (*) • Marazulwww.marazul.com.mx (*)• Marbellawww.condosmarbella.com (*) • Corona del Mar• Mision del Marwww.misiondelmar.com (*) • Corona del Solwww.coronadelsol-rp.com (*) • Linda Vistawww.lindavistarp.com (*) • Caracoles Homeswww.caracoleshomes.com• Village In Las Conchaswww.thevillageinlasconchas.com (*) • Ballena Estateswww.ballenaestates.com• Tessorowww.tessoro.com.mx• Pointe de Las Conchaswww.thepointemex.com (*) • Villa Cortezwww.VillaCortez.com• Sunset Villagewww.oursunsetvillage.com (*) • Plaza Meli del Solwww.MajesticRockyPoint.com (*) • Palace On The Seawww.palaceonthesea.com

• La Bella Vitawww.la-bellavita.com• Playa Azulwww.playaazul.com.mx• Riveria Realwww.rivierareal.com (*) • Gila Towerswww.gilatowers.com (*) • Luna Blancawww.lunab.com• Encantowww.encantoliving.com• Luna Deliahttp://discoverdelia.com• Mayan Lakeswww.mayanlakes.com• Central Park• Las Gloriaswww.lasgloriasresidential.com (*) • Providenciawww.MyProvidencia.com (*) • Las Gardeniaswww.lasgardeniasrockypoint.com (*) • Los Claveleswww.lasgardeniasrockypoint.com (*) • Residential Mariposawww.MajesticRockyPoint.com (*) • Mariposa Gardenswww.MajesticRockyPoint.com (*) • Las Bugambilias Reswww.MajesticRockyPoint.com (*) • Torre Mirador Iwww.cbrockypoint.com• Las Ramblaswww.cbrockypoint.com• Casa de Los Milagroswww.cbrockypoint.com• Punta Lajawww.cbrockypoint.com• San Jorge Privadawww.SanJorgePrivada.com (*) • Las Fuentes del Marwww.lasfuentesdelmar.com (*) • Bella Mar de Corteswww.bellamardecortes.com (*)

This Week’s Good NewsSprucing up

You might have noticed some of the gate-way routes into the Tucson region are looking a bit spruced up these days. In anticipation of the gem and mineral shows starting next week and the rodeo and the Accenture Match Play Cham-pionship later in February, the City of Tucson has had contract crews, including Groundskee-per and Department of Corrections workers, cleaning up Oracle Road between Grant and Drachman, Tucson Boulevard coming out of Tucson International Airport, Benson High-way, Irvington Road and Campbell Avenue.

And the plan is to have monitors check the roads through the month of February just in case any need more sprucing up.

No doubt it will make for a lot of good fi rst impressions for people visiting in the coming weeks.

The Tucson

INSIDERInsights and trends on developing andongoing Tucson regional business news.

Speak up now Surprise, surprise. We’re just now fi nding

out that a whole lot of events that have brought people to downtown Tucson in recent years are either going to have to move or stop hap-pening because they are no longer compatible with the modern streetcar that’s about to begin construction.

Another thing — and this is no surprise if you follow standard operating procedure for Regional Transportation Authority projects — once construction of the project is completed nobody can come back to dig it up to move utli-ties for fi ve years.

Th at means no moving electric, cable, phone, gas, sewer or water lines. So any busi-ness along the route that thinks it might need a new connection to any utility better say so now or forever hold your peace, as they say at wed-dings.

Mayor’s overloaded email Based on the number of emails he’s get-

ting, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild is riding a wave of popularity since taking of-fi ce nearly two months ago. One of the main reasons is his willingness to face a daunting list of issues straight on.

He gives the impression he’s up to the challenge, confi dently saying “those are my problems, not yours.”

Clearly, the personable Rothschild wel-comes input and feedback from residents. At last count, he’s getting more than 400 emails a day. Depending on the issue and his available time, he tries to reply person-ally to as many as he can.


PUBLIC NOTICESPublic notices of business bankruptcies, foreclosures and liens filed in Tucson or Pima County and selected filings in Phoenix. Addresses are Tucson unless otherwise noted.

NEWSMayor says reforming city’s land use code is a top priority

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild says three years to revise the city’s land use code “is crazy.”

By Roger YohemInside Tucson Business

Clearly, he’s up to the task. Tucson May-or Jonathan Rothschild has an opportunity to help reform a major city regulation to make it more business friendly.

“Th e land use code has been under study, under review for the last three years. When I ran for offi ce, I said that’s just crazy, let’s get it done,” said Rothschild, who be-came mayor on Dec. 5.

Since that time, Rothschild has made the land use code “a top priority.” Th at was wel-come news to 125 attendees at Tuesday’s (Jan. 24) IREM/BOMA Economic Forecast. IREM is the Institute of Real Estate Management. BOMA is the Building Owners and Managers Association.

In March, city staff will provide the mayor and city council with a status report. Rothschild would like to see fi nal adoption by mid-summer, ending a lengthy, controversial issue.

“Th e real problem is there are so many contra-dictory sections in it. It’s not a user-friendly docu-ment. Its volumes long where it should be a vol-ume at the most,” he said.

Th e code has a long reputation as being an anti-business regulation, not only with developers and builders, but with individu-al businesses as well. Stakeholders such as the Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA) have been working with city offi cials for years.

“It’s cumbersome with lots of require-ments. Credit the mayor for seeing that many of those requirements are inconsis-tent, not compatible throughout,” said Am-ber Smith, executive director of MPA.

Another business-friendly issue Roth-schild has in his sights is the processing of permits by Development Services. Th e city processes 88 percent of permits within 20 days. Permits that languish beyond 21 days are a concern.

“Where we’ve failed as a city is if you’re not within those 20 days. If you’re not an easy case, you could be lost in the ozone. Everyone in this room has had that experi-ence,” he said. “So we’re going to address what happens after 20 days, to assure that process gets moved along.”

Rod Pace, CEO of Rosemont Copper, joined Rothschild as a keynote speaker at the IREM/BOMA forecast. Pace empha-sized his company’s objective in opening

its proposed mine in the Santa Rita Moun-tains “is to use new technology to develop a modern 21st Century mine.”

“So how do we do that? Th e most impor-tant thing we heard was water, water, water. How can we minimize water use? How can we keep the water clean? Where is it going to come from?” he said. “So from the start, we decided to be net-neutral on water. We’ve designed all our processes to minimize wa-ter use.”

Pace said the company already has re-charged 45,000 acre feet of water into the aquifer “before we even start mining.”

He described the site about 30 miles southeast of Tucson as a “world-class depos-

it” with a mining history dating back to the 1800s. At that time, 350 people lived there.

“Th ey were chasing the high-grade cop-per. Th ey had a smelter on-site and were shipping it out by horse and buggy,” said Pace.

For economic impact, the construction value of the mine is $1 billion. Rosemont Copper plans to hire a general construction manager to award bids in a series of pack-aged work. Interested, qualifi ed companies are urged to pre-qualify online at rosemont-copper.com .

“We are committed to using Arizona com-panies where we can. We’re lucky, because in this area, there is a tremendous amount of talent in the mining industry. We think we can use almost all Arizona companies to build it,” he said.

“Th at’s going to put a lot of local people to work, about 1,500 workers for a two-year pe-riod,” Pace said. “We know a lot of them are already here, maybe from the construction business, who can transition to help build the facilities.”

Contact reporter Roger Yohem at ryohem@

azbiz.com or (520) 295-4254.

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BANKRUPTCIESChapter 11 - Business reorganization Jesus Alfredo Leyva and Ana Daniela Perez, also known as Ana D. Perez and Ana Perez, 5255 W. Oasis Road. Principal: Jesus Alfredo Leyva and Ana Daniela Perez, joint debtors. Estimated assets: More than $500,000 to $1 million. Estimated liabilities: More than $500,000 to $1 million. Largest creditor: Not fi led. Case No. 12-0820 fi led Jan. 17. Law fi rm: Eric Slocum Sparks

Arizona Wash Systems Inc. doing business as Metro Car Wash, 3050 N. Oracle Road. Principal: Sean Storer, vice president/director. Assets: $766,725.00. Liabilities: $1,208,117.25. Largest creditor: Commerce Bank of Arizona, $874,979.00. Case No. 12-1225 fi led Jan. 23. Law fi rm: McEvoy Daniels & Darcy

FORECLOSURE NOTICES Aquimuri Equestrian Center LLC 4900 N. Craycroft Road 85718Tax parcel: 109-10-013C6Original Principal: $843,750.00 Benefi ciary: New York Community Bank as assignee of Desert Hills Bank, Scottsdale Auction time and date: 10 a.m., April 9, 2012 Trustee: Teresa H. Foster, Brier Irish Hubbard & Erhart, 2400 E. Arizona Biltmore Circle, Suite 1300, Phoenix Piedras Unlimited LLC 11407 N. Casa Grande Highway, Marana 85653Tax parcel: 216-13-0670 Original Principal: $953,000.00 Benefi ciary: JP Morgan Chase Bank, Phoenix Auction time and date: 11 a.m., April 16, 2012 Trustee: Jeffrey Messing, Poli & Ball, 2999 N. 44th St., Suite 500, Phoenix

LIENSFederal tax liens GCB Medical LLC and Gary Clifford Butler, 2746 W. Sandbrook Lane. Amount owed: $2,061.02. Iorio Inc., 3642 S. Prism Sky Drive. Amount owed: $5,300.94. Rita’s House Wranglers and Linda Doolittle, 2525 N. Orchard Ave. #2. Amount owed: $7,689.69.Gourmet of China and TFC Enterprises Inc., 3930 E. Coronado Drive. Amount owed: $3,230.31. Sushi Garden and Chae Su Kim, 15 N. Alvernon Way. Amount owed: $16,094.84.Garcia Metal Products Inc., 4201 S. Randolph Ave. Amounts owed: $29,413.96 and $63,384.99. Nail Trix LLC and Tran Yen Thu, 4679 E. Via Azure. Amount owed: $39,250.10. Care Giver Connection of Arizona LLC and John C. Rambow and Dana A. Rambow, 698 E. Wetmore Road, Suite 210. Amount owed: $336,751.59. Ace Appliance Repair Service and William C. White, 5027 E. Julia St. Amount owed: $9,242.05. KPI Inc., 5020 N. Gerhart Road. Amount owed: $65,965.62. Better Bodies Personal Training, 7285 E. Tanque Verde Road. Amount owed: $159,776.87. ACH Pension Consultants Inc., 5626 N. Pontatoc Road. Amount owed: $12,085.28. Family Air LLC and James Beard, 2021 E. 12th St. Amount owed: $1,025.62. Massengale Design Group Inc., 9245 E. Wrightstown Road. Amount owed: $15,319.98. Arizona On-Line Plumbing Inc., 2200 N. Wilmot Road, Suite A. Amount owed: $6,328.08. Advanced Solution Providers and Patricia Terry, 7301 E. 22nd St. Amount owed: $28,408.70.Youngblood Electric and Youngblood Family Inc., 7021 E. Kingston Drive. Amount owed: $10,738.61. Casa Molina and Casa Molina Inc., 6225 E. Speedway. Amount owed: $5,414.14. Means Design & Building LLC, 695 W. Roller Coaster Road. Amount owed: $6,129.43. Strategic Space Development Inc., 9121 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 105. Amount owed: $82,196.64.Yokohama Rice Bowl and Andrew J. Weber, 5204 E. Speedway. Amount owed: $14,474.26. Floors Image Inc., 1761 N. Ranch Drive. Amount owed: $20,736.33.Elite Business Installations LLC and Hector Hernandez, 8911 N. Veridian Drive, Marana. Amount owed: $1,672.25.Dimension 3 18 LLC and Nancy C. Noland, 9281 N. Sea Otter Place. Amount owed: $103,809.15.

Southwest Cars & Trucks Inc., 8340 N. Thornydale Road 110-323. Amount owed: $16,774.37.Blue Agave Landscape Design LLC and Dean A. Knote, 336 E. Fort Lowell Road, Suite 102. Amount owed: $1,011.60. Champion Recovery of Arizona and Joseph Sean Bowman, 5170 N. La Cholla Blvd. Amount owed: $1,497.24.Foothills Karate Studio Ltd LLC, 6781 N. Thornydale Road, Suite 219, Marana. Amount owed: $2,074.06. All Safe of Tucson and Conga LLC, 6700 N. Oracle Road, Suite 501. Amount owed: $5,554.00. Maya’s Market and Ellhan Inc., 7020 E. Broadway, Suite 100. Amount owed: $12,607.43. Desert Dust Inc., 8651 E. 28th Place. Amount owed: $14,247.82. Puff & Stuff Inc., 4235 E. Speedway. Amount owed: $26,210.39. All That Vending and Norris Williams, 1664 E. Calle Grandiosa. Amount owed: $16,963.26. Ticico LLC and Cindy Cox, PO Box 90244, 85752 (2640 E. Ganley Road #100). Amount owed: $122,370.17. Rosati’s of Tucson Inc., 8814 E. Tanque Verde Road. Amount owed: $63,094.98. Cavalier Express LLC and Scott G. Miller, 16121 S. Delgado Road, Sahuarita. Amount owed: $3,091.94. Under Budget Cabinet & Counter Installations LLC and Ramon Francisco Moreno, 1501 E. 17th St. Amount owed: $64,731.12. Western International Aviation Inc., 5951 S. Wilmot Road. Amount owed: $49,006.17. West Ajo Contracting Inc., 34 E. Lincoln St. Amount owed: $71,105.61.GRS Landscape Architects Inc., 5151 N. Oracle Road, Suite 206. Amount owed: $5,930.84. Lloyds of Benson Auto Repair & Towing Inc., 1650 W. Sunset Road. Amount owed: $11,829.97. Law Offi ce Lenore Tsakanikas PLLC and Lenore Tsakanikas, 239 N. Church Ave., Suite 101. Amount owed: $21,273.13. Caring Hands Corner Luxury Adult Care Home Inc., 4644 E. San Carlos Place. Amount owed: $2,493.35. Hardy Roofi ng and James Norman Hardy, 2862 N. Sparkman Blvd. Amount owed: $1,087.16.

State liens (Liens of $1,000 or more fi led by the Arizona Department of Revenue or Arizona Department of Economic Security.)Alcon Pools LLC, 11679 E. Tanque Verde Road. Amount owed: $5,583.23. Chalk Enterprises Inc., 3138 E. President St. Amount owed: $23,988.52. AWOL Industrial Supply LLC, 6420 E. Broadway, Suite A200. Amount owed: $1,745.98. J&S Commercial Concrete Contractors Inc., 5820 S. Nogales Highway. Amount owed: $2,782.40.Keys LLC, 445 W. Wetmore Road. Amount owed: $10,425.91.

Mechanic’s liens (Security interest liens of $1,000 or more fi led by those who have supplied labor or materials for property improvements.)

Seneca Architectural Products against Tucson Greyhound Park Inc. Amount owed: $4,751.29.

TDBC against Inn Suites. Amount owed: $35,000.00.

TDBC against Four Leaf Construction. Amount owed: $35,000.00.

Ace Asphalt of Arizona Inc. against First Evangelical Free Church. Amount owed: $20,000.00.

Haugebak Construction Co. Inc. against Smith’s Food & Drug Centers Inc. (S. Rancho Sahuarita). Amount owed: $10,960.00.

Haugebak Construction Co. Inc. against Smith’s Food & Drug Centers Inc. (N. Thornydale Road). Amount owed: $1,119.96.

Haugebak Construction Co. Inc. against Smith’s Food & Drug Centers Inc. (W. Ina Road). Amount owed: $10,960.00.

Cemex Construction Materials South LLC against Charter School Fund. Amount owed: $2,200.59.

Ascent Aviation Services Corp. against Sundowner. Amount owed: $19,608.59.

Day Break Electric Inc. against Tortolita Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church USA. Amount owed: $3,030.50.


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WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Find out what your money personality is

Ladies, did you ever go to a sleepover or slumber party when you were a teenager? Do you remember the quizzes in maga-zines like Tiger Beat?

I remember the fun I had taking the quizzes to see who my ideal date should be. We would laugh all night but the quiz usually said something about our personalities at the time. Maybe we would even found that perfect date because we learned some-thing about ourselves.

What if you could have the same kind of fun and at the same time learn some actionable insights about yourself and your relationship, not to a dream date, but money? With a short, 14 question quiz you will be on the path to create goals that better suit your nature. If your goals are more aligned with how you operate and are wired, won’t they be easier to achieve?

We are all wired in a particular way about money. It’s important to understand which “personality” is making your fi nancial choices. Is it “the Champ,” “the Funster,” “the Tortoise,” “the Chessmaster” or “the Whirlybird”? Do you know how you are wired?

Why is it important to know? Money is one of those topics that people are a bit crazy about. Whether you hate money and see it as evil or you seek money and see it as a symbol of success, knowing your money personality is powerful.

Th e impact money has on your relation-ships is equally signifi cant to its eff ect on your business. Money discord is one of the leading causes of divorce. Do you and your partner ever disagree about how money is spent or saved? Knowing both your money personal-ity and your partner’s money personality can lead to smoother sailing this year.

Here is a short description of each of the fi ve personalities:

• Th e Champ: It is all about winning the game and collecting the prize. Money is a tool to make more money. Th e Champ prefers to be the fi rst and tends to be on the cutting edge.

“Money was never a big motivation for me except as a way to keep score. Th e real excitement is playing the game.” — Real estate developer Donald Trump.

• Th e Funster: Money is a tool to have

fun with. Live for today because tomorrow the bills are due. Th e Funster is all about instant gratifi cation. Th e Funster loves the emotional high of spending money but later suff ers with the guilt of spending more than they could aff ord. Th ey may try budgeting but it just doesn’t stick.

“My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.” — Actor Errol Flynn.

• Th e Tortoise: Is always saving money and saving more money than anyone else. Th ey are slow to choose and slow to change. It was a tortoise personality that invented the budget. Th eir lifestyle doesn’t change no matter how much money they have.

“Th e art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.” — 19th century English dramatist Sir Henry Taylor.

• Th e Chessmaster: When it comes to dealing with money, they can do a better job than anyone else. If the Tortoise created the budget, the Chessmaster created the spreadsheet to keep track of it. Always look-ing for the perfect investment with time-proven results. Agonizingly slow to decide about anything.

“We don’t have a trillion dollar debt because we taxed too much; we have a trillion dollar debt because we spent too much.” — President Ronald Reagan

• Th e Whirlybird: Too busy with anything else to pay attention to fi nances. Th e Whirlybird does not keep track of their bank accounts nor do they open their statements. Th ey may be months behind on paying bills, not due to a lack of money but because they won’t take the time to do it. Paying bills or budgeting is boring.

“A man has $100 and you leave him with $2, that’s subtraction.” — actress Mae West.

You have some of all these personalities in your money personality, but one or two are more dominant. Getting a handle on them will help you have a fi nancially successful 2012.

Contact me to take the quiz and learn how to overcome or bypass the pitfalls of your money personality.

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SOCIAL MEDIASOCIAL MEDIA IN THE WORKPLACE

Employers, beware of restrictive policies on social mediaAs a business owner, can you pro-

hibit your employees from engaging in disrespectful conduct toward oth-ers or making disparaging comments about the company on the Internet or in other forms of communication?

How about prohibiting your em-ployees from posting pictures of themselves in a company t-shirt or using the company logo?

Employers who do, may be subject to a charge that they are violating the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Recently, the Offi ce of the General Counsel for the National Labor Rela-tions Board issued a report detailing the outcome of the board’s investigation into 14 social media cases providing guidance about what conduct, including social media conduct, employers may prohibit without running afoul of the NLRA.

Th e NLRA applies to most employers, not just those with unions. But it doesn’t apply to all employees. Certain supervisory and management level employees, as well as independent contractors, are not con-sidered to be “employees” under the NLRA. Th e NLRA prohibits employers from interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of protected con-certed activity for mutual aid or protection through the employer’s rules and policies.

According to the National Labor Rela-tions Board, an employer violates the NLRA by maintaining a work rule that would “reasonably tend to chill em-ployees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights.” A rule is unlawful if it explicitly restricts protected activities. If the rule does not explicitly restrict protected

activities, it may still be unlawful if:1. employees would reasonably construe

the language to prohibit Section 7 activity,2. the rule was promulgated in re-

sponse to union activity, or

3. the rule has been applied to restrict the exercise of Sec-tion 7 rights.

Applying this framework, the board found policies or workplace rules to be unlawful:

• Prohibiting employees from making disrespectful, disparaging or inappropriate comments when discussing the company or the employee’s superiors, coworkers, and/or competitors in any form of commu-nication; prohibiting the use of language or action that was inappropriate or of a general off ensive nature, and rude or dis-courteous behavior to a client or coworker.

Th e board takes the position that these types of rules are overly broad and could reasonably be interpreted to prohibit the protected criticism or discussion of the employer’s labor poli-cies, treatment of employees, and terms and conditions of employment.

• Prohibiting employees from using any social media that may: violate, compro-mise, or disregard the rights and reason-able expectations to privacy or confi den-tiality of any person or entity; constitute embarrassment, harassment or defamation of the company or its employees, offi cers,

board members, representatives or staff members; lack truthfulness or might damage the reputation or goodwill of the company, its staff or employees; and disclose personal information regard-ing coworkers, company clients, etc., without their consent.

Th e board believes these are overly broad rules that could be interpreted as prohibiting protected employee discussion of wages and other terms and conditions of employment.

• Policy prohibiting em-ployees from using the com-pany name, address, or other information on their social networking personal profi les.

According to the board, prohibiting employees from us-ing the company logo on their personal profi les is particularly harmful to Section 7 rights because of the func-tion the personal profi le page serves in enabling employees to fi nd and com-municate with other coworkers.

• Prohibiting the posting of pic-tures in any media (including on so-cial media) that depicts the company, its uniform, logo or equipment.

Th e board found this rule unlawfully broad because an employee could not post a picture of employees carrying a picket sign depicting the company’s name, or wear a t-shirt portraying the company’s logo in connection with a protest involving the terms and conditions of employment.

To avoid violating the NLRA, the board suggested providing defi nitions of

broad terms or listing examples of con-duct or communications that would be prohibited under the policy. However, limiting a policy by using examples, or more specifi c language, risks narrowing it so much the policy no longer applies to unanticipated factual situations.

Employers are well advised to re-view and update their work rules and policies in light of the board’s view of such policies under the NLRA.

Contact Sherry Downer, an attorney

with Fennemore Craig practicing in the areas

of employment and labor law, commercial

and business litigation, and professional li-

ability, at [email protected]. Social Media

in the Workplace is a monthly feature of

Inside Tucson Business.

SHERRY DOWNER


TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2011 PASSENGER STATISTICS

Passengers going through Tucson International Airport were down 2.2 percent in 2011 from 2010. The numbers below show each airlines’ passenger totals and market share for 2011 compared with 2010.

2011 2010 ChangeAirline Nonstop destinations

Passengers Market Share

Passengers Market Share

Passengers %

Southwest 1,229,453 33.6% 1,234,922 33.0% -5,469 -0.4%Albuquerque, Baltimore (eff ective Feb. 12), Chicago Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego

American 838,611 22.9% 788,426 21.1% +50,185 +6.4%Chicago O’Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles

US Airways 431,491 11.8% 435,926 11.7% -4,435 -1.0%Phoenix

Delta 398,562 10.9% 429,053 11.5% -30,491 -7.1%Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Salt Lake City

United 334,553 9.2% 398,700 10.7% -64,147 -16.1%Denver, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Continental 168,587 4.6% 186,247 5.0% -17,660 -9.5%Houston Intercontinental

Frontier 150,482 4.1% 158,506 4.2% -8,024 -5.1%Denver

Alaska 106,480 2.9% 100,990 2.7% +5,490 +5.4%Seattle

Others* 7,906 0.2% -7,906

Totals 3,658,219 3,740,675 -82,457 -2.2%

Source: Tucson Airport Authority

Airline totals include passengers on branded fl ights operated by contracted carriers: Continental Express (ExpressJet), Delta Connection (SkyWest), United Express (SkyWest) and US Airways Express (Mesa and SkyWest).

* Other: Sun Country operated fl ights in 2010 until April 5.

INSIDE TRAVEL

Tucson airport offi cials cross fi ngers for 3.8% passenger growth this year By David Hatfi eldInside Tucson Business

Th e number of passengers going through Tucson International Airport in 2011 was down 2.2 percent from 2010 to just under 3.7 million but, with the help of a renewed cooperative eff ort with local businesses and the hospitality industry and a new branding campaign, CEO Bonnie Allin cautiously predicted this week that traffi c could rebound by about 3.8 percent in 2012 to at least 3.8 million passengers.

“Th e wild card here remains the volatility of fuel prices, which represents 30 to 35 percent of an airline’s costs and are a major factor in their service decisions,” Allin told members of the Tucson Airport Authority at their annual meeting Monday (Jan. 23) at the Arizona Inn. “We remain cautiously optimistic as we work to put the worst of the economic turmoil behind us and move toward growth.”

Looking back over a decade’s worth of airport passenger numbers, the most recent years resemble what economists would call a “dead cat bounce” — a drop to the bottom, followed by a small recovery and then another drop. After four years of passenger totals topping 4 million from 2005 through 2008, Tucson International’s passenger numbers plummeted in 2009 to just over 3.6 million then topped 3.7 million in 2010 before dropping again last year.

Th e biggest monthly decline in 2011 was March, which was down 7.2 percent. March is typically the airport’s busiest month of the year and it was last year but, aside from 2009, the last time the airport had fewer passengers in March was 1995. Th e loss of Major League Baseball Spring Training obviously contributed to the March decline.

On the positive side, airlines are already scheduling more seat capacity at Tucson International. Th is March, for example, available seat capacity is up 3.4 percent from 2011 to an average of 6,839 seats per day, according to OAG - Offi cial Airline Guide.

“Community support is paramount to our service expansion eff orts,” Allin said.

Outgoing airport authority chairman Rubin Salter cited Inside Tucson Business’ annual airfare study in November that for the fi rst time in fi ve years found the average airfare was lower, by $1, from Tucson International than Phoenix Sky Harbor to the 12 most heavily traveled destinations the two airports have in common.

Allin said the airport continues to fi ght a misperception about airfares and service. She noted Southwest Airlines’ new service to Baltimore starting Feb. 12 that not only opens up non-stop service to an airport close to the nation’s capitol, it makes for one-stop connections to numerous destinations in the East.

She said the airport has a new outreach

eff ort to create an ongoing dialogue and develop data that should demonstrate demand for more air service from Tucson.

And on the marketing front, the airport has launched a new branding eff ort, “It’s the way to go,” developed through research and emphasizing the airport’s quality facility, customer service, and a convenient, relaxed experience for travelers.

Other year-end statistics from the airport authority:

• Southwest carried the most passengers, more than 1.2 million, or 34 percent of the airport’s total for the year.

• American grew the most, up 6.4 percent to 838,611. Th e growth came with the addition in April of American Eagle fl ights to Los Angeles International Airport. American continues to be Tucson’s second busiest airline.

• United lost the most passengers, down 16 percent, to a year’s total of 334,553. Th e cuts were due to reductions in fl ights and United’s use of smaller regional jets.

• Total aircraft operations, which includes airlines, air taxis, military and general aviation — were down 6.3 percent to 154,286. Th e only category that was up from 2010 were airlines operations, up by 231 to 35,665, again due to airlines using more smaller regional jets.

• Freight was down 14 percent to 26,619 tons.

Tucson service notes• Alaska Airlines has added a sec-

ond round-trip non-stop fl ight to Seattle on Sundays, Mondays, Th ursdays and Fridays. Th e additional fl ights continue through the fi rst week of March and then, eff ective March 10, the second fl ight will operate Saturdays only through April 7.

• Members of US Airways Divident Miles frequent fl yer program have more opportunities to upgrade on fl ights from Tucson International now that the airline this month fi nished installing fi rst class sections on 110 of its regional jets. Depend-ing on the model of aircraft, fi rst class has either eight or nine seats confi gured with two seats on one side of the aisle and one on the other. Under the current schedule, the reconfi gured planes are being used on seven of US Airways’ 10 daily depar-tures from Tucson (another fl ight is on a full-sized 132-seat Airbus A319 with 12 fi rst-class seats and the other two fl ights are on the smallest, 50-passenger, re-gional jets that have only coach seats).

• Eff ective April 1, United Express is dropping one of its two daily round-trip fl ights to San Francisco. If the scheduling is in keeping with the last two years, United will reinstate the second daily fl ight after Tucson’s summer doldrums. Th e one daily fl ight that will continue is an early-morning departure from Tucson and nighttime

return timed to connect with United’s fl ights to and from Pacifi c rim destinations.

American’s bankruptcySignifi cant decisions could start coming

today in American Airlines’ bankruptcy procedings. Much of what’s on the docket has to do with procedural matters but some of the more pertinent items for travelers concern American’s request to reject leases on numerous aircraft. At the same time the airlne is asking for a 30-day extension to fi le a comprehensive schedule of assets and other fi nancial matters. According to research done by Deutsche Bank, American has only determined what it wants to do — keep some and get rid of others — with about one-third of the fl eet of 667 aircraft it had when it fi led for bankruptcy protection on Nov. 29.

Th e court hearing takes place before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane in New York.

Flying SkyWest Regardless of what name is painted

on the side of the plane, the chances of

getting on an airliner at Tucson Interna-tional operated by SkyWest Airlines has grown. Under a new deal, SkyWest is now also fl ying US Airways Express fl ights on 50-passenger Bombardier CRJ200 re-gional jets. Th e planes replace fl ights that had been operated by Mesa Airlines.

Under the current schedule, SkyWest is fl ying two daily US Airways Express fl ights between Tucson and Phoenix Sky Harbor. SkyWest also operates United Express with fi ve round-trips a day to Denver, four to Los Angeles International, three to Houston Intercontinental and two to San Francisco. And SkyWest fl ies as Delta Con-nection three times a day to Salt Lake City. Th at makes up 30 percent of what the Tuc-son Airport Authority says are 63 daily de-partures going out of the airport each day.

Tucson is an important city in the overall scheme of things for SkyWest. Th e airline says it has more than 145 employees in Tucson. For 10 years now, SkyWest has had a maintenance facil-ity at Tucson International and uses Tucson as a crew domicile, with 30 crews, usually made up of two pilots and a fl ight attendant, based here.


PROFILEIn world of auctions, money is the great equalizer

By Patrick McNamaraInside Tucson Business

Pickup trucks began to roll into the park-ing lot before 8 a.m. in anticipation of the Goodwill Industries auction.

For many attendees, auctions aren’t an amusement, they’re a livelihood. None more than auctioneer Tim Shaw, the man behind the microphone at the twice-weekly Good-will auctions.

“Th e great thing about an auction is you have people from all walks of life,” Shaw said.

At the Goodwill auction, attendees sort through bins piled high with clothing, shelves full of television sets, furniture-laden fl oor spaces and microwave ovens stacked fi ve feet high.

And that doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of the off erings at Goodwill’s 1770 S. Cherrybell Stravenue warehouse.

Old stereo equipment spills out of boxes, luggage fi lls multiple shelves and vacuum cleaners lie like cordwood on a shelf.

“Th ere’s a bunch of stuff in here and we’ve got to sell it all,” Shaw tells the growing crowd of buyers as he kicks of the auction and launches into the familiar auctioneer chant.

Shaw, 28, has been auctioning since 2008. Prior to that, he owned a power washing company.

“It was great money, but I had more fun

selling being on the microphone than clean-ing dirty sidewalks at midnight,” he said.

Initially, Shaw and his father were buyers, going to yard sales, thrift stores, estate sales and auctions and selling items on eBay, a common starting point for many in the busi-ness.

Despite some early fears among profes-sional auctioneers, eBay didn’t make live auc-tions a thing of the non-digital past.

“People who were buying on eBay were actually moving toward live auctions, not the other way around,” said Chris Longly, spokes-man for the National Association of Auction-eers.

Th e Overland Park, Kan.-based organiza-tion represents about 4,000 auctioneers across the country.

Longly said the auction industry — not in-cluding eBay — represents a $250 billion chunk of the national economy, helping to sell everything from old household items to personal estates and radio frequencies.

“Most people don’t realize that the car they have today will someday be touched by an auction,” Longly said.

Cars traded in at dealerships often end up in auction sales.

Longly called auctioneering one of the purest forms of entrepreneurship.

“An auctioneer will give you a true market value, no more no less,” he said.

Interest in auctions has been on rise in re-cent years, in part because of an actual in-crease in occurrences.

“We do see a lot more of the storage unit auctions because of the economy,” he said.

Another factor lies with the popularity of a few auction-themed reality television series.

“Storage Wars” and “Auction Hunters” both focus on the buyers at auctions mostly throughout southern California.

Th e stars of the shows purchase defaulted self-storage units at public auctions to resale the items at swap meets, in thrift stores or just for the thrill of fi nding that rare highly valu-able item that someone had hidden away in a storage locker.

Shaw also conducts storage unit auctions and said he’s seen an increase interest even before the shows started to air.

Many of the longtime auction attendees

that Shaw meets don’t like the shows and have complained that they’re overly dramat-ic. He disagrees.

“It’s that exact same way at the storage auctions,” Shaw said.

Th e characters represented at the show re-semble many of the archetypes he sees at auctions — store owners, antique hunters and eBay sellers.

“People like these auctions because of the prospect if a deal,” Shaw said.

Th e interpersonal confl icts that erupt be-tween the stars on “Storage Wars” or the coor-dinated eff orts to bid up the price of units when a newcomer steps in are things that happen all the time at auctions.

“Th ere is storage locker drama,” he said. “But I treat everyone equally, because they are all equals, everyone with money is treated equally.”

Shaw also calls charity and estate auc-tions.

Estate auctions represent the most de-manding part of the job, Shaw said.

He and his team spend at least a month preparing an estate by itemizing and deter-mining a value of every item in a house.

“It can be like a treasure hunt,” he said. “It’s the funnest job in the world.”

Contact reporter Patrick McNamara at

[email protected] or (520) 295-4259.

Biz FactsT&T Auctioneers3101 S. Oberon Roadwww.tntsauction.com(520) 358-7881(520) 440-6127

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MEDIAKOLD will make Wednesday deadline to start doing KMSB newscastsBy David Hatfi eldInside Tucson Business

It has been a mad rush but come Wednesday (Feb. 1), KOLD 13 offi cially takes over production of the newscasts on KMSB 11, includiing the debut of a new morning morning show, “Fox 11 Daybreak,” that will air from 7-9 a.m. weekdays.

Th e KOLD eff ort has been fast-tracked since the Nov. 14 announcement that its parent company, Raycom, and Belo Corp., owner of both KMSB and KTTU 18, had signed a shared services agreement.

Th ere’s a couple of loose ends that won’t meet the Feb. 1 deadline.

It will be another two weeks or so before KOLD takes over the master control switching operations for the Belo stations. Debbie Bush, vice president and general manager at KOLD, said her station is test-running the switching equipment so in the meantime, Belo will continue to handle the master control operations from Phoenix for both KMSB and KTTU.

And construction to house Belo’s sales staff at KOLD’s studios isn’t fi nished so they will remain at the KMSB/KTTU building until the end of February.

Some of the other fi nal details:• Chris Holmstrom has been named the

anchor of the weekend newscasts, at 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on KOLD and at 9 p.m. both days on KMSB. Holmstrom came to KOLD in August as a reporter. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, had been in southeastern Washington state working for the NBC affi liate serving the cities of Pasco, Rich-land and Kennewick.

• Cuyler Diggs is moving over from KMSB to do the weather on both the KOLD

and KMSB newscasts on Saturdays. KOLD’s Aaron Pickering will do the same on Sundays.

• David Kelly, who has been doing sports at KMSB, will do weekend sports on both KOLD and KMSB.

• Th e 20-minute “Fox 11 Sports Force” show that has been airing at 9:40 p.m. Sundays on KMSB will go away, replaced by a traditional hour-long newscast from 9 to 10 p.m.

• “Good Morning Arizona,” the Phoenix-based live morning show that has been airing from 5-9 a.m. on KMSB, will no longer air in Tucson. Coupled with the launch of the new live local show starting at 7 a.m., Belo has decided to replace the fi rst two hours with repeats of the nationally syndicated programs.

Star parent’s bankruptcyNo creditors objected in bankruptcy

court to Lee Enterprises restructuring plan of almost $1 billion in debt so U.S. Bank-ruptcy Judge Kevin Gross on Monday approved it and said it could begin immediately. Ken Kansa, an attorney with Sidley Austin representing Lee Enterprises, said he anticipates getting everything in order and offi cially exiting bankruptcy on Monday (Jan. 30).

Although not all creditors had agreed to the plan, Lee Enterprises had agreements from enough to force the issue, which refi nances the debt out to 2015 and allows for conversion of some of it for to a 15 percent equity stake in the reorganized company.

Lee Enterprises, based in Davenport, Iowa, owns 48 daily newspapers including the Arizona Daily Star, the assets of which were not part of the Dec. 12 bankruptcy fi ling.

Earlier this month, Lee Enterprises

reported its operating revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 25, 2011, were down 3.9 percent from a year earlier to $199.6 million.

Names in newsJane Amari, the last publisher and

editor of the Arizona Daily Star under Pulitzer ownership, has hung up the spurs, so to speak, from her 45-year newspaper career. For the past seven years she has been publisher of the San Pedro Valley News-Sun in Benson and Arizona Range News in Willcox, both of which are owned by Wick Communications, the same company that owns Inside Tucson Business. Amari was at the Star from 1999 to 2005, leaving when Pulitzer Inc. was sold to Lee Enterprises. She and her husband, Roberto, bought a 460-acre ranch near Benson where they own American Saddlebred horses. Pior to the Star, Amari held management positions with Gannett, Knight-Ridder, Times Mirror and the Kansas City Star.

Th e rumors can stop with the an-nouncement from Journal Broadcast Group that it has re-upped Jon Justice to continue hosting his 6-10 a.m. weekday radio show on the Truth, KQTH 104.1-FM. Terms of the new deal were not announced. Th ere had been rumblings in media circles that Journal might not be able to hold on to Justice. It was even suggested that the company launched James T. Harris’ 10 a.m.-noon show in October to establish him as a potential replacement for Justice. Of course the Journal folks never acknowl-edged the rumors.

Adam Weyne, who gained friends in the Tucson market during his four years as general sales manager at KOLD until November 2007, has moved on yet again and is now the director of sales at KFMB-TV,

the CBS affi liate in San Diego. Since leaving KOLD, Weyne had been the director of sales at KNXV, the ABC affi liate in Phoenix.

Addy special awardsWhen media types start to get an

inferiority complex about the Tucson market, I often point out that in the 1980s the advertising agency of record for the multimillion dollar Arizona Offi ce of Tourism account was not a Phoenix fi rm but Taylor Advertising, headquartered in Tucson. And that wasn’t the only big-time account the agency had either. In a long overdue acknowledgement, the American Advertising Federation Tucson is giving Jay Taylor its Silver Medal Award this year. Th e Ad Fed has been handing out the Silver Medal Award since 1959 in recognition of outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.

Other recipients of special Ad Fed awards this year: Fran Katz, associate publisher of Tucson Lifestyle magazine, will receive the Phyllis Ehlinger Women of Excellence Award; Allen Kath, best known now as “Big Al our Traffi c Pal” for the Journal Broadcast Group, will get the Golden Mic Award; and Kevin Madden, CEO and founder of Madden Publishing, is getting this year’s Golden Pen award.

Th e awards will be handed out as part of the 31st annual Addy Awards gala Feb. 18 at the Fox Tucson Th eatre, 17 W. Congress St. Information about the event is on the Ad Fed’s website: www.aaftucson.org/.

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from Empire Pizza, fi ne arts perfor-mances and local music. Attendees can then big on pieces they’re seeing created. Tickets purchased in advance at the Rialto box offi ce are $25 general admission or $22

for reserved balcony seating. Th e prices go up $3 each the day of the Flame Off . Infor-mation is online at www.sonoranglass.org.

ArtA new three-person exhibit debuts

today (Jan. 27) at Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Ave. Titled “Don’t Look Now” fea-tures work from Craig Cully, Chris Rush and James Reed with work in painting and mixed media. Th e artists bring a unique style and exquisite technique to their work, which often invoke mixed emotions. Th e show will be up through March 27.

FilmTh is weekend’s releases include “A

Dangerous Method,” a fi lm about psycho-analysists Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, “In the Land of Blood and Honey” from fi rst time director Angelina Jolie about a romance in war-torn Bosnia, “Th e Grey,” Liam Neeson’s survival thriller, and the action/adventure fi lm “Man on a Ledge” with Sam Worthington and Ed Harris.

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Arizona Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s most beloved opera, “Madama Butterfl y” Feb. 4 and 5 at the Tucson Music Hall in the Tucson Convention Center complex, 260 S. Church Ave. Th e classic tale of love and loss features spectacular sets and costumes. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 and 2 p.m. Feb. 5. Tickets are available through TCC box offi ces or for season subscription information go to Arizona Opera online at www.azopera.org.

Radio legendUApresents brings lots of famous, top-

notch performers each season and, while the marquee names are giants in their respective genres, the next scheduled performer might be able to lay claim to having the widest general audience in this year’s season. Hu-morist Garrison Keillor brings his unique blend of homespun observations from Lake Wobegon to Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. on the University of Arizona campus, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 1). Ticket prices range from $29 to $69, with small discounts for students, military and seniors. Buy them online at www.uapre-sents.org. Keillor’s shows usually sell out.

Glass artSonoran Glass Academy presents its

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If you’re not interested in dining out with most of Tucson on Valentine’s Day, this might make a unique alternative way to celebrate the holiday with a Valentine. It’s just a few days later.

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Wings Like Eagles gives$60,000 to nonprofi ts

Th e Wings Like Eagles Foundation, cre-ated by Golden Eagle Distributors in memory of founder William M. Clements, has awarded fi ve charitable organizations a total of $60,000.

Th e 2011 awardees were:• $10,000 to Christian Family Care for the

ConnectOne, Southern Arizona Project.• $10,000 to Mobile Meals of Tucson Inc. to

subsidize the direct cost of meals and delivery.• $10,000 to Reading Seed Inc. to support

500 students with reading coaching.• $10,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the

Casa Grande Valley to support the AfterSchool KidsLit program.

• $20,000 to Youth On Th eir Own to support the monthly stipend program.

Since 2003, the Wings Like Eagles Founda-tion has awarded more than $1.4 million to 427 nonprofi ts in Arizona.

Th e foundation’s awards are granted to or-ganizations that enhance their communities through child welfare, education, the arts, the spirit, the advancement of liberty and com-munity goodwill. Applications for 2012 grants are open now and can be made online at www.twle.org.

Th e foundation focuses but doesn’t limit its contributions to organizations in the areas served by Golden Eagle Distributors, which are Tucson, Casa Grande, Buckeye, Flagstaff , Globe and Show Low. Funding for the foun-dation comes mainly through direct contribu-tions from employees and directors of Golden Eagle, which distributes Anheuser-Busch and other craft beer and import products.

GET ON THE LISTNext up: Commercial real estate brokers, Commercial building contractors, Commercial real estate managers

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Awarding and receiving 2011 contributions from the Wings Like Eagles Foundation are, from left, Priscilla Altuna, executive director of Mobile Meals; Christopher Clements, president of the Wings Like Eagles Foundation; Susan Dudley, statewide director of Christian Family Care; Bill Osteen, of the Wings Like Eagles Foundation; Elizabeth Campbell, executive director of Read-ing Seed Inc.; Teresa Liverzani-Baker, executive director of Youth on Their Own; Ginny Clements, director of the Wings Like Eagles Foundation; and Matt Lemberg, chief professional offi cer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Casa Grande Valley.

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states, including Alliance Bank of Arizona. Sarver’s father, Jack Sarver, was a promi-nent Tucson businessman who built the Plaza International Hotel (about to become Aloft, see separate story) and the Aztec Inn, now the Randolph Park Hotel and Suites, 102 N. Alvernon Way.

“We viewed this as an ideal reorganiza-tion situation involving incredibly high- quality assets that required strong own-ership and equity to provide Westin with the tools necessary to position each hotel properly, allow them to emerge from bank-ruptcy, and maximize their operating per-formance,” Mark Schlossberg, managing partner in Southwest Value Partners, said in a statement.

Th e La Paloma resort opened in 1986 and, although there have been some up-

dates over the years this will be the fi rst time the entire resort has undergone a complete renovation,

“Th is is a top to bottom project, we’re not drawing any lines on this,” Litvack said. Even meeting rooms and other space that has been added in recent years will be renovated. “Sometimes you might look at something and fi gure you can get some more use out of it, we won’t be doing that here.”

While there are still many details to work out, Litvack said construction could begin as early as this summer. In fact, one project upgrading the fi tness facilities, was already designed and should be fi nished within two months.

While Marriott offi cials say they don’t anticipate any changes in the day-to-day operation of the Starr Pass Resort, owner-ship remains a question.

Starwood and Marriott, along with other brands such as Hilton and Hyatt, don’t own most of the hotels they operate. Instead, they have manage them in exchange for as much as 15 percent of operating revenues.

Meanwhile, the two Westin proper-ties previous owner, Transwest Partners/NCH Corp. and its affi liated companies are still in bankruptcy court over other prop-erties, including the Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park, 445 S. Alvernon Way; La Posada Lodge and Casitas, 5900 N. Oracle Road; Hampton Inn and Suites Tucson Mall, 2950 N. Oracle Road; and TownePlace Suites by Marriott Tucson, 405 W. Rudasill Road.

Another property, Embassy Suites Tuc-son Williams Center, 5335 E. Broadway, was taken over in December by Tucsonan Humberto S. Lopez who was a creditor in the hotel. Under the terms of that deal, an investment group that was owed $17 million now has a secured claim in the property of $7.5 million. Lopez paid $600,000 immedi-ately and the remainder is in a promissary note that matures Nov. 30, 2018.

“Once we have a decision on that we can get to work on final designs,” Warne said, adding that he anticipates construc-tion could get underway in December.

The development is planned as a multi-use facility that would tie in with the Main Gate Square development and, among other things would include a multi-screen movie theater complex and retail. The new hotel is being planned as an all-suite and most likely would be branded separately from the existing Marriott

Meanwhile, east of the UA, the “hip, ur-ban attitude” Aloft hotel is near the final stages of planning to replace the seven-story, 150-room Four Points by Sheraton, 1900 E. Speedway at the southeast corner of Campbell Avenue. Demolition work

on the existing hotel should begin this summer with construction complete 18 months after that.

The idea for the Aloft hotel has been floating more than six years since Star-wood Hotels and Resorts announced Tucson would be one of five launch cities for the concept. Some of the delay stems from demolition issues of the existing building that was completed in 1972.

As of the end of 2011, Starwood had opened 50 Aloft hotels. The concept is derived from Starwood’s W hotel divi-sion. Rooms feature loft-like decor with nine-foot ceilings, platform beds and an emphasis on tech features, including free Wi-Fi and a plug and play connectivity station for charging electronics and sync-ing with an 42-inch LCD HDTV.

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NEW HIRES

Anne Gassmann Rosenfeld, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.S., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., recently joined the University of Arizona College of Nursing as associate dean for research. She most recently was associate dean for research, innovation and translation at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing. Rosenfeld also is a fellow of the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Nursing. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the College of Mount Saint Joseph, her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Arizona, her doctorate in nursing from the Oregon Health and Sciences University and completed postdoctoral studies through the American Heart Association.

Tiane Kennedy has joined GAP Ministries after four year with another non-profi t group where she successfully acquired $55,000 in grant funding. She also coordinated the agency’s Tucson events as a part of a statewide team.

Nina Jani has joined La Cañada Care Center as executive director. Before joining La Cañada Care Center, Jani served as executive director at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehab in Tucson. She has been in the long-term care fi eld since 1997. Jani has a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and physiology.

Ryan Hansen has joined Bon Voyage Travel as vice president and chief operating offi cer. Hansen comes to Bon Voyage following a 19-year career in the athletic department at the University of Arizona. Hansen also

served as a commentator for UA basketball radio broadcasts from 1997-2009; he currently hosts the UA men’s basketball radio pre-game show on the Arizona IMG Sports Network. Hansen holds a bachelor’s degree in health related professions and a master’s in educational psychology-physical education from the University of Arizona.

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The Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) announced its new board members for 2012. They include: Joe Higgins, chair, entrepreneur; Roy Irwin, vice chair, Irwin Insurance & Investments, LLC; Donna Robinson, secretary, Network Dogs, Inc.; Jacob Gregory, treasurer, CliftonLarsenAllen LLP; Kim Marie Branch-Pettid, LeTip International; John Ficorilli, Mountain State Employers Council; Karen Karr, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP; Ryan McMullen, RSI Enterprises, Inc.; and Russ

Yelton, Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies.

AWARDS

The Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) announced awards to outstanding partners, board members, staff and volunteers. Honorees include: Board Member of the Year: Donna Robinson, Network Dogs, Inc.; Board Member of the Year, honorable mention: Jacob Gregory, CliftonLarsenAllen LLP; Corporate Partner of the Year: SCF Arizona; Strategic Partner of the Year: BNI Arizona;

Volunteer of the Year for the Southern Arizona Region: Barney Hilton Murray, BHM Media Arts Group; Volunteer of the Year for the Central Arizona Region: Victoria Trafton,Victoria Trafton Presents; ASBA Employee of the Year: Debbie Hann, vice president fi nance and administration.

Ashley Bowman, MFA, co-artistic director and founding member of Artifact Dance Project, has been awarded the 2011 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award of $10,000. The award will be presented by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) at a reception at Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S. Sixth Avenue. Bowman earned both her BFA and her MFA from the University of Arizona and she is currently an instructor at Tucson Dance Academy. Artifact Dance

Project is a small company focused on integrating dance, live music and fi lm.

Blease Financial Services fi nancial consultant, Mark Faber, has been awarded the professional designations Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant. Faber has more than 26 years of experience in the fi nancial services industry and offers Securities through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC.

The Arizona Centennial Legacy Project: Arizona’s 48 Most Intriguing Women announced the honorees of the award, which includes several from Southern Arizona. Those include: Tucsonans Carmen Bermudez, Susan Claassen, Ann Day and Cindy Parseghian. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Linda Ronstadt were

named among four Legacy Legends.

The Southern Arizona Attractions Alliance has honored Anne Maxon, Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Visitor Center supervisor, with the David J. Nivison Award for Excellence in Tourism during a ceremony earlier this week at Lodge on the Desert. The Nivison award is given to individuals, companies, businesses, attractions and government agencies who have distinguished themselves by exhibiting unusual commitment, unwavering zeal, or uncommon success and whose efforts have left a lasting, positive impact on the local tourism industry. Maxon has served as as supervisor since June 2004. She holds a bachelor of fi ne arts from the Collegio de Artes in Granada, Spain.

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Export University – How to succeed in MexicoThe U.S. Commercial Service will lead participants through the detailed process of selling products and services in MexicoThursday (Feb. 2)8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.Pima Community College Downtown CampusAmethyst Room1255 N. Stone Ave.Cost: $95 (companies may be eligible for a 50 percent reimbursement via Arizona STEP Grant funds) Breakfast and lunch providedRegistration: www.regonline.com/exportumexico

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State of the City Luncheon and AddressMayor Jonathan Rothschild to give Tucson’s annual addressTuesday (Feb 14) 11:30 a.m.Tucson Convention Center 260 S. Church Avenue Cost: $50 for Tucson Metro Chamber members; $70 general publichttp://TucsonChamber.orgInfo: Gina Babunovic [email protected] (520) 792-2250 ext. 133

Multi-Chamber Business ExpoThe 2012 Multi-Chamber Business Expo held in

conjunction with the state of the city luncheon Tuesday (Feb 14) 10 a.m.Booth purchase is $300 on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis; sales deadline Tuesday (Feb. 7)Info: Cindy Brown at [email protected] or call (520) 792-2250 ext. 154http://TucsonChamber.org

Employment Law Breakfast Briefi ngLawyers from Fennemore Craig present a seminar for employers and human resources professionalsTuesday (Feb. 16)7:30 to 9:30 a.m.Marriott Tucson University Park 880 E. Second St. Contact: Cheryl DeVries [email protected] (602) 916-5292www.fennemorecraig.comFree, RSVP required

Women In Construction WeekTucson Chapter of the National Association of Women in ConstructionSunday (March 4) to Saturday (March 10)Contact: Michelle Quinn [email protected] or (520) 440-7627Website: www.nawictucson.orgFree

REGULAR MEETINGS

NAWBO Monthly LuncheonSecond Tuesdays10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Locations varyInfo: Morella Bierwag, (520) 326-2926 or [email protected]

National Association of the Remodeler’s Industry (NARI) TucsonThird Tuesday 5:30 p.m. Varies, call for location

Information: (520) 300-1056Cost: Free to members and fi rst timers

Networks @ WorkFirst Wednesdays 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Sullivan’s Steak House 1785 E. River RoadContact: Ricardo Carrasco at (520) 977-8812 or Ricardo@gsfl oans.comCost: Meal from menu ($12-$25)

Networking Club in Northwest TucsonAli Lassen’s leads clubFirst Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. Sullivan’s Steak House 1785 E. River RoadRSVP: Johnna Fox (866) 551-3720

Networking Entrepreneurs of TucsonNetworking breakfast

First and third Wednesday 7 to 8:30 a.m.Hometown Buffet 5101 N. Oracle RoadInformation: (520) 240-4552

Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce Monthly Membership BreakfastFourth Thursday of the month7 to 8:30 a.m.El Charro Café 7725 N. Oracle Roadhttp://the-chamber.com

Northwest Power Group (referral group)Mondays 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.Hilton El Conquistador Country Club,10555 N. La Cañada DriveRSVP: (520) 229-8283Cost: $50 one-time fee (fi rst two visits free)

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FINANCEYOUR MONEY

Don’t play politics with your investment decisions

With the election season heating up, you will hear more and more promises and claims and counter-claims from candidates.

As a citizen, you may or may not enjoy this “political theater,” but as an investor, you might be concerned over the talk about taxes, Social Security, Medicare and other fi nancial topics.

Will you need to adjust your savings and investment strategies? If so, how?

Before you think about adjusting your in-vestment strategy in anticipation of any ac-tions coming from Washington, D.C., keep a couple of facts in mind.

First, few campaign promises become reality. Second, due to our system of government,

radical shifts in direction are diffi cult to imple-ment — which is why so few of them occur.

Still, we may see some smaller-scale, yet not insignifi cant, changes in the near future. In light of this possibility, what investment decisions should you make?

Here are a few suggestions:• Consider owning investments that

are taxed in diff erent ways. No one can predict what will happen with income tax rates or the tax rates that are ap-plied to capital gains and dividends.

Consequently, it may be a good idea to seek “tax diversifi cation” by owning investments that are taxed in diff erent ways. For example, when you sell appreci-ated stocks, you pay capital gains taxes, whereas interest payments from bonds will be taxed at your individual tax rate.

And it’s always a good idea to take advantage of tax-advantaged vehicles, such as an IRA and your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan.

• Stick with quality. When owning stocks, its a good idea to invest in quality companies with diversifi ed businesses.

Th ese companies are usually less dependent on a particular government program, and they typically have a global reach, so they may be better able to handle any changes implemented in Washington.

• Stay focused on your long-term goals. Politicians come and go, and our political parties seem to take turns holding the reins of power. Yet your long-term goals — such as college for your children, a comfortable

retirement and the ability to leave a legacy to your family — don’t really change.

By realizing that you are largely responsi-ble for achieving your goals, and by following an investment strategy that’s suitable for your individual risk tolerance and time horizon, you can make gradual, but still meaningful, progress toward those goals — no matter what’s happening in Washington.

• Review your strategy regularly. With the possible approach of changes in tax policies and in government programs that can aff ect your retirement security, you’ll want to review your investment strategy regularly to make sure it’s still on track toward helping you meet your objectives.

As part of this review, you may want to seek out more “tax-smart” investment op-portunities, while always looking for ways to supply the asset growth you’ll need to enjoy the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned.

Aside from voting for the candidates who you think best represent your interests, you may not have much infl uence over what goes on in Washington.

But by “electing” the right moves to help meet your goals, you can have plenty of con-trol over your investment strategy.

Contact Tim Beithon, a fi nancial

advisor with Edward Jones, at Tim.Beithon@

edwardjones.com or (520) 546-1839. Beithon’s

offi ce is at 9525 E. Old Spanish Trail, Suite 111.

TIM BEITHON

TUCSON STOCK EXCHANGEStock market quotations of some publicly traded companies doing business in Southern Arizona

Company Name Symbol Jan. 25 Jan. 18 Change52-Week

Low52-Week

HighTucson companiesApplied Energetics Inc AERG 0.07 0.08 -0.01 0.12 0.97CDEX Inc CEXI.OB 0.06 0.08 -0.02 0.02 0.10Providence Service Corp PRSC 14.99 14.80 0.19 8.35 16.59UniSource Energy Corp (Tucson Electric Power) UNS 37.13 37.23 -0.10 32.96 39.25

Southern Arizona presenceAlcoa Inc (Huck Fasteners) AA 10.48 10.02 0.46 8.45 18.47AMR Corp (American Airlines) AMR 0.62 0.42 0.20 0.20 7.65Augusta Resource Corp (Rosemont Mine) AZC 2.98 3.50 -0.52 2.65 6.29Bank Of America Corp BAC 7.35 6.80 0.55 4.92 14.95Bank of Montreal (M&I Bank) BMO 60.49 58.08 2.41 51.83 66.64BBVA Compass BBV 8.96 8.33 0.63 7.02 13.01Belo Corp (KMSB 11, KTTU 18) BLC 7.60 7.37 0.23 4.36 9.27Berkshire Hathaway (Geico, Long Cos) BRK-B* 79.85 78.92 0.93 65.35 87.65Best Buy Co Inc BBY 25.71 25.17 0.54 21.79 35.45BOK Financial Corp (Bank of Arizona) BOKF 57.59 58.19 -0.60 43.77 59.59Bombardier Inc* (Bombardier Aerospace) BBDB 4.81 4.50 0.31 3.30 7.29CB Richard Ellis Group CBG 18.15 17.05 1.10 12.30 29.88Citigroup Inc C 29.96 29.03 0.93 21.40 49.60Comcast Corp CMCSA 26.12 25.72 0.40 19.19 27.16Community Health Sys (Northwest Med Cntrs) CYH 19.23 17.03 2.20 14.61 42.50Computer Sciences Corp CSC 26.32 25.52 0.80 22.80 56.61Convergys Corp CVG 13.46 13.00 0.46 8.49 15.00Costco Wholesale Corp COST 82.72 81.76 0.96 69.54 88.68CenturyLink (Qwest Communications) CTL 37.53 37.46 0.07 31.16 45.34Cvs/Caremark (CVS pharmacy) CVS 42.18 43.10 -0.92 31.30 43.17Delta Air Lines DAL 9.96 8.92 1.04 6.41 12.34Dillard Department Stores DDS 45.83 46.29 -0.46 37.87 61.08Dover Corp (Sargent Controls & Aerospace) DOV 60.86 60.60 0.26 43.64 70.15DR Horton Inc DHI 14.49 14.12 0.37 8.03 14.28Freeport-McMoRan (Phelps Dodge) FCX 46.08 44.47 1.61 28.85 58.75Granite Construction Inc GVA 27.35 27.27 0.08 16.92 29.68Home Depot Inc HD 45.26 44.88 0.38 28.13 45.50Honeywell Intl Inc HON 58.11 58.19 -0.08 41.22 62.28IBM IBM 191.73 181.07 10.66 151.71 194.90Iron Mountain IRM 31.76 31.92 -0.16 24.28 35.79Intuit Inc INTU 57.52 56.45 1.07 39.87 57.60Journal Communications (KGUN 9, KMXZ) JRN 5.04 4.90 0.14 2.69 6.18JP Morgan Chase & Co JPM 37.60 36.54 1.06 27.85 48.36Kaman Corp (Electro-Optics Develpmnt Cntr) KAMN 31.40 31.00 0.40 25.73 38.40KB Home KBH 9.78 9.69 0.09 5.02 16.11Kohls Corp KSS 47.75 48.09 -0.34 42.14 57.39Kroger Co (Fry's Food Stores) KR 24.65 24.12 0.53 21.14 25.85Lee Enterprises (Arizona Daily Star) LEE 1.47 0.76 0.71 0.58 3.47Lennar Corporation LEN 22.80 23.00 -0.20 12.14 23.11Lowe's Cos (Lowe's Home Improvement) LOW 26.91 27.46 -0.55 18.07 27.57Loews Corp (Ventana Canyon Resort) L 38.18 38.38 -0.20 32.90 45.31Macerich Co (Westcor, La Encantada) MAC 54.85 52.65 2.20 38.64 56.50Macy's Inc M 34.19 35.37 -1.18 21.69 35.92Marriott Intl Inc MAR 35.16 33.94 1.22 25.49 42.78Meritage Homes Corp MTH 27.75 26.64 1.11 13.68 27.46Northern Trust Corp NTRS 42.26 41.22 1.04 33.20 54.90Northrop Grumman Corp NOC 59.59 60.17 -0.58 49.20 72.50Penney, J.C. JCP 34.27 33.92 0.35 23.44 41.00Pulte Homes Inc (Pulte, Del Webb) PHM 7.99 7.94 0.05 3.29 8.58Raytheon Co (Raytheon Missile Systems) RTN 49.71 49.62 0.09 38.35 53.12Roche Holdings AG (Ventana Medical Systems) RHHBY 43.55 44.11 -0.56 34.02 45.65Safeway Inc SWY 22.88 21.55 1.33 15.93 25.43Sanofi -Aventis SA SNY 36.64 36.35 0.29 30.98 40.75Sears Holdings (Sears, Kmart, Customer Care) SHLD 44.87 39.49 5.38 51.14 94.79SkyWest Inc SKYW 12.64 13.59 -0.95 10.47 17.28Southwest Airlines Co LUV 9.51 9.02 0.49 7.15 12.88Southwest Gas Corp SWX 42.07 41.67 0.40 32.12 43.22Stantec Inc STN 26.70 26.50 0.20 20.96 31.89Target Corp TGT 51.14 49.87 1.27 45.28 56.05TeleTech Holdings Inc TTEC 17.01 15.60 1.41 14.10 23.46Texas Instruments Inc TXN 32.80 33.72 -0.92 24.34 36.71Time Warner Inc (AOL) TWX 38.21 37.39 0.82 27.62 38.62Ual Corp (United Airlines) UAUA 20.41 18.25 2.16 15.92 27.72Union Pacifi c Corp UNP 113.63 109.82 3.81 77.73 114.82Apollo Group Inc (University of Phoenix) APOL 55.97 54.03 1.94 37.08 58.29US Airways Group Inc LCC 7.52 6.04 1.48 4.53 11.28US Bancorp (US Bank) USB 28.60 29.08 -0.48 20.10 29.42Wal-Mart Stores Inc (Wal-Mart, Sam's Club) WMT 61.47 60.01 1.46 48.31 62.00Walgreen Co WAG 34.69 33.75 0.94 30.34 47.11Wells Fargo & Co WFC 30.20 30.24 -0.04 22.58 34.25Western Alliance Bancorp (Alliance Bank) WAL 8.19 7.56 0.63 4.44 8.45Zions Bancorp (National Bank of Arizona) ZION 17.52 18.79 -1.27 13.18 25.60Data Source: Dow Jones Market Watch

*Quotes in U.S. dollars, except Bombardier is Canadian dollars.

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INSIDE REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

By Roger YohemInside Tucson Business

It’s now a “legendary” tradition. For the second year in a row, “Legends of Real Estate” will be honored by the Southern Arizona CCIM Chapter (Certifi ed Commer-cial Investment Member).

To set the tone, the group has lined up two notable speakers: University of Arizona Athletic Director Greg Byrne and Tucson Metro Chamber CEO Mike Varney.

At the 21st Annual CCIM Forecast Feb. 16, CCIM will honor three real estate families whose legacies go back as far as 100 years.

“Our legends are the Amos, Long and Kivel families. Each is well-known in real estate circles and throughout the commu-nity,” said Brandon Rodgers of Picor Commercial Real Estate, who is helping to organize the event.

Th e Amos family has been involved in Tucson Realty & Trust Company since 1911. Th e Long Company traces its roots back to 1926. And the Kivels are best known as the developers of legacy com-mercial retail projects including El Con and Park Place malls.

Representing the families will be brothers Hank and Phil Amos, Russell Long, and brothers Al and Foster Kivel. Th e ceremonies will be emceed by George Larsen of Larsen Baker, and Jim Marian of Chapman Lindsey.

Last year’s inaugural legends were Don Diamond, Chuck Pettis, Sanders “Sonny” Solot, Roy Drachman and Bill Estes.

Th e forecast itself brings together 15 to 20 experts in all disciplines of commercial real estate to discuss their insights for 2012. Th is year’s event takes place from 1 to 5 p.m., Feb. 16 at Loews Ventana Canyon, 7000 N. Resort Drive.

Costs vary and increase after Saturday (Jan. 28). Th e Tucson Association of Realtors is handling reservations. To register, email [email protected]

Coldwell Banker reportSales price. Days on market. Inventory.

New listings. After Coldwell Banker Residen-tial Brokerage analyzed all the data, 2011 turned out to be just another year of mixed performance in the Tucson housing market.

In the city of Tucson, lower prices accelerated the pace of sales. Year-over-year, the median sales price dropped 11 percent to $116,325 at the end of 2011 from $131,000 in December 2010. Average prices fell 8 percent to $161,711 from $175,737.

Th e lower prices sparked a 13.8 percent year-over-year increase in sales. Closings for 2011 totaled 10,160 compared with 8,926 in 2010, according to Coldwell Banker. Faster sales also drove down inventory by one-third to 3,734 homes from 5,630 at end of 2010.

“Th e selling price per square foot is a great indicator for the direction of property values,” said Malcolm MacEwen, president of Coldwell Banker, “Since median and average sales prices are impacted by a mix of high and low-end properties.”

Th e December 2011 selling price in

Legends event to honor real estate legacies of Amos, Kivel and Long families at CCIM

THE PULSE: TUCSON REAL ESTATE

1/16/2012 1/9/2012

Median Price $122,000 $123,000Active Listings 5,547 5,619New Listings 373 434Pending Sales 410 418Homes Closed 159 165Source: Long Realty Research Center

WEEKLY MORTGAGE RATES

Program Current Last WeekOne

Year Ago12 Month

High12 Month

Low

30 YEAR 3.88% 4.125%APR 3.88% 4.125%APR 6.18% 6.88% 3.88%

15 YEAR 3.25% 3.56%APR 3.25% 3.56% APR 5.94% 6.75% 3.25%

3/1 ARM 2.88% 3.25%APR 2.88% 3.25% APRThe above rates have a 1% origination fee and 0 discount . FNMA/FHLMC maximum conforming loan amount is $417,000 Conventional Jumbo loans are loans above $417,000Information provided by Randy Hotchkiss, National Certifi ed Mortgage Consultant (CMC) Peoples Mortgage Company, 1610 E. River Road, Suite-118 Tucson, Arizona 85718 • 520-324-000MB #0115327. Rates are subject to change without notice based upon market conditions.

1/24/2012

One in every 476 home owners in Tucson received a foreclosure notice in December.

Tucson was $82 per square foot compared to $92 in December 2010. Marana dropped to $92 per square foot from $105 and Sahuarita went from $72 to $65.

In Marana, price performance was uneven. Th e median sales price increased 5 percent from $163,145 to $171,450 while the average sales price dropped 21.5 percent from $245,921 to $193,099. Sales increased slightly from 452 to 476 homes.

In the metro’s southern region, 537 homes sold in Sahuarita, far ahead of the 2010 pace of 466. Th e average sales price was $122,512 at year-end compared to $147,854 in 2010. Th e median price was $115,000 compared to $141,000 in December 2010.

“I believe we have hit the bottom of the market. If not, we are very close, very little room for prices to decrease further,” said housing analyst John Strobeck of Bright Future Business Consultants. “Th e next challenge for foreclosures will be to absorb the inventory out there and see if any of the fi nancial institutions really do have shadow inventory that will be put on the market.”

2,011 foreclosuresIn the third quarter of 2011 there were

2,011 foreclosed homes sold in Pima County. Th at was about twice the pace of newly foreclosed homes that came on the market, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosures.

Th e fi rm’s U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report showed that lenders foreclosed on 901 homes during the quarter. In December, one out of 476 homes received a new foreclosure notice. Statewide, the ratio was one in 357 homes.

“Foreclosure sales continue to represent a historically high percentage of all sales,” said RealtyTrac CEO Brandon Moore. In the third quarter, foreclosures accounted for 20 percent of all home sales nationwide. In 2005 and 2006, the level was less than 5 percent, he explained.

Nevada, California and Arizona continue to lead the nation with the highest percentages of distressed sales. In Nevada, 57 percent of all home sales were foreclo-sure-related; in California it was 44 percent and in Arizona it was 43 percent.

Th e percentage for Pima County was 41.4 percent, according to RealtyTrac.

Sales and leases• PVB Fabrications leased 9,440 square

feet at 2311 N. 14th Ave. from Raymond and Denise Sharp Revocable Trust, represented by Pat Welchert and Paul Hooker, Picor Commercial Real Estate Services. Dave Gallaher, Tucson Industrial Realty, represented the tenant.

• USA Pawn & Jewelry Co. leased 4,800 square feet at 1726 W. Ajo Way from Park View Plaza Inc. Terry Dahlstrom, Volk Company Commercial Real Estate, handled the transaction.

• Destiny Church International leased 2,375 square feet in Suite 21 at 4500 E. Speedway and Antigua Medical Services leased 2,134 square-feet in Suite 104 of the same complex from Presson Midway. Rob Glaser and Paul Hooker, Picor Commercial Real Estate Services, handled the transactions.

• Aff ordable Windows LLC leased 2,364 square feet at 3860 S. Palo Verde Road, Suite 310, from Palo Verde Trust Partners LLC. Rob Glaser and Paul Hooker, Picor, handled the transaction.

• Bank of Tucson leased 2,361 square feet at 4400 E. Broadway from 4400 Tower LLC, represented by Michael Gross, Tucson Realty & Trust. Bob Davis, Grubb & Ellis, represented the tenant.

Email news items for this column to ryohem@

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At the risk of being impertinent, I have to ask who is advising the decisions being made by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giff ords? It doesn’t appear as if it’s someone who cares about her constituency.

Despite calls for her to step down, I, and I’m sure plenty of others who continue to marvel at her amazing recovery from being shot last year, were content to let her fi ll out her term. We waited patiently for her to determine whether she would pursue re-election for a fourth term, always noting that she had until May to make that call.

All the while, potential Republican candidates started form-ing exploratory committees but Democrats held off in defer-ence to Giff ords, their incumbent.

Th e one thing constituents hadn’t lost is that Giff ords’ staff was doing remarkable work for her district. Th e fact that up until this week she had cast only one vote — last August to raise the national debt ceiling — really had no impact because there wasn’t a case when her vote would have made a diff er-ence.

Now, though, matters are made even more cumbersome with Giff ords’ decision to step down Wednesday (Jan. 25). It makes for a needless waste of time, eff ort and money holding two elections this year — one for a candidate who will fi ll out a term of six months or less and then a regular election for the next two-year term.

And it happens this year, of all years, in which new congres-sional boundaries are being drawn. Voters in Marana, for instance, will vote for her replacement in the special election but if the U.S. Department of Justice, approves the new maps of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee, they won’t vote for the candidates in that district in November.

What about a potential candidate who lives in central Tucson and would be part of the new district but isn’t within the boundaries of the current district?

Th ere is also the cost of holding a special election.It has also been quite obvious that media coverage about

Giff ords has been engineered to the national stage — an hour-long prime-time special with Diane Sawyer on ABC, rather than an interview with a reporter from a TV station or newspaper in Giff ords’ hometown.

I know we’re supposed to believe Giff ords made her decision during this year’s activities surrounding the com-memoration of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting but that YouTube video wasn’t a spur of the moment production. It took time.

Th ere’s also the point that since Giff ords completed fi ve years in Congress she is now fully vested in the Congressional pension plan.

Whatever was the catalyst the fact is if Giff ords was capable of being our congresswoman on July 27, 2011, she is still capable of being our congresswoman six months from today. Considering her recovery, she would probably be more capable.

Her constituents were played. Giff ords could have announced she wouldn’t seek re-elec-

tion but she didn’t have to quit mid-term.

Contact David Hatfi eld at dhatfi [email protected]

or (520) 295-4237.

EDITORIAL

DAVID HATFIELD

BIZ BUZZ

Giff ords’ resignation isdisservice to constituents

EDITORIAL

City Hall’s trouble with telling the truth If Tucson City Hall wants the residents of the region

to believe they have turned a new leaf and truly want to attract business and economic development, a good place to start would be telling the truth and be-ing honest about its intentions.

The latest case in point: city transportation officials are now revealing to organizers of events that have brought thousands of people downtown, to Fourth Avenue and to the Main Gate Square areas that they can no longer expect to shut down streets for their events.

It has to do with the new modern streetcar. City officials say federal transportation officials are

insisting that so long as federal money is being used to fund the construction of the project, that it be kept running.

Never mind that federal transportation officials won’t say that publicly. And city officials kept it under wraps from many organizers until recently, only weeks away from when actual construction is sup-posed to begin.

There’s also the curious exemption for the spring and winter Fourth Avenue Street Fairs.

It’s hard to know just what the impact of this will be on various events.

Organizers for some events such as Second Sat-urdays and Tucson Meet Yourself say they don’t an-ticipate any negative effects and, in fact, believe the streetcar could bring additional people downtown to their events.

The annual Dia de los Muertos procession will see its route drastically altered. And events along Fourth Avenue other than street fairs, are still trying to see if they can work out arrangements that would allow them to continue.

No doubt, in typical City Hall fashion, some orga-

nizers will be bullied into submission. Others say they are still trying to argue their cases

but at the same time are looking at alternatives. The alternatives, though would drastically alter successful events to the point they may no longer be viable.

To be fair, we all probably should have seen this coming. Let’s face it, the modern streetcar is the new euphemism for light rail.

The reason Tucson planners changed the name is that those pushing for it to be on the $2.1 billion, 20-year regional transportation plan approved by voters in May 2006, knew well that if it passed, there was little chance of getting federal money to help pay for it.

In the George W. Bush administration, light rail had fallen out of favor.

There was good reason for that. Light rail is extraordinarily dangerous. Accidents,

including deaths, are routine on light-rail systems in cities across the country. And that’s on systems that are removed from lanes of traffic.

Such won’t be the case in Tucson, where the mod-ern streetcar will trundle along in lanes of traffic with cars and other vehicles.

Perhaps that’s the reason why — despite the fact that funding is primarily from transportation sources — local officials are now touting the economic ben-efits that will come along its route and we shouldn’t be looking at it solely as a mode of transportation.

The story changes as time goes on. There’s a line in Walter Scott’s poem “Marmion”:

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”

Here it is 2000 years later and Tucson City Hall keeps trying to lie.


WAKE UP, TUCSON

OPINION

CHRIS DESIMONE

JOE HIGGINS

Th e political events of the past three or four years seem to have become more amplifi ed, more intense and more polarizing. From the craziness of Tucson Unifi ed School District (TUSD) to that “job creator” President Obama, people are starting to realize elections have consequences.

As we gear up for another major election year, allow us to break down the races you need to pay attention to if you care about this region and your economic future. Nov. 6, is THE Election Day. Start saving up now for your “Rescue Pima County from Itself” Christmas Club Account.

We’ll list the race, give you a synopsis and suggest how much you should bud-get to make this happen:

• TUSD School Board. With the ethnic studies challenges, includ-ing the kids chaining themselves to desks and court decisions that have been played in local and national media, TUSD is struggling with school clos-ings, desegregation rulings and declining enrollment brought on by the free market pressures of charter schools, open enroll-ment to other districts and private school tax credits. TUSD’s school board has been the political proving ground for candidates for more than a generation. U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva started at TUSD in the 1970s and his daughter serves there today. Th is year’s election involves three of the fi ve seats

on the board. Th e seats up this year are currently held by Mark Stegeman, Alex Sugiyama and Miguel Cue-vas, the three who voted to follow the courts’ orders and remove Mexican Ameri-can Studies. Keep an eye on their actions in the next few months. Budget: $150

• Legislature. Republi-cans enjoy a super major-ity in both houses of the legislature and control the governor’s offi ce. We saw some crazy bills come out of the Capitol and the debate goes on about budget cuts but the fact remains: Going in to this fi scal year Arizona was among three states in the worst fi scal condi-tion and now has turned that around to a projected budget surplus. Arizona’s job

growth ranks seventh in the nation and the state’s bond ratings have been upgraded. Th e Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has managed to recarve the state so that the make-up of the legislature will change from super majorities to mere majorities. In the heart of Tucson, some Democratic strongholds could be in play while the bright red districts in the Catalina Foothills, Marana and Oro Valley will need little eff ort to remain Republican. Budget: $300 for two legislators and a senator.

• Pima County Board of Supervisors.

Probably the most important races we’ll be watching involve the fi ve county supervi-sor seats. Every four years the supervisors tell voters about the great jobs they’ve done fi xing potholes, cleaning medians and attracting businesses — or in the case of the district we happen to live in, isn’t getting done. Th e key races are among the three seats currently making up the Democratic majority, with western Pima County District 3 the most vulnerable. Th is election will be about job creation and getting back to free market principals. Don’t take you eye off the ball, this is THE race. Budget: $500 (and you can call us if you want to know where to invest it).

• Congress. Th anks again to the Arizona Independent Redistrict Commission, the maps waiting fi nal Department of Justice approval will have the Tucson region split up among three congressional districts. Th e new Congressional District 1 splits Oro Valley, Marana and SaddleBrooke off from the rest of Southern Arizona into a district that goes all the way up to the four corners and includes Coconino County. Th is will make for a diffi cult campaign trying to link the varying interests and concerns of the Tucson region with Casa Grande and Flagstaff . Th e voter registration edge goes to the Democrats but moderates and independents could swing it toward a Republican. Indian tribes hold a lot of power in CD1 but there is the potential for a lot of votes to come from south of the Gila River. Congressional District 2, is mostly the same district that has been represented by Gabrielle Giff ords until she

stepped down this week. Democrats are scrambling for a candidate and maneuver-ing the process with two elections includ-ing two primaries — one for the existing District 8 and the other for the new District 2 — within 10 months. Watch for another showdown among Republicans and a loaded race on the Democratic side with the Democratic National Committee push-ing one that will be endorsed by Giff ords. Budget: $500 for your particular district.

• President. Th is is the race that gets the national media attention and will determine the future of this country and the free market system. As business owners ourselves, we view the last four years as a blur. We’ve seen store closings, layoff s and uncertainty coming out of Washington. As President Bill Clinton said back in 1992 after the Democrats lost the U.S. House of Representatives, “It’s the economy stupid.” Clinton was savvy enough to move off the policies that angered the voters and rocked the country too far to the left. President Obama is a great campaigner but he may want to call Clinton on the process of leading the free world. Budget: Priceless. Put as much as you can on this because if the economy stays on this same course, you won’t have anything left.

Contact Joe Higgins and Chris DeSimone at [email protected]. Th ey host “Wake Up Tucson,” 6-8 a.m. week-days on Th e Voice KVOI 1030-AM. Th eir blog is at www.TucsonChoices.com.

GUEST OPINION

HUMBERTO LOPEZ

Hotel Arizona proposal will help downtown and benefi t all Tucsonans Over 30 years ago, I bought the

Santa Rita Hotel and a number of other properties in downtown Tucson that I either demolished, redeveloped or renovated in the hopes of stimulat-ing the revitalization of downtown.

In 1984, I bought the hotel now known as Hotel Arizona and since then have remodeled it three times at a cost in excess of $15 million. Th is investment has yet to be recovered.

Contrary to newspaper reports, my properties have never received fi nan-cial assistance from the City of Tucson and I have never used the Hotel Arizona as collateral to purchase other properties.

I am currently discussing a public-private partnership with the city to renovate and con-vert the Hotel Arizona into a franchise-quality hotel located on the modern streetcar line and serving the Tucson Convention Center (TCC).

My proposal seeks the temporary dedica-tion of site-specifi c sales tax revenue gener-

ated by the renovated hotel to enable new fi nancing for renovation. Upon retirement of the renovation debt, all site-specifi c taxes used to secure the hotel debt would be repaid, with interest.

Editorial opposition to the proposed partner-ship has focused largely on how it would “appear” should the proposal pass.

It has been suggested that the city would be playing “favorites” if it assists in the Hotel Arizona’s renovation, but that is not accurate.

Other downtown property owners and I have consistently supported adoption of a policy that would allow all downtown stakeholders and potential investors who meet economic development criteria established by the city to become eligible for economic development incentives.

Incentives would stimulate revitaliza-

tion of downtown with the goal of develop-ing at least 1,000 hotel rooms, making the TCC a viable convention center attract-ing larger conventions, and as a result, more jobs and revenue for our city.

My proposed plan involves no fi nancial risks to the City of Tucson or its taxpayers and is contingent on my ability to secure fi nancing and a national hotel operator. Th e renovation would create approximately 260 full-time jobs, help us preserve the annual gem show, and support the TCC. It would provide an anchor for downtown, a destina-tion for the streetcar, tourism dollars, and employment for local construction work-ers, in turn generating sales tax revenue.

Without renovation, the hotel will likely be converted to a diff erent use which will not generate sales tax revenue. If the property ceases to be a hotel, the conven-tion center will be unable to off er lodging within walking distance for visiting con-ventioneers and Tucson could risk losing

important components of the gem show and other conventions vital to our economy.

Without convention-quality hotel rooms, we have no chance of attracting larger regional conventions that bring new visitors and dollars which multiply within our local economy, creating additional jobs and sales taxes.

Th e Hotel Arizona proposal makes the TCC, and consequently other downtown ho-tels and businesses, more viable. Th e proposal is modeled on public-private partnerships that have been successfully used for over 30 years to develop downtown city centers in other communities nationwide, including Phoenix.

Humberto S. Lopez is president of HSL

Properties, which is primarily an owner of apart-

ment properties, but also owns hotels, including

the Hotel Arizona. Read his complete proposal as

submitted to the City of Tucson with this column

online at www.InsideTucsonBusiness.com

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How to write a superbissimo thank you note for a mirifi c, magnanimous giftTh e holidays recede, the new year rises,

and the gifts you received cry out for thanks. Do the givers deserve something more than a simple “thank you”?

What if they’ve braved a stampede of shoppers or scorched their eyeballs online searching for your ideal gift? Or unearthed the very thing you’ve desired by listening to you, understanding you, researching the choices? Or spent beyond their means or thought of you over the miles?

For such energetic and devoted giving, recipients may want to reach for more expressive words of gratitude — words beyond those of the generic printed card, e-card, numbly texted “tnx,” or such hand-scrawled standbys as “Many thanks,” “Th anks a million” and “I really loved it.”

Not that these stock expressions are necessarily unwelcome. Th ey at least acknowledge receipt, making them somewhat more gratifying than the silence of ingrates who can’t be bothered, or of gift-haters, busy bees and the chronically forgetful.

And before I myself forget — here’s an avalanche of thanks to my late mother, who, from the day I could write sentences, taught me how the lavish thank-you note could be its own way of giving, with attendant pleasures; how it could make the givers happy, make them feel they’d done

something special; reassure them that it’s as good to give (especially to me) as to receive.

For anyone developing or honing writing skills, even as an adult, the gracious thank-you note is a perfect exercise.

And the notes I composed as a child in the post-holiday quiet were in many ways the beginning of a long writing career, an early confrontation with the challenges of rhetoric — clarity, force, grace, embellish-ment, balance, and so on.

A thank-you had to be pegged to a specifi c audience, reference the particulars of a gift, describe feelings, and have the appropriate tone and heft — not too uncaringly brief and not (as my mother’s expressions of gratitude tended to be) a thanking-to-death.

What, then, are some of the means for upgrading a thank you, short of mastering an all-purpose command of epistolary eloquence? Here are a few suggestions for consideration as you lay open your blank card (or screen) to write the giver of that necklace, Kindle, sweater, iPad, chunk of

change or charitable account.In general, dare to describe your

feelings in powerful terms, even if they seem outside your usual idiom. But use such terms sparingly; one goes a long way. If the message begins to sound insincere, take the diction down a notch or simply say you mean every word.

Acclaim the gift. Generic praise is unconvincing. Shun words like “great,” “awesome,” and “amazing.” Reach for fresher, more distinguishing superlatives such as stellar, bravura, consummate, magisterial, bedazzling, beguiling, pitch-perfect.

Depending on your relationship with the giver, playful terms might also be appropriate — raveworthy, legend, bone-brilliant, superbissimo — as well as a dash of slang for your homies: rightful, trig, shibby.

Acclaim the gesture. Was it not gladden-ing, gladsome, bighearted, kindly, jubilat-ing, considerate, cheering, spirit-buoying, heart-juddering, exalting, regaling, magnanimous, sensitive, observant, or compassionate? Be generous yourself in your appraisal; it will bring good karma.

Acclaim the giver. Go amusingly over the top if you like. Let the giver enjoy being anointed as enshrinable, selfl ess, peerless, prized, mirifi c (wonder-working), incom-parable, venerated, sterling, legendary,

luminous, a national resource, a do-right citizen, the numba-one head of the situation.

Trumpet your emotional response to the gift. Not tritely “blown-away,” but cock-a-hooped, transported, ecstasiated, endorphined, mind-marmalized (turned to marmalade), enthralled, dumbstruck, body-slammed, electrifi ed, staggered, buzzed, jacked, cranked.

You can add a pleasing dimension to your thanks by off ering a small scenario involving you and the gift. As a youngster receiving a present of money, I would crow about the baseball mitt it would help buy, or the cool penny loafers, or my far-off college education. I didn’t have the words then to elevate my thanks above the ordinary, but I could lay on some of the schmaltz practiced in my household.

Expressive thanks felt good, did good, and made my world a happier place, just as they do for me in today’s harried world and can do for anyone.

Arthur Plotnik is an author whose

latest book is “Better Th an Great: A Plenitudi-

nous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh

Superlatives.” His “Elements of Expression:

Putting Th oughts into Words,” revised and

expanded, will appear this summer.

ARTHUR PLOTNIK

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