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Comment on United Way in Tucson has Help for those Filing Taxes by wayne stover jr

wayne stover jr — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:09:34 +0000

I made $3240.00 this year and cannot survive off of that. I can use any help I can get.
Iam on social sercurity disability and make only $540.00 per month.
Wayne

Comment on Mexican Officials Visit Tucson and Express Disdain with Arizona Sanctions Law by Lee Sullivan

Lee Sullivan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:35:51 +0000

Hurrah for Arizona! Mexico has finally met its match! I hope Arizona doesn’t fold and let Mexico have its way. Mexico doesn’t want its own people back – that is sad! The US cannot continue to be the propeller behind the Mexican economy when the Mexican illegals have almost destroyed ours. Americans need the jobs the illegals are doing. They are NOT all working in fields and orchards. They’re taking good paying jobs that Americans WILL do. There are people who will move to Arizona when they know jobs are available. Americans have migrated to various parts of our country since its beginning for jobs – they just have to know where the jobs are. Keep up the good fight Arizona!

Comment on Forbes lists Tucson on its latest “overpriced” rolls by barracuda17

barracuda17 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:41:01 +0000

Hi, In your comments above you say, …But the numbers and the formulae used simply don’t lie ? and all the cities must endure the identical forms of analysis and scrutiny.
Well in fact they do lie, because the number that Forbes used as a median price($248,600) for tucson homes is incorrect. The correct number is/was
$221,250, so I wonder where that would put us on the list. Re: must endure the identical… On my blog I took further exception to their report on the grounds that… ‘in Tucson there is another component, and it’s a big one, that drives the local economy and the cost of housing. And that is, that a large part of Tucsons’ economy is fueled by tourism, retirees and seasonal visitors, people who come here to get away from where they live or used to live, and not for jobs, but for pleasure. Just like Honolulu, # 4 on Forbes list.
And, like it or not, a lot of the value in Tucson home prices is driven by demand for second homes and retirement homes. These people come here because they want to, because Tucson is beautiful, has a great climate and an easy lifestyle. And none of it has to do with jobs & salaries. So when Forbes says that Tucson is overvalued they have not taken into account a big chunk of what our economy is about. Does anyone buy a second home or retirement home in Gary, Indiana or Hoboken, New Jersey?
Tucson in Top Ten – http://thetucsonfoothills.typepad.com/thetucsonfoothills/2006/07/tucson_in_top_1.html