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OK, I have abandoned the blog in favor of just using the YumAZone Community Forum. I am leaving the old blog in place for continuity but not updating or allowing comments. Please put any comments at YumAZone Community Forum.

The 2007 election is over and the results are pretty much a done deal. I was glad to see that the Hospitality Tax increase went down in flames. The sour grapes crowd is already complaining about future problems funding parks and recreation. With the better part of two years left to put an acceptable proposal before the voters, the moaning on their part is a bit premature. I think the proposal went down for two reasons. First voters found the 25% tax increase to be unacceptable, and most thought the existing 2% tax should be sufficient. The other reason that the proposal went down was the language about the future community/events center. I think the majority of voters feel that the City of Yuma should not be getting involved in a commercial project such as the proposed arena deal with Global Entertainment. City officials are already looking to alternative funding sources despite the message sent by voters regarding the events center. So what is new! The City of Yuma is famous for ignoring the will of the citizenry.

As Yuma’s next election day nears, we continue to hear about the proposed 25% increase in the hospitality tax. As is usual there has been quite a bit of misinformation generated by those with a vested interest in passing the proposition.

I have run across a few items recently which I find quite stupid. I am not sure that by themselves any are worthy of a blog entry so I thought I would just lump them all together.

With one week to go until the voters of Yuma decide if it is wise to annex 92 square miles to be within the City limits. It is a bit ironic that those most impacted by the move will not be voting on the issue. One thing you can bet on is that if the annexation vote passes that further legal actions will be taken by those opposed to the Yuma takeover. This will mean even more tax dollars being spent trying to defend this questionable annexation.