Not long ago it seemed as if the long threatened destruction of the Ronstadt Transit Center had been consigned to the dustbin of history. But this is not the case. The City Council voted on Thursday to approve a 168 page redevelopment agreement with Peach Properties, a local real estate firm that plans to raise …
Read moreRonstadt Transit Center Redevelopment Back in Play (Commentary)
In a demographic survey of downtown Tucson’s future population — as it is presented in the winning proposal for the building complex to replace the Ronstadt Transit Center — the Occupied Tucson Citizen has ascertained that this population will be overwhelmingly white and middle- or upper-class. Of the 101 total of clip art people shown …
Read moreClass Cleansing? Downtown’s Future Demographic in Pictures
[Ed. Note — The following is an open letter to the “Road Runner” — Patrick McNamara, the Arizona Daily Star’s transportation columnist — by Tucson Bus Riders Union member and member of the Occupied Tucson Citizen Working Group, Greg Evans. It is in response to an article by McNamara, that ran in Monday’s paper, about …
Read moreRonstadt Redevelopment: An Open Letter to the Road Runner
OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN As I first approached City Hall to cover the February 5th City Council study session about what to do about the Ronstadt Transit Center, it seemed as if the issue had finally gotten its day in the media—all the local news stations had trucks parked in front of City Hall and KOLD’s …