Pima County Supervisor Ramon Valadez and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey are birds of a feather… predatory kind of birds
Ducey Names Tobin Insurance Director
Governor Doug Ducey on Thursday announced the appointment of former Arizona Speaker of the House Andy Tobin as director of the Arizona Department of Insurance. Tobin, who failed in his congressional bid, has worked as director of the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures, since January.
Tobin’s experienced is limited. Tobin owned and operated a small local Farmers Insurance agency for six years and more recently, owned his own employee benefit company. From 2006 to 2015, Mr. Tobin represented rural Arizona in the state House, serving as Majority Whip, Majority Leader and eventually Speaker of the House from 2011 until 2015.
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Pima County Hiring of Tucson City Manager’s Daughter Raises Questions
Questions are being asked about the hiring of the new Tucson city manager’s daughter, Lauren Ortega by Pima County. Michael Ortega was hired on as the Tucson city manager earlier this year, and now his daughter will start work with the County in October.
Although the County claims that Ortega was hired to replace Jim Cunningham, unlike Cunningham, whose job title is a Site Review Manager, Ortega is being hired as a Public Works Division Manager. The County’s job description for that position reads in part:
It is distinguished from the classification of Civil Engineering Manager, which is responsible for the direction of a major engineering function or project. It is also distinguished from the classification of Deputy Director, which is responsible for multiple divisions of the department, and may perform statutory requirements of the County Engineer in the absence of the Director.
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