Steve Christy is lying to you to pander for your vote, and enough is bloody well enough. I have absolutely had it. I am beyond fed up and I am not going to listen to this garbage anymore.
The Arizona Daily Independent has received numerous emails via FOIA request between Christy and Sharon Bronson, or Christy and Chuck Huckelberry, or Christy and various other Pima County ne’er-do-wells, dating back multiple years.
But in his ads, in his very own voice, he claims he will be a “different kind of Supervisor”. What possible kind of Supervisor could that be? A rubber stamp who doesn’t scribble on pictures of interns? Give me a break! Rather than the lies, let’s look at some of the truth Sorry Steve Christy has written over the years.
Sorry Steve (February 11, 2006): “The proposed streetcar system reduces congestion and parking demand within this high-density urban corridor” “where 10 percent of the Tucson metro-area population lives, works or attends school.” (So pander to a fraction of the region with an expensive pork-barrel project that made driving through the corridor worse?) “It makes sense for all of us regionally.” (Emphasis added.) “There are no plans to widen such streets as Speedway, Campbell, Sixth Street and Stone Avenue” (but we’ll spend money on a choo-choo train). “As a member of the volunteer citizens committee that helped develop the plan, I hope that citizens of the region will…not nitpick at single, individual pieces of [the RTA plan]” (i.e. the streetcar).
Related articles:
Backer Tries To Diffuse Christy, Closen Pima County Sign Wars With Humor
Sorry, Steve: We got the streetcar, years behind schedule and millions over budget, and it is pure garbage. Its tracks almost killed the other rubber-stamp candidate for Supervisor, in case you hadn’t read his ludicrous claims in his frivolous lawsuit. So thanks for pushing this stupid thing! And talk about Nancy Pelosi’s example of somebody voting against his own economic interest: You ran a car dealership at the time, and you wanted to reduce traffic lanes downtown to put century-old, outmoded technology in the midst of that traffic catastrophe? What was wrong with you?
And let’s talk about that little car dealership for a second, shall we?
Sorry Steve (1997): Bought Galloway Motors, the dealership in which he started as a “lot attendant”, from his stepfather.
Sorry Steve (2007, the year following his streetcar push): Sold Steve Christy Chrysler-Jeep.
Sorry, Steve: Um, “you didn’t build that!” You worked your way up. Good for you. You gave the business your name. Good for you. You pumped some cash out of it and sold it for a bundle. Good for you. And you peddle the stupid streetcar and want us to believe you’re a businessman with lasting interests in Tucson? Oops, nope, not buying it. Go fool yourself, because we are smarter than that.
Got to love the interview he gave on his way out of the dealership: “…we’re not leaving”. Fast forward to an email from Steve to the county lamenting his hot-and-cold relationship with Jim Click over the “‘car-wars’ days” and Christy’s vociferous support of “I-111 [sic]”.
Sorry Steve (January 2, 2015): “Yes, it’s been quite chilly lately here in Point Loma [a seaside community within San Diego, CA] with temps in the low 40’s… Looking forward to your letter regarding the Sonoran Corridor to the Gov.”
Sorry, Steve: So much for not leaving, huh? Guess you got bored of the sea breezes, so you decided to start begging for a cushy county gig.
But wait, maybe that isn’t the right sequence.
Chuck Huckelberry to Sorry Steve (November 4, 2014): “We need attention to this witch hunt from management.” “Staff hanging us out to dry for political purposes…is a very cheap shot.”
Or, even earlier:
Sharon Bronson to Sorry Steve (April 22, 2014): “Dear Steve, I am following up on the invitation I extended to you recently… Chuck Huckelberry and I are hosting a series of business roundtable luncheons.”
Sorry, Steve: 2006, you’re honking the horn for a silly streetcar. 2014, you’re an invitee to a business forum from the two most anti-business bureaucrats that come to mind. How much further back do we have to put in FOIA requests to find the first pleas of your pathetic groveling to get a piece of the county crony pie?
Look, folks, this isn’t the half of it. There is much more in the emails, and none of it bodes well for a Pima County with a Supervisor named Steve Christy. He has already picked out a lovely place to retire in a high-end San Diego neighborhood. Why don’t we allow him to enjoy that bucolic retirement in peace? Believe me, there are two significantly better candidates for District 4 than this joker.