The only thing we can figure is that he is not so bright, or he is brilliant and he knows that the Arizona Daily Star will begin another round of lay-offs soon. Whichever it is, Tim carries the water for the Chuckelberry, Lord of Pima County, more than anyone marginally honest person should or would….
From the Arizona Daily Star:
Steller: New animal shelter’s price is high but worth it
The point is, while this shelter plan looks expensive, it’s not outrageously costly if we want the center to continue its transformation from a warehousing-and-killing center to a treatment-and-adoption center. Janes and Ocano say that with improved spay-and-neuter facilities, fewer animals will come in; with an improved clinic, fewer animals will be sick and more will be adoptable; with an improved adoption center, more pets will go out.
Another key factor — while the $22.5 million would mean issuing new debt, it’s less than what the county is paying off annually. So it would not result in a net increase in debt.
“We’re retiring more debt than we’re issuing, so it cannot affect the tax rate,” Huckelberry said.
So, with all the factors in mind, I’m willing to swallow the apparently high price of a new shelter that will complete the Pima Animal Care Center’s transformation and last decades.
When I keep in mind the thousands of dogs and cats who’ve been killed at the center over the years, the hundreds who are there in kennels at this moment, and our easy ability to transform the place at a cost the average taxpayer will not notice, the price no longer seems so high.
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