Question Earthority!

“Not far from Pima Road, there is a place where saguaros still stand thick and stately, almost as if they belong. Where chollas still shimmer in the sunlight for mile after mile, uninterrupted by the unrelenting march of the inevitable brown house. There is nothing easy about this land. It juts and jars and dips and soars into a sky so blue that sometimes you can hardly bear to look at it. … For a decade, Scottsdale has been trying to preserve this land. Laws have been passed and taxes have been raised, and still it sits there, just beyond our reach. Waiting to one day be auctioned off to the highest bidder. And here’s a hint: It probably won’t be us. Not, that is, unless Proposition 106 passes in November. … This land is state land, land that must be sold to the highest bidder to benefit public education. Which is just another way of saying land that must be sold to developers.” [editor’s note: In my experience in politics, when someone says something is “worth more than money,” what they mean is that it’s worth more than THEY can or will pay, so they expect you to pony up - TLK] (09/28/06)