Marana sucks- They spent hundreds of thousand of dollars promoting Marana Heritage

But they remove items like the cowboy on a horse statue at the entrance of Marana and replace it with a planter. 

They let McDonalds build an ultra modern building that look so awkward where it is and is two stories in height. 

To build the McDonalds the demolish the oldest Adobe building in Marana  in lieu of restoring it according to what I have been told by a life resident. 

The city of Tucson is purchasing out lying area buildings and demolishing them to create a Consevation area and Marana is bulldozing the Sonora desert and filling it with structures. 

Such Hippocrates 

Marana sucks- Council women asks Planning Commission NOT to approve THIS development

While this sound nice, it was due to her friend living close by. After her plead I asked her off to the side and inquired why she voted for the two abominations up the road last winter. She looked at me with a blank stare, and said what developments are you speaking of?  

That's funny the criminal mayor and the corrupt council crammed two of them through in one night, the only other approved zoning changes in the Twin Peak corridor. She knew exactly what I was speaking of.  Then she stated she looks at every proposal individually. What was different with the other two, one with 240 homes on 100 acres. Easy her friend did not live nearby. 

Total corruption through out the system. 

Marana Sucks- At it again new cluster development allowed after unanimous oposition

Last night after complete opposition from neighboring homeowners the Planning Commission passed unanimously another cluster development for one of  lowest quality builders.Even after one of the town councilors asked them not to in a public speech.

Please see article KOLD News

Marana sucks- Town ordinance "NO TRAIN HORN ALLOWED"

Well it finally happened. They did not want to hear the train horn so they passed an ordinance for a quiet zone no train horns.
See article KOLD News

Marana Sucks.... Why is this development not approved while the Twin Peaks corridor is devastated with cluster developments?

The council denied a developer to build one of theses cluster home development for some unknown reason the other night. It sounds like a personality problem that defeated this development not common sense. I have placed the article below for your review.

Development denied by Marana

Marana Sucks Why Marana will not adopt the Pima County Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

Marana has refused to adopt the Pima County Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan!

WHY???

It is because they do not care enough for the preservation of the most pristine area of the desert. The are letting developers have their way with the town.. They just bulldozed the area for the mega Outlet Mall,,,,40 acres.  It was an area that archaeological discoveries were made including human remains dating back to 1000 BC according to articles in the news.

They bulldozed it anyway. I requested the Archaeological Study and was told they do not have it and would not afford it to me if they did. I was to contact the Army Core of Engineers. I did.... No response.

First article on findings

Follow up article on findings

No I know progress is inevitable but there has to be some type of rules.. total destruction of a special area is not right... The original zoning was perfect for the area. Wholesale changes to these crap developments is criminal !!!!!!!!!

Marana Sucks NO VIOLATION OF MEETING LAWS ???????

Some time ago, I sent a complaint to the AZ Attorney General on a serial meeting that was held with the developer and two councilors at a time, rotating in and out of a conference room. I received the findings, NO VIOLATION..... really, it meets the very definition of Serial Discussions as outlawed in the statute. I have attached a copy of the below.....

This is such a good old boys finding I can not even speak!!!!!!

Marana Sucks here we go

'The town is asking for a sales tax increase, why ?  Due to town growth ! Let us look at what they are doing, in short creating a Oro Valley or Tempe! They are letting developers build cluster homes NO ONE wants, now they start building the huge government to serve the people buying these small homes. 

It is the beginning if a cycle of tax, develop, tax, develop. No end until mass traffic jams, crime, noise, rental houses, lower quality of life all around. Instead of creating a town unlike any other with large lots nice homes, construction design that reflects the southwest in lieu of any other street in AZ or America.. They just continue the cookie cutter destruction of the desert. 

Oh their legacy will be they built the town,, but what are the building. A town like all others, it will look like, have the same life style, same crime, speeding traffic jambs, delinquent properties, vacant stores, flooding, water problems, sewer problems. 

They want to build a Heritage Area showcasing the agriculture history, but they removed the staue of a cowboy on the horse at the entrance to town..and replaced it with a generic gateway oh say like any other place..

They are letting developers bulldoze the farm fields a build cluster housing. Great legacy!!!!!!!

The mayor will pass on, we will be suffering for his vision. 

Time to change leadership to more responsible individuals.

Government at its best

Well some time ago I asked the state attorney general to investigate the meetings held with developers in secrete by the councilors. I received a letter today stating exactly  what I thought they would find, No Violation was found....... no surprise to me.. one government entity protecting another.

I have been following the tens of thousands the town is spending on media to convince us it is Our Town, I speak of the "Your Town" campaign. It is not our town it is the DEVELOPERS town, they run the politicians and can get anything they want anywhere they want.....

The town will end up being loaded with abandoned low income housing and homes that become rental units and foreclosures,  oh say like Honea Heights.

Check out this pristine development by the mayors family

Marana Sucks, Zoning is suposedly for a reason

Through the years, when the government decided to pass zoning regulations, many people stated it was none of their business what we did with land we owned.. Well over the years it became the norm, zoning seemed to play a roll in keeping neighborhoods in sync for the most part.

We all rely on surrounding zoning to buy land. It may be for your biggest investment, your home that you will pay for monthly for most of your life.. or for a ranch to live a rural  life style. Once you are imbedded in your property and have committed to an area, it is hard to move at the drop of a pin when corrupt developers and your elected officials conspire to force their vision down your throat.

They have the power and the developers the money to cause the officials in some manor to agree to let them rape the neighborhoods. So to rely on the regulations they convinced us are for our good is a false premises. The will change it at the drop of a pin to let a developer build what they want to bring in more tax revenue that they DO NOT NEED..

Marana Sucks Twin Peaks Corridor Study

This link will give you a copy of the "Your Town" Twin Peaks Corridor Study, They are concerned with color, concealment, light reflection, signage.... nothing about lot size, quality of construction, two story homes, density, traffic, preservation of desert..... Such crap.... we spoke for some time on this and it was passed no discussion... tells me it is being discussed out of public hearing..... http://www.calameo.com/read/0025025290eafbd706346

Oh by the way, how come everything always is "Your Town" but they will not listen to us???????????

Marana Sucks the vision of the mayor

Please see this article where it states "the need for smart planning" is required. This is a joke , what they have been approving is criminal at best.
http://explorernews.com/news/marana/article_a2f2e864-c743-11e3-84eb-001a4bcf887a.html

Marana Sucks New Vistas off Camnio De Manna

Driving down Camino De Manna toward Twin Peaks, It was in the past that you could view the mountains from this point. Not so much with the new vision of the town.

Marana Sucks Tax money spent on false advertising

The town has released it's "Your Town " propaganda video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVn9q0tkUfA

It starts with a vista view of the sun setting against the mountains

Well the cluster home developments right at the roadways makes it looks more like this

Why did they even spend the money to make the video. If the town is as vibrant as they say, what do they need to advertise for ?

This is more what it is beginning to look like.....

They show the beautiful desert and water crossing during horseback riding, the hiking, the old ruins.... then one split second of the homes being built destroying the same thing they are promoting.

I am not against development, but I am strongly opposed to the zoning changes from R-36 to cluster homes... High density housing is bad for the community...

They suckered us to move here with the beauty.... the web stated all the land around us was to be built out similarly... then with out discussion they allowed 260 homes some two story to be built in our neighborhood even with complete opposition.....  Criminal attitude and rapping the value of our homes we have poured our life savings into.

Marana Sucks, Below is an article on Marana Chamber of Commerce

This article says developers are flocking to town because it is safe, business friendly and good schools. Well good for them, because when they complete their cluster homes and make millions, while the existing home owner suffer from the massive influx of people, all of the reason they came to the town will BE GONE !!!

The schools will be overloaded causing great expenditures for maintenance, and of course  new schools will be needed and County taxes will increase to build them. The so called safe area will be over run by quality of live issues, graffiti, mail box break ins (already epidemic in area), speeding ( already bad in the area and they can do nothing to stop it). Not to mention the break ins during the day time.

Now I am not against development, I was a developer, But the thing is I bought land that was zoned for what I wanted to develop. The criminal developers around here buy land zoned one thing and know they can get it changed to what ever they want no matter how much opposition there is from the existing home owners that have spent their life savings to live a semi rural life style.

It is a viscous plan  they have created, retail will not come with out many homes. Understood, Who says we need a strip center and gas station on every street????? Why do we need a Premium Outlet mall, are we going to shop there, NO it will draw people from allover the area to our roads to speed and clog them up,more stop lights, more cops, bright signs, noise.

The article states the Town is looking for ways to bring in the infrastructure so the developers do not have to... OH GREAT we pay for the infrastructure to ruin our life style....

There can be a happy medium if the dam Town was not so corrupt toward developers and so dam hell bent on being, oh say PHOENIX. If we  wanted to live like that I would have bought in Phoenix.

Oh by the way if you want to see what Marana will look like soon, drive down Houghton or look to the right on I10 out that way..pretty ugly....
They talk of the Towns strategic plan, well who's vision is it,,,, not the residence, it is the vision of  Hoynea, and his cronies that are all in business that rely on housing, real estate, insurance, ect.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/northwest/marana-chamber-chief-talks-plans/article_425de413-d590-5667-9a82-dfe4d0c19467.html