TUCSON MAYORAL FORUM: SO MUCH MORE

posted by Andrea Kelly

This week we had all three candidates for Tucson Mayor into our studios for a special edition of Arizona Illustrated. While we spent a half hour on air with the candidates, it is amazing is how much more there is to talk about in this race.

While Green Mary DeCamp, Republican Rick Grinnell and Democrat Jonathan Rothschild answered our questions about the city budget, the search for a new city manager, and the future of Rio Nuevo, we planned to ask them about an assortment of other issues.

We thought you'd also like to know what they thought about the new rules for audience members addressing the city council, or what they think is the city's role -- and responsibility -- for local economic development. We wanted to ask them to weigh in on privatizing city services, and funding for outside agencies.

That just goes to show a Mayoral race is worth more than a half-hour of your attention. If you missed the forum, watch it here.

Your ballot will arrive in the mail sometime next week, and if you didn't do your homework yet, you can check out all the candidates for Mayor and three city council seats on our AZPM city elections website.