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Say what? Napolitano doesn’t use email — it ‘just sucks up time’By David CookTh e Christian Science Monitor

While her boss, President Obama, carries a special, high security Black-Berry that allows him to keep up with email, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano takes an opposite approach. She doesn’t use email.

“I think e-mail just sucks up time,” Napolitano told reporters Tuesday at a breakfast sponsored by Th e Chris-tian Science Monitor. “You are all nodding and laughing, but you know I speak truth.”

Th e former Arizona governor who now runs a massive and complicated department – forged out of 22 dispa-

rate compo-nents – with 240,000 em-ployees and a budget last fi scal year of $59 billion argues that doing with-out email allows her to have a better handle on the fl ow of information she needs.

“In this job, which has a hundred thousand diff erent things that hap-pen on any given day, it allows me to focus on where I need to focus,”

Napolitano said.How does she get her informa-

tion? “I do a lot of my own work by phone,” she said.

And she is briefed by staff . “I am constantly getting reports and e-mails throughout the day that come in through my headquarters staff that get to me,” she said.

Th e secretary stopped using email when she was Arizona attor-ney general, a position she held from 1998 until she was elected governor in 2002.

“You get hundreds and hundreds of things all the time and I was like, ‘Why am I spending my time scroll-ing through this and responding to

stuff that doesn’t really need to be responded to’,” she said. “I also don’t like the process where people could send you an email and then say, ‘See, you were told,’ or ‘You know this.’ “

Napolitano was asked whether she had sworn off email for the rest of her life. “I may use it at some point, but right now I have no con-templation of doing so,” she replied. Th e secretary added that while she does not use social media such as Twitter, “we have found that social media in disaster response is really quite useful.”

Th e Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) is part of her department.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano

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NEWSGangplank ready to move into downtown offi ceBy Patrick McNamara Inside Tucson Business

Eager to harness the momentum grow-ing around downtown Tucson, the collab-orative workspace group Gangplank Tucson is about to fi nalize a deal to move into the Pioneer Building.

“Th e short-term benefi t for Gangplank to be downtown is that there’s a lot more energy here,” said Aaron Eden, director of Gangplank Tucson.

Eden said construction of the city’s Sun Link modern streetcar, University of Arizona student housing and an infl ux of private de-velopment has made downtown a desirable spot for Gangplank.

As an example, he said Gangplank’s weekly meetings at its current headquarters in the Bookmans online fulfi llment center near Interstate 10 and Palo Verde Road have been attended by an average of just fi ve peo-ple. A recent meeting at the new site drew in more than a dozen people.

Eden said he anticipates more interest after the move is completed and the group becomes more easily accessed.

Justin Williams, founder of Startup Tuc-son, a group which will share space with Gangplank, said the proximity to housing and the UA make the downtown location ideal.

“Th e density of creative-class talent is very important,” Williams said.

He said groups like Startup Tucson and Gangplank can help to fuel the entrepre-neurial spirit of the region by providing a space for people with ideas to collaborate and work on projects.

Williams said the long-term goal of the groups’ shared vision is to create in Tucson something that has existed for many years in places such as Boston; Austin, Texas; Boul-der, Colo,; and California’s Silicon Valley. In short: innovation and opportunity.

“We’re looking at building the entire breadth of a startup ecosystem,” Williams said. “We’re building for 20 years from now.”

Part of that building process, Williams

and Eden said, involves being located in an area that attracts people.

While the Bookmans site has been a good place to get started, Eden said a downtown location is better for its accessibility and nearby attractions, including restaurants and bars.

He said Gangplank was grateful for Book-mans generosity, having donated the space free of cost.

Eden said the group would occupy an 8,000-square foot ground fl oor and base-ment space in the Pioneer Building, 100 N. Stone Ave.

Gangplank has been negotiating its lease with Pioneer Building owner Holua-loa Companies where president I. Michael Kasser has tentatively agreed to pay the rent for the fi rst six months.

“I think it would be a real shot in the arm for downtown to have Gangplank and to bring that entrepreneurial spirit,” said Stan Shafer, executive vice president of opera-tions for Holualoa.

Shafer said the company supports the collaborative approach of Gangplank and sees the group as an important part of the future growth of the region.

In addition to the help coming from Holualoa, Eden said the Desert Angels in-vestment group, the Arizona Center for Innovation and Bookmans have all been strong supporters of Gangplank.

Eden said Gangplank Tucson has been in contact with City of Tucson offi cials in an ef-fort to get funding through an economic de-

velopment program or some other fi nancial assistance.

“In a perfect world it would be great to have us funded by a municipality,” Eden said.

In Chandler, for instance, Gangplank re-ceived a $400,000 grant to renovate its build-ing in the city’s downtown center. Th e Chan-dler organization also provides consulting services and helps out in area schools.

Eden compared the organization of Chandler’s Gangplank as similar to a public library or other publicly funded community service.

Tucson city offi cials have not yet acted on the Gangplank Tucson proposal, which was submitted just within the past few weeks.

In addition to providing workspace for budding entrepreneurs, Gangplank off ers networking opportunities, business incu-bation and mentoring. Its eight-week Lean Launchpad program teaches participants the ins and outs of getting a company off the ground.

Eden said that in the two years Gang-plank has been in Tucson, at least fi ve suc-cessful businesses have emerged through the Lean Launchpad program.

Gangplank was founded in 2008 in Chan-dler by Derek Neighbors, Jade Meskill and Katie Charland. Since then, the nonprofi t group has opened additional locations around the Phoenix area and in Canada.

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Grocer and near governorEddie Basha dies at 75

Eddie Basha Jr., arguably Arizona’s best-known retailer and who came close to be-ing elected the state’s governor in 1994, died Tuesday (March 26) at the age of 75.

Basha had suff ered from congestive heart failure three years ago and went to the hospital again last week but was allowed to go home.

Basha’s son, Edward “Trey” Basha III, now the president and CEO of C h a n d l e r -based Bashas’, issued a let-ter to employ-ees, whom the company calls members, tell-ing them of his father’s passing, saying, “From our earli-est childhood, he always reinforced to us the importance of our members and giving back to our community. Some of his fond-est times were being with Bashas’ members and customers, whether at the offi ce, the Distribution Center or in the stores.”

Th e letter went on to say, “During Eddie’s lifetime he faced many challenges, the last few years being among the most challeng-ing. But his desire to serve the people of the state he loved so well, and to take care of the members that he cared for so much, always gave him strength in the face of adversity.”

Th e last item was an obvious reference to the fact that in addition to his health issues. Bashas’ fi led for Chapter 11 bankruptcy re-organization in the summer of 2009 emerg-ing a year later with recapitalization plan. To this day, employees of the stores can be seen wearing buttons reading, “Th anks for supporting us.”

In 1968, at age 31, after the deaths of both his father and uncle, Eddie Basha took over the company growing it to 150 stores with $2 billion in sales in 2005 operating stores un-der names including Bashas’, Food City and AJ’s Fine Foods.

In 1994 he ran for governor. After a sur-prising 1.6 point victory over Terry Goddard in the Democratic primary, Basha lost in the general election to Republican incumbent Fife Symington, who resigned in 1997 after being convicted of bank fraud.

Basha is survived by his wife Nadine and six sons. Funeral services are today at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Chandler.

Eddie Basha Jr.


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What’s old at Old Main will be new again

Otis Blank photos Scans by Darling Geomatics

By Roger YohemInside Tucson Business

In about a year, what’s old at Old Main will be new again. But it will look more like the original. What once was in 1891 will be restored to the way it used to be. Yet better, with 21st century materials.

Using innovative spatial-measurement technology, the historic University of Arizo-na landmark will be renovated for modern-day functionality and to recapture as much originality as possible.

“We’re taking 500,000 to 1 million mea-surements every second. Each laser beam that goes out measures angle, elevation and distance to whatever it bounces off of. Th e scanner has complex electronics and optics that basically keeps track of all the beams going out and coming back,” explained Vaughn Mantor, director of marketing for the 3D Scanning Division of Darling Geo-matics, 9040 S. Rita Road, Suite 2350, in the UA Science and Technology Park.

“Th is is not a photo. It’s a laser that scans millions of points. Th e end game is to pro-vide an exact representation of this building as it exists now,” he added.

Th ose millions of points yield thousands of images. Th ose images are used by en-gineers, architects and designers to help Sundt Construction plan Old Main’s com-plex upgrades and preservation. No original drawings exist so they will rely on Darling Geomatics’ data for a precise 3D model of the building’s structure, architecture, utility systems and other “as-built” details down to one-quarter inch accuracy.

Several major structural repairs have been identifi ed, such as a leaky roof and weakened load-bearing beams. Plus, much of the historic character has been lost through decades of remodeling.

“We know the original ceilings were tall-er but not by how much. Th e ceilings were dropped, that is where a lot of ductwork and utility lines are. Now, we can tell them ex-actly what that height was because we have

Correction

AutoNation is a member of the Tucson New Car Dealers Association, according to this year’s president Oscar A. Campos, who is also president of Thoroughbred Nissan. A story in the March 22 issue noting that AutoNation’s two Tucson dealerships, BMW Tucson and Dobbs Honda, do not participate in the group’s voountarily closing of dealerships on Sundays said they were not members.

The table in the March 22 issue showing airline passenger travel statistics at Tucson International Airport was a repeat of the same chart that appeared in the Feb. 22 issue. The correct table showing February statistics appears in this issue on Page 17.

Oro Valley Hospital now has 144 beds. A reference to the number of beds in a story in the March 22 issue was out of date.

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This multi-million point scan will help Sundt Con-struction upgrade and preserve Old Main.

Eric Streicher of Darling Geomatics preps for a scan.

Businesses invited to see$10 million data center

A 38,000 square-foot, $10 million data center is getting ready to open and owner In-volta is inviting business leaders to attend a celebration in which they will show off what it has to off er.

Th e grand opening is planned for 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 3) at the facility, 1215 E. Pennsylvania St., east of South Park Avenue between Ajo Way and Irvington Road.

Involta, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says the facility is a world-class, concurrently maintainable, multi-tenant data center pro-viding businesses and other organizations with secure data storage in a cutting-edge high-tech environment.

It is the fi rst of what is called a Tier III data center in Tucson, off ering a redundant pow-er supply as well as high level security mea-sures, such as biometric access controls.

Th e Tucson facility is Involta’s fi fth. It also has data centers near Cedar Rapids, Akron, Ohio; Boise, Idaho; and Duluth, Minn.

Business leaders wishing to attend the opening celebration are asked to make a res-ervation at http://goTucson.Involta.com.

Raytheon Missile Systems gets larger in consolidation

Raytheon’s Missile Systems, headquar-tered in Tucson, stands to become larger un-der a consolidation of the company’s divisions as a means to streamline operations and save $85 million per year.

Under the changes that are to take eff ect Monday (April 1), Raytheon’s Combat and Sensing Systems division and Raytheon UK will come under the Missile Systems Division. Th e combined businesses had $6.5 billion in external sales last year, according to Raythe-on.

Taylor W. Lawrence will continue to lead the division.

While the consolidation includes the elim-ination of 200 employee positions, none are expected to aff ect the Missile Systems Tucson division.

“I’d look at this as a positive for Tucson,” said Jon Kasle, a spokesman at Raytheon’s corporate headquarters in Waltham, Mass.

At the same time, Kasle said it’s too soon to say if the changes might mean an expanded workforce in Tucson.

Other changes include:• Raytheon Integrated Systems, headquar-

tered in Tewksbury, Mass., will add two new product lines, C41 Systems and Air Traffi c Management.

• Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services is a newly formed division combin-ing the operations of the former Raytheon Technical Services Company, Dulles, Va., and Intelligence and Information Systems division in Garland, Texas.

• Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, based in El Segundo, Calif., will now include Integrated Communication Systems and Ad-


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scanned it,” said Mantor.“To get back as close to the original, they

will cut that space down,” he added, “and still meet today’s building codes.”

Th e Arizona Board of Regents has ap-proved $13.5 million to preserve and reno-vate Old Main. To prepare for construction, Darling Geomatics has scanned the build-ing’s entire exterior and designated interior spaces.

Before the advent of laser scanning, con-tractors used traditional surveying tools and techniques such as tape measures, plumb bobs, sketch pads and “crawling odd spaces to take photos,” said Mantor.

“Th is technology is based on the class everyone hated in high school: trigonom-etry,” he said. “Laser scanning is like trig on mega-steroids, it does millions of calcula-tions per second to get a highly accurate, true-scale image.”

Contact reporter Roger Yohem at

[email protected] or (520) 295-4254.

TOP John Heidmann, Darling’s proj-ect manager, scans a long, dark under-ground utility tunnel.

ABOVE Vaughn Mantor in Old Main’s leaky attic.

LEFT The results of the utility tunnel scan, no lights needed.

This Week’s Good News Power of innovation

University of Arizona students showed off the business concept projects they’ve been nurturing Th ursday (March 28) at the 10th annual Innovation Day.

With any luck, some of the projects will grow into real businesses opportunities. And the more of those that happen, the bet-ter for the economy.

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INSIDERInsights and trends on developing andongoing Tucson regional business news.

Archeological fi nd Th e folks at Darling Geomatics won’t say

it. Th ey’d rather let the public and religious and scientifi c communities draw their own conclusions about an archeological discov-ery in Turkey of great signifi cance. An arti-fact co-owner Rich Darling described as a large wooden structure high up on a moun-tain.

Darling Geomatics is planning a return trip to the site to do a comprehensive 3D la-ser scan of the artifact. In January, their scan was scrubbed due to the weather after they arrived.

Th e opportunity to go back to scientifi -cally document and authenticate the item of intrigue is so compelling Darling is do-nating the time and company resources for the project.

Fly away Lufthansa? Th e federal government’s game of chick-

en ... er, sequester ... is continuing with word that the German airline Lufthansa might move its pilot training operations out of Arizona and the U.S. if the Federal Aviation Administration goes through with its plans to shut down the control tower at Phoenix Goodyear Airport.

Between 180 and 250 pilots per year are trained at the Goodyear training school that goes by the name Airline Training Center Arizona.

Th is is not the same training long-time Tucsonans might remember from the early 1970s when Lufthansa 747s routinely used Tucson International Airport. In Goodyear, these are pilots in the early stages of training on smaller aircraft.

Phoenix airport offi cials say they are looking into trying to fi nd a way to keep the tower operating, even if the FAA goes through with its threat, which would also close Tucson’s Ryan Airfi eld tower.


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Talk of economic development trumps national, ideological diff erences at mayors’ meetingBy Keith RosenblumInside Tucson Business

NOGALES, Sonora — A warning of sorts was sounded here and mayors rep-resenting most of Arizona’s population said they received the message a todo volúmen (full volume) and agreed with it.

Th e states of Arizona and Sonora risk losing out on booming North American trade if they are unable to match the agil-ity and amenities off ered by others states along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, the group was told by Ramón Guzmán, mayor of this burgeoning city of 300,000.

“Th is is one area in which we need to be heard by Mexico City and Washing-ton,” Guzmán said. “Now is the right time for us to say, in a single voice to our federal legislators, ‘Help us create the infrastruc-ture to make our corridor successful.’”

Guzmán, armed with data on border-wait times and employment, said the Nogales region should be the priority of U.S. and European fi rms looking to manu-facture and assemble in Mexico and then sell the fi nished products both in Mexico and the U.S.

He said 246 companies in Arizona and Sonora region now employ more than 105,000 workers whose output of $10 bil-lion in goods is shipped equally south to other points in Mexico and north into the United States. While impressive, that number pales to the 917 companies in Baja California and California whose em-ployment surprasses 240,000.

Sonora’s economy has led much of Mexico’s in the last several years, growing by 7 percent in both 2011 and 2012. Un-employment is low as youth entering job markets opt for openings in aerospace, automotive technology and mining, in addition to the staples of the economy, agriculture and tourism.

Guzmán as well as other speakers said Mexico needs to overcome the stigma associated with drug violence of recent years and the thorny issues associated with U.S. policies on immigration. Th ose views were affi rmed by the Arizonans.

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said mayors need to hound federal of-fi cials to focus on regional trade issues such as border-staffi ng and infrastructure improvement or risk losing jobs abroad. “Why the mayors?” he asked. “Because our federal and state leaders are not de-livering the right message.”

Rothschild and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, both of whom have focused on trade with Mexico, traveled together last year to Hermosillo, Sonora, then Mexico

City and have been promised meetings this Spring with newly-elected President Enrique Peña Nieto.

“We need to increase freight opportuni-ties, increase trucking opportunities to and from Mexico and part of it needs to be quick-er access through the border stops,” Stanton said.

Th e forum in Mexico, Stanton quipped, “was absolute proof that Tucson and Phoe-nix can agree on something.”

In a sign of deference to the event’s Sono-ra host, Arturo Gariño, mayor of the Arizona city of Nogales, brought all six members of the city council, along with the city manager, assistant city manager and others.

“Our presence here demonstrates just how important the relationship is, just how dependent we are Sonorans,” Gariño said, also lamenting the long waits and oft-brusque conduct shown by U.S. offi cials to Mexicans, who, he said, spend millions of dollars daily at Arizona retailers.

One of the sore points for Nogales, Sono-ra, has been a drastic decline in tourism be-cause of time-consuming waits to enter the United States and the widely-held percep-tion of danger because of the drug war. Th ose “misperceptions” need to be overcome, said Gariño, whose city is one-tenth the size of its cross-border neighbor in Mexico. “It is es-sential for all of us to work and help our sister city regain its tourism.”

Added Gariño: “We have alignment of highways today. What we need now is align-ment of politics.”

Th e gathering was endorsed by the Mari-copa Association of Governments (MAG), which briefed mayors before the trip. In at-tendance besides Rothschild and Stanton were mayors Marie Lopez-Rogers, Avon-dale; Jackie Meck, Buckeye; Jerry Weiers, Glendale; Georgia Lord, Goodyear; Th omas

Schoaf, Litchfi eld Park; Jim Lane, Scottsdale; Sharon Wolcott, Surprise; and Michael Le-Vault, Youngtown.

Th e gathering, formally called the Foro Bi-nacional de Economía included 300 people and was held at Hotel Plaza at the southern end of Nogales, Sonora. Before the meeting started the mayors toured Continental Au-tomotive Nogales SA de CV, an 1,800-em-ployee assembly plant that occupies 178,000 square-feet making high-tech components for automobiles. Its signifi cance to the may-ors: the automotive sector of Sonora’s econ-omy, anchored by Ford Motor Co.’s plant in Hermosillo, now employs 22,000, a number expected to grow to 30,000 in three years. Th e automobiles, mostly for export to the U.S., are visible daily passing through Arizona.

Th ose not familiar with the business de-fi ciencies of border life received a tutorial from Roberto Moreno, general manager of Sonitronies, an affi liate of Collectron Inter-national Management Inc., a “shelter-plan” fi rm that brings U.S. and foreign companies to Mexico without requiring the companies themselves to set up Mexican operations.

None of the large package express com-panies, such as FedEx, UPS or DHL off er next-day service to Nogales, Tucson or Her-mosillo, he said, while they do off er it to areas on the California and Texas borders. Pointing to his phone, Moreno added, “If you want to know how business is going to be conducted in the future, watch the 20 and 30 year-olds. Th is is how. Th is is how they order parts. Th ey want merchandise delivered now.”

Another plea from Moreno was to the U.S. Department of State, which has cautioned U.S. tourists to stay away from Mexican bor-der cities. “Take that travel alert off ,” he said. Th e alert, he said, “means there are no tour-ists and Avenida Obregón and the whole bor-der is marked as unsafe.”

Mayors from Tucson, Nogales and municipalities in Maricopa County discuss trade corridor issues at the March 22 Foro Binacional de Economía at Hotel Plaza. The event was hosted by Nogales, Sonora, Mayor Ramón Guzmán.

PUBLIC NOTICESSelected public records of Southern Arizona bankruptcies and liens.

BANKRUPTCIESChapter 7 - Liquidation Ray’s Lumber & Supplies Inc., 246 W. Third St., Nogales. Principal: Raymundo Yepiz, president. Assets: $201,740.80. Liabilities: $229,415.90. Largest creditor(s): Citibank, Sioux Falls, S.D., $24,521.56; Allied Building Products, $24,482.00; and Chase c/o Viking Collection Service Inc., Phoenix, $22,387.03. Case No. 4:13-bk-04067 fi led March 19. Law fi rm: Jerry S. Smith

Chapter 11 - Business reorganization Juan Martinez Lira and Josephina Heredia Lira, 5950 S. Park Ave. #304. Principal: Juan Martinez Lira and Josephina Heredia Lira, joint debtors. Assets: $215,885.01. Liabilities: $26,989.21. Largest creditor(s): Berry Good Cars and Trucks LLC, $10,821.93, Case No. 4:13-bk-04049 fi led March 19. Law fi rm: C.R. Hyde

Chapter 12 - Family Farm/FishermanReorganization Gladtime Farm, 10679 W. Highway 70, Pima. Principal: William Underwood, managing member. Estimated assets: More than $1 million to $10 million. Estimated liabilities: More than $500,000 to $1 million. Largest creditor(s): Schedule not fi led. Case No. 4:13-bk-04082 fi led March 20. Law fi rm: Campbell & Coombs, Mesa

FORECLOSURE NOTICES BW Capital LLC 3425 E. Benson Highway 85706 Tax parcel: 140-05-0200 Original Principal: $175,000.00 Benefi ciary: Everett Lewis Auction time and date: 10 a.m. June 11, 2013 Trustee: Title Security Agency of Arizona, 2730 E. Broadway, Suite 100

LIENSFederal tax liens Kencor III and Kencor III LLC, 2231 W. Ina Road. Amount owed: $61,878.33.Ventana Tire Brake & Auto Service Inc., 7441 S. Houghton Road. Amount owed: $18,493.44. Peter G. Schmerl PC, 105 E. Speedway. Amount owed: $6,231.00.

Mechanics liens (Security interest liens of $1,000 or more fi led by those who have supplied labor or materials for property improvements.)

S.A.K. Electric & Plumbing Inc., PO Box 6606, Mesa 85216, against CRGE Tucson LLC, 6263 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 145, Scottsdale; DND Neffson Co., General Growth Properties, PO Box 617905, Chicago 60661; and DC Builders & Development LLC, 3370 N. Hayden Road #123-739, Scottsdale. Property: 4500 N. Oracle Road, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. Amount owed: $64,254.20.

Flooring Systems of Arizona, 3501 E. Golf Links Road, against Arizona Board of Regents, 1125 N. Vine Ave. #103 and Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc., c/o Citicorp North America Inc., 514 Sid Martin Road, Gray, Tenn. Property: 9060 S. Rita Road. Amount owed: $6,550.80.

Essco Wholesale Electric Inc. Mesa Branch, 175 E. Corporate Place, Chandler, against DND Neffson Co. General Growth Properties GGP Tucson Mall LLC, 110 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, and CRGE Tucson, 6263 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 145, Scottsdale. Property: 4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 370, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill. Amount owed: $2,864.65.

Release of federal liens Cactus Auto Transport Inc., PO Box 90498, 85754

Seaver Franks Architects Inc., 2552 N. Alvernon Way

A&M Personnel Services Ltd., 1661 N. Swan Road, Suite 100

Stay Flush LLC, 4759 E. Sunrise Drive

IRI Sabino Springs Golf Course LLC, 9777 E. Sabino Greens Drive

J-3 Construction LLC and Jerry M. Burns, 9420 E. Golf Links Road




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TRANSPORTATION American-US Airways merger OKd by bankruptcy judge

Th e judge overseeing American Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings on Wednesday ap-proved a proposal for the airline to merge with Tempe-based US Airways.

Th e approval is the fi rst of several steps, including approval from federal regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice, which the airlines say they hope to have by the end of the third quarter this year.

Despite his approval of the overall merg-er, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in New York, rejected a provision that would have

given Tom Horton, current CEO of Ameri-can, $20 million in severance.

Th e plan was for Horton to be the board chairman of the combined carrier for up to one year after the merger. Doug Parker, cur-rently CEO of US Airways, is to be the air-lines’ CEO and take over as chairman after Horton.

Ryan Airfi eld tower stillslated to close, by May 5

Th e control tower at Ryan Airfi eld is among 149 on the Federal Aviation Admin-istration’s (FAA) fi nal list to be closed by May 5 under the federal government’s auto-matic budget cuts called sequester.

All of the closures involve airport towers that have been staff ed by air traffi c controllers under contract to the FAA and handle fewer than 150,000 aircraft operations per year.

Offi cials at the Tucson Airport Author-

ity, which operates Ryan Airfi eld, 9698 W. Ajo Way, say the airport will remain open to fl ights with pilots coordinating their take-off s and landings among themselves over a shared radio frequency as is the case at oth-er general aviation airports in the Tucson region. Assuming the closure takes place, the only two airports in the region with tow-ers staff ed by air traffi c controllers will be Tucson International Airport and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Separately, the FAA is continuing to re-view the possibility of overnight closures of control towers at 72 larger commercial air-ports including Albuquerque, Chicago Mid-way, El Paso, Milwaukee, Sacramento and Reno. Th e tower at Tucson International is not on that list.

Th e FAA’s portion of budget cuts that must be made by the end of the fi scal year (Sept. 30) totals $637 million.


NEWS

Hip new Aloft hotel readies for April 4 opening Inside Tucson Business

Employees — make that “talent” — of Tucson’s newest hotel property, Aloft, have begun preparing for the property’s opening next Th ursday (April 4).

Craig Martin, general manager of the new hotel, says the fi rst step was immers-ing the talent into the brand and what guests should expect.

Th e opening of the Aloft comes nearly 8½ years after parent company Starwood Hotels & Resorts had initially announced that Tucson would be one of the original sites for the concept, which was developed using the moniker “W Lite” in reference to the company’s W hotels, a luxury brand that emphasizes modern designs and technology.

Part of the delay had to do with Starwood offi cials having specifi c ideas of what Aloft hotels should be. All of the original properties were built from the ground up but for a variety of reasons that couldn’t be done in Tucson. Martin said Tucson’s Aloft, 1900 E. Speedway at the southeast corner of Campbell Avenue and offi cially named Aloft Tucson University, is the third hotel in the chain that was renovated from a previous building. Th ere are now more than 60 Aloft hotels in 10 countries around the world.

In Tucson, the former Four Points by Sheraton — which originally opened in 1971 as the Plaza Hotel — was taken back to the basic seven story structure for the renovation that has resulted in 154 loft-like rooms, high-grade technology and other amenities the company hopes will make it a lively setting, including an outdoor swimming pool, a bar named w xyz, 24-hour fi tness center and 1,723 square feet of fl exible meeting space.

Martin says the hotel is already taking bookings and will off er special rates from time-to-time for Tucsonans. But don’t expect to see discounts around graduation time for the University of Arizona. He says some nights in May are already nearly booked full.

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NEWSTucson Metro Chamber’s Outlooks event opens eyes to possibilitiesBy Mike VarneyTucson Metro Chamber

“We could be off OPEC oil tomorrow if the politicians would just listen.” Th at was just one profound statement made by energy expert, author and billionaire T. Boone Pickens at the Tucson Metro Chamber’s Outlooks event March 21 at Casino Del Sol’s Conference Center.

Pickens headlined a half-day highly produced program of business intelligence that also featured speakers on the subjects of education, smart growth and healthcare and opened to an audience of nearly 500.

Pickens mentioned multiple times that federal offi cials have a serious lack of understanding about energy issues. He underscored his position by reminding the audience that the Department of Energy was created about 40 years ago by the Carter Administration with the goal of moving the United States to energy independence — and that we still depend on OPEC oil.

Pickens laid out a plan that would create a North American energy alliance among the U.S., Canada and Mexico, noting that Canada has more petroleum underground than Saudi Arabia and the U.S. has more than a 100-year supply of natural gas.

Existing trade, friendly govern-ments and easy transportation among the three countries would also help with price stability.

Other highlights of Pick-ens’ presentation:

• When asked if gasoline would ever get below $2.00 per gallon again, Pickens said he was doubtful that would happen. One reason is Saudi Arabia. With about half of the country unemployed, the ruling family, the House of Saud, has to maintain oil prices of $50 per barrel or higher just to provide basic necessities to Saudi Arabian citizens.

• Pickens noted that natural gas is extremely plentiful in our country and recommended that heavy duty trucks convert to natural gas as soon as possible because of the reliable supply and the fact that it is $2.00 per gallon cheaper than

diesel fuel.• He backs development of all forms of

energy, but noted that we can’t supply homes and businesses with the items they need by running trucks on solar or wind power.

Cathy Mincberg is the president and CEO of the Center for Reform of School Systems in Houston. She also is a former public school teacher, administrator and school board member. Mincberg spoke for

40 minutes about common sense changes that can be made to improve public education.

First, she said, “Every-thing a school district does must point to improving education.” Food service, transportation and a district’s physical plant must all have written, measurable goals that are centered not just on department

operations, but how those operations aff ect education.

Mincberg, who earned her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies, believes school districts could benefi t from heightened levels of collaborations and coordination. She believes plans, goals, objectives and their metrics must be public so the taxpayer and parents can see what school districts are

doing to improve. She is a big proponent of privatizing

every aspect of public education possible and actually did so in Houston, where food service and transportation were privatized. Both steps resulted in heightened effi cien-cies, lower costs and opportunities to move money saved in those areas to better teacher-student interaction.

She downplayed the role of poverty and ethnic diff erences as reasons for student underperformance. To support her position she commented on a number of public school districts around the country that have successfully narrowed or eliminated student performance diff er-ences based on household income and ethnicity.

Katie Mahoney, executive director of health policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, explained the basic compo-nents of the Aff ordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, to the audience of employers and business decision makers. She noted that no one understands everything in the 3,000-page bill despite the fact that it was passed three years ago.

Jeff Stelnik, senior vice president of strategy, sales and marketing for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, informed the audience that healthcare premiums in Arizona are actually less than the national average. He said one of the outcomes of the ACA is that employers are now looking for

Moderator Philip Dion of UniSource Energy, with Pickens.

Mike Varney, Fred DuVal, T. Boone Pickens, and former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening.


NEWS“lean” benefi ts plans to meet the specifi ca-tions of the federal requirements.

At the same time, Stelnik said, there will be “upward pressure” on premiums to comply with the bill’s “essential benefi ts” provisions, new taxes and fees imposed by the bill and the “guaranteed issue” provi-sion. He said he expects the percent of uninsured adults to drop from its current level of 20 percent down to 13 percent.

James Beckmann, CEO of Tucson’s Carondelet Health Network, described the eff ects of diabetes and obesity on the need for increased healthcare services. He noted that one out of eight people in Tucson have diabetes and another one in eight have it but don’t know it. Beckmann recommend-ed an immediate shift in thinking from caring for disease to preventing it through wellness programs.

During Beckmann’s presentation the audience learned that in 2012 $2.7 trillion was spent on healthcare, which is 17 percent of the nation’s GDP. He noted that in 1980 the cost of healthcare was $1,100 per capita in the U.S. and that in 2012 that

number had grown to $8,100.Former Maryland Gov. Parris Glenden-

ing rounded out the afternoon with a presentation on shifts in demographics, energy consciousness and consumer preferences that are already shaping urban design and land use across the country. He is the current president of the Smart Growth America Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C.

Glendening opened his comments by explaining to the audience that his organization’s mission is not to plan communities for other people but to provide the information, trends and case histories that help local planners get it right. He said smart communities are about smart use of available tax dollars and that all smart communities are consciously master-planned to incorporate all of the right ingredients.

Contact Mike Varney, president and CEO of the Tucson Metro Chamber, at [email protected] or (520) 792-2250.

PEOPLE IN ACTION

NEW HIRES

The Arizona Mining Association has hired Kelly Norton as president. Norton will oversee all operations, management and fundraising. Norton has more than 25 years of experience in government affairs, management, public relations, marketing and development. Since 2006, she also has worked as a consultant to various small businesses and non-profi t organizations with experience in research,

political campaigns and government relations.

Realty Executives Tucson Elite has hired Kaukaha Watanabe as an executive real estate agent. Watanabe was previously with Home Smart.

Arizona State Museum has hired Patrick D. Lyons, Ph.D., as its new director. Lyons, an archaeologist, is the museum’s seventh director since its founding by the territorial legislature in 1893. He replaces Dr.

Beth Grindell. Lyons has been serving as head of collections at Arizona State Museum since 2006 and as associate director since 2009. Previous to his work at the museum, Lyons was a preservation archaeologist at Archaeology Southwest in Tucson.

Zmark on Target Promotions has hired Steve Hopkins as an independent contractor. He will assist businesses, sales people and entrepreneurs with marketing campaigns and

promotional products.

Chestnut Construction has hired Randy S. Bond as a partner and senior project manager. Originally from Hammond, Ind., Randy served with the U.S.

Army prior to beginning his career in construction. He owned and operated a successful construction company in Phoenix for several years before settling in Tucson in 1998. He has a bachelor’s degree

in business management from the University of Phoenix. In addition, he volunteers with the Arizona Builders Alliance where he was named Volunteer of the Year in 2012.

ACCREDITATIONS

AlphaGraphics has announced that Cam Tran, a customer service representative, has successfully completed the advanced training workshop for “Paper, Ink, and Job Analysis.” This training

provides her with advanced skills for recommending solutions for maximum visual impact of marketing and promotional pieces.

PROMOTIONS

Arbonne International has promoted Christina M. Rossetti, MSW, to regional vice president/independent consultant. Arbonne is a 33 year old personal care, health and wellness company, producing Swiss formulated skin care and nutritionals available in

the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.

ELECTIONS

Lauryn Bianco has been elected to the governing board of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Bianco works for Community Partners of Southern Arizona. Bianco will serve a three-year term on the Community Food Bank.

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Parris Glendening and retired bank executive Steve Banzhaf.


“Clybourne Park,” the fi nal play in Arizona Th eatre Company’s 2012-2013 season is on stage April 6-27 at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. A southwestern premiere, the provocative play about race and real estate examines the delicate dance of social politics and confl ict centered around a north Chicago household. It won a Pulitzer Price for drama in 2011 and a Tony Award for best play last year. Individual show tickets can be purchased online at www.arizonatheatre.org/ .

Wine and artTh e Tucson Museum of Art’s annual

Crush fundraiser takes place next weekend with two separate events. One is the annual Crush Party in the courtyard of the museum, 140 N. Main Ave., on Friday night (April 5) featuring fi ne wine, food and art under the stars. Th en the next night, April 6, the Crush Gala takes place at Loews Ventana Canyon, 7000 N. Resort Drive, with a gourmet dinner, wine, an auction and dancing. Contact the Tucson Museum of Art or go to www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org for ticket information.

ArtTwo art exhibitions of note. “Origins,” a one-person show by

Tucsonan Katherine Josten is an installa-tion project that was started in the 1980s and involves the suspension of large black-and-white canvases from the high ceilings of the Davis Dominguez Gallery,

154 E. Sixth St. Th e exhibit will be up through May 4. Th e gallery is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m.-4

p.m. Saturdays.Works in clay, metal and paint

by Curt Brill, Gary Swimmer, James Tisdale and others is up at the Obsidian Gallery, 410 N. Toole Ave. in the Historic Depot. Th e gallery is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays.

FilmTh e long-anticipated next fi lm

from “Twilight” creator Stepha-nie Meyer arrives this weekend

in the multiplexes. Entitled “Th e Host,” the story follows a young girl who is part human, part alien after our planet is overrun by a new species. Time will tell if Meyer’s magic touch is intact after the multi-billion dollar juggernaut of her previous stories.

Also out his weekend is the G.I. Joe sequel “Retalliation,” and the latest from Tyler Perry, “Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.”

At the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway, the acclaimed documentary about Israeli intelligence offi cers, “Th e Gatekeepers” opens this weekend as does the fi lm version of “On Th e Road,” the famous beat-generation defi ning novel by the late Jack Kerouac.

Contact Herb Stratford at [email protected]. Stratford teaches Arts Management at the University of Arizona. His column appears weekly in Inside Tucson Business.

ARTS & CULTURE

Southwest premiere wraps upArizona Th eatre Co. season

OUT OF THE OFFICEON THE MENU

I’m drawn to items on menus named after individuals in the community. For example, take the old Stoops Stout at Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company. Th e rich and dark brew was a favorite of mine during the reign of former University of Arizona head football coach Mike Stoops.

While sports fi gures seem to be the most likely people after whom a restaurant names select meals and beverages, there are a few Tucsonans whose names grace the dinner menu at McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse, 2959 N. Swan Road, and there’s not a sports fi gure among them. Who are they? And how did they earn such coveted spots on the menu? I sat down with owner Bob McMahon to get the scoop.

If you like your steak prepared with brandy and green peppercorn sauce, order the “Ellsworth,” named after real estate executive Dan Ellsworth. “Dan used to go all the way to Bisbee for a certain Steak Au Poivre,” recalled McMahon, “so we put one on the menu to save him the trip!”

For some people, gorgonzola cheese is a must on steak, especially if you’re developer Joe Cesare, after whom the “Cesare” steak is named. “Joe puts blue cheese on everything, I mean everything,” said McMahon, “and we decided that if we’re doing a blue cheese steak at the restaurant, it’s going to be gorgonzola, and it must be named after Joe.”

Named for longtime Tucson business-man Joe Cristiani, who is now in the purifi ed water business, the “Cristiani” is all about crimini mushrooms, garlic and parmesan cheese. “Th is is the way that Joe makes his steaks at home, and I fi gured if it’s good enough for the Cristiani kitchen it’s good enough for ours,” said McMahon.

With a decidedly exotic personality,

local athletic footwear executive Scott Ott is commemorated on the menu with the “Ott,” featuring melted butter and fi ve exotic salts dusting the steak. “Scott ‘Mr.

Sneakers’ Ott absolutely loves salt,” said McMahon, “and what better way to recognize him than with the best salts available.”

What may be the fanciest preparation on the menu, the “Bernal” showcases shallots, mushrooms, bacon, and a port wine demi-glace, named after banker and farmer Ray Bernal. “He and I have been bosom buddies for 30 years,” said McMa-hon, “and many consider this preparation to be the best – so this

one’s for Ray.”Th e sixth style is, simply, the Oscar –

named for the classic crabmeat, asparagus and hollandaise preparation, not for a Tucsonan per se. However, McMahon told me that it’s his favorite preparation, so there must be a famous Oscar out there whose personality aligns with Bob McMahon’s. Any suggestions?

In my exhaustive research for this column, I’ve scanned the entire lunch and dinner menus at McMahon’s and can’t seem to fi nd the Steak Russell. Clearly, Mr. McMahon, there must be a misunder-standing. So for now, as a fellow sodium lover, I’ll stick with the Ott.

Contact Matt Russell, whose day job is

CEO of Russell Public Communications, at

[email protected]. Russell is also

the host of “On the Menu Live” that airs 4-5

p.m. Saturdays on KNST 790-AM and he

does the Weekend Watch segment of the

“Buckmaster Show” from noon-1 p.m.

Fridays on KVOI 1030-AM.

Scanning the menu in my search for Steak Russell

MATT RUSSELL HERB STRATFORD

4/30/2013.4/30/2013.


PROFILEFOCUS ON NON-PROFITS

Artists help homeless through Dragonfl y Gallery By Christy KruegerInside Tucson Business

Cultures around the world revere the dragonfl y as a fi gure that supports and protects children. Th us, the delicate fl ying insect was chosen by Amity Foundation to represent its latest venture: Dragonfl y Village, a 12-building, 30-unit community on the east side that will house homeless families and individuals and provide daily living support services.

Th e village will occupy 3.8 acres of the approximately 60-acre Amity Circle Tree Ranch, a former home of the Westinghouse family near Houghton and Tanque Verde roads. Th e transitional housing program will receive referrals from shelters and other non-profi ts, and residents can stay up to 24 months before they’re expected to fi nd permanent housing.

Since 1969, Amity has provided assistance services such as housing and substance abuse programs. To help fund the new village, Amity dove into a major capital-raising campaign, highlighted by the 2011 opening of Dragonfl y Gallery, 146 E. Broad-way. Th e turn-of-the-20th-centu-ry building that now houses the gallery required a signifi cant amount of renovation.

“It was the original carriage house when the main source of transportation in Tucson was by horse and carriage. We chose downtown because we wanted to give back to the community and be part of the redevelopment,” said Ray Clarke, vice president and chairman of the board for Dragonfl y.

“Th e purpose of the gallery is to help with our information about Dragonfl y

Village and the campaign and to provide operating expenses for the village,” he added. Th e non-profi t gallery features rotating exhibits by mostly local artists who give 50 percent of their sales back to Dragonfl y.

A selection of encaustic and acrylic paintings by Oro Valley artist Joe Bourne will be next in the rotation.

“Joe is part of the new exhibit starting

the later part of April,” Clarke said. “We’re excited about having Joe.”

Also a well-known jazz and R&B vocalist, Bourne will perform a few selections during his opening reception from 4-6 p.m. April 25 and his work will be on display through Labor Day.

Photographer Rod Mullen will be featured simultaneously with his collection of color photo-graphs from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato state in central Mexico.

Dragonfl y is also reaching out to the community and raising

awareness by participating in Second Saturdays Downtown. Blues violinist Heather Hardy, a regular performer at the gallery, will appear April 13.

Raising resources is one of Clarke’s main responsibilities. “To date we’re about $400,000 away from our goal,” which is $5.3 million. Utility and site work for Dragonfl y Village are fi nished, and vertical construc-

tion will begin once all funds are in place.Early on in the campaign, a generous

gift came in from former Amity board member Frances McClelland. Co-owner of Shamrock Foods Co., McClelland left $750,000 in her will for the project through Shamrock’s charity arm, Emerald Founda-tion.

Another former Amity board member is generously helping with Dragonfl y’s current fundraiser — raffl ing of a one-of-a-kind $50,000 crystal chandelier that was created for Empress Joséphine of France in the early 19th century.

“An individual in Wisconsin who owned it — he and his wife donated the chandelier to the gallery. We want to sell 1,000 tickets at $100 each to raise $100,000,” Clarke reported. Tickets for the May drawing are available for purchase through the gallery.

“Th e last nail can be hard,” Clarke said of the fi nal campaign stretch. But he’s confi dent that with the continued support of artists, art buyers and the downtown community, Dragonfl y Village will soon become a reality.

BIZ FACTS

Dragonfl y VillageDragonfl y Gallery146 E. Broadway (520) 628-3164

Amity Foundation Circle Tree Ranch 10500 E. Tanque Verde Road(520) 749-5980http://circletreeranch.org


MEDIA

Ratings: KOLD wins, KGUN and Fox 11 up, NBC takes KVOA downBy David Hatfi eldInside Tucson Business

If you recall any unusual weather disturbances in February, they might have been caused by people rushing to grab their remote controls to switch TV chan-nels. At least that would be the case judging from the latest Nielsen TV ratings for the Tucson market.

NBC, after a promising start to the 2012-2013 season last fall and November suggesting its ratings woes were behind it, suff ered a colossal ratings collapse during the February “sweeps.” It was historic on a national scale.

NBC dropped below Univision among targeted 18-49 year-old viewers in prime time, which was the fi rst time a major English language broadcast network fi nished in fi fth place.

Th e fall took NBC affi liates across the country with it, including Tucson’s KVOA 4. It also spread to other demographics. Newscasts, which are the bread-and-butter of affi liated local stations, target a slightly older audience than prime time and in the 25-54 demographic, KVOA saw those ratings drop dramatically nearly across the board.

Only the early morning “Tucson Today,” from 5-7 a.m. weekdays, managed to maintain its audience numbers from November and was up slightly from February 2012.

KVOA’s losses directly translated into gains for other stations in the Tucson market.

KOLD 13 had fi rst-place ratings fi nishes for every one of its weekday newscasts; early morning, noon, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., the network newscasts at 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

In most cases they were dominating wins. At 5 p.m., for example, CBS affi liate KOLD averaged 12,648 viewers ages 25-54, which was about 800 more than were watching both KGUN 9 and KVOA com-bined. And at 10 p.m. weekdays, KOLD averaged about 5,300 more viewers than second-place KGUN with KVOA about 7,300 viewers 25-54 behind that.

ABC affi liate KGUN’s numbers also were up in most time periods, giving it second-place fi nishes at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekdays. Th e station can also lay claim to a No. 1-rated newscast: 10 p.m. Sunday nights. Similar to the situation for KOLD at 5 p.m. weekdays, KGUN’s audience at 10 p.m. Sundays averaged 14,280 viewers 25-54 in the February ratings, about 400 more than KOLD and KVOA combined.

Fox affi liate KMSB 11 saw its ratings go up for its 9 p.m. newscasts. At the risk of sounding like more piling on, the average of 7,300 viewers ages 25-54 watching KMSB

at 9 p.m. weekdays was about 1,600 more than were watching KVOA an hour later.

Th ese latest Nielsen ratings released Monday, were from surveys taken Jan. 31 through Feb. 27. And TV stations don’t have much time to relish their victories or wallow in their losses, Nielsen is back again from the May “sweeps,” which start in less than four weeks, on April 25, and will run through May 22.

Names in news Belo Corp.’s highest ranking executive in

Tucson, Robert Canales is leaving his position as director of sales for the com-pany’s KMSB Fox 11 and KTTU My 18 as of next Wednesday (April 3). He is heading back to his home town, San Antonio, Texas, to be director of sales for three stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group: WOAI, the NBC affi liate; KABB, the Fox affi liate; and KMYS, the CW affi liate.

Prior to coming to Tucson in May 2010, Canales worked for Belo in Houston for two years and before that was a local and national sales manager for Sinclair in San Antonio when it owned two stations there. It acquired WOAI last year.

Belo has no general manager in Tucson. Instead the director of sales reports to “Nick” Nicholson, general manager of Belo stations in Phoenix and one time general manager in Tucson. Since February 2012, the operations of KMSB and KTTU has been handled by Raycom Media’s KOLD 13 under a shared services agreement.

In an eff ort to stand out from the competition KVOA 4 has hired Matthew Schwartz as an investigative reporter. He comes from Tampa, Fla., where he won four Emmys as an investigative reporter for the market’s ABC affi liate, WFTS, before he left that job in 2009 after four years and went to work in public relations.

Prior to going to Florida, Schwartz was an investigative reporter for 10 years at WWOR New York and worked at stations in Cleveland and Richmond, Va. He touts as some of his most memorable reports, a prison interview with “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz and covering all four of mobster John Gotti’s trials.

Contact David Hatfi eld at

dhatfi [email protected] or (520) 295-4237.

Inside Tucson Media appears weekly.

TUCSON TV NEWS RATINGS Viewers 25-54* Household market share * Trend*

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KOLD 13 News 13 This Morning 1.6 1.8 1.2 18.7% 17.4% 15.9%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson Today 1.4 1.4 1.1 15.7% 13.6% 15.9%

KGUN 9 Good Morning Tucson 0.8 1.0 0.9 13.0% 14.5% 14.6%

7-9 a.m. Monday-Friday

KVOA 4 Today Show 1.7 2.2 2.2 19.3% 19.5% 20.8%

KGUN 9 Good Morning America 1.6 1.9 1.7 12.3% 12.3% 15.6%

KOLD 13 CBS Early Show 1.4 0.4 1.3 11.1% 4.9% 11.3%

KMSB 11 Fox 11 Daybreak 0.5 0.5 0.3 2.6% 2.0% 2.3%

11 a.m. Monday-Friday

KGUN 9 Morning Blend 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.2% 4.0% 2.0%

Noon Monday-Friday

KOLD 13 News 13 1.1 0.7 0.6 15.1% 11.9% 17.8%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson 0.2 0.6 0.8 11.7% 15.8% 14.3%

4 p.m. Monday-Friday

KOLD 13 News 13 1.3 0.9 0.6 10.9% 7.7% 6.5%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson 0.3 0.6 1.0 7.8% 8.7% 8.7%


KOLD 13 News 13 3.1 2.0 2.1 18.0% 11.9% 16.2%

KGUN 9 KGUN 9 News 1.7 1.6 1.0 15.3% 15.2% 11.9%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson 1.2 1.3 1.4 13.5% 12.3% 14.1%

5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

KOLD 13 CBS-Scott Pelley 3.0 1.9 1.9 17.1% 11.5% 15.1%

KGUN 9 ABC-Diane Sawyer 2.0 1.6 1.1 15.0% 12.8% 11.1%

KVOA 4 NBC-Brian Williams 1.0 2.3 2.3 13.5% 12.3% 14.1%


KOLD 13 News 13 1.9 1.6 2.7 11.4% 8.7% 11.0%

KGUN 9 KGUN 9 News 1.7 1.3 0.9 9.8% 10.7% 7.5%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson 1.1 1.5 1.7 11.3% 9.5% 11.9%


KMSB 11 Fox 11 News 1.8 1.6 1.4 5.8% 4.3% 3.8%

KWBA 58 KGUN 9 News-CW 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.7% 0.9% 0.6%


KOLD 13 News 13 4.5 3.5 4.5 22.2% 18.0% 22.1%

KGUN 9 KGUN 9 News 3.2 1.9 2.4 12.2% 12.3% 10.8%

KVOA 4 News 4 1.4 3.1 3.1 13.2% 13.4% 16.2%

9 p.m. Saturday

KMSB 11 Fox 11 News 0.7 0.1 0.4 4.1% 2.4% 3.7%

10 p.m. Saturday

KOLD 13 News 13 2.7 1.6 1.9 15.0% 12.9% 15.8%

KGUN 9 KGUN 9 News 1.0 1.4 1.0 5.9% 8.5% 7.0%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson 0.8 1.9 2.1 10.0% 10.4% 14.2%

9 p.m. Sunday

KMSB 11 Fox 11 News 0.7 2.1 1.8 4.0% 6.3% 5.1%

10 p.m. Sunday

KGUN 9 KGUN 9 News 3.5 1.9 2.5 16.7% 11.2% 11.6%

KOLD 13 News 13 2.1 3.8 3.1 20.0% 17.1% 20.0%

KVOA 4 News 4 Tucson 1.3 1.6 1.9 11.6% 9.9% 13.0%

Source: Nielsen Station Index, February 2013 (Survey dates: Jan. 31-Feb. 27, 2013, Oct. 25-Nov. 21, 2012; and Feb. 2-29, 2012.)* Viewers: Each whole rating point represents an estimated average of 4,080 viewers ages 25-54 (February 2013 and November 2012) and 4,230 (February 2012). * Household share: Market share of all households watching TV.* Trend: Year-over-year changes in viewers 25-54 of at least 15% or 0.3 ratings point.


JUMPIT’S A GREAT DAYFOR KIDS TO GET A

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GETTING FIT

Making lifestyle changes to help reduce medical costs According to the U.S. Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 79 million people and 50 percent of adults over 65 have pre-diabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes contributes to a number of chronic conditions.

According to the CDC, diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of heart disease and stroke. Healthcare for people with diabetes is 2.3 times higher than costs for those without the disease. Th e total annual estimated cost of diabetes in the U.S. is $174 billion.

Preventing diabetes with the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is im-perative to reducing healthcare costs and improving participants’ overall health.

Th e YMCA of Southern Arizona began off ering the Y Diabetes Prevention Pro-gram in 2011 and has been chosen as one of 17 Y’s across the nation to dem-onstrate its ability to deliver the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program as a cost savings to the Medicare program.

Th is project is expected to reduce three-

year Medicare expenses by $4.2 million and six-year Medicare expenses by $53 million. Research has shown that programs like the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Pro-gram can reduce the incidence

of diabetes among Medicare-age in-dividuals by up to 71 percent, and has been identifi ed as a promising approach for lowering Medicare expenditures.

Th e YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is an evidence-based program that helps individuals at risk for diabe-tes adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Overweight adults at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, or who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, engage in a one year group-based life-style intervention to help them avoid the often devastating eff ects of diabetes.

DANE WOLL

GOOD BUSINESS

Th e YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program has been researched and tested for more than a decade. Th e National Institute of Health (NIH) conducted a clinical trial that showed a lifestyle change program yielding modest weight loss (5 to 7 percent) and increased physical activity (up to 150 minutes per week) can reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes by nearly 60 percent and over 70 percent among the Medicare-age population.

Th e YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Pro-gram is directly translated from the NIH clinical study to be delivered in a group for-mat led by a trained YMCA Lifestyle Coach.

Since 2010, the YMCA’s Diabetes Preven-tion Program has reached more than 6,000 participants across the United States.

Th e YMCA of Southern Arizona is at the forefront of a changing health care culture that will rely on a multi-disci-plinary approach, using public, private, government, and non-profi t entities, to deliver quality preventive care.

Contact Dane Woll, president and

CEO of the YMCA of Southern Arizona, at

[email protected]. His Getting Fit

column appears quarterly and is next

scheduled to appear in the May 31 issue.

BIZ FACTS

YMCA of Southern Arizona Diabetes Prevention ProgramContact Vivian Cullen, Director of Community Outreach(520) 623-5511, ext. [email protected]

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FEBRUARY PASSENGER STATISTICS

Airline passenger traffi c through Tucson International Airport was down 10.2% in February from February 2012 on avail-able seat capacity from airlines that dropped 13.9% to an average of 5,757 outbound seats per day from 6,689 per day in February 2012. This table shows each airlines’ passenger totals and market share for February compared with February 2012 and the totals for the fi rst two months of each year..

February 2013 February 2012 Change

Airline Non-stop destinations

Passengers Market Share

Passengers Market Share

Passengers %

Southwest 95,085 34.3% 102,363 33.2% -7,278 -7.1%Albuquerque, Chicago Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego

American 69,199 25.0% 74,562 24.2% -5,363 -7.2%Chicago O’Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles

United 42,716 15.4% 40,171 13.0% +2,545 +6.3%Denver, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, San Francisco

US Airways 31,132 11.2% 35,894 11.6% -4,762 -13.3%Phoenix

Delta 29,544 10.7% 28,965 9.4% +579 +2.0%Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Salt Lake City

Alaska 9,180 3.3% 13,020 4.2% -3,840 -29.5%Seattle

Other 13,300 4.3% -13,300 -100%Frontier Airlines ended service as of May 18 , 2012

Monthly total 276,856 308,275 -31,419 -10.2%

2013 total 543,152 600,004 -56,852 -9.5%

Source: Tucson Airport Authority

Totals include passengers on branded fl ights operated by contracted carriers: American (includes American Eagle), Delta Connection (SkyWest), United Express (ExpressJet and SkyWest) and US Airways Express (Mesa and SkyWest).


FINANCEYOUR MONEY

Financial opportunity abounds for 40s or younger

If you’ve been reading fi nancial headlines the past fi ve years, you may be wondering how the world hasn’t ended yet. It’s been a seemingly endless stream of doom and gloom from the housing bubble, to the bailout, to the crumbling Eurozone, to an impending U.S. debt crisis, and so on. Nobody could blame you for lacking confi dence when it comes to your fi nancial future.

According to a Pew Research study released in October last year, that’s exactly what is happening. Almost 40 percent of all adults say they are not confi dent in their fi nancial future. Th is is actually higher than the 25 percent who answered that way in March of 2009 at the bottom of the stock market’s trough.

Digging further into the studies, what is most shocking is the generational change in who is most worried. In 2009, Baby Boomers were the most concerned, which makes sense because they were nearing retirement. Remarkably, in the 2012 survey, it is adults in their 30s and early 40s, Generations Y and Z, who are now most concerned.

Nearly half of this group, 49 percent, says they’re either “not too” or “not at all confi dent” they will have enough to live on in retirement.

Many companies have abandoned traditional pension plans and adopted 401(k)s and other similar plans that put the responsibility of saving on the individual. Additionally, many in this age group are no longer confi dent that government programs such as Social Security and Medicare will be there to help them in retirement.

Combine these factors with a volatile stock market and decreasing home equity, and it starts to make sense why young people would be more worried.

Th is is not how it needs to be. Young professionals have a spectacular opportu-nity and should be the least concerned of any age group. Th e power of time is tremendous and by focusing on a long-term plan, these individuals can greatly increase their odds of a successful fi nancial future.

Th e catch is that you have to spend less than you make and save the diff erence. Th is may sound easy, but the pitfall for most people is that they spend as much or more than they earn if they don’t put thought into a budget and pay themselves fi rst.

I have seen school teachers follow this principle over their lives, and be far more fi nancially successful than folks making a million dollars a year living paycheck to paycheck.

Remember every little bit helps.

One of the most frequent com-ments I hear through working with 401(k) plan participants and other young people just beginning to save is that they can only aff ord to save a little, so why bother? Again, this

is where the power of time comes in. Saving $20 per paycheck now can be the equiva-lent of needing to save $50 per paycheck in 10 years to make up the diff erence.

Reduction of debt, by the way, is equivalent to saving in this planner’s eyes, particularly if you’re focusing on knocking down consumer and other high-interest debt fi rst.

Besides saving, the most important thing young people can do is avoid the Big Mistakes. A well thought out savings plan can be quickly derailed by spending too much, chasing hot stock tips, trying to time the market, etc. Younger individuals have access to this incredibly powerful engine — the stock market — that has historically doubled investments every eight to nine years, on average. Every time you deviate from a well thought out long-term invest-ment plan, you put that at risk.

Th ere are two good recent examples of this:

1. Late 1990s excitement leading to an over-allocation in tech stocks right before the crash;

2. “End of the world” headlines dictating strategy, leading investors to bail on the market during the 2009 bottom.

Both of these are related because, in both cases, investors let media hype drive their investment decisions. Remember there is a lot of good market and economic information available, but rarely is that information actionable as it relates to your specifi c long-term plan.

Putting together a plan and avoiding the Big Mistakes is easier said than done, but is very possible. Younger generations have valid reasons to be concerned about retirement, but by taking advantage of the opportunity in front of them, there is every reason to be confi dent in their fi nancial future.

Sam Swift, CFA, is director of TCI

Wealth Advisors’ Aspire personal fi nance

program aimed at professionals under the

age of 45. Information about the program is

online at www.ASPIREbyTCI.com .

SAM SWIFT

TUCSON STOCK EXCHANGEStock market quotations of some publicly traded companies doing business in Southern Arizona

Company Name Symbol Mar. 27 Mar. 20 Change52-Week

Low52-Week

HighTucson companiesApplied Energetics Inc AERG.OB 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.08CDEX Inc CEXIQ.OB 0.07 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.51Providence Service Corp PRSC 18.46 18.89 -0.43 9.56 20.09UniSource Energy Corp (Tucson Electric Power) UNS 47.46 47.18 0.28 35.20 48.01

Southern Arizona presenceAlcoa Inc (Huck Fasteners) AA 8.49 8.54 -0.05 7.97 10.45AMR Corp (American Airlines) AAMRQ 4.01 4.26 -0.25 0.36 4.27Augusta Resource Corp (Rosemont Mine) AZC 2.58 2.56 0.02 1.48 3.13Bank Of America Corp BAC 12.23 12.78 -0.55 6.72 12.94Bank of Montreal (M&I Bank) BMO 62.60 62.29 0.31 50.95 64.79BBVA Compass BBVA 8.71 9.56 -0.85 5.30 10.57Berkshire Hathaway (Geico, Long Cos) BRK-B* 103.18 102.34 0.84 78.21 104.25Best Buy Co Inc BBY 22.14 23.07 -0.93 11.20 27.95BOK Financial Corp (Bank of Arizona) BOKF 62.24 62.63 -0.39 53.12 62.86Bombardier Inc* (Bombardier Aerospace) BBDB 4.04 4.25 -0.21 2.97 4.93CB Richard Ellis Group CBG 25.10 24.83 0.27 14.97 25.45Citigroup Inc C 44.48 46.09 -1.61 24.61 47.92Comcast Corp CMCSA 41.75 40.98 0.77 28.09 42.00Community Health Sys (Northwest Med Cntrs) CYH 46.73 44.97 1.76 20.71 45.13Computer Sciences Corp CSC 48.96 49.10 -0.14 22.19 50.59Convergys Corp CVG 17.08 17.19 -0.11 12.40 17.21Costco Wholesale Corp COST 106.64 103.08 3.56 81.98 105.97CenturyLink (Qwest Communications) CTL 35.13 34.58 0.55 32.05 43.43Cvs/Caremark (CVS pharmacy) CVS 54.98 55.15 -0.17 43.08 55.35Delta Air Lines DAL 16.59 17.07 -0.48 8.42 17.09Dillard Department Stores DDS 78.98 79.61 -0.63 60.76 89.98Dover Corp (Sargent Controls & Aerospace) DOV 72.35 73.38 -1.03 50.27 74.62DR Horton Inc DHI 24.39 25.43 -1.04 13.80 25.56Freeport-McMoRan (Phelps Dodge) FCX 33.37 33.24 0.13 30.54 43.65Granite Construction Inc GVA 31.75 31.79 -0.04 21.38 37.74Home Depot Inc HD 69.64 68.88 0.76 46.37 71.45Honeywell Intl Inc HON 75.17 74.70 0.47 52.21 74.87IBM IBM 210.89 215.06 -4.17 181.85 215.90Iron Mountain IRM 35.67 36.28 -0.61 27.10 37.70Intuit Inc INTU 65.47 65.17 0.30 53.38 68.41Journal Communications (KGUN 9, KMXZ) JRN 6.64 6.71 -0.07 3.94 6.72JP Morgan Chase & Co JPM 47.79 49.12 -1.33 30.83 51.00Kaman Corp (Electro-Optics Develpmnt Cntr) KAMN 35.66 35.32 0.34 27.96 38.62KB Home KBH 22.10 21.57 0.53 6.46 21.79Kohls Corp KSS 46.58 46.76 -0.18 41.35 55.25Kroger Co (Fry's Food Stores) KR 33.11 31.87 1.24 20.98 32.10Lee Enterprises (Arizona Daily Star) LEE 1.24 1.28 -0.04 1.07 1.81Lennar Corporation LEN 41.78 43.40 -1.62 23.48 43.90Lowe's Cos (Lowe's Home Improvement) LOW 38.19 38.41 -0.22 24.76 39.98Loews Corp (Ventana Canyon Resort) L 43.70 44.01 -0.31 38.14 44.78Macerich Co (Westcor, La Encantada) MAC 63.81 62.57 1.24 54.32 62.83Macy's Inc M 41.73 42.55 -0.82 32.31 42.78Marriott Intl Inc MAR 41.62 40.02 1.60 33.93 41.84Meritage Homes Corp MTH 47.25 48.10 -0.85 24.31 48.50Northern Trust Corp NTRS 54.65 54.55 0.10 41.11 55.50Northrop Grumman Corp NOC 69.90 68.64 1.26 56.59 71.25Penney, J.C. JCP 14.90 16.17 -1.27 14.20 37.46Pulte Homes Inc (Pulte, Del Webb) PHM 20.33 21.38 -1.05 7.63 21.97Raytheon Co (Raytheon Missile Systems) RTN 58.41 57.00 1.41 49.03 59.34Roche Holdings AG (Ventana Medical Systems) RHHBY 57.83 58.30 -0.47 38.63 58.34Safeway Inc SWY 26.34 25.27 1.07 14.73 25.66Sanofi -Aventis SA SNY 50.15 50.73 -0.58 33.03 50.93Sears Holdings (Sears, Kmart, Customer Care) SHLD 50.67 52.30 -1.63 38.40 80.54SkyWest Inc SKYW 16.03 16.10 -0.07 6.25 16.32Southwest Airlines Co LUV 13.20 12.79 0.41 7.76 12.84Southwest Gas Corp SWX 47.42 47.74 -0.32 39.01 47.29Stantec Inc STN 43.95 42.51 1.44 25.77 43.17Target Corp TGT 69.06 68.52 0.54 54.68 68.87TeleTech Holdings Inc TTEC 21.13 20.52 0.61 14.04 20.88Texas Instruments Inc TXN 35.08 35.06 0.02 26.06 35.73Time Warner Inc (AOL) TWX 56.63 56.36 0.27 33.62 57.85Ual Corp (United Airlines) UAL 32.33 32.50 -0.17 17.45 32.95Union Pacifi c Corp UNP 140.84 139.13 1.71 104.08 141.78Apollo Group Inc (University of Phoenix) APOL 17.38 17.01 0.37 15.98 43.80US Airways Group Inc LCC 16.66 17.23 -0.57 7.23 17.33US Bancorp (US Bank) USB 33.78 33.93 -0.15 28.26 35.46Wal-Mart Stores Inc (Wal-Mart, Sam's Club) WMT 74.78 72.99 1.79 57.18 77.60Walgreen Co WAG 47.24 46.02 1.22 28.53 46.33Wells Fargo & Co WFC 36.97 37.44 -0.47 29.80 38.20Western Alliance Bancorp (Alliance Bank) WAL 13.69 14.44 -0.75 8.00 14.50Zions Bancorp (National Bank of Arizona) ZION 24.99 25.44 -0.45 17.45 25.86Data Source: Dow Jones Market Watch

*Quotes in U.S. dollars, except Bombardier is Canadian dollars.


Realtors’ Open HouseAs the spring home-buying season

swings into gear, almost half of all buyers use open houses to narrow their choices and fi nd their dream home. Potential buyers will have the opportunity to do just that April 20 and 21 when the Tucson Association of Realtors participates in a Nationwide Open House Weekend.

Th roughout the Tucson region, real estate agents will hold open houses all weekend and be available to answer questions about market conditions.

“Th is event is a great way for buyers to get an idea of what they can aff ord and what kinds of homes are available. It’s also a chance for sellers to market their home and attract potential buyers,” said Philip Tedesco, CEO of the Realtors association.

Over the last 12 months, the median sales price of a home in the Tucson region has gained 19 percent to $149,000. Since February 2012, the number of days a home is on the market has dropped by 25 percent,

INSIDE REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

MPA Wild Ride shifts to tourism-themed tourBy Roger YohemInside Tucson Business

Th e economic value of tourism, hospi-tality and sports will be the fast-moving theme of the 2013 Wild Ride presented by the Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA). Th e April 30 event will convene at 11 a.m. at Hi Corbett Field, 700 S. Randolph Way, for a tour of important tourism-related sites in the region, wrapping up at 5 p.m.

“Th is year’s MPA Wild Ride is an eff ort to promote the profound positive impact of tourism in our community. We will showcase the economic value of this multi-billion dollar industry,” said MPA executive director Amber Smith.

Following the economic “pitch” of Hi Corbett Field, the educational and net-working tour will hit sites including Pima County’s Kino Sports Complex, Tucson International Airport, and the touristy Barrio Brewery near downtown.

Attendees will travel aboard tour buses with hosts narrating the sites and develop-ment activities along the designated route. Th e Wild Ride will stop for lunch at a “sit down” venue featuring a speaker that Smith says has yet to be determined.

She emphasized the Wild Ride is open to everyone, off ering an opportunity to meet and network with elected offi cials, govern-ment staff , business leaders, community activists and MPA directors and members.

Th e Wild Ride is limited to 250 attend-ees. Th e basic ticket price is $100, with sponsorships and other packages available. Register online at http://mpaaz.org.

THE PULSE: TUCSON REAL ESTATE

3/18/2013 3/11/2013

Median Price $158,250 $159,750Active Listings 4,889 4,938New Listings 424 427Pending Sales 421 478Homes Closed 266 224Source: Long Realty Research Center

WEEKLY MORTGAGE RATES

Program Current Last WeekOne

Year Ago12 Month

High12 Month

Low

30 YEAR 3.50% 3.625%APR 3.63% 3.75%APR 4.95% 4.95% 3.38%

15 YEAR 3.00% 3.25%APR 3.00% 3.25% APR 4.22% 4.22% 2.75%

5/1 ARM 2.63% 2.875%APR 2.63% 2.875% APR 2.87% 2.87% 2.63%The above rates have a 1% origination fee and 0 discount . FNMA/FHLMC maximum conforming loan amount is $417,000 Conventional Jumbo loans are loans above $417,000Information provided by Randy Hotchkiss, National Certifi ed Mortgage Consultant (CMC) Hotchkiss Financial, Inc. P.O. Box 43712 Tucson, Arizona 85733 • 520-324-0000MB #0905432. Rates are subject to change without notice based upon market conditions.

3/26/2013

according to the Realtors group. To view open houses, go the the

Realtors’ website — www.tarmls.com — and click on the Open House search.

Raintree Apartments soldLos Angeles-based Summit Equity

Investments has purchased Raintree Apartments, 6450 E. Golf Links Road, for $9.2 million. Built in 1983, the 10-acre site was sold by Th ompson Michie Associates, Salt Lake City.

Th e Class B property has 364 units in 20 two-story buildings. Th e complex features a pool and spa, clubhouse and fi tness center, and gated access. Art Wadlund, Hendricks-Berkadia, handled the transaction and said the complex was about 90 percent occu-pied at the time of sale.

Th ompson Michie Associates had owned the complex for about 20 years and it was its only property in Tucson.

Sales and leases• Campbell Tucson Retail LLC, doing

business as Dunkin Donuts, purchased property at 2553 N. Campbell Ave. for $575,000 from the Velasquez Family Trust, Sciotto Family Trust, and Colson Family Trust. Th e site has a 1,700 square foot building on 17,596 square feet of land. Th e transaction was handled by Rick Borane, Volk Company Commercial Real Estate.

• Sylvia and Henry’s Corporation purchased 5250 E. 22nd St., former site of Jack’s Barbeque, for $390,000 from Th ree B’s Investments, represented by Debbie Heslop, Volk Company Commercial Real

Estate. Th e property consists of a 2,553 square-foot building on 17,000 square feet of land.

• National Association of Letter Carriers Branch #704 purchased 2950 N. Country Club Road for $333,000 from Holben & Associates and John Martin Sr. Trust, represented by Buzz Isaacson, CBRE. Th e buyer was represented by James Robertson Jr., Realty Executives.

• Aguirre Enterprises leased 20,364 square feet at 3850 E. 44th Street from CJ Southwest Property Partners. Th e transaction was handled by Stephen Cohen and Russell Hall, Picor Commer-cial Real Estate Services.

• Trane U.S. leased 16,795 square-feet at 2155 N. Forbes Blvd., Suite 104, from Forbes Tucson LLC, represented by Rob Glaser, Picor Commercial Real Estate Services.

• AAA Old Pueblo Moving and Storage leased 10,000 square feet at 845 E. Ohio St., Suite 109, from 845 Ohio LLC, represented by Brandon Rodgers, Russell Hall and Stephen Cohen, Picor Commercial Real Estate Services. Th e tenant was represented by Rob Fischrup, Vast Commercial.

• Record Energy Concepts leased 3,750 square feet at 3837 E. 37th Street from Bob’s Th irty-Seventh Street Property LLC, represented by Jeff Zellet, Picor Commercial Real Estate Services.

Email sales and leases and other real

estate news items to [email protected].

Inside Real Estate & Construction appears

weekly.

Last year’s MPA “Wild Riders” included, from left: Duane Krause, Ginger Switzer, Courtney Tejada, Amber Smith and Becky Gordon.


Th is week’s Inside Tucson Business editorial deals in part with the facts of the predicament that lies ahead at Tucson Unifi ed School District (TUSD) in the wake of John Pedicone’s resignation that takes eff ect June 30. I hope you’ll indulge me in the more emotional side.

I went to the March 13 news confer-ence where Pedicone and Governing Board President Adelita Grijalva announced his resignation. He listed accomplishments of which he and the TUSD team can rightfully be proud. What I’m having trouble buying is his line: “Th e timing is right.”

Timing is right for what? Not for gaining momentum on the accomplishments that are only beginning to get traction.

Pedicone didn’t need the TUSD job when he took it in Decem-ber 2010. He already had an impressive résumé as an administrator and academic.

Pedicone spent 22 years in Flowing Wells Unifi ed School District. Under his leadership the high school was ranked No. 1 in the state and the district’s newest elementary school was named an A+ School in 2002 by the Arizona Department of Education, an award won by every school in that district.

After his retirement in 2004, Pedicone went on to be the master’s degree program coordinator for the University of Arizona’s College of Education and was vice president of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. He served on the state Board of Education, on numerous other boards and committees at the state level, was active in Arizona School Administrators and involved in North Central Association accreditation programs.

He also found time to be involved in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, United Way, Reading Seed, YMCA, Hands Across the Border and others.

When Pedicone was named TUSD superintendent, I wondered why. He insisted he wanted to try to help the community where he has lived since 1982. It wasn’t something he would do for more than about fi ve years, tops.

Not long after he took the job it became clear that it was taking a toll on him. He admitted that he had not anticipated the intransi-gence of some people in the district hierarchy who refused to speak to one another or even try to come together for a common goal. But he never lost his down-to-earth attitude and, no matter what someone might say about TUSD, he always talked about the pride in the work of educators serving the best interests of students.

Pedicone earned performance bonuses each of the two years he was with TUSD, but he returned the fi rst year’s back to the general fund and gave the second year’s bonus to the Educational Enrich-ment Fund.

Pedicone is leaving of his own volition, but Grijalva may have inadvertently indicated the tipping point to his decision when she called TUSD a major employer.

TUSD’s fi rst responsibility is to provide the best education possible for the children of Tucson. Th e Arizona Auditor General this month released its annual report showing TUSD squanders more money outside the classroom than other districts.

Pedicone has vowed to help whack $17 million to balance TUSD’s budget before he leaves. He’ll do it because it has to be done, but he’ll also fi ght for furthering student achievement all the way. I suspect the school board won’t.

Pedicone could have done so much more.

Contact David Hatfield at [email protected] or (520) 295-4237.

EDITORIAL

DAVID HATFIELD

BIZ BUZZ

Timing not right forPedicone to resign

EDITORIAL

It’s up to us to make change Elections have consequences. Th at’s been attributed

to President Obama who said it to push his agenda after he won his fi rst presidential election in 2008. Beyond a political agenda or mandate, there are other conse-quences that can befall an electorate after an election. As example, take what’s happened to a couple of educational institutions in Tucson just since November.

Pima Community College is in danger of losing its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools after a January investigation of complaints fi led last year. Th e claims include sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior by former chancellor Roy Flores, a lack of honesty from interim chancellor Suzanne Miles, a hostile work environment, high turnover of administration, violations of procurement policies and making “an elemental change in the mission of the college” by requiring an entrance examine without thorough discussion or notice to the accrediting agency.

At the root of all these complaints lies a lack of leadership from Pima College’s elected governing board and the failure to “uphold its responsibility to conduct its work ethically, honestly, and in the best interests of the college, its employees and its students,” according to the commission’s report.

Meanwhile, Tucson Unifi ed School District (TUSD) is looking to fi nd its sixth superintendent in the last decade. Th at alone is an indictment of the school board but it apparently failed to register with its president Adelita Grijalva when she said it at the March 13 news confer-ence where John Pedicone announced his resignation, eff ective June 30 after just 2½ years on the job.

Indeed, as the leader of the three-member majority on the fi ve-member school board, Grijalva more than anyone else could have prevented Pedicone’s departure. But her defi nition of leadership isn’t about setting policy for direction for the educational organization, it’s strictly political. And as the person pulling the strings of new board member Cam Juárez, we can be assured he will

keep his place as her puppet on the board. But Pedicone — and before him, John Carroll,

Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, Roger Pfeuff er and Stan Paz — are now only so much water under the bridge.

Unwittingly or not, Grijalva and the board now face the task of trying to fi nd a new TUSD superintendent. It should be someone who understands Tucson and the district, has a track-record for advancing student achievement, and can play the right political games. Ironically, all things Pedicone could do.

We can expect that TUSD will put together some sort of search eff ort. Th at alone will go some in determining what kind of candidate the district is likely to attract.

By its nature as a “complex urban district,” as Pedi-cone put it at the news conference, TUSD will attract at least some carpetbaggers. Th ey’re easy to spot by their histories of short stays in multiple school districts leaving behind numerous broken commitments.

Th ey get hired by school board members who become mesmerized by their larger-than-life promises they can’t ever fulfi ll. Th e board members are then left scratching their heads a couple of years later wondering why it didn’t work out as they look for yet another superintendent.

Th at is the scenario the TUSD board has already established and nobody should be surprised if plays out that way again.

Th ere have been suggestions that members of the boards of both Pima College and TUSD should step down. Th at’s silly sideline pontifi cation.

If changes need to made, it’s time to step up and do something about it. For starters, Arizona has some straightforward provisions for recalling board members, though fi rst-termers have to be in offi ce at least six months before a recall can be started.

If a recall doesn’t do it, the electorate will have to get more forceful about running candidates who will make a diff erence.

A majority of voters elected these people. We’re getting the representation, or the consequences, of those elections.


OPINIONBIZ INK

Projects that have risen, or will rise, deserve praiseDuring this Good Friday-Easter weekend

season of triumphant resurrection, there are too many good things in the Tucson region worthy of praise. I want to commend civic progress, especially programs and projects that have risen or are on the rise again.

Let’s start in downtown Tucson where new ventures are rising. Th e private sector has stirred the transformation with $400 million in new buildings and redevelop-ment. Th ey hope to get traction from Sun Link, the government’s $200 million modern streetcar project.

Currently, there are about 40 restaurants downtown and about 30 more planned. Th ere’s even renewed talk of two or three boutique hotels springing up.

At 1 E. Broadway, the fi rst public-private alliance is rising as a result of the city’s new tax-incentive development program. Caylor Construction is building a $16 million seven-story commercial tower.

At 345 E. Congress St., Jim Campbell’s Oasis Tucson Cadence is a massive $33 million 465-bed student housing/retail complex.

Nearby, visionary re-furbishers have renewed run-down properties. Ron Schwabe’s Peach Properties and Holualoa Arizona is modernizing Armory Park Apartments, 211 S. Fifth Ave. Around the corner, developer Ross Rulney upgraded and re-purposed the entire Julian Drew/Carriage House/Tiburon

Apartments block. Eatery-inspired

entrepreneur Kade Mislinski has opened Hub Restaurant & Ice Creamery, 266 E. Congress St., and Playground, 278 E. Congress St. In the public sector, the University of Arizona College has

matriculated into the historic Roy Place Building, 44 N. Stone Ave., and Pima County’s new $75 million Courts Complex will rise seven stories at the north end of downtown.

Also adding to the urban core’s rejuvenation is an agreement between the City of Tucson and the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District to end their long dispute. Saints be praised, Rio Nuevo will now invest $6 million to update the Tucson Convention Center.

Th ese new beginnings create renewed hope that downtown’s new players will get it right.

Th e region’s retail revival includes nationally known players including Costco Wholesale and Walmart. Th e two have opened stores in the fl edgling Tucson Marketplace on the south side to roaring success. Walmart has at least four more stores raising. By year-end, just these two

companies will have hired 1,000 people. In 2013, overall retail sales are projected

to grow about $1.5 million to $37 million. For all businesses in the region, an increase of 4,000 jobs is expected.

Clearly, the highest-profi le resurrection was the 7.4-acre Benenson Retail Center, 5555 E. Broadway, the former site of an abandoned Mervyn’s store. Following a $4 million transformation, the center’s new arrivals included Hobby Lobby, Stein Mart and Mattress Firm.

Also rising is housing and real estate. Following the Great Recession, home values have healed by shedding large scabs of sick, distressed inventory. Since Febru-ary 2012, foreclosure notices have dropped 42 percent. Th e average selling price per square foot has risen 16.5 percent.

Th ese positives have pushed up new home permits by 41 percent year-over-year.

Road-related improvements are rising thanks to the $2.1 billion Regional Trans-portation Authority. For the next 10 years, work will transorm Grant Road into a modern cross-town thoroughfare.

Developers have renewed interest in State Trust Land in the Houghton Road Corridor. “Insider” commercial brokers say the huge plant last used by Pella Windows will be leased this year and the massive Lisa Frank building will be sold.

Outsiders are getting in on Tucson’s upswing as well.

Forbes/ManpowerGroup says Tucson business owners rank No. 2 nationally for highest “hiring optimism” this year. For mid-sized cities, two other entities both ranked Tucson at No. 2 as an entrepreneur-ial hot spot.

For education, U.S. News and World Report ranked Tucson’s University High and Basis Tucson on its America’s Best high schools list. Th e same publication cited the University of Arizona Medical Center as one of the nation’s best hospitals.

Other good things, like events, also re-kindle community spirit. Th e Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Festival of Books and Accenture Match Play Golf Champion-ship all have a global followings. And everyday, we townies live the lifestyle of a top-10 best place for outdoor activities that gradually slide into retirement.

Our community is blessed to be on the rise. Easter and spring is the time to have faith in the many things starting anew and to celebrate what we already have: espe-cially the UA Wildcats in the Sweet 16.

Contact Roger Yohem at ryohem@

azbiz.com or (520) 295-4254. His Business Ink

appears biweekly and weighs in on local

political, social and business issues.

ROGER YOHEM

SPEAKING OUT

Gov. Brewer’s plan to expand AHCCCS will help businesses Th e federal government’s healthcare

reform law, the Aff ordable Care Act (ACA), asks states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income people. Th e 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the act gave states fl exiblity to decide whether to expand their programs.

About half of the states have committed to expanding. Gov. Jan Brewer has developed a proposal to expand the state’s Medicaid program, Arizona Health Care Cost Contain-ment System (AHCCCS), which currently serves about 1.2 million low-income people.

Th e plan would add nearly 300,000 people, including 240,000 single adult workers whose incomes are 133 percent of the federal poverty level with a maximum annual income of $15,282. Th is expansion would cost the state $256 million, but Brewer’s proposal allows AHCCCS “to establish, administer, and collect a hospital assessment to cover this cost.”

Th e federal government would pay $1.5 billion or 100 percent of expansion costs for the next three years; then phase down to 90 percent by 2020.

Businesses in Arizona have rallied to support Brewer’s plan. Mike Hammond, chairman of the Southern Arizona Leader-

ship Council, which represents 118 major employ-ers, noted the reasons to favor the increased coverage in an editorial in the March 22 Arizona Daily Star.

Hammond pointed out that the state’s econo-

my is still in recovery. Th e Medicaid expansion would bring at least $1.5 billion in additional federal money into Arizona’s economy annually. He also cited an Arizona State University study estimating the additional revenue would add 15,000 jobs, putting more Arizonans back to work.

By providing additional coverage through AHCCCS, Arizona would be competitive with other states in business recruitment. Healthier employees are more productive and save companies money in the long term.

“Medicaid expansion would keep Arizona’s tax dollars here rather than paying for healthcare programs in other states,” Hammond wrote.

Both Hammond and Arizona’s hospitals

point out that the added coverage of low income people will lower health costs for most Arizonans with insurance.

Hospitals provide care for the uninsured in their emergency rooms. Th ose without health insurance generally wait until they are very sick before they seek treatment, which increases costs. Th is uncompensated care is added to the bills of those who have insurance.

Th e result is higher insurance premiums for businesses and individuals who pay for their coverage. According to the Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers, the average added cost to a family’s private healthcare insurance is $1,700.

In 2012, Arizona hospitals saw a 75 percent increase in uncompensated care over 2011. People who disenrolled from AHCCCS did not leave Arizona, so hospi-tals are still providing their care. Rural hospitals are in danger of fi ling for bank-ruptcy due to this added burden.

Hospitals favor the expansion of Medic-aid. In fact, they proposed the surcharge to pay for Arizona’s share of the costs if the legislature approves Governor Brewer’s plan.

Many Arizona legislators are skeptical of this Medicaid expansion. Under ACA, the federal government is to pay a match for

the expansion but lawmakers fear Wash-ington, D.C., could renege on future payments because of budget defi cits.

Governor Brewer has included a “circuit breaker” in her plan that addresses that last matter. If the federal government were to stop payments, the state would also decrease the number of people covered.

AHCCCS is considered one of the most cost-eff ective Medicaid programs in the U.S., with “broad choice and greatly reduced fraud and waste. It has greater doctor, hospital, and provider participation than other states and is cheaper per enrollee per year than the average Medic-aid program,” according to the Alliance.

Th e Medicaid expansion would help Arizona businesses and keep our hospitals solvent. All Arizona hospitals have been hit hard fi nancially during the recession because of increased unemployment with subsequent loss of health insurance. Th e Legislature needs to do what is best for all Arizonans and pass Governor Brewer’s Medicaid plan.

Contact Carol West at [email protected]. West served on the Tucson City Council from 1999-2007 and was a council aide from 1987-1995.

CAROL WEST


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I’d rather have employees who don’t just ‘lean in,’ but are ‘all in’In the 1990s while Sheryl Sandberg was

learning to “lean in” to her career, I was learning to lean in at home. I was following much of Sandberg’s as-yet-unwritten advice. Accept every challenge. Be more assertive. Don’t worry so much about being liked.

In the mid-90s, I was a divorced father of three with joint custody and a more fl exible schedule than my ex. Th at made me the go-to parent for sick days, hastily ar-ranged parent-teacher conferences, and carpooling. Th ere were years when I took my four weeks of vacation two hours at a time, so I could leave my offi ce at 3:30 and attend my kids’ baseball, lacrosse, and soccer games. I wanted to show my kids a father who could do it all – cook, clean, negotiate play dates with stay-at-home moms, throw a birthday party, coach the basketball team, and still have a career.

And I wasn’t alone. I know a lot of men who chose to lean in at home. To become better partners and fathers. To give their wives equal time as their careers. It’s no longer rare to fi nd marriages where partners evenly split the workload and the parenting. In fact, a few years after I divorced I was lucky enough to marry a

wonderful woman with another infl exible sched-ule. I continued to lean in at home. I’m leaning in right now.

I want to make it clear that I admire Sheryl Sandberg. I have no problem with

her or her advice. I just don’t care much for books and arguments that address whole genders. Men are not from one planet and women from another.

Everyone makes choices about where they want to lean in. And the truth that doesn’t get addressed in books like Sandberg’s is that you can’t lean in equally hard at work and at home. Men can’t do it. Neither can women.

I developed an approach that I might call “All In” if I were writing a book that needed a catchy title. Going all in isn’t about devoting yourself entirely to a career. And it isn’t just about balancing career and home. It’s about intensity. Th e subtitle of

“All In” might be “Practicing the art of passion at work and at home.”

I work with a lot of 20-somethings, male and female. Some of them are leaning in quite well on their career paths.

Th ey’re following much of Sandberg’s advice – boldly asking for promotions and mentors and allowing themselves, as Sandberg suggests, to fantasize about their career paths.

What they’re not doing is working intensely. I’m looking for people who aren’t all in on career development – I want people who are all in on the project at hand. I want them focused and present. I want them in the zone. And all that fantasizing about the next career move works against that.

I want to surround myself with people who might not take on every challenge but are all in on every challenge they do accept. I’ve seen too many ambitious, talented people take on way too much and do it with way too little passion.

I prefer people who are a bit obsessive about getting things right. Th ey’re so focused, they bring you into their orbit. Th ey look at problems as puzzles to solve.

And they don’t stop when they fi nd the fi rst solution. Th ey keep searching.

Th e truth is, we all waste too much time at work and at home going through the motions. We’re not present. At work, we spend too much time on Sandberg’s website, not leaning in but leaning back. At home we’re checking our phones when we could be really listening to our kids or our spouses. We’re rarely all in – at home or at work.

One tip about how to know when you’re all in: If you’re multi-tasking, you’re not all in. So if you’re tweaking a PowerPoint presentation at your kid’s soccer game, you don’t get credit for being all in. Same with checking email during a meeting at work. All in is about learning to focus, even for short periods of time, on the task at hand.

And being all in is the surest path to happiness. Leaning in to your career might bring success, but if you learn to fi nd passion in the actual work, you’ll fi nd real happiness.

Jim Sollisch is creative director at

Marcus Th omas Advertising, which is based

in Cleveland.

JIM SOLLISCH

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