Imagine Greater Tucson 2010-11 Phase I Community Conversation and Survey Statements Related to Dynamic, effective, visionary leaders

1	47% of our state legislators have less than a college degree
2	9+% sales tax, millions spent on Rio Neuvo with nothing to show for it, police cutbacks, roads in ill-repair; no convenient parking downtown; restaurants closed on Sunday when I went to an event at the Temple of Music & Arts; the city is on a downward spiral!
3	A common vision unifies people; it excites them and propels them into action. A common vision would significantly reduce the # of complaints from residents about how things aren't working here. It would generate more pride among the citizens and be better for business overall.
4	A large city council without a strong mayor is the reason that government is indecisive
5	A larger Christian community/leadership
6	A more civil approach to governing for the better good of the community--not for private agendas.
7	A more focused community.
8	A more moderate form of leadership
9	A need for inspiration and a sense of responsiblity, of stewardship
10	A project like this should have been completed by now. The only answer is corruption or drastic mismanagement.
11	A visionary leader (think Mayor Daley in Chicago) can put a town on his back - with the help of the town media - and move it forward.
12	Adjacencies can make all the difference when choosing sites. Making conscious decisions and looking to the future are imperitive.
13	Administrators need to be fined, we are last in most areas in the whole country. Our leadership sucks
14	All 'great' cities have a core location that attracts people. I am new here (3-4 years), but all of the finger pointing and accusing over the past is not doing any of us any good. Find people who want to make things work, and get moving.
15	All communities attract political extremes as a minority of its active leadership but Tucson has surrendered to community apathy that has left its leadership the matter of choice for its political minority voices. This has resulted in good old boy politics driven by a handful of insider businessmen who do not have the full community interests at heart.
16	Although Tucsonans care about each individually, there is a lack of committment to the civic well being for the community as a whole. Leadership voids existing in many key segments of the community.
17	Although most of our elected officials are well meaning, they are so concerned about making unpopular decisions that they cannot effectively lead. We need real decision making (not grandstanding) and the ability to convince the public about the wisdom of these decisions. Then those directions must be carried out over long periods of time to come to realization. We need to keep continuity in our leadership, such as Chuck Huckleberry, whose experience helps him make logical decisions.
18	An example is building a baseball stadium in a bad location
19	Anchor for ths community that shows excellent research and programs in serving to prepare future citizens and leaders for the world
20	Architects, consultants paid large amounts but no results. Money is pocketed without accountability. Someone is profiting but not the citizens of Tucson.
21	Arizona has become somewhat the laughing stock of America. The state government is passing laws that are going back to the early 20th centrury. It's fine that they remember where they came from, more reason for them to apply laws for the 21st century. The days of the pony express and shootouts at the OK Corral are over.
22	Arizona is made up of a diverse group of people, but is not represented by a diverse group of people
23	Arizona needs to lead the way
24	As a business owner I feel that our business is deeply affected by our leaders decisions, or lack of decisions. I do not feel that we do not have the strongest leaders in positions of political power and as a result we are for example not attracting and keeping new enterprise that a community like Tucson should.
25	As far as I can tell, city government is totally dsyfunctional.
26	As it stands, Congresswoman Giffords is a good representative for District 8. She is thoughtful and effective. Sadly, the same cannot be said of other Congressional leaders in our state. We must move Tucson and Arizona forward, not back into the Eisenhower years.
27	At the city, town, and county level the degree of partisan actions is mind-boggling. It really bothers me that we don't have strong mayors and BOS leading us.
28	BASIS school is high quality due to local leadership
29	Bad leadership and decisions will destroy Arizona and it is
30	Bad leadership is screwing up the good things
31	Because they are our future leaders of Tucson
32	Because we are a government/public sector region - government sets the direction. Tucson/Pima County/southern Arizona is controlled by elected Democrats in a State that has a legislature controlled by elected Republicans. Pima County has had stable administration and Board of Supervisors while City of Tucson has had turnover in the City Manager and Council. U of A as a land grant university has engaged with the local business community very differently than ASU. Hundreds of millions of TIF funding for Rio Nuevo was spent with minimal benefit. Pima County wastewater and Tucson water are fighting amongst themselves and with others. Even PAG and TREO are additional bureacracies. We are not nimble, dynamic, responsive to taking advantage of opportunitie because we have a bureaucratic culture. Initiating and sustaining a series of improvements for lean, accountable, responsive, collaborative government would improve the near and longer term quality of life.
33	Better Leadership
34	Better city leadership
35	Better civic leadership
36	Better elected city leadership or system of government
37	Better leadership
38	Better leadership for community
39	Better leadership from elected officials
40	Better leadership in Tucson
41	Better leadership needed
42	Better political climate and leadership
43	Better political consensus
44	Better political leadership.
45	Better politicians
46	Better quality governing and leadership is essential to maintaining that which is good about Tucson and to making the dynamic change I'm looking for to persuade me that Tucson is the place in which I want to continue to live.
47	Blue Chip Leadership Program
48	Blue Chip Program
49	Border issues - a more open, constructive stragic vision
50	Both County and City governments, sit and dream of what they'd like, and only listen to the sqeeky wheels who are more interested in keeping things as they are, and not moving ahead. Additionally, they're afraid to make the type of tough changes that are required to move the community into the future.
51	Both governing bodies are clueless about real life - or at least most of them.
52	Bright, creative, innovative people abound in this area yet they are not encouraged nor sought out as leaders. Anything that is global in approach is quickly discouraged depending on who it would offend or who's agendas are not being furthered
53	Bring it into the 20th Century
54	Bring more industry back
55	Bring some leadership to City Hall
56	Broader thinking by elected officials
57	Build support for new stronger (big picture) leadership with regional vs. parochial focus
58	Business roundtables: every council ward holds one - encourages community participation and positive speaking so people share their ideas. As participants, we go home and can speak more positively about our community to our families, friends, etc.
59	Can move forward with visions
60	Can't be done mentally - dream bigger
61	Challenges optimism
62	Change in government/community leadeship
63	Change leadership
64	Change the political direction (lack of good leadership)
65	Citizen/Government leadership
66	City Council spending
67	City and county government leaders
68	City council and the community as a whole seems to waste a lot of time, money and energy on too many small and/or general tasks as trying to focus on the big picture.
69	City government is ineffective.
70	City leadership
71	City of Tucson Mayor and Council had the ability to make something great of downtown via Rio Nuevo funding. Instead the continue to lack a true leader and waffle on decisions continually.
72	City of Tucson mayor and council and Pima County administrator and supervisors are showing very poor leadership and should all be replaces with compentent leaders that represent the people of the community and not special interest. Special interests (developers and money interests) are give most everything they want at the cost to the tax payers and community people.
73	City of Tucson, Pima County and PAG are poorly managed with very little accountability. Jobs and contracts are given to friends routinely without any transparency.
74	City's representatives' (i.e. the City Council) view on economic development and planning, Rio Nuevo, and planning for the future
75	Clarence Dupenik
76	Clarity of elected leadership
77	Coming from a vibrant downtown (Indianapolis), I am saddened by the lack of planning and foresight in the governmental and business communities. We have one of the best locations for promoting tourism and conventions but the worst facilities. Look at Albuquerque for an example of a comparable sized city that has emphasized its strengths. I have asked many times: who are the business leaders in this community and how do they lead? There is no answer. Perhaps because Tucson has not be able to attract Tucson-based businesses.
78	Common Vision
79	Community Leaders would be best served by focusing their efforts are making information available to residents and making decisions that are not self serving, but all serving!
80	Community has little to no direction. Weakness of civic leadership and commitment to take a position on long-term vision/future of community.
81	Community leaders do not look for best solution to our challenges -- roads, community improvement, etc. They seem to consistently 'help each other' without looking to the community as a whole.
82	Community leaders have no vision for the community's future and progress--they let those with money or power influence their thinking and decisions.
83	Community leadership.
84	Community vision
85	Competent/rational Political Leadership
86	Complete lack of leadership, vision, drive and ability to professionally manage. Local politics play too many favorites to cultural influences that destroy true community growth...eg. Rio Nuevo, Tucson Electric ballpark location, lack of development and upkeep of the TCC
87	Completely dysfunctional. Structured to make failure be the chosen outcome. I can't remember who said that Tucson will always figure out how to do the wrong thing.
88	County agency leaders drove through Flowing Wells to interface 1st hand with community. A bus ride that built relationships with Fire and Flowing Wells community leaders
89	Create a collective community vision
90	Create a strong elected Tucson Mayor
91	Create a vision and identity for Tucson
92	Create innovative vision for our downtown
93	Creating future leaders
94	Cronyism, rampant waste, stupid laws and requirements, unprofessional management are just the tip of the iceberg.
95	Current elected leaders are causing pain -- in many ways to many people -- and that results of sadness for me.
96	Current leadership appears feckless. Structural changes are needed in the way we choose our elected officials. Depending on the outcome of the pending court case, some of these probelms could be addressed, but may be insufficient to address all structural changes.
97	Current structure discourages new leadership
98	Current system does not promote leadership Form of Government i.e.: strong mayor City - County consolidation
99	Decisions were and went so wrong. It's embarrassing to be part of a community where leadership doesn't exist
100	Decisive and intelligent leadership
101	Department heads have too much infighting. Worried about their own department instead of the larger picture
102	Develop new leaders
103	Develop stronger leadership.
104	Different perspectives on how to solve problems, more choices/ideas
105	Diversity of community demographics has left general population with little to no civic leadership to stand behind. Lack of educating public on civic commitment, or perhaps it is the lack of supporting educational institutions that educate tomorrows leadership.
106	Divisive, mean-spirited politics & lack of leadership
107	Don't have a mission/vision/values in Southern AZ, we are reactive
108	Each time an important decision about the future must be made, the community weighs in and tears it down. The electeds get 'cold feet,' so nothng really ever moves forward.
109	Economically, Leadership=sustainability
110	Effective leadership
111	Elect a new mayor - very poor leadership for many years, people have to vote
112	Elect people who can get things done
113	Elect responsible people to the governing bodies who will ensure responsible management
114	Elected govt officials that are pro business
115	Elected leaders are not visionary, do not provide initiatives in the best interst of the community, are solely partisan
116	Elected officials - leadership
117	Elected officials don't stay long enough
118	Elected officials seem to be owned by the Clicks, Diamonds, DM50 and others trying to benifit themselves.
119	Elected officials seem to lack ability to attract business.
120	Elected/Appointed Leadership at City levels
121	Entrepreneur Leadership
122	Establish leadership in solar city concept and solar technology
123	Even though Tucson is 1M people it is still very much a small town. For the most part this is good. I've been here for nearly 35 years and know a lot of people. I like that. Consequently, this small town relies on the same core people to get things done. Going to the same well over and over gets burdensome on the few that give. I'd like to see the periferal neighborhoods and communities contribute more to the city and region. The entire region needs a strong downtown, not just the people living within the city limits. I always was and am still a big fan of mountain to mountain annexation, with representation. I believe the political structure and makeup of city proper is a HUGE impediment to our long term future as a community. We need to get progressive, intelligent, far sighted leaders involved in city politics and get rid of the petty, hyper local thinking neighborhood advocates out. Politics has to change in order for Tucson to move forward. Other local communities and affluent county residence won't participate in improving the city unless the city political scene changes and becomes more progressive.
124	Even though there are a million people who live in the region it is still easy to get to know your neighbor and people who are 'in charge.'
125	Example is Rio Nuevo - not enough confidence or vision to make decisions locally - reliance on outside high paid consultants with no stake in Tucson - these consultants got paid high fees and Tucson was left with nothing.
126	Family structure needs to be there to take responsibility for creating leasdership qualities. Parent engagment, support important. Need strong foundation
127	Fire Rio Nuevo people and get a new development team
128	Fire and replace the entire city council, mayor and city manager staffs.
129	Focus on a common BIG VISION
130	For the greater good
131	Fractured leadership wastes resources - costs
132	Fragmented attempts fail
133	GET A NEW MAYOR AND 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS
134	Get everyone on the same page - leaders and the community
135	Get more competant leadership
136	Get over the small town atmosphere and prepare for the future with a vision that encompasses private enterprise as well as gov't
137	Get qualified council members
138	Get rid of crooked leadership
139	Get rid of the money-wasting Rio Nuevo committee and get real developers to improve the area
140	Given the weather, the geography, the popularity of biking, we should have DEDICATED bike roads (like the ones in Holland) criss-crossing the city. A truly progressive city should optimize its capabilities for non-emissions transport!
141	Glad that PAG is a supporter/funder of IGT
142	Good Boy Network
143	Good leaders need to represent long-term and new cultures
144	Good leaders take a long-term view and make hard decisions
145	Good leadership is essential
146	Good ol boy political infighting - lack of unified vision
147	Government Leadership
148	Government and leadership - lack of skills
149	Government focus should be: protecting people, infrastructure
150	Government is bloated - no vision
151	Government leadership
152	Government should provide an incentive to take us to a new place
153	Government's lack of leadership
154	Great dissatisfaction with are leadership
155	Greater appreciation for and development leadership
156	Greater vision and direction
157	Greed destroys leaders
158	Growth with vision; realistic ends
159	Hard for leaders to have vision if community doesn't have local representation
160	Have a common vision for the future of the region.
161	Have community leaders focus on serving the interests of its residents, particulary those that live here year around
162	Have leaders run our city.
163	Have to manage growth
164	Haven't allowed leaders to lead
165	Haven't supported something completely
166	Having a clear vision and doing what needs to be done
167	Having lived here all my life, I cannot dream of a larger group of fools than have been in volved in local government. It has been funny, but very heart breaking to watch.
168	He is anti-city.
169	Historically stupid decisions
170	Holding elected officials accountable for their decisions. Rio Nuevo is a disgrace.
171	How do we recruit leadership for the future?
172	How does the city identify and support leadership? Need to actively find it
173	I am a progressive, live in a progressive and enlightened Tucson and find it astounding that we must be dragged down by ignorance, greed, destructiveness and hostility breeded in our State by arch conservatives.
174	I am frustrated, have participated in an assortment of planning meetings, town halls, studies, questionnaires like this. No more asking questions that lead to reports and no action.
175	I am not sure our Mayor and City Council view themselves leaders - they tend to follow.
176	I am tired of hearing about Tucson falling apart, and who is to blame. Everyone says they want change, but there is no clear direction on how that is going to happen. Something needs to unify this community so that the right decisions can be made towards a common vision for the future. People are going to keep moving here because we are in the sun belt, and we have to be prepared for growth.
177	I am very pleased thta the County is addressing open space. I could not believe when Catalina State Park was first concieved; it was in the middle of no where. Now it is surrounded by housing and business. This for thinking is what I love
178	I believe as Tucson grows, we are unprepared to move people effectively around this community. Those in positions of 'leadership' have not had the ability to get beyond the talk. We are staggeringly behind.
179	I believe the intentions are good to try and improve downtown but our city leaders dont have the right vision. There are many smaller cities throughout the US with better downtowns and night life. After all the money spent in downtown, there is still moderate activity.
180	I can tell you I do not know what the City leaders are thinking of but we need inner City Freeways. Go to Tulsa, 450K there is 7 inner City freeways. What are wrong with these people?
181	I don't want Tucson to become a generic big city, but more than that, I don't want us to just languish at the expense of sensible progress
182	I feel our city leaders hold back our community.
183	I feel special interest groups have too much power in influencing our leaders. We need to focus on what this state was founded on (the 5 “C”) and stop allowing the “loud voices” to dictate our state/ county’s progression in providing jobs and essential natural resources that are demanded by the world economy.
184	I feel that Tucson is a rudderless ship. The Chamber is ineffective, SALC a disappointment, City government a mess, Rio Nuevo an embarrassment, etc. IGT has the opportunity to change some of that.
185	I find it frustrating that it appears that the structure of our city and county governments does not facilitate urban growth, jobs, and general prosperity for the region. I would like the leaders to show more vision and more cooperation.
186	I have a dream of a city government that would take on the challenge of finding funding to make Tucson the solar capital of the U.S. I think the population would participate.
187	I have lived here for 30 years and we're still fighting about the same issues today as we were back then. We need true leaders in our community. It's time to vote in people that want the best for our entire region, not just their neighborhood interests. We need visionaries from the public, private, and educational sectors.
188	I have never been in a place where more uneducated people feel more entitled to their opinions. And our politicians listen to whomever is loudest, as opposed to listening to reason.
189	I have never in all my years heard of a politician that calls for a boycott of his own people.
190	I have seen so much better in other communities. It is disheartening to read the paper most days.
191	I know we are a red state but I really wish we were blue. Tucson used to be such a nice place that I would have listed community as my #2 favorite thing until racism, stupidity, and guns, took over the state. Sheriff Dupnick is correct.
192	I live in a pretty rough part of town and things are constantly stolen from our community. Sure, economic disparity is not a reason for someone to be involved in crime, but the correlation is undeniable. Local leaders should have take leadership and make liveable wages a priority.
193	I live in the county and cannot vote for the people that have the most impact on Tucson. We seem to have leaders that do not want to lead (our mayor).
194	I need to have a sense of accomplishment--not a leadership which interminably studies a problem; just solve it! Get a backbone an make a decision.
195	I often say that 'political leadership' is an oxymoron. It has to be. The only way politicians can fix problems would be of people looked at themselves in the mirror every morning and asked themselves if they're doing their best. How many follow JFK's advice? 'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.' I don't think very many do that. I don't see illegal immigration as a problem - it's a symptom. Answering what causes it gives you the problem. Fix that. I believe that my City Councilman, Paul Cunningham, is trying to get things done.
196	I regret that there is little 'style' here, and so little emphasis on education from K-12 and beyond. We need leaders who will take action on making the downtown more vibrant and the city more attractive to tourists.
197	I see so many native Tucsonans that have anger and disconnect from their local governments. we need leadership developed from local people and or a public place to share anger and passion to heal rather than stay home and create hate
198	I take pride in the accomplishments of the University of Arizona in astronomy, life sciences, health care and so many other areas. I am also delighted with Tucson's leadership in optics, solar power, bio-technology, etc.
199	I think IGT has tremendous potential if it can harness the ideas of a broad spectrum of community interests (neighborhoods, businesses, schools, churches, non-profits, and other groups) and forge them into a community vision for who and what we want to be.
200	I think it is very bad to go into debt as a city. I do not spend money I do not have and I think that it is very unwise to do so. I think we need to get our priorities straight as to where our money goes and decide what we can live without since we are in debt.
201	I think so much can be done in Tucson, but our leaders seem to waste so much money planning and replanning and figuring out how to come up with the best plan that makes everyone in the community happy, when really not everyone is happy. Just small interest groups that always have the county's and city's ear are happy. Good leadership will truly create jobs and a better community, because they can make decisions that will help the community grow in a sustainable way. And sustainable does not mean in a way that is just environmentally friendly. It is a way that brings economic stability (jobs), and social stability (places to go like professional sporting events, parks, and places to eat). The leaders in the community are great at saying no to or messing up things that would bring economic and social stability, while at the same time of only focusing in on the environmental side of sustainability. We need good leaders that can act for Tucson, not for the special interest groups.
202	I think the time for a full time council and a strong mayor has come. The mayor should be elected on a platform he is accountable for.
203	I think this speaks for itself. The inability of Tucson to wrestle successfully with itself with regard to cross town traffic is a poor reflection on our community leadership.
204	I truly believe that Tucson's political leadership has been dysfunctional for decades. Raising and throwing money (tax payer money) will never make for a great community. The politicians need to take a back-seat and let business and charitable organization leaders take the reins. For example, I truly hope Imagine Greater Tucson is not a politically motivated initiative, because if it is - it will be words without action because there will be a political agenda driving it.
205	I used to be a supporter of City Manager government. Tucson as proven to me it doesn't work. There's no one responsible for the final outcomes. The M & C blames it on the City Manager and the City Manager blames it on the M & C. Elect a full time Mayor and City Council, pay them a competitive salary and elect someone else if they don't perform.
206	I want to stay in Tucson
207	I wish more folks would take an active role in the political process both as voters and as candidates.
208	I wish the community leaders, business leaders, and U of A leadership would sit down on a regular business to find common ground to help Tucson achieve its potential.
209	I work in local government and so much time seems to be wasted on politics vs. forward movement in a positive direction. Personally, I want forward movement an dwant to feel hopeful about Tucson's future.
210	I would like to see our local political leaders and constituents understand that without some risks, yes risks, we may not have the opportunity to reap the rewards. Most forget that we take risks everyday, but when we do so as a community it's deemed not necessary. If we don't take the calculated risks, we will not grow efficiently and become the City no one wants us to be.
211	I would like to see the governments of the city and county combined.
212	I would look at what it might take to improve leadership in the area.
213	I'd like to change the local government structures/players, and especially that of the city of Tucson. Greater regionalism of governments - work together
214	I'd like to see leaders that unite families and help us become one community
215	I'd like to see somebody take the bull by the horns and turn downtown into a viable community.
216	I'd work a lot harder to retain knowledge.. retain UA grads from leaving. We have one of the highest ranked business schools in the country, yet very little business development is occuring. More efforts to stimulate, and retain, young business leaders through local efforts to 'grow' businesses of the future.
217	I'm frustrated by the waste of fancy plans that don't happen. I'm frustrated by the loss of our best political leaders to bigger offices farther away. I'd pay more taxes for the services we need or want, but not for a planner from far away with a grandiose notion. I continue to hear unbelievable stories about bureacracy's opposition to business and development.
218	If we had a better community vision which provided better decisions on how to deal with the current economic issues, we would get through the Great Repression more quickly. It is too easy to put the burden of the city's budget on the backs of its employees.
219	If we had a big vision, it might make it easier for people to see how their individual needs and wants could fit into the vision, rather than breaking/dividing people into warring factions.
220	Improve competitiveness in political districts
221	Improve quality of elected officials
222	In spite of the Rio Nuevo fiasco, the civic leaders try to address real problems, not ideological ones. Again Portland and Oregon stand as a model. Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for the beautiful water front and transportation malls. Both parties participated in long term planning which has resulted in a very livable city.
223	In the 1980s, we had a model county government, a fine city government, a model public library system, and a zooming education sector. And now all this has been deconstructed.
224	In the 35 years I have lived in Tucson it has not progressed. Rio Nuevo - which has been renamed - is a prime example.
225	Include youth in our visioning and planning.
226	Increase density/reduce destructive sprawl. Be a leader in positive growth patterns.
227	Instead of raising the sales tax to one of the highest in the nation, the city needs to live within its means. Lower taxes means businesses will be able to earn more money, grow and hire more people. New businesses will be attracted to Tucson. Lower taxes are important to those in poverty as well as the business owner who is trying to make a profit. Our city leaders make anti-business decisions!
228	Involvement with community groups that have influence to get laws passed
229	Is (Tucson) Mayor connected to community?
230	Is it because 25,000 people a year travel thru Tucson? Is it because of a large snowbird and visitor contingency? I would like some implementation of all this visioning stuff to happen.
231	It accelerates the consequences of political decisions that are overwhelmingly short-sighted and selfish. It allows some people to have much more influence than they deserve and most of the time those people don't have the kind of perspective that is either useful or effective in making our community balanced in various ways: growth is planned with future generations foremost in mind, water resources are not rationed draconianly, transportation is efficient not an ordeal, etc. In short- for the most part- the same people that caused most of our problems are still in positions of influence and it's difficult to believe they have the ability to solve the problems they created. At some point more people will realize that the only way to change the solution is to change the people(and their mindset) that created the problems. Perhaps then more people will vote.
232	It appears as though every time someone new comes along the previous plans change. Rio Nuevo, for example, has been changed so many times. It does not appear as though the city really has a clear understanding of its vision for Tucson.
233	It appears that the people running the County are so busy delivering for their cronies that they can't be bothered to deliver for the citizens. Huckleberry thinks he's the King of Pima County.
234	It is awful. It is shameful that we can't seem to get anything done! Where is our vision?
235	It is such a blessing to wake up every morning with this incredible weather. Because of our weather we are able to have a city that is vibrant with opportunity for health and well being. The weather factor really helps make my first two choices of what I like best about Tucson go full circle...we are able to attract Docs, professors, and leaders due to our weather...I think it is a major factor in their decision to live here and enjoy our lifestyle.
236	It is very difficult supporting a city council that struggles so in creating and keeping a vision for our downtown. We have so many treasures downtown this should not be so difficult to make it easier to want to be downtown.
237	It seems that out politicians, water board members, etc. will not act until the public understands the need for conservation
238	It seems that the Mayor and City Council need to get out and meet the people and see what the problems of the City are from the people's perspective. There seems to be a disconnect.
239	It seems that the city council does not reflect the wishes of their constituents.and can't get anything really important accomplished
240	It seems there is a disregard by governments of business leaders whose success depends on area's infrastructure, K-12 education, tax incentives, etc.
241	It takes only a few vocal individuals to halt progress and development. Politicians will not take a leadership role in doing what is best for the overall community when they believe it will cost them votes.
242	It's corrupt to the core. There is only one person involved in the local government that I trust - Kosachek (sp). The mayor sucks - is only in it for what $'s he can put in his own pocket as are a bunch of the others.
243	Its as if the elected officials have never been anywhere else. They make such poor decisions. Rio Nuevo - need i say more. And other money pit schemes.
244	Just like it marketing, need a vision or you're dead in the water
245	Keep it local
246	Lack of a vision for a planned focused future for the area
247	Lack of city/county leadership/vision
248	Lack of coherent direction
249	Lack of coherent vision for future
250	Lack of cohesive & effective community leadership
251	Lack of cohesive political leadership
252	Lack of common vision
253	Lack of common/shared vision
254	Lack of dynamic leadership - state, county, and local
255	Lack of inspired leadership
256	Lack of leadership
257	Lack of leadership and accountability has resulted in the squandering of multiple millions of dollars in failed projects. I wish we had a leader who could say, 'The buck stops HERE' instead of pointing fingers or shrugging.
258	Lack of leadership in City of Tucson decisions and regional leadership, county has leadership
259	Lack of leadership in elected offices
260	Lack of leadership regionally
261	Lack of leadership to take a strong stand on water supply and plans for the future will affect the environment and future of Pima County
262	Lack of long term vision and support for local and small business
263	Lack of overall vision = reacting to the �next big thing�
264	Lack of political leadership
265	Lack of political leadership.
266	Lack of real leadership in the community
267	Lack of solid vision and leadership (both governmental and community)
268	Lack of strategic planni g... Rio nuevo as example
269	Lack of vision
270	Lack of vision and indecision of leaders
271	Lack of vision for Tucson growth
272	Lack of vision in community planning
273	Lack of vision urban design/leadership
274	Lack of vision/leadership
275	Largely the city council and county supervisors are very poor quality leaders. Rio Nuevo is a great example. Trying to kill the Rosemont mine is another.
276	Leaders need to work with each other across all boundaries
277	Leaders that know business
278	Leaders with vision
279	Leadership
280	Leadership / more cooperation
281	Leadership Accountability
282	Leadership and efficiency of government
283	Leadership at the city level leaves a lot to be desired, and much of the failure of city government, I think, can be laid at the feet of a failed city council of bush-league partisan politicians. Perhaps a non-partisan group would be less interested in coming to the aid of their party and more determined to make Tucson a better place. Ward only elections would give better representation than the citywide format.
284	Leadership could lessen our opportunity to enjoy this
285	Leadership in the gov't sector
286	Leadership needed
287	Leadership needs to be on an even level
288	Leadership needs to focus on improving education
289	Leadership, direction, responsibility
290	Leadership/governance
291	Leadership; networking- inspires youth to take on more roles, like politicians, etc.
292	Leadership=vision
293	Less Good Old Boys control, need new ideas
294	Less bickering about decisions made by leaders
295	Less taxes on dumb projects that produce nothing - change elected officials that have been there too long
296	Liberal vision of our congressional reps - District 7
297	Limberlost Neighborhood Association has really eveolved. Can we look at that as an example?
298	Limit sprawl - don't sell land/buy land to limit sprawl - allow higher density
299	Linked to retention of youth and community leaders
300	Local government - we need better leaders and managers, and need to work together cooperatively.
301	Local leadership
302	Local leadership / government
303	Local leadership Tucson and region need to reflect the people of the region
304	Long range planning of the city leaders
305	Long term planning is missing � too many changes suggested in conversation
306	Look at the big picture rather than small issues. Consider the greater good for all.
307	Look out for the entire region
308	Looking at the future is important - we get too caught up in fighting fires today; crisis management
309	Losers continue to lead community
310	Lots of strong people in the community behind the scenes - bring them to the front!
311	Make local governments heed advice of local businesses and business leaders
312	Many major E/W and nearby N/S streets could be made ONE WAY. This would speed up traffic and cut down on pollution dramatcially. But the city council has no guts to even propse this
313	Maybe the politicians will make such poor decisions that fewer people will want to move or live here.
314	Mayor needs more power in order to avoid stalemates
315	Minimize Dysfunctional Leadership
316	More community leadership
317	More educated elected officials who make right decisions for Tucson not for personal reasons - government education
318	More efforts need to be made to bring in good employers and business
319	More long term vision
320	More of a role of Christian value and ethics in our city's leadership roles.
321	More practical action, less planning and talk
322	More progressive thinkers
323	More qualified people in the decision making process
324	More unity and political conservatism
325	More vision on part of leaders
326	Most 'leaders' in this community are single-minded in their drive to further their own vision, and listen to a select constituancy in complete disregard of the 'whole' picture
327	Most in government don't do a good job (Arizona and locally)
328	Most people tolerate incompetent politicians.
329	My experience in other cities demonstrated that a city needs a core group of business leaders who are committed to advancing the region, beyond their narrow business interests. Tucson lacks this type of business community.
330	Need Leadership
331	Need a vision and outline ?end. Won't make everyone happy - need a positive spin to sell it
332	Need competent people leading our state and communities.
333	Need good vision
334	Need leaders who can look at the big picture to maintain history and culture
335	Need leadership and foresight
336	Need leadership for sustainability and to establish priorities
337	Need leadership to change direction
338	Need leadership to create a strong economic base
339	Need more "can do" attitude (like Chicago) -leadership
340	Need quality people to run for office
341	Need to know who the leaders are
342	Need to move forward
343	Need to pay our elected leadership better
344	Needs leadership
345	Negatively affects other areas
346	Neighborhoods and municipalities fighting their own turf wars - no cooperation or regional vision
347	New mayor
348	No Vision
349	No leadership that is willing to take the risks, move forward, be progressive
350	No master plan for the greater area
351	No more pet projects
352	No one is willing to stand up and voice
353	No simple solutions, but there is no overall vision for bringing young people into the political process.
354	No strategic plan
355	No vision for Tucson
356	No vision or competing visions
357	Non-party affiliation elections to city/county leadership positions. Then voters will provide appropriate compensation to encourage those with the experience/knowledge/skills to lead/manage community's future challenges.
358	Not afraid to think out of the box
359	OUT OF 7 MEMBERS ONLY THREE HAVE AN OUNCE OF COMMON SENSE AND INTELLLIGENCE. tHIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THREE FEMALES AND ONE MAYOR.
360	Oppressive laws - burden the poor
361	Oro Valley is good model for leadership
362	Our City Council and board of supervisors is not effective in growing our community. Prime example is the Downtown Hotel. Cleveland Ohio which has less thank 500,000 inhabitants has major downtown hotels and attractions.
363	Our citizens won't pay more for our leadership, so we continue to have poor government. The status quo and good old boys network has got to go. We will never get anywhere if we don't change our leadership in this town.
364	Our city has no strategic plan to deal with future growth. Our city has always be reactionary in addressing problems rather than strategic. It always cost more to retro-fit roads, water, sewer etc. because past and current leadership never planned for our region to reach 1 million people.
365	Our city leaders are neither forthcoming or forward thinking when it comes to our city. The egos need to go, so as citizens we can take care of the needs of our city
366	Our community does not need more master planning, more visioning, more talk. We need to dust off old plans, see what progress has been made/level of completion, and either agree to move forward by fine tuning existing plans or agree to permanently end certain pursuits. We need to do things. Gathering community input to help guide decisions is also a good thing, but round after round of it in a process just bogs things down. If a jurisdiction has a policy, it needs to run with that policy or adjust it instead of every new project needing a special exception. Elected officials need to be fair, but firm, in what their residents and business constituents expect out of the process. Sometimes politicians need to take the risk to say, no we're not making an exception to the rules when it doesn't serve more than a narrow interest.
367	Our community leaders are reactionary and overly conservative, failing to have vision for the future. Our schools flounder, our state parks are not funded, the leaders go for the bucks without thinking about the impact on communities.
368	Our current Gov.
369	Our current form of government does not inspire or promote political leadership. The proposed charter amendments are step in the right direction, but don't go far enough. Get rid of the city manager form of government! Cities with strong mayors get things done and fix accountabilty.
370	Our leaders don't lead -- they follow the wind
371	Our politicians aren't focused on what's important.
372	Our vision should be "the easiest region to start a business"
373	Out of date - PR man that has no vision
374	Paucity of effective leadership has been and will continue to be a detriment
375	Pay city council more money
376	Pay our civic leaders more money in exchange for better results.
377	People ready to seek out solutions
378	People: Those who have made a commitment to making this a community of caring and have a futuristic vision.
379	Perceived lack of communication between leaders and followers
380	Personally, every time I turn around nothing seems to get done. It seems that politicians can't seem to make decisions.
381	Phoenix has spent $3 billion
382	Pima Co. accounts for more criminal activity than neighboring counties because we have a sheriff who would rather focus on politics than criminal activity. Our mayor is clueless, weak and lazy - effectively oblivious to the failure he has facilitated in Tucson. Furthermore, any city government that considers Isabel Garcia's actions against Sheriff Joe in 2008 (in which she led youth to beat a pinata in effigy & decapitate it - inciting violence against the sheriff) at all acceptable or legitimate needs to be ousted! There is no room for such vitriolic dialogue and hideous, hate-filled actions from a city worker against a state official. Absolutely indefensible!
383	Polarized; extremes; lack of leadership and people willing to put up with crazy Tea Baggers.
384	Politians with brains
385	Political and civic leadership
386	Political and gov't leadership
387	Political leaders lack willingness to lead-too preoccupied with being liked rather than leading and remaining committed. You have to be willing to lose your job in order to do your job.
388	Political leaders that make growth less profitable.
389	Political leadership
390	Political leadership is inept
391	Political leadership.
392	Politicians we can respect and trust
393	Poor leadership continues to drag us down. The people we respect as leaders in our community are not the ones running our government.
394	Poor visionary leadership - elected plus in the community. It's across the board
395	Positive political leadership is needed for smart growth
396	Private sector commercial leadership has little to no commitment to community health, safety or welfare. Self-economic gain seems to be primary motive to influence public policy or regulation.
397	Provides city-wide focus and ability to get something donesomething done
398	Provides county-wide focus and ability to get something done and diminish Huckleberry's power
399	Put leaders in the community that can get things done
400	Really! Need i say more! When you allow one or tow 'neighbors' to vocalize and stop an adjacent commercially-zoned proeprty from redevelopeing within its zoning code or allowing it to revitalize to meet its full potential due to one or two vocal neighbors, that does not who any leadership in how the City staff or City elected officiial handle the center core. Shameful.
401	Recall Jan Brewer and Tom Horne
402	Reduce the power and influence that business leaders exert
403	Reduce the ultra conservative retoric and resulting laws that hurt education funding, give rights to automatic weapons owners.
404	Regional demands require regional leadership
405	Responsible/accountable Government leadership
406	Right now the elected leaders have no vision for the future of the community. The wrangling over downtown development and the waste of taxpayer dollars tells me there is no one in charge. They all have their fiefdom and will do nearly all to protect same
407	Rio Nuevo debacle
408	Rio Nuevo has lead nowhere and it's just one example about how there is no vision for Tucson's development. Where are the innovators? They're not flocking to Tucson or even staying here. Tucson is stagnant.
409	See #2. Why are we renting city buildings to entities for a fraction of what we pay for them? Why is it we are funneling millions of dollars in to projects, but then not holding people accountable when nothing happens? We are in a budget crisis and yet the needless spending and reckless accountability continues...
410	Shortsighted poloticians, kino was a bust
411	Should be model for leadership / make things happen
412	Small special interest groups seem to determine the future of the city, instead of strong leadership and a clear, dynamic vision of what kind of city residents want Tucson to become. Talk is much more prevalent than action.
413	Small-minded politicians
414	Smarter decisions, take politics out of power positions
415	Smarter development
416	Smarter growth planning
417	Stonger leadership
418	Stop building houses in front of houses. Get a city planner with a vision. A vision for the whole city, not just here and there like rio nuevo
419	Stop the suites for border issues and against healthcare and others that are draining our treasury and pressing a very conservative agenda.
420	Stop wasting state money on suites agains the feds.
421	Strong elected �Leaders�
422	Stronger government leadership
423	Stronger leadership
424	Stronger minds frequently fuel a more progressive local community development. Schools are a key ingredient to the intellectual development of our next generation. Without this support, our community will lack in vision and progress. In turn, this will discourage those with positive energy from integrating into our community.
425	Study after study and nothing is/has been done. Get a plan and stick with it
426	Stuggling parent and overwhelming when leadership has no point. When leadership really doesn't care about city employees and their families. Leadership is clueless to what we have to go through to make it through the weeks. Actually living paycheck to paycheck and the uncertainty is overwhelming.
427	Support and take active leadership in sustainable living on every level.
428	Supporting education is good for business, not a waste of $$ -- encourage creative and critical thinking from our future business leaders, employees, and politicians...
429	TUSD doesn't know how to be good bureaucrats - not understanding the population they are serving - they don't understand how to use the data they have (they take teachers away from the primary needs area)
430	TUSD is too big to adequately represent all of its constituents. It should be broken in to smaller districts with localized board leadership who have a better grasp of their district's needs and values.
431	The 'movers and shakers'
432	The City Council puts faces and names to our community. Why is it so hard to find good leadership?
433	The City suffers badly from poor leadership and decision-making, witness Rio Nuevo foibles over the last several years. And inter-jurisdictional squabbles are often embarrassing. We need leaders who are willing to say that this is simply not acceptable, and who will work for collaborative democracy & personal accountability, and for inter-governmental cooperation, with little concern for self-aggrandizement.
434	The RTA is a start - just wish it were less politically driven - an authority with a board of directors who are private business leaders (like the airport authority) would be amazing!
435	The Rio Nuevo fiasco keeps getting worse. There is no excuse, at this point we should focus on holding those responsible, accountable for this debacle.
436	The Tucson leadership and community lacks the vision to shape the city into something other than a loose conglomeration of housing areas. Streets are eyesores. The downtown is an embarrassment.
437	The absence of mature, experienced and thoughtful leadership is one of the biggest challenges facing the region. Metro initiatives such as transportation should move forward into other areas.
438	The city 'powers that be' that have no historical or future vision
439	The city council members and the mayor--not to mention the city staff--fail to make the hard decisions that are necessary for the long-term well being of Tucson. Rio Nuevo and the budget problems are two egregious examples of this.
440	The city council needs to tighten spending and fully fund the necessary elements of the city (sanitation, police, fire, medical, utilities) before spending on happy feel good projects.
441	The city has no vision for potential.
442	The city needs a vision of what it wants to be and where it wants to go
443	The council for the most part are reactive not proactive, our family has a history of being ignored in our efforts to work with political leadership
444	The current administration has run the city off the tracks. We have hard working city employees getting furloughs and layoffs, no pay raises for years, but we have money for a 'modern streetcar', a renovated TCC, and a new elephant pen at the zoo. We have an Arts building being rented for a dollar a year, while people are unable to make their house payments. We have to cut back on police services (no more responding to traffic accidents) but we can afford an assistant city manager at $100K+ a year (and as the former chief of police he should be ashamed).
445	The current form of government does not inspire or promote political and civic leadership. We have lived in many other cities and have found from personal experience that strong mayor cities get things done, are more progressive, and more accountable.
446	The current mayor and council along with the city manager do not provide strong leadership to the community.
447	The disfunctional City Council and Mayor are doing things to prevent progress and growth. We need to encourage businesses to invest in Tucson as a long term viable home for their business.
448	The downtown is dead because of the committee mentality of the government and the lack of leadership. Council members are too busy trying to please everybody and not focusing on running the city. Move them together in one place in the city and focus on the city, not separate Wards
449	The dumbasses who run this town are taxing us to death. Soon we will all be equally poor. Then the self appointed leaders of the community will have all the busboys and waiters they feel they need.
450	The focus of the conversation needs to look more south (Green Valley Vision is looking more south-Santa Cruz Valley, Rio Rico)
451	The future is in our youth and legislature & retirees don't support quality education. I am not impressed with a lot of public educators I've associated with (UA is the exception). So many educators are more interested in their benefits than commitment to the youth. Most of the Legislators have not gone beyond high school and seem to think they've done just fine....such a selfish short sighted attitude!
452	The govenor and education
453	The heart of Tucson is its downtown area. I have been saddened to see the waste and inefficient use of the funds allocated to the Rio Nuevo. It's tragic when leaders cannot work together for the common good. Often I attend events and volunteer in the downtown area.
454	The inability of our leaders to attract and keep businesses, organizations and industries here
455	The lack of a vision for the betterment of Tucson has led to partison bickering and pandering to different groups. We need leaders to develop a vision and then do it. A Metro government would reduce administrative overlap and beauracracy.
456	The lack of leadership in Rio Nuevo
457	The lack of visionary leadership
458	The lack ofpolitical leadership.
459	The leaders of Tucson (city and region) seem nearly paralyzed when it comes to decision making. The seeking of consensus appears admirable, but universal consensus is impossible. Sometimes tough decisions must be made and the 'noisy minority' must be ignored. (Example: Rio Nuevo’s lost decade.)
460	The leadership
461	The leadership and city limits
462	The legislature is terrible and has no vision for the state - we are an embarassment nationally
463	The local governments don't seem to be able to look out further than a few years, and as a result, we are behind the times
464	The mayor has no power to make decisions. Why was he elected? We pay a city manager to make decisions and he is not a resident, but a 'hired gun' to make tough decisions. We should have someone in the community that is just as knowledgeable about what is good or best for the community. The city manager has a large budget and seems to be only a number cruncher.
465	The municipality with the largest population dominates; this is a problem for local leadership
466	The negative, parochial, head in the sand attitude about any proposed change
467	The ones we have are pathetic and they have buried us in debt while they have made some people very wealthy. Was it worth it?
468	The police chief and mayor should have helicopters waking them up, too, and should have the same daily hassles as those who actually live within city limits
469	The political structure of both the City and County in and around Tucson seem to be completely out of touch with what the people here need and want.
470	The short-sighted outlook of the region
471	The short-sighted right-wingers in the Arizona Legislature repeatedly enact laws to punish Pima County (ie, changing the way we vote, elimination of raza studies, taking away control of tif funds, etc.) I HATE being disenfranchised by the state Republicans-- just because I am represented by Democrats in the state legislature.
472	The structure leads to non-representative leadership
473	The things I would like to see the city accomplish are hampered by neighborhood groups. they are nimby's at heart and a progressive vital community can not be stymied by a handful of vocal people. the city charter needs to be looked at and overhauled; issues being put forth to the voters. Tucson is no longer a small town. The charter needs to be updated to take that into accountant. We need broad minded people in charge not the narrow focused incompetents.
474	The university presence elevates the sensibilities of our community, provides leadership and many educational and entertainment options.
475	There are many good teachers and students ,but what can we expect when we do not give them financial support. Our kids are our future leaders. We need smaller classes.
476	There are millions of dollars set aside to improve the downtown. Do it already! Get a new plan, new people, new ideas! Rio Nuevo is old and dead! New plans are needed.
477	There are no new ideas coming from the officials
478	There are pot holes, medians that aren't maintained, schools that can't afford textbooks ... yet the city spends millions on a rattlesnake bridge, a trolly car to no where, practically free rent to art groups and Rio Nuevo plans (where has all that money gone?)
479	There are the City and the Areas North of the city. There is no sense of a Tucson metropolitan area as exemplified by the City Council's inability to have any leadership or planning. We are 'gated communities' in the Foothills to protect again the crime and poverty of the city.
480	There has been a lack of vision and a lack of planning that has personified the disorganized and mismanaged Tucson government since I have been here. I have watched for nearly 40 years as anyone who tried to introduce planned growth was recalled or voted down. I have been disgusted and disappointed by the staggeringly inept approach to downtown planning. Rio Nuevo started as a wonderful concept and soon became a bad, sour joke on the taxpayers of Tucson.
481	There is a huge void in leadership and a resulting lack of vision. Our politicians and civic leaders keep trying to be all things to all people. There is no political will to bite the bullet and do the things that are necessary to move our community foward.
482	There is a lack of response from council members
483	There is a shortage of leaders working toward common goals for the community.
484	There is an obvious lack of courage, leadership, and integrity in city government leadership. It's no wonder that people don't want to pay higher taxes. The city hasn't shown good fiduciary responsibility.
485	There is no good route to get from East to West. Broadway? Grant Road? Nope. We're having to live with the short-sightedness of a lack of leadership from years past. Overall, politicians don't fix problems; the paint over symptoms. And in truth Phoenix built up their highway systems while the Tucson citizens voted to turn them down. Again, short-sightedness.
486	There is no regional vision. All jurisdictions seem to work independently and against each other on major issues
487	There is no systematic way to ensure competence in our elected officials
488	There is no transportation plan and there is nothing anybody can do to make transportation in this community efficient, expedient or pleasant. We are past the point of no return. More than any other consequence of this community's leaders' decisions over the past few decades is the complete and utter failure of transportation planning. It clearly represents what is wrong with the choices we have made in respect to our leadership.
489	There isn't a cohesive group of individuals who are leading Tucson. No there's no unified vision of what a future Tucson should look for and their is no will to see it through - despite the objections of the minority who may not buy into that vision.
490	There needs to be more people with both business and non-business background to lead the local governments.
491	There seems to be a little 'backwater' thinking here.
492	They (leaders) bring in employers (or not)
493	They all suck and need to be replaced - except for Kosachek - he needs to be cloned!
494	They are going in the wrong direction
495	They are inept and guided by their own agendas
496	They are not up to the job, if it where time of kissing babies and ribbion cutting the Tucson city council is the group more than that, they are way out of it.
497	They are petty, stupid, short-sighted. Need to make system non-partisan and ward based elections. Higher pay might help, as would strong mayor charter.
498	They harm more than they help
499	They have no vision
500	They lack the education and are influenced too much by an even less educated populace
501	They offer NO leadership. They are corrupt!!! They are professional thieves!!! Two examples: Look at downtown Tucson!!! Also, millions of misappropriation of funds with Rio Nuevo. They are unfriendly to small business!
502	Things don't improve by natural selection unless you are talking millions of years. Leadership is how change for the better comes about.
503	This community lacks true leadership. We need people who will make the right decisions for the right reasons, not just to get reelected.
504	This is such a no-brainer and out State Senator, Antenori, wants us to develop nuclear energy. Solar energy is the future and offers Tucson such an opprotunity to develop jobs and decrease our energy consts.
505	This is suppose to be a community, working together for all. It feels more and more everyday that the 'old ways' and the 'now ways' and we can not grow or move forward with this thought process. New business leaders and managers need to move forward.
506	This is the 21st Century. Tucson has stood still since I moved there in 1949. What is the old adage? If you aren't moving forward, you are moving backward.
507	This is the worst venue that I have ever had the misfortune to watch the Cirque de Soliel in, and I will never attend another event in this awful venue!!!! It is only a matter of time before the Tucson Gem Show leaves this lousy facility.
508	This is what builds the leaders of tomorrow. I think high school and middle school education needs to be improved
509	This town needs leaders who are willing to assist the development that is going to happen. Ready or not this place will grow and its up to our leaders to dictate how that growth happens.
510	This town receives six trillion horsepower a day from the sun, and this city should be the leader in this field. Tucson Water could pump water uphill to a reservoir during the day via solar pumps, and at night release the stored energy to turn generators. In peak season, or in an emergency, this non potable water could be made ready for use. Or a recreational lake could be credited for terminal storage.
511	Though not everyone is yet on the same page, I appreciate that there are community leaders who are visionary and willing to reach out and work with others. The level of collaboration or, at least, the desire to collaborate is greater than in other communities where I have lived.
512	Though this sounds like the preceding, it's different. We have no plan to make Tucson a great place. Can you think of a single place in Tucson where you would be proud to take an out of town visitor? Is there one blvd that would impress visitors? Is there a business district filled with impressive buildings? Is there a single 'gathering' area that fuses shopping and eating together--not a mall--where the community can be found enjoying themselves? Albuquerque has Old Town; Santa Fe has an art district. What does Tucson have?
513	Tired of budget cuts to education, health care, solar developments when prisons get a ton of money and the governor takes care of her crony buddies and not the state
514	To achieve better leadership in connection with item 2 above.
515	To be in an environment of thinkers, problem solvers and future leaders
516	To elect more even minded middle of the road politicians who are more intelligent. Have higher levels of education than most in office.
517	To get new things started; have a plan, a middle, and an end product
518	Today's children represent Tucson's future and we need to support the public school system so that they will be better prepared to become Tucson's leaders.
519	Too big. Too bureaucratic. Lack of leadership. Too high of taxes for the services provided. County and City often too focused on what the other is doing rather than focusing on themselves. Can be more business friendly while still protecting the evironment. And what about that downtown revitalization?????
520	Too little vision going into the growth
521	Too many times the city leaders cause failure in street repairs to force us to vote in more taxes. Get rid of your cell phones, city paid cars, and magazine subscriptions. No new cars for city employees.
522	Too much politics between jurisdictions. All are fighting over resources and tax base. Can't we all get along and follow a common vision?
523	Too provincial - lack of strong leadership
524	Too socialistic
525	Total lack of leadership from Tucson affects all
526	True visionary long-range thinking and planning has never been a Tucson asset since I have lived here. Too many decisions are short-term, and interest-driven...too few (if any) are foundational for decades-long success. Those in governmental positions of influence have not resisted the urge to appease the most vocal minority while leaving the tough, long-range dialogue and implementation to another day.
527	Tucson and AZ are know for our 'bad' politicians.
528	Tucson as built by developers is aging � need new stronger leadership
529	Tucson city government has proved to be incompentent and money wasters. This stems from a severe lack of leadership in the city council. The main reason for the election of these incompetents is the at large election of them. I know that this is about to change but it can't come soon enough.
530	Tucson currently has all disadvantages of a large metro area and not many advantages. Leaders better get it together and attract more invest $ to make the urban area more livable. More parks, green spaces, and walkable neighborhoods
531	Tucson does not have an adequate transportation system that meets the current or future demands of the community. Current plans are short sighted and focus on Pima County not the City of Tucson. Additionally, the Mayor and Counsel are too focused on maintaining their positions to make hard decisions concerning transportation improvements.
532	Tucson feels stuck with one foot in the past (small town) and only one toe of the other foot testing the waters of the future. Tucson needs a vision and clear identity, other than 'it's not Phoenix'.
533	Tucson has a long history, and citizens as well as city leaders take great pride in preserving that history for this generation and other generations to come.
534	Tucson has been lacking leadership for some time now. We need folks with a vision and the skills and tools to implement that vision.
535	Tucson has been repeatedly been hamstrung by the inability of our political leaders to work for the gretaer good of our community
536	Tucson has been sprawling for decades. Its lack of long range planning has given birth to competitive outlying communities that are upstaging and undermining Tucson's infrastructure needs. Oro Valley will soon become the cultural destination because of its tight planning and growth controls. Marana will suck the area dry of water with its lack of restricted growth.
537	Tucson has missed out on many important landmark events due to it's inability to have a cohesive and decisive political structure. We tend to just float around in a wash of important issues and never go in any real direction.
538	Tucson has so much potential to be a great modern little city (and has for decades) yet leaders don't seem to make decisions and implement them to move things forward (e.g., downtown relvitlization) Now we see entrepreners just moivn ahead - yay. maybe that is the answer as ther probably isn;t a unified vision for Tucson - some of us who work downtown and live near are all about that scene coming to life. Others want to golf at Dove Mountain.
539	Tucson has suffered the effects of leadership unwilling to make positive, hard choices that would better the community.
540	Tucson has tunnel vision, think it is better/different than the rest of the State
541	Tucson is a community nearing 1 million in population. As such, it's time to have a governing body of full-time, qualified, dedicated and appropriately remunerated individuals.
542	Tucson is a great place to live in spite of its problems, including lack of leadership.
543	Tucson is a rare opportunity where a beautiful setting, temperate climate and rich cultural heritage have converged in an era when cultural heritage tourism is known to be an economic driver. The lack of commitment and lack of resources given over to this opportunity is an appalling lack of vision.
544	Tucson is more of a meritocracy than other other place I know. We comfortably and un-self-consciously manage to integrate the wide spectrum of race, ethnicity, sexual preference/identity, and religion into our leadership structure.
545	Tucson lacks a shared vision and the leadership for that vision
546	Tucson leaders seem to think we have to give the farm away to attract people here. Let Tucson be Tucson, and people will come. Tax incentives for more anonymous big box stores or to unethical developers who don't give a damn about Tucson are not going to make Tucson a better place.
547	Tucson needs clear vision / identity � brand � planning downtown
548	Tucson political leaders are so afraid of offending someone that they would rather do nothing than put some thought into their decisions.
549	Tucson public and private leadership
550	Tucson seems not to have a plan that would encourage conventions and tourists who would love to come to such a wonderful location.
551	Tucson should ask itself "What assets do we already have, and how can we make them better?"
552	Tucson's crime rate coupled with areas of blight make it less attractive. There is a growing gap between wealthy and poor, and this will inevitably lead to more crime. TPD is a great asset to the community; leadership is concerned about people. But they become less effective when all they can do is react instead of interact.
553	Tucson's leadership is adverse to supporting small business and to new businesses coming to Tucson. The 'good old boys' are extremely short-sighted. Tucson's archaic planning framework and the unfavorable, and often clueless and conflicting, regulations are frequently detrimental to supporting and growing our local business community.
554	Tucson's vision should be to become the biotechnology capital of the southwest. Without a platform like this, higher paying jobs and therefore better educated citizens will continue to bypass Tucson.
555	Tucson, the city limits, is only a small part of our metropolitan whole. We need to work together--the city and the unincorporated county--to keep this a great place to live. Our city and county govts. are distressingly unfunctional. We need a strong mayor system: someone who has the brains, the guts, and the power to envision a decent future, and work to make it a reality. Not a crowd of councilpersons and supervisors with their own petty interests, and the inability to say 'No' to anyone. Case in point: what has happened to Rio Nuevo? Disastrous! Downtown should be built up and running by now, and instead we've wasted tens of millions of dollars on 'studies' and a bridge to pretty much nowhere. We need a decent symphony hall: not the harebrained idea of an aquarium. We need museums! We need decent, well-lighted parking and fine restaurants. We needed to put together a tax-package that would convince some teams to keep spring training here--though after the fiasco of situating the ballpark in the middle of NOWHERE, that might have been unrescuable. We need a first class hotel downtown, not a run-down third rate hotel. We need decent shopping: why can't we put together a package that would attract a store like Nordstrom's?
556	Uncontrolled growth is the result of the power of the special interests
557	Unfortunately we do not have a 'culture of engagement' here in the wild west. If we are to expect to have strong leadership, we will need to get involved. It takes an engaged citizenship to elect and support strong leadership. Without strong leadership and an engaged citizenry, we will never accomplish our goals.
558	Unregulated growth is putting our region at risk. We have a limited amount of water, we don't appropriately utilize solar power, and many of the decisions made by regional leaders are not sustainable.
559	UofA - future leader impact the community
560	Upper level management not having a clue of what lower paying employees have to endure when taking furloughs and/or having to go through layoffs.
561	Vail USD is a great model to follow. TUSD, Sunnyside and others need strong leadership and direction. I'm not an education expert, but surely there is someone who can help in this area.
562	Very few effective leaders
563	Vision and planning for the greater good
564	Vision for the future
565	Vision is necessary for growth
566	Vision to see it done. We don't have that vision
567	Vision. You can almost see it being GREAT from here.
568	Visionary leadership
569	Voting: We re-elect the same folks which means that there is no change
570	Water and city management
571	We are always reactive, not proactive
572	We are constantly cut off our noses to spite our face
573	We are far behind other cities of our size in this area. We need better planning and implementation. For example, we should be building more intersections like the one at Tanque Verde/Wrightstown/Pantano. That street car fiasco drives us nuts! We will be paying to operate it forever...and to serve such a small number of people. Enough already with the trying to 'revitalize downtown'...nearly every community in the country has given this a try and the large majority have failed and failed and failed.
574	We are looking at what's going on today and not focusing on the future
575	We are unable to see other solutions, we only want to see our own solutions to the problems
576	We continue to lose the intellectual leaders at our university because of the pay and lack of support from the legislature. We're also losing the youth who do not see Tucson as a place to stay for their careers.
577	We could use a true visionary leader in government (County and City) to provide a direction for our downtown, our growth, and to develop a Tucson 2050 Plan!!
578	We currently have three separate vision plans being created: the Green Valley - Vision 2020, Imagine Greater Tucson and Sahuarita Farms Land/River. Each has its own focus.
579	We do not demonstrate leadership on anything with broad economic value.
580	We do stuff that leads to development b/c something needed to happen. Gobbly gook instead of plan from leaders
581	We don't have a goal but we need to break and eat everyday
582	We drift along content to be the 'Old Pueblo' in the 21st century. This is really a huge detriment.
583	We elected Janet and she made the biggest impact for the enire state.
584	We have a long history of bad leadership in Tucson and Pima County
585	We have a lot of duplicate services between the City of Tucson, and Pima County, that should be combined, to save money, run better and serve the community as a whole, better. I beleave that Pima county is run better than our city government is. It is the next step in evolving Tucson.
586	We have everything Scottsdale has, but they have better leadership and transportation
587	We have extremely poor leadership and I use that term loosely.
588	We have less response from council members
589	We have lousy leadership, local & County. We need more focus on our Core services and let the extras be picked up by the Community or Faith services
590	We have myopic political leaders too afraid to make bold decisions that benefit the whole region.
591	We have no strong leader that will articulate a vision and work to achieve it.
592	We have no vision for how this city is to grow and without that vision we'll grow, but not grow smartly
593	We have not got it right yet but we keep working on it as a labour of love. I implore all to get a vision and work that vision to make it happen!
594	We miss out on a lot of state money because about half of our residents live outside the city limits. These folks use our facilities yet don't pay for them. However, we need to give them a reason why they should be annexed. Sadly, our city is so horribly mis-managed, this would be a tough, if not impossible, sell!
595	We need a Strong Mayor system where the Mayor has Veto authority over the city council and is solely responsible for the management of city agencies.
596	We need better leadership.
597	We need community advisory boards - experts in the community that can help the schools
598	We need consistent quality leadership to provide this type of education to Tucson's youth.
599	We need leaders who can bring together all segments of our population including the University to make a difference for this community and be a model for America.
600	We need leaders who can see a vision for Tucson beyond their own political interest. I think Gabby Giffords is a remarkable example of this. We all know that a lot of influence happens behind the scenes.... I'd like to see our leaders doing this for Tucson. Where there is political will, there is a way.
601	We need leadership that works together productively
602	We need leadership to invest in and change how our transportation system, our food distribution, our energy use.
603	We need leadership with chutzpah and a vision and in turn we need a community willing to take some risks to make improvements
604	We need more business friendly political leaders
605	We need more forward thinking people to hold these positions. They do not think outside the box when it comes to improving the City and County that Tucson resides in. We need better roads. better ways to move traffice (ie freeways) to get people from one side of Tucson to the other without always having to use surface streets. Also by improving the flow of traffic it will provide be transportation for business that maybe looking to relocate.
606	We need new blood, young thoughts and better ideas than we have had in the last couple of years.
607	We need new leaders who put the community ahead of political ideologies and special interests. Who are honest and have a clear vision for a better future.
608	We need new leadership in all sectors, business, non-profit and government. The current leaders are not visionary nor do they have the capacity to get people excited about change.
609	We need people to inspire us with forward thinking. Leadership that can move us beyond the lackluster grind of city council. We seem to spend too much time and money on plans and studies and not enough time on implementation. That says to me we do not have the leadership in place to move us forward.
610	We need smart growth with a vision
611	We need to define who we are by establishing a vision and a plan.
612	We need to educate our future workforce and political leaders
613	We need to improve the quality of leadership.
614	We need to plan for in-migration. It's coming.
615	We need to strengthen local leadership to take risks and think for the long-term not just thier re-election. We study things to death and never seem to take proactive action steps to improve our community
616	We need true leaders and thinkers on the City Council
617	We need visionary leaders in the public sector to collaborate with the private sector in creating public policy that support sustainable economic development for our community. The Tucson City Council has to have leaders of this caliber who will be leaders. Where there is political will there is a way.
618	We need visionary leadership.
619	We need young leaders that can prioritize education
620	We needa to be governed by people with a real vision and the energy and courage to put ie in place.o
621	We needs leaders that want to listen, not want power
622	We needs thoroughfares/expressways to move through the city. The travel across town grows worse each year. City leaders did not have the foresight to realize that infrastructure is very important element of city growth, along with mass transit such as commuter rails.
623	We should take the IGT approach to elected officials
624	We study things to death
625	We suffer from a dramatic lack of leadership. Most of our leaders were placed by the buddy system and chosen because they were not likely to challenge the existing culture. We need competent professionals.
626	We vote people into office that don't value education - that's why we are 49th or 50th in the country in education funding
627	What do we want from our leaders?
628	When investments do come we don't take advantage because of lack of leadership
629	When is this community going to wake up and kick these crooks out of town (ie. Huckleberry, Mike Hein, etc.)
630	When we speak of educators and politicians, we shouldn't generalize. Remember that they are people too.
631	Why does there have to be two entities that are stupid! We desperately need progressive forward thinking people who can and will make decisions to move us into the future!
632	With bad communication there is no forward motion
633	Without a vibrant downtown, we will never reach our potential. A failed downtowen revitalization effort is a failure of leadership, not just of our elected officials and civil servants, but of all business and other community leaders.
634	Without a vision and plan of corporate development and the financial support that attends it, Tucson will suffer from lack of business and community growth. It seems that our community has taken an anti-corporate, anti-growth stance that can only serve to damage our present and jeoparize our future.
635	Without a wide vision projected far into our future, we will continue to make decisions based on short-term gain for the few at the expense of the long-term gain for all of the community
636	Without clear leadership, COT makes poor decisions costing taxpayers financially and little improvements (e.g. downtown revitalization) are completed. Lack of regional leadership and cooperation to deal with regional issues particularly water.
637	Without good stewardship/leadership/governance, we will not achieve our full potential.
638	Without it, Tucson is less attractive
639	Without leadership, implementation turns into 'mob-effect,' so no matter how we feel about government, there needs to be focus
640	Without leadership, nothing gets done; getting no where
641	You can't govern by consensus. We need government officials who can make hard decisions and stand by them. Rio Nuevo...need I say more! We should have a river walk around downtown by now. Instead we have a government doing nothing. The County and Cities need to be combined.
642	You need to build trust and community one person at a time and Government or leaders need to learn or study more the issues and deal with each other
643	Younger generation currently has a distorted worldview and they will be adults/leaders in the future