OPINION: 'But on Aug. 31 – after more than 120 people showed up to oppose the blading of more pristine desert for high-density multi-use – I actually saw the charade with my very own eyes,' writes Marana resident Jill Kismet.
“Marana’s planning commission always votes to rezone” was the annoying rhetoric I heard repeatedly from on-the-ground community advocates of sensible planning.
But on Aug. 31 — after more than 120 people showed up to oppose the blading of more pristine desert for high-density multi-use — I actually saw the charade with my very own eyes. I counted 25 Marana residents, nearly all directly impacted in big and small ways by this impending development, speak passionately about more than a dozen areas of concern.
First off, we certainly can’t be frustrated or even disappointed by the seven male volunteers chosen by the Marana Town Council to give of their time as the Marana Planning Commission. And you can’t really fault the planning department — tied to a Marana government paycheck — who are directed, and instructed, by the town council.
But I say we cannot get complacent — we cannot give them what they want. Despite the planning commission’s rubber stamping of this reckless and wanton destruction of more fragile Sonoran desert, the conservation-minded citizens of Marana still have one more chance to open the hearts and minds of the council members they themselves elected into place.
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