Summary from August 2019 Charlie Farley brought up her irritation at the Town’s seeming two-year inaction on the feral cat issue, especially in her neighborhood. A Study Session was suggested to review the Town’s ordinances on animal control, as well as the sample ordinances from Sierra Vista. The Town is beginning the search for a […]
August 2019
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South32 Purchases Land in Patagonia
Data obtained from Santa Cruz County Assessors Website Red = AMI Purchases 2018-July 2019 Purple = Property under contract Arizona Minerals, Inc. has purchased several properties in the Harshaw Rd. and Red Rock Canyon area over the past year. Many residents of the Patagonia area are concerned by the recent acquisition of properties by Arizona […]
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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Suffrage Movement in Arizona
Advertisement courtesy the Washington PostVotes for Women a Success: The Map Proves It,” circa 1914 The Glimpses article about George Beebe in the June PRT issue, reported on “a meeting of friends of the cause of equal rights… [to] extend the right of suffrage to the women of the new commonwealth.” [The Oasis, 6/29/1912]. The […]
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Residents Share Stories at Lochiel School
During two days in mid-June, the past met the future in the tiny border settlement of Lochiel in the San Rafael Valley south of Patagonia.
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Time for Change
The SCC Board of Supervisors have proposed yet another property tax increase from $3.88 to $3.98 for every $100 of assessed value. Add to that county and local fire, school, and flood district tax rates and watch the balloon inflate! SCC property taxes have increased seven of the last eight years, Pima has decreased taxes […]
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A Good Opinion
I left for work that day like I did any other day, tired and inattentive as I went through my morning salat (prayer) before leaving home and starting my car. I was in surprisingly light traffic as my car climbed a small overpass that connected me to what passes for a highway in Karachi. My […]
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Sand Your Ground
You’d be a fool, these days, to advocate for physical violence. There’s too damn much of it already, despite the enduring taboo. But, could it be that to renounce all violence, no matter what, is just as dumb as any rigid vow? The year was 1981. My toddler daughter, Rosie, and her hippy mother, Jan, […]
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Surviving the Transition
These are bizarre times with all systems, political, social, economic, natural, and spiritual in transition. There is some form of ecosystem assault everywhere on this precious planet. Our global challenge is the climate crisis; the science is undeniable that the ecosystem is in rapid decline. Our local challenge is 21st century industrialized mining repeating a […]
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News From the Fire Line
Patagonia Fire and Rescue (PVFD) recently sponsored its 44th Annual Steak Fry. The event was a huge success and neighbors and friends of the PVFD came out from all over southern Arizona to support the fire department’s efforts. PVFD needs fundraisers like the Steak Fry because we are a volunteer fire department. Currently we have […]