Tucson is not alone in its efforts to address significant budget deficits.  Cities and towns throughout Arizona also face similar and different budget issues. Below are links to recent media coverage for different localities in Arizona. How other cities and towns address their budget problems may give us some context and some new ideas we may want to consider here in Tucson.

Maricopa County 911 officials fear budget cuts will endanger public safety (3/16/10)

www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/03/16/20100316emergency-service-budget-cuts.html

Peoria slashes travel costs, except for elected officials (3/13/10)

www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/articles/2010/03/12/20100312-peoria-travel-expenses-slashed.html

1,600 got $2.5 mil in pay raises from Mesa (3/14/10)

www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/14/20100314payraise0314.html

Counties reprieved on youth detention (3/11/10)

azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/article_472e9861-7379-5584-bb6f-036be629f5b6.html

www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=12120257

Glendale residents speak out against possible cuts (3/10/10)

www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2010/03/10/20100310-proposed-glendale-budget-cuts.html

Bad debts cost Mesa hundreds of thousands of dollars (3/10/10)

www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2010/03/09/20100309mesa-bad-debt.html

Queen Creek voters appear to have approved renewal of home rule (3/10/10)

www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2010/03/10/20100310gr-qcelection0312.html

Scottsdale, Tempe voters approve bed-tax hikes (3/10/10)

www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/03/10/20100310Election0310.html

Marana budget article (3/9/10)

www.explorernews.com/articles/2010/03/10/news/doc4b96da7254c77482726533.txt

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