I maintain a list of links to city departments and community groups that you can find on my Ward 2 page. Sometimes I get requests from one group or another to put on that page.

I got one this week from Literacy Connects. Literacy Connects is going to be celebrating their tenth anniversary next year, but many of the groups that merged to form their organization had been doing fantastic work in our community for decades.

You are invited to a virtual public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the Houghton Road: 22nd Street to Irvington Road project. You can attend the meeting in the following ways:

Online: Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/3j1gi8Z

Downtown Links Constructors (DLC), under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility have begun work on the Downtown Links project.

Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians should anticipate intermittent lane restrictions throughout the limits of the project in addition to the following upcoming work:

On Friday, October 23, the intersection of Fifth Street and Echols Avenue will be closed. The temporary closure is scheduled to be in place for approximately four-weeks while a new sewer manhole is installed.

The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation department is hosting a drive-thru Rollin' Haunt event on Saturday, Oct 24, 4-7p.m. (or while supplies last) at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds, 4823 S 6th Ave. (enter at 3rd Avenue and Irvington). To avoid traffic congestion, please do not line up early.

Crews from Next Generation Electrical, under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM), are scheduled to rewire the traffic signals at the Pima Street and Dodge Boulevard intersection on Thursday, October 22, 2020.

The work is scheduled to take place between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. The traffic signals at the intersection will not be in operation during this work. Officers will direct travel through the intersection until the work is complete.

A Message from Steve K...

Please find Council Member Kozachik's Newsletter at the following link:

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZTUCSON/bulletins/2a6a121

There’s been a lot of national talk about mail-in ballots, but what gets lost in our local discussion is how long we’ve been doing mail-in ballots here in Arizona. Back in the 90’s the requirements were loosened for what were then called absentee ballots. Since then, Arizonans have been voting by mail in large numbers, usually close to 75% of the total vote. The fact that so many voters were voting by mail was among the reasons that Tucson decided to move to an all-mail system for city elections, leaving only a few polling places to staff for so few election day voters.