Revitalize Tucson
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| Revitalize Tucson | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Tucson, Ariz. |
| Type: | Independent expenditure committee |
| Top official: | Christine Bauserman, Chair |
| Year founded: | 2015 |
Revitalize Tucson is an independent expenditure committee in the city of Tucson, Ariz. The group was organized in July 2015 and it has paid for billboards around the city opposing incumbent Democratic city council members Shirley C. Scott, Paul Cunningham and Regina Romero.
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Revitalize Tucson began in July 2015 as an independent expenditure committee to oppose three incumbent Democratic city council members in Tucson, Ariz. The group's statement of organization lists former Arizona State Senator Frank Antenori (R) as the sponsor and Tucson political consultant Christine Bauserman—a former campaign manager for Antenori—as the committee's chair.[1][2] Antenori had previously served in the state legislature from 2008 to 2012, when he was defeated by Democratic challenger David Bradley. He previously expressed his disagreement with the overall direction of Tucson in 2009, when he told The Arizona Republic that "he doesn't like to be identified with Tucson and the 'hippies' who run that city."[3]
On July 23, 2015, Revitalize Tucson put up billboards across Tucson asking questions of three Democratic incumbent city council members, Shirley C. Scott, Paul Cunningham and Regina Romero.[4] According to the group's expenditure report, there were a total of 20 billboards, five each asking these questions:[5]
- "Who made Tucson the 5th poorest city in the U.S.?"
- "Why are we Arizona's most dangerous city?"
- "Who gets $1.3 billion and won't fix potholes?"
- "Who let a few radicals hold downtown hostage?"
All of the billboards followed the questions with this suggestion: "Ask Shirley Scott, Paul Cunningham & Regina Romero." Bauserman told Tucson Weekly that the billboards were nonpartisan and aimed at questioning the state of the city before the elections: "Potholes are nonpartisan and so is poverty. ... In general, I think the City Council needs to fix the roads. I'm not running a campaign. I'm just putting up some signs."[6]
As of the primary election on August 25, 2015, the group had spent $30,400 on billboards.[7] Romero, Cunningham and Scott were all re-elected.[8]
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Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ City of Tucson, "Revitalize Tucson Statement of Organization," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Christine Bauserman," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Rep. Frank Antenori, R-You Serious?" February 10, 2009
- ↑ Arizona Daily Star, "Republican activists launch billboard-sized attack on City Council," July 23, 2015
- ↑ City of Tucson, "Revitalize Tucson Report of Independent Expenditure," July 20, 2015
- ↑ Tucson Weekly, "The Skinny," July 30, 2015
- ↑ Arizona Daily Star, "Turnout for Tucson primary higher than average," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Pima County Elections Department, "Official Canvass Consolidated Elections November 3, 2015," November 9, 2015
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