Yesterday I attended both the quarterly Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) and the Sierra Vista Metropolitan Planning Organization (SVMPO) meetings.   At the TAC meeting, Mike Normand, the city's Public Works Transportation Administrator, went over some changes and possible changes with the VistaTransit system. He started with sharing information about the Fare Policy. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requires discounted fares for elderly and disabled to be half t

💦Water has been one of the topics at every Environmental Affairs Commission meeting I've attended this year, but yesterday it had become the primary focus. Prompting discussion was The New York Times article published a week ago titled The Water Wars of Arizona. If you haven't read it, you can do so here: https://www.nytimes.com/…/ma…/the-water-wars-of-arizona.html The final paragraph references both the Tribute development here in Sierra Vista (7,000 homes) and also the pla