😽 Keepin’ It Simple Summary for Younger Readers👧🏾✊🏾👦🏾
🗳️ On March 10th, Pima County voters face a critical choice: Give the Regional Transportation Authority another $2.67 billion and 20 years—or reject a dysfunctional system that failed to complete over half its promises. 📉
🚨 RTA-1 delivered only 18 of 35 projects after two decades, yet RTA Next asks Tucsonans to pay $257M MORE just to finish what was already promised. 💸
Meanwhile, Tucson generates 60% of tax revenue 💰 but watches $910+ million flow to suburban sprawl projects like Marana’s $242M Cortaro interchange and massive Vail expansions—building NEW roads through the desert 🏜️ to enable FUTURE subdivisions during a megadrought. 🌵🔥…