Welcome to the Dave Croteau for Mayor campaign blog

Let me first introduce the human behind this blog. My name is Dave Ewoldt, and I'm Dave Croteau's campaign manager and in charge of the campaign platform. The main purpose of this blog is to discuss the actual implementation of the Green Party's Ten Key Values to creating a sustainable future through the process of relocalization, paying particular attention to those issues people say they're most concerned about.

Tucson citizens have serious and valid concerns about growth (too much), water (too little), neighborhood quality, few living wage jobs, and transportation problems. Croteau, a native Tucsonan, sees "relocalization" as the process to create a sustainable future that addresses these concerns while safeguarding social justice and our economic, energy and food security. He knows city planning must be in balance with the environment and consider global warming and the energy crisis.

Croteau's mayoral campaign will detail ways the Ten Key Values of the Green Party can guide sound policy decisions. Under his leadership, Tucson will become a thriving, sustainable region with a strong local economy. This will improve quality of life now--and leave a healthy, vibrant legacy for future generations.

Growth is negatively impacting our water supplies, our transportation quality of service, our ability to provide living wage jobs, and the vibrancy and safety of our neighborhoods. We are allowing vested special interests to profit at the expense of Tucson's citizens and locally owned businesses. Our desert ecosystems are being covered over by the sprawl of more housing developments, strip malls, big-box stores, and putting an increasing strain on our local resources. If growth actually paid for itself, we wouldn't be seeing regular bond measures to pay for infrastructure. We wouldn't be fighting the current losing battle to protect our local ecosystems. Why do we keep settling for minor mitigation of major degradation?

A sustainable Tucson can be created through the process of relocalization. By working together, we do have the opportunity to improve our quality of life in Tucson, and create and support a thriving, vibrant local economy.

For more information about Croteau and his campaign, the website is: www.davecroteau4mayor.org