SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CLASS OF '99!
Forty-four local, state, and tribal officials completed both modules of the
Southwest Leadership Program for Local and State Government this year. They
represent eight counties in AZ and TX, 18 municipalities in AZ and WA, the
Tohono O'odham Nation, AACo, and five state agencies: House of Representatives,
Corrections, Public Safety, Registrar of Contractors, and Secretary of State
Thirteen are elected officials. Governor Hull has been invited to award the
University of Arizona's Certificate in Public Policy and Management in a
graduation ceremony on January 6.
Congratulations to the Class of '99: Carlos Aguilar, Rita Luz Ashford, Robert
Banzhof, Ken Barton, David Cluff, Bob Delzer, Gene Fisher, Dave Fizzell,
David Goulet, Martin Haeberle, Donna Hale, Victor Hambrick, Glen Holden,
Steve Huffman, Peggy Irby, Alex Jacome, Pedro Julian, William Kelly,
Jack Kramer, Paul Larkin, Mike Letcher, Coral Loyd, Denise Lundin, Edward Manuel,
Doug Maples, Deborah Mazoyer, Larry Messenger, Michael Munroe,
Barbara Piller, Angela Quiroz, Diane Richards, Jim Sawyer, Joel Shapiro,
John Simich, Jim Spencer, Ben Stepleton, Gilbert Tafoya, Ana Wayman-Trujillo,
Larry Vicario, Terry Vosler, Tom Wandrie, Charlene Ware, Warren Whitney, and
Judy Allen-Wise.
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COUNTY CHARTER ELECTIONS IN THE 1990S
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A recent study by the Office of Government Programs,
County charter Government in the West, indicates that
71 elections on proposed county charters were held across
the country in the 1990s. Twenty-three proposed charters
were approved by voters (32.4 percent), and 48 were defeated.
In the 13 western states, where eight permit counties to adopt
a charter, voters approved seven charters (30.4 percent) and
defeated 26, including those in Maricopa and Pima counties. The
new western charter counties are: Denali and Yakutat (boroughts),
AK; Clatsop, Tillamook, and Umatilla, OR; El Dorado, CA; and
Fergus, MT.
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(Montana, which underwent its 10-year voter review process
in 1996, submitted 12 of the western proposals). At the close
of this century, 90 years after the first two county charters were
adopted in California, 149 counties now operate with a charter. This
accounts for about 12 percent of eligible counties (1,254).
County Charter Government in the West was authored by
Dawn Cowan and Tanis Salant. The study is a
project of the Western Centers Consortium and published by the
National Association of counties. Copies are available from NACo's
Research Division.
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