Let Oro Valley Excel

06/17/2026

🗳️ Candidate Guest Views continue today on LOVE

This week and next, LOVE is featuring Oro Valley Council and mayoral candidates speaking directly to you, in their own words.

🚫 No filter.
📝 No summary.
🗣️ Their views. Their priorities. Their message.

Today we feature Council candidate Matt Wood.

He talks about growth, Oro Valley’s character, Town finances, and why he believes his experience matters.

Read what he has to say in today’s LOVE:

https://letorovalleyexcel.blogspot.com/2026/06/guest-view-council-candidate-matt-wood.html

What matters most to you as Oro Valley plans for its future?

Find out about the latest events and activities in Oro Valley. Our comprehensive guide covers everything from local festivals to community gatherings

06/16/2026

🗳️ Candidate Guest Views begin today on LOVE

This week and next, LOVE is featuring Oro Valley Council and Mayoral candidates speaking directly to you, in their own words.

🚫 No filter.
📌 No summary.
🗣️ Their views. Their priorities. Their message.

Today we feature Council candidate Jake Herrington.

Read what he has to say in today’s LOVE.

Find out about the latest events and activities in Oro Valley. Our comprehensive guide covers everything from local festivals to community gatherings.

06/12/2026

📌 Today in LOVE Bits and Pieces

A new tourism website.
A completed CRC parking lot project.
Summer recreation programs.
A strong Pusch Ridge Golf season.
Free sandbags for monsoon season.

✅ Some items affect residents directly.
✅ Others show where Town activity is headed.
✅ All are worth a quick read.

Read today’s LOVE:

Find out about the latest events and activities in Oro Valley. Our comprehensive guide covers everything from local festivals to community gatherings

06/11/2026

📌 Words matter.

💰 Fund balance is one thing.
🛡️ Reserve balance is another.
⚠️ Confusing the two can lead to the wrong conclusion.

Oro Valley residents deserve clear facts, not financial scare talk.

Read today’s LOVE:

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06/10/2026

💰 Oro Valley’s police pension plan was slightly overfunded as of last June 30...as a result...

✅ The Town’s required PSPRS contribution rate for 2027 dropping
✅ Yet, the 2027 budget includes added extra money to protect the funding cushion
✅ The 2022 decision to fully fund the pension has saved about $3.4 million so far

Read today’s LOVE to see Oro Valley's the PSPRS funding policy is the "Gift That Keeps Giving"

06/09/2026

Your Oro Valley Water cost will increase starting July 1:

💧 See how this came about, what is changing, and why it matters to you in today’s LOVE.

06/03/2026

📊 Oro Valley Town Council will set the Town’s 2027 spending limit tonight.

The proposed limit is about $128 million.

💰 That is about $2.1 million less than the Town Manager’s initial recommendation.

🏗️ The budget still includes about $24.2 million in capital projects.

📉 The Town also projects a $13.1 million net drawdown in fund balances, largely tied to previously funded or carried-forward projects.

Tonight’s vote sets the maximum spending limit. The final budget vote comes June 17.

Read all about it in today’s LOVE:

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06/02/2026

Are the Town of Oro Valley’s revenues keeping pace with spending?

⚖️ Some say yes. Some say no.

So, LOVE looked into ten years of Town financial numbers, the current FY2026 year end estimate, and the Town’s five year forecast.

💰 We have the facts.
📈 Looked at them from more than one angle.
🤔 You be the judge.

Read today’s LOVE to learn more...

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05/29/2026

🚨 Today’s Bits and Pieces covers three items of local interest.

🏠 Pima County outlined its eviction assistance program for council, including legal help, rental aid, shelter access, rehousing help, and job referrals.

🎯 A proposed indoor family recreation center near Suffolk Drive and Oracle Road would require rezoning and a conditional use permit before it could move forward.

🚲 OVPD is warning parents that some high powered “e-bikes” may legally qualify as motorcycles under Arizona law. That could mean registration, insurance, and a motorcycle endorsement are required.

Read all about it in today’s LOVE.

Find out about the latest events and activities in Oro Valley. Our comprehensive guide covers everything from local festivals to community gatherings

05/28/2026

✈️ Oro Valley resident Tim Tarris is taking off on an extraordinary mission.

Monday, the retired military and airline pilot has begun a planned journey through 48 states in a replica World War I era Jenny aircraft, flying low, slow, and only in daylight and good weather.

Why is he doing it? What makes this tiny open cockpit aircraft so challenging? And why does the trip end at Langley Air Force Base on July 1, 2026?

Read all about it in today’s LOVE. 👇

Find out about the latest events and activities in Oro Valley. Our comprehensive guide covers everything from local festivals to community gatherings.