Maricopa Monitor
By David Snider, District 3 Supervisor Pinal County Board of Supervisors
It’s the end of another calendar year and a month of celebration, reflection, cerebration, and resolutions for the future. And in retrospect, 2012 has been a pretty momentous year. The national and Arizona economies are said to have started their recovery after falling over the cliff in 2006. Depending on who you talk to around this part of Arizona, the start of a sustainable recovery is either right around the corner or still quite a bit off into the future. By any metric, the Pinal definition of success is still survival. Fingernails are getting stronger but still being used to hang on.
2012 was also very much the year of Arizona’s Centennial with events throughout the year and all across the state. The Ak-Chin Indian Community marked its 50th year as a formally organized and federally recognized Native American tribe in January with events and celebrations of Him-Dak and history throughout the year. In the same historic vein, the Casa Grande Dispatch published “Casa Grande: A Century of Progress” and the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society published “Images of America – Casa Grande.” And in October, St. Helen’s of the Cross Parish in Eloy celebrated its 60th Anniversary.
