By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star
The Pima County legislative agenda for the next year could easily be called a Hail Mary play.
The county is already suing the state to fight tax changes, and now the Board of Supervisors is asking lawmakers to reverse a policy that shifts the state’s tax burden to the counties.
At the core of the fight are millions of dollars in revenue, which County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry argues has forced the county to keep property rates artificially high.