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Vail Voice 12-2018 36 Page.Indd ECRWSS Postal Customer PRESORT STANDARD December 2018 US POSTAGE PAID Tucson, AZ THE Voted #1 News Source! PERMIT No. 1710 TM VailServing southeast Tucson,Voice Corona de Tucson and Vail [email protected] • (520) 490-0962 • An Epiphany Communications, Inc. Publication The Diversity of the Holidays by Ambur Wilkerson you’re in Arizona, and kinda don’t get snow here, it’s just based off of where One of the beautiful parts about you come from, where you grew up, the holiday season is how diverse and where your homeland is at. And celebrating it can be. As someone that’s what you just base it off - when of African-American and Mexican the snow falls over there.” descent, I take great pride in my culture and how I express it during Angelica Hill, a University of Arizona the holidays. The taste of my mom’s junior majoring in public health, works menudo and the sound of my dad as a front desk assistant for the playing Boys II Men’s “Let It Snow” university’s African American Student comes to mind. My traditions are Aff airs. Hill, who proudly identifi es as what make my holidays so special African-American, shared how much to me and I know that’s the case for the fellowship of women plays a big other people too. I had the pleasure part in her holiday celebrations. “My of speaking with a diverse group of immediate family, we go over to my the University of Arizona community aunt’s house, and my aunt, and my about how they spend their holidays. mom, and I, all the women, we will just help make Thanksgiving dinner,” Tianna Tso, a front desk assistant Hill said. at the University of Arizona’s Native American Student Aff airs, is currently As the holiday season goes by, family a fourth-year student majoring in remains the focus, as well as the public health. Tso is a member of the true meaning of the holidays. “For Navajo tribe based in New Mexico, Christmas, we just give each other - there’s certain ways that you can The games begin after the fi rst which she credits for being very presents and talk about what the make the string into a diff erent object snowfall hits. Since Southern family-oriented. In Navajo culture, meaning of Christmas is and then we and each of those objects that you’re Arizona isn’t well-known for snow, the fi rst day of fall is considered the spend time with family members,” making, it pertains to a creation story the question to be asked is what beginning of the new year. Also, the Hill said. Hill’s family all seem to have or a diff erent type of story and then signifi es the beginning of the games? fi rst sign of snow falling marks the their own separate ways of ringing in usually our elders tell us about that “I go by where my homeland is,” Tso beginning for string games. “String story too as well,” Tso explained. shared. “So, since it’s in New Mexico, games are, they just have, like a yarn "The Diversity of the Holidays" “We only play it during the winter.” basically where I grew up, even if and you make it into a circle, and continued on page 2 y y Your Ad Could Be Here! Advertise with The Vail Voice Call (520) 490-0962 [email protected] y y to try again the Phoenix legislative "The Diversity of the Holidays" evening. It represents the 12 days route, proposing the Regional continued from page 1 that Mary and Joseph were looking Transportation Authority (RTA)-in- for somewhere to stay for her to be charge plan. However, we don’t the new year, but only after midnight able to give birth,“ Soria said. “You know, nor will we know immediately, strikes. “On New Year’s, we celebrate sing songs, and in more traditional what the makeup or philosophy of when it hits midnight, and then after neighborhoods, you go around The latest from Pima County District 4 the new legislature will look like. More we kinda all do our own thing,” Hill knocking on different doors and then Supervisor Steve Christy importantly, we won’t know for some explained. No matter what, family is those people reject you and that’s like time the degree to which legislator’s the priority for Hill. representing what happened to Mary receptivity to helping solve Pima and Joseph.” The usual anticipated post-election County’s road repair problems will be. collective sigh-of-relief that all of us The end of the posadas results give and hear seems to have been a Experience dictates that the in finding a place, much like bit prolonged, or delayed somewhat, legislature will be reticent and lacking Mary and Joseph did. The in this election in both will and desire to help Pima celebration ends with food, cycle. With County with our local road problems. a pinata, and singing. Soria so many Even though an “RTA-in-Charge” mentions it’s harder to hold significant plan died during the last session by posadas in America and races and lacking only one vote, it still died. hasn’t had one in a while. “It’s issues that Another such loss could prove so something that I have very fond were not damaging that it could jeopardize memories of, and now I’m just resolved fully future local infrastructure issues looking forward to having family or completely for Pima County. Let’s slow this visit and spending time with my decided on approach way down and proceed on loved ones,” Soria shared. election night, the path only after great reflection, voters could only hold their breaths analysis, debate - and after it’s Every culture has their own beautiful, diverse way of for yet another day, or in some deemed winnable in all of its facets. University of Arizona alumna, Andra celebrating the holidays, but one cases days, for grateful closure. The Soria, works as a coordinator for the Another potential direction for road thing remains constant: family. results of one measure on the ballot school’s Chicano/Hispanic Student repair may lie with the Pima County required no breath holding, as voters’ Affairs & Resource Center. Soria is Board of Supervisors, of all places. response to it was loud and clear, originally from Mexico City and she Ambur Wilkerson received her B.A. in The supervisors have debated and it certainly was no cliffhanger. moved to Arizona when she was 13. English from significant road repair plans for over That would be Proposition 463 – the She majored in political science and California a year now, with no road repair plan countywide bond proposal for road French before graduating from the State generated. Perhaps the results of repair that was voted down, resulting university in 2014. She went on to University, San Proposition 463 could open the in its significant defeat. Questions get her masters in higher education Bernardino possibilities and some minds that and thoughts that seem to be on in 2016. and is now everyone’s mind are: What does Highway User Revenue Funds pursuing the defeat of Proposition 463 mean; (HURF) and Vehicle License Taxes When the topic of the holidays an M.A. in where do we go from here; and what (VLT) that come into Pima County came up, Soria reminisced on doing journalism at do we do now to get our roads fixed? should be re-evaluated. Perhaps posadas when she lived in Mexico the University now, with the budget process just City. “Posadas are like a party, sort of of Arizona. I am glad that I supported putting around the county’s corner, the gathering. They start 12 days before this proposition on the ballot and board’s majority would be open Christmas, and there’s one every hhhhhhhhhhhhh for providing the opportunity for this to finding a way to allocate HURF decision to be made by the voters. and VLT so that more of the funds And the voters have spoken indeed. go to actually fixing our roads and Construction Zone and Highways & Byways not to overhead and administrative There is much to learn from the expenses. However, this approach, defeat of Proposition. 463. I think which has never been successful will return next month the bottom line lesson stated by and has gained zero traction from the voters is clear: Even as angry, the board’s majority in the past, must frustrated, and exhausted the voters be pursued thoughtfully, and with The are with the failed and intolerable reason and caution as well. Will the Vail Voice Phone: (520) 490-0962 Fax: (520) 398-7742 condition of our roads, their “road board’s majority remain entrenched fatigue” was not enough to overcome and unmovable to the idea of better Publisher: Lucretia Free the mistrust and lack of confidence utilizing HURF/VLT monies for road [email protected] they have in Pima County’s ability to repair? Or will they be more receptive Editor: Mike Lavelle Art & Layout: Rick Keen properly facilitate and undertake a and willing to seriously negotiate now comprehensive regional road-repair [email protected] [email protected] that Propopsition 463 and all other (520) 222-6617 (520) 305-2019 plan. This is another way of saying attempts at road repair plans have that the voters did not think or feel failed? Marketing: Karen Gates Advertising: Audrey Moeller that bond monies generated would [email protected] [email protected] actually end up going to fixing our At the board of supervisors level is (520) 490-0962 (202) 230-4688 roads.
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