New Recycle Fees Anger Oracle Residents; Supervisor McClure Makes Bizarre Claims; Residents Push Back

  Pinal County has an ugly history of oversight of the Oracle Transfer Station (formerly the town's dumpsite).  In 2008 matters came to a head when it was revealed that Waste Management was operating on the county owned property without proper zoning.  Tucson media ran a big story on the screw up under the headline:  ORACLE WANTS ACTION, NOT TRASH TALK.

  You might think that the current group of county supervisors including Supervisor Jeffrey McClure, Vice Chair of the BOS, would pay close attention when waste and recycling issues move front and center in the lives of locals.  But no!  McClure is executing the age old political "duck and roll" claiming he and his colleagues have no "control" over the situation - an obvious fiction in light of the dumpsite/transfer station history.  Keep in mind this is the same county that has messed with local businesses in a damaging, even life threatening way (Oracle residents know what I'm talking about). So here's the moral of the story so far: If you're a struggling, small business start-up, Pinal County can mess you up at will.  If you're a multi-billion dollar operation with tentacles all over the place, you can do whatever you want, even on land the county itself owns.          Check out the result below of a simple county records search and stay tuned.  There's a lot more to this story yet to be revealed.