Pinal County Board Of Supervisors Really Stepped In It; Cleaning Up The Mess Won't Be Easy

  Reaction across rural/small town unincorporated Pinal County to "Recoding" our communities has been swift and pointed.  What county officials described as "The Pinal County Development Services Code Update Draft" has provoked one of the biggest political fights since Kaz and I moved here in 1979.  Back then we bought into "rural/small town" big time.  Right off we got a short course in what that meant from our new neighbors and friends.
  Here are the basics of what we learned early on: So much that needs doing will not be done by government - county, state, federal.  We as a community have got to do much of it ourselves.  This applies to most of what we value including organizing community activity spaces (the Oracle Community Center, churches); respecting and preserving local history (the Oracle Historical Society, area ranches like Triangle L and El Rancho Robles); protecting land from developer greed ( Pinal Citizens for Sustainable Growth, the Oracle Town Hall, myriad local comittees); starting/sustaining local businesses (Sue and Jerry's Parradise Ranch, The Patio Cafe, Casa Rivera's, De Marco's, Nona Maria's, Riot Grill, Simply Sandwiches, the Ore House, Cheeto Vibez, Waldo's Gym, Fast Fitness, Nature's Surprise Ranch (goatscaping), Oracle Auto Repair, Quality Paint and Body, Soule Construction); cultural inspiration (the Oracle Piano Society, Rancho Linda Vista, Triangle L, Rancho Robles); interring our dead (Oracle Cemetery Board).
  The pattern is that way too often the county has opted to put its finger on the scale against us locals and what we're trying to do.  So far they have succeeded in generating relentless hassles that waste our time and money as we seek to protect and advance community and our way of life. 
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  A recent example is the bizarre assault  on a stellar new business in Oracle - Way of Bean Coffee Club.  The county claimed not enough spaces for parking, imaginary health code violations, selling homemade products (oh, my God!).   And these same officials are in charge of "recoding" the entirety of unincorporated Pinal County.;