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I agree that there are two sides to this, and the city is withholding so much information which makes them very shady. The city, or really city officials, are going to and have been making a lot of money off of the Rio Nuevo Project. I have heard of several small businesses dying because of it and many other large companies who are in with the city officials, making bank off of this. The tanks that they have on the property are empty and have been for years. Actually, the last time they were used was when the city used one of the tanks to store gasoline for Y2K "just in case" and never gave them anything for that. I did some training with the city and found out that this property is basically a clean site environmentally. They were very good at complying with all the environmental rules and regulations. As for not paying rent, they tried. The city bought the property from Union Pacific, who use to mail them a rent bill every 6 months. But when the city

Has anyone ever heard about Flint Oil Company? They are a small family owned and operated business that the Big City Project, The Rio Nuevo Project, is kicking out. They were established in 1962 and now the city of Tucson is kicking them off the property for the Rio Nuevo Project, even though they promised to relocate Flint Oil or give them a moving allowance. By shutting down the business, it is going to put half the family on the unemployment line. What are they supposed to do now? This is not fair, but as we all know, the government doesn't have to act fairly to the small business, only the ones with deep pockets as they have proven time and time again. This story has been on the local channel 4 TV news, Jolt radio with John C Scott, Inside Tucson Business (2 times), and the Aztec Press, but this has not helped. The city officials have not answered their phone calls, emails, or post mail letters. However, they were able to set up a meeting with one Council member, only to be canceled a few days later by her. Below are the links to some of the articles. http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2007/02/02/front/news01.txt http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?s=6102860 http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2007/03/02/news/news02.txt