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I went to hear Jon Talton speak Wednesday and he mentioned the absurd obstacle courses the city bureaucracy makes small businessmen negotiate. It makes me think that both downtowns, Phoenix and Tucson, ought to be enterprise zones where the red tape is curtailed as much as possible. Parking, in particular, needs to addressed in ways that facilitates rather than hinders the opening of small businesses.

When I was at UofA back in the 1970s, Gentle Ben's was already an institution. Good to see it's still running, keeping students lubricated and a positive force for downtown too. Tucson is so close to really being cool.