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Art Eckstrom was a native of South Tucson who served in the Army before launching his career in Pima County as a regional re-employment program manager in 1983.

History tells us that whoever the Pima County Board of Supervisors picks to replace Sharon Bronson could be on the board for many years. Theyre likely to pull the board

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With The Recent "Reform" Of The Countys Health System, The Cure Seems Far Worse Than The Disease. By Emil Franzi THE PIMA COUNTY Board of Supervisors recently voted 3-2 to surrender direct control of nearly one-third of the countys $700 million budget. These health-related responsibilities--from Kino Hospital to Long-Term Care, from Home Health to Animal Control--will be placed in the hands of a self-selected and self-perpetuating entity called The Pima Health Care System Commission. This new ...

The Doctor Is In-For Now. By Chris Limberis IT WAS IN the depths of Pima County that Dr. Richard Carmona, the czar of the countys health system who has presided over a $14 million loss in the last year, made a surprising offer to his chief political benefactor, Democratic Supervisor Raul Grijalva. In the countys subterranean garage, Carmona told Grijalva--the conduit in the increasingly volatile relationship Carmona has with Sylvia Campoy, who heads the countys health care commission--that he ...