South Tucson's El Independiente, 1978-10

              City to withdraw LARC lease offer Dec. 31
By PATRJCE STEADMON
South Tucson administrators have
notifed the Gateway Local Alcoholism
Reception Center (LARC) that the city will
not renew the lease on LARC facilities at
1609 S. Fourth Ave. City Attorney Robert
L. Murray says LARC must vacate the
building by Dec. 31, 1978.
Citing a tack of cooperation from LARÇ
Murray sent a letter Oct. 2 to Director
Richard C. Tanguay informing him of
South Tucson's refusal to neeotiate a tease.
LARC's Board of Directors met Oct. 19
to discuss alternatives to eviction. Steve
LaBoueff, a board member, suggested a
meeting with city administrators to "get
together with the city and get some support
from the community."
Vol. 111, Number 3
A meeting was arranged Monday, Oct.23,
between South Tucson officials and LARC
representatives. lack Swanner, South
Tucson Administrative aide, says the city's
answer to LARC was still negative.
Up until last Monday's meeting,
Swanner says, "No one had ever contacted
South Tucson." "We've had a continued
lack of cooperation with LARC," adds
Murray. ''That's the primary con-siderationthe
directors didn't
cooperate."
Director Tanguay said he would rather
not comment on Murray's statement.
Board member Garnett Schaffer claims
her husband, etnos, was acting as a lawyer
for LARC in re-negotiating the lease and
tried repeatedly to reach Murray. Ms.
Schaffer says that none of her husband's
calls was returned.
South Tucson's
EI Indepe
Photo by Jack R. Goodhart
Young Attention Getters
Cynthia Navares, 3, daughter of Berta Navares, cud Carlos Beliran, 3 and one-half,
son of Elvira Beltran, receive lhe attention of Ruth Becker, standing, and Ginger
McEwen, foregeonnd, al the Free Clinic in the Community Center,
See page six
In this issue:
Unemployment
three times higher
than Pima CoUnty.
See page 3.
Warning: No buses
to Kino Hospital
i n weekends.
See page 5.
Crime - prevention
program to benefit
homes in S. Tucson.
See page 9.
Eight pedestrians
injured
since January.
See page 8.
'Papa Lou'
an old friend
of S. Tucson football.
See page 12.
OCT 27 1918
any longer."
A letter expressing the intent to negotiate
a new lease between South Tucson and
LARC was sent by city manager Rene
Gastelum lait July to the Pima Alcohol
Consortium (PAC), the umbrella agency
for LARC.
"No one authorized Gastelum to send
the letter, but it's not binding anywayit's
just a letter," Murray says.
Tanguay said he seht three months rent
in advance upon receiving Gastelum's letter
last summer and expressed his hope-that a
lease could be arranged. "But have you
ever done business with the city of South
Tucson?" he asks. "Mañana. Mañana
government."
Swanner said, "He (Tanguay) never
cooperated with us. He said over and over
continued on page two
énte
ctober 1978
Desempleo tres
veces mayor que en
el Condado de Pima.
Vea Página 3.
Aviso: No más
autobuses al
Hospital Kino
los fines de semana.
Vea Pagina 5.
Programa de
prevención contra
el crimen bene ficiaró
los hogares.
Vea Página 9.
Ocho Peatones
heridos desde enero.
Vea Página 8.
'Papa Lou'
antiguo amigo dei
futbol de S. Tucson
Vea Página 12
Swanner says that during the two weeks
Enos Schaffer was attempting to reach
Murray, the attorney was busy with a
lawsuit involving last summer's recall
election.
The recall suit was also the reason
Swanner says he was unable to attend a
LARC board meeting Sept. 13. Swanner
says he called Director Tanguay and in-formed
him of the city's intent not to renew
the lease. Tanguay announced it to the
board during the meeting, and the minutes
of the meeting say the board's decision
was, "not to take Mr. Swannee's message
seriously."
Enos Schaffer says, "I understood this
was going to happen. When it came to it
that they were not going to negotiate t e
lease, I withdrew myself. There v,.,s
nothing left to negotiate. lt wasn't m y