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Speaker alleges mid-20th-century organized‑crime influence on Tucson planning and zoning
Summary
A public commenter recounted personal memories alleging that organized‑crime figures influenced postwar development and early planning-and-zoning appointments in Tucson, naming local individuals and saying several were later arrested. The account is presented as the speaker's recollection and not as established fact.
A public commenter at the session said organized‑crime figures moved into Tucson after World War II and influenced local development, including early planning and zoning appointments.
“The whole mafia group come in here. And they were welcomed because they brought money,” the resident said, adding that the town’s first planning-and-zoning appointees were chosen with that influence. The speaker named Joseph Bonanno and said three local appointees—identified in the comment as Sanmar Kaufman,…
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