November 22, 2006 - John Kai Jr. and younger brother Herb oversee a multimillion-dollar family operation they inherited from their immigrant parents.

Election results show Marana Town Council incumbents Herb Kai and Patti Comerford holding onto their seats, according to an official canvass of votes in last week’s primary.

A property owner who had asked for a change to the Oro Valley General Plan has pulled his request.

Marana Town Councilman Herb Kai on Tuesday, March 10, appeared to easily win re-election.

A property owner who had asked for a change to the Oro Valley General Plan has pulled his request.

The Town of Marana has a new vice mayor. During the June 21 town council meeting, Councilwoman Patti Comerford was unanimously selected to replace Herb Kai, who had served in that position for more than 10 years. Kai nominated Comerford for the position.

The fate of the 311-home DeAnza Specific Plan remains undecided following a court ruling in a case between Marana and the developers.

A few well-hidden rural enclaves remain in Oro Valley. For their residents, these areas represent private pastoral islands amid the swelling seas of civilization.

An agreement that ensures the Town of Marana would pipe Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District canals adjacent to two new quasi-public developments in Marana generated awkward moments – and strong remarks – at the May 4 town council meeting.

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While the Oro Valley Town Council took a neutral stance on the Rosemont Mine project last month, the Marana Town Council recently voted 6-1 to support the controversial project.

After several hours of presentations and public comments, the Marana Planning Commission voted 3-2 on Feb. 24 to recommend adoption of a rezoning request that would allow a regional landfill within a 590-acre parcel currently west of the town limits.

After several hours of presentations and public comments, the Marana Planning Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday night to recommend adoption of a rezoning request that would allow a regional landfill within a 590-acre parcel currently west of the town limits.

Marana town government is moving forward with annexation of 1,200 acres of land on its west border, within which is a 590-acre parcel being proposed for a privately operated landfill and surrounding buffer by a Tucson company and the property's owners, Herb and John Kai.

With the unofficial election results flowing in for the Town of Marana's all-mail election.

Marana's first significant attempt to annex its way into Pinal County has gone down the tubes over a town businessman's concern about how it would affect a treated sewer sludge company he owns.