Nan Tian BBQ is open at the mighty Lee Lee Supermarket at 1990 W. Orange Grove Road. Unless you're doing something really important, other than, like, reading this blog, you should drop everything and

Congressman Raul Grijalva keeps fighting for the public option. The latest from the Congressional Progressive Caucus:

Washington, D.C. — Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Lynn Woolsey, co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, released the following statement on the president’s health care summit:

“Today’s summit was an important opportunity for the American people to learn about each party’s health care proposals. It was good for Americans to hear a detailed, uninterrupted discussion of the facts instead of misleading statements designed to scare those who would benefit the most from comprehensive health care reform.

It was disappointing, however, that the summit lacked

Pima County Supervisors are preparing a resolution to ask the town of Marana to slow down their race to slap down a landfill outside their town limits and on the edge of several Pima County neighborhoods out north of Avra Valley Road.

The resolution cites several concerns, including the size of the dump, which is eight times the acreage of the Tangerine Landfill. (It will rise more than 200 feet from the ground.) It also calls for more archaeological surveys and complains that the surrounding roads are in no condition to handle a steady stream of waste haulers.

One other concern: The dump could need to import trash to turn a profit, and once Marana gives the landfill operators the green light to build a dump, the town will have no say in whether it becomes a national dumping ground.

Andrea Rivera of the morning daily has some details on the landfill plan:

Shellberg, who lives in Pima County on Avra Valley Road about two miles from Interstate 10, and other Pima County residents agree a landfill in the area is needed.

But many questioned why it needs to be so close to residential communities such as Silverbell West and Happy Acres.

Residents also voiced concerns about water quality, property values, environmental

• NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

A new batch of photos from the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are up.

HiRISE team member Colin Dundas tells us:

This observation shows a portion of the central sedimentary deposits in Pasteur Crater.

The deposits in this image now being eroded into knobs and ridges. The erosion is probably dominated by wind, as most of the ridges are parallel. This is common in wind-eroded features, with the ridges generally aligned with

A dispatch on Tucson's new water-harvesting ordinance from Cronkite News Service:

By YVONNE GONZALEZ
Cronkite News Service

TUCSON—Rain falling on the roof of this new QuikTrip gas station trickles into pipes that water willow acacia trees and native shrubs.

The parking lot slopes, directing water into deep gravel that keeps it around for the desert landscaping rather than having it run down East Speedway Boulevard.

Designing 12 new Tucson stores to harvest rain makes good business sense when it comes to water bills, said Troy DeVos, director of real estate for Tulsa, Okla.-based QuikTrip Corp. And helping the environment is an added benefit, he said.

“It’s a great opportunity to make a difference and really help out,” DeVos said. “And we’ll be saving money in the long run.”

Starting in June, a city ordinance that’s the first of its kind in the nation will require all new commercial developments to obtain at least half of the water for landscaping from Tucson’s annual rainfall of 11 to 12 inches.

Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman, who pushed

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on the health-care summit:

The House on Wednesday took a significant step toward achieving real health insurance reform by voting to repeal the antitrust exemption enjoyed by health insurance companies. I was proud to stand with the strong bipartisan majority that voted for the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act.

The legislation we passed advances three goals that many Arizona families and businesses have told me they want: it helps boost competition, increases choice and gives consumers greater control over their own health care.

Of equal importance, it will help hold the health insurance industry accountable under our nation’s fundamental fair competition laws by removing

"Untitled from the Saguaro Rubbing Series" by David Kish is among the works on display from March 1 through June 19 at the Tucson International Airport, 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. There is an artist reception on April 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Upper Link Gallery.

Arizona Sen. John McCain tries to score political points at the healthcare summit. Obama responds: "Let me just make this point, John, because we're not campaigning anymore. The election's over."

Ubu is among the dogs that the folks at Cold Wet Noses are trying to find a home for.

Here's what Ubu has to say at tucsoncoldwetnoses.com:

Hey guys, check me out: I'm always smiling! I may look scary but I'm a big baby! If you're afraid of all those high-maintenance youngsters out there, I'm your guy. My family dropped me off at the pound for no good reason cause I'm happy to go on a walk or a bicycle trot-along, or you can leave me at home with your cats, or tiny dogs, or plants or kids, or furniture or whatever, with no worries—I'll just hang out