Sun City West PORA: Looking out for you

“Looking Out for You” is the motto for the Sun City West Property Owners and Residents Association known as PORA. Because PORA is your quasi-governmental association for the community it advocates for the residents on issues related to the Corporation Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and communicates with other West Valley communities.

PORA has been actively advocating for the community in opposition to the BNSF railroad project near Wittmann, despite some unfounded criticism to the contrary. PORA has met with Supervisor Debbie Lesko and her staff members and met with BNSF officials to present and discuss the PORA BNSF Committee’s “Key Community Concerns.” No other organization in the area has enjoyed the opportunity to meet with the two major players for the project as PORA.

In keeping with PORA’s standard position to only consider information that can be determined to be factual and verifiable and reject inuendo and misinformation sources, an early strong position relative the BNSF project was not possible until after the face-to-face meeting with the BNSF officials.

The meeting with Supervisor Lesko on June 27, 2025, was especially interesting because this was the first time the railroad’s ability to preempt local and state laws had been discussed by a public official. Now BNSF has recently announcement that it will continue with the Intermodal phase of the project with or without a zoning change by the Board of Supervisors.

What next? Opposition petitions are available in the PORA office and on the PORA website to download and return to the PORA office where they will be submitted to Lesko’s office. Go to www.porascw.org and link to the BNSF Project along with other supporting documents.

You may also contact PORA at 13815 W Camino Del Sol in Sun City West or by phone at at 623-584-4288.

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