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A flower to the new Pima County Public Library bookmobile. The vehicle replaces one purchased in 1990 and can hold up to 4,000 books. The updated bookmobile will also have a retractable canopy and technology for WiFi and video, according to a press release.

The bookmobile will travel 8,400 miles a year between 20 stops in Pima County as far away as Sasabe and Vail. The bookmobile provides library services to people in communities that don't have a free-standing library and to people who can't easily access public libraries.

A flower to city officials who want to combat the "heat island" effect of parking lots by increasing the number of trees that must be planted in new nonresidential developments. The proposal would raise the requirement from one tree for every 10 parking slots to one tree for every four spaces.

Pima County has required one tree for four spaces in new developments since 2003. The change would add shade, reduce temperatures generated by vast treeless lots and take more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. In some developments, runoff could handle the increased watering needs.

A thorn to Southern Arizona candidates who were fingered for evading questions Sunday in Daniel Scarpinato's Political Notebook.

Voters deserve straight answers, not nonanswers like this one from GOP Rep. Jonathan Paton, who is running for Senate in District 30 and who was asked if he supports Proposition 102, which would constitutionally ban gay marriages: "I supported the effort to let my constituents vote for it." To the the same question, Democrat Olivia Cajero Bedford, who is running for re-election for the House in District 27, answered she would support the initiative if it "had clearly stated that (marriage) cannot be one man, one woman and three girlfriends."

Such obfuscation serves no one, especially voters.

A desert blossom to Pima Community College writing teacher Kitty Reeve, who raised nearly $27,000 and recruited teachers in seven school districts to help produce "Desert Living Is Different!"

About 350 entries were submitted and work by 110 students was accepted for the 96-page environmental guidebook for newcomers. For instance, Genny Hernandez, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Wheeler Elementary School, drew an elf owl and wrote a haiku about the bird.

Tucson Councilwoman Nina Trasoff will host a reception at 3 p.m. Oct. 19 for the book at her Ward 6 offices, 3202 E. First St. Copies will be free for anyone who's lived in Tucson a year or less; for others, a $5 donation is suggested.