Our friend & neighbor, Zev Cywan has been following the issue of Economic Development Agreements, and the recent action filed by the Goldwater Institute.
See our posting on Aug 8 titled, "Are You Listening Mayor Loomis?"
Following are Zev's comments.
Watch out Oro Valley!
A lawsuit aimed at RESTORING the Arizona
constitutional ban on subsidies to special interest entities by the use of
municipal tax revenues has been filed On August 8, 2007 (Turken vs.
Gordon/City of Phoenix) in the City of Phoenix (Maricopa County Superior
Court): the legal representation for the plaintiffs is being provided by the
Goldwater Institute Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation; the
lead attorney for same, Clint Bolick, is a nationally acclaimed jurist.
As I understand it, because the governing laws are already in the AZ
Constitution, if the plaintiff(s) do,in fact, prevail, then prior agreements
by municipalities could have the potential of being voided or ''forced to be
equalized," even though said contracts have been already executed (the case
in Phoenix does involve an already signed contract.) Turken is the owner of
a smaller real estate development company who along with five other small
businesses are the plaintiffs; Gordon is the Mayor of Phoenix.
Note: The above information has been compiled through news releases
published on the Internet as well as through private conversations between
myself and the above named Litigation Center. This is a condensed personal
understanding of the matter and in no way do I hold myself to be any legal authority
whatsoever.
Zev Cywan
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