Thursday, August 26, 2010

Goldwater Institute sues Glendale over Coyotes documents - Phoenix Business Journal:

http://www.richsextonforcongress.com/article/The-vehicle-was-a-totally---.html
The Coyotes, currently in Chapter 11 bankruptchy reorganization, play at the Glendale-owned Jobing.comm Arena and could move to Canada. The city of Glendal e and are trying to find a new ownet to buy the team from Phoenixs businessman Jerry Moyes and keep the team in thePhoeniz area. That could include a $10 millioh to $20 million incentive from Glendale to help keep the team from The Phoenix-based Goldwater group is criticial of such incentives and business subsidiesw and made a public recordsw request on June 23 to the Glendale city governmen on possible assistance for the new Coyotes owners.
The city governmen t turned down the records request and the Goldwater group filecd a lawsuit over that deniall Friday in Maricopa CountySuperior Court, asking for the recordd to be released. Glendale and the NHL have been in talks with Chicagol Bulls and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf aboutt possibly buyingthe Coyotes. “The legal action filex today in Maricopa County Superior Court by the Goldwater Institut is without a factual or legal The city has and will continues to honor Arizona Public Records Law and believes that case law supports the position that releasing documente at this time related to a mattefr in bankruptcy court and subject to complec business negotiations are NOT in the best interest of the Glendale officials said ina “The Goldwater Institute’s assertion that the city has said in numerouz media reports that the city plans to offer tax payetr subsidies to potential new owners of the Phoenix Coyotes is The city has stated that appropriate and lega l modification of the existing arena-usd agreement may be Any modification must be approved by the City which will be done in open session and in accordance with law,” the city statemenrt said.

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