The Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Glendale City Council's vote to approve the lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena with Greg Jamison.
The lawsuit was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of two Glendale taxpayers, claiming last week's vote violated a 2009 court order requiring Glendale to provide all documents in negotiations between the city and a prospective owner to Goldwater in a timely manner.
“We continue to hope that the city will construct a lawful deal that protects the interests of Glendale taxpayers,” said Goldwater Institute President Darcy Olsen. “Without seeing critical exhibits contained in the arena management agreement such as the arena annual budget or the arena management performance standards, it is not possible to determine the constitutional validity of the agreement.”
From Goldwater:
The lawsuit filed by the Goldwater Institute also alleges that the city violated its own charter in casting a vote on a proposed arena management agreement without putting the arena management contract out to bid.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly when asked: "We are not in control of Goldwater.. they will do what they think they need to do and we will do the same..."
Councilwoman Joyce Clark, who voted for the Jamison bid, explained her position via her Twitter feed:
Re: GWI's whine that there should have been competitive bids. The universe of potential hockey team owners who also want to manage an arena and perhaps (please GOD) buy the arena and reduce our debt is very, very small. Gl entertained 4, what was determined to be Ice-Edge, Hulsizer, Reinsdorf and Kaites. Gl determined that Jamison is a responsive bid. To pursue bids from a lease mgt co that has no affiliation to an anchor hockey team is an exercise similar to comparing monkeys to fish. Really?
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