[Source: Casey Newton, Arizona Republic] — Residents hoping to stop a large-scale apartment and townhouse project in Laveen have won a key victory in getting their referendum on the ballot. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that Phoenix should process the signatures they gathered earlier this year in an effort to stop construction [...]
Archive for April 15th, 2008
Laveen development foes win key battle
April 15, 2008Stop SB1192 revised to cut state arts funding
April 15, 2008[Source: Brenda Sperduti, Arizona Citizens for the Arts] – The sponsors of Senate Bill 1330 have attached the language dissolving the Arts Trust fund to an unrelated bill Senate Bill 1192. The procedure, called a “strike everything” amendment allows the original bill which stalled in the Senate, to gain new life and will be heard [...]
Sheraton Phoenix bonds attract only so-so rating
April 15, 2008[Source: Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic] — The new high-rise hotel taking shape in downtown Phoenix has received a so-so rating on its bonds. Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Baa3 grade to $157 million in senior revenue bonds issued by the city’s Downtown Phoenix Hotel Corp. to build and furnish the 1,000-room Sheraton Phoenix Downtown [...]
