Goldwater Institute sues Glendale over Coyotes documents - Business First of Buffalo:

humojo.wordpress.com
The Coyotes, currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, play at the Glendale-ownexd Jobing.com Arena and could move to The city of Glendale and are tryingb to find a new owner to buy the team from Phoeni x businessman Jerry Moyes and keep the team in the Phoenix That could includea $10 milliojn to $20 million incentive from Glendale to help keep the team from The Phoenix-based Goldwater group is criticiak of such incentives and business subsidies and made a public records request on June 23 to the Glendale city governmengt on possible assistance for the new Coyotes The city government turned down the records request and the Goldwater group filed a lawsuift over that denial Friday in Maricop County Superior Court, asking for the recordsw to be released.
Glendale and the NHL have been in talksw with Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox owner Jerryu Reinsdorf about possibly buyingthe Coyotes. “The legall action filed today in Maricopa County Superior Court by the Goldwaterf Institute is without a factua orlegal bases. The city has and will continue to honor Arizonaq Public Records Law and believees that case law supports the positiojn that releasing documents at this time relatefd to a matter in bankruptcy court and subject to comple x business negotiations are NOT in the best interestf ofthe public,” Glendale officials said in a “The Goldwater Institute’s assertionh that the city has said in numeroua media reports that the city plans to offer tax payert subsidies to potential new ownerd of the Phoenix Coyotes is incorrect.
The city has stater that appropriate and legal modification of theexisting arena-use agreemeny may be necessary. Any modification must be approved by the City which will be done in open sessiojn and in accordance with the citystatement said.