Prescott Newspapers, Inc. v. Yavapai Community Hospital Ass'n

I disagree with the majority. I believe that the Yavapai Community Hospital Association (Association) is an instrumentality of the Yavapai County Hospital District (District), the board of directors of which is elected by a political subdivision of the state within the meaning of A.R.S. section 38-431(5). I do not agree with the majority’s conclusion that the statute’s language is so clear and unambiguous that we need not resort to legislative history to determine its meaning. What is clear beyond quibble—indeed, what the appellants concede—is that the statute’s legislative history evinces a…