Legal Opinion
Sklar v. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 25, 2008No. 1 CA-CV 08-0519 ELPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTHROP, Presiding Judge.
¶ 1 In its referendum petitions seeking to invalidate a town’s rezoning and development ordinances, did the voter-based sponsoring group fail to comply with the statutory mandate that the petitions identify the principal provisions of the challenged governmental acts? The superior court found the subject referendum petitions lacking in this regard and, in turn, misleading to potential petition signers. In this expedited appeal, we examine de novo the contested language in the petitions and find an inherent failure to comply with the statutory mandate. As more fully…
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