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Southbridge developer won’t wait for vote BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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etitioners seeking to put the Southbridge Two development before voters turned in over 17,000 signatures in support of their referendum, well above the nearly 12,000 required by law. The process is far from over, though, as the signatures must now undergo a rigorous vetting process to confirm their validity. The Committee for the Preservation of Old Town Scottsdale political action committee turned in dozens of boxes of signed petitions to the Scottsdale City Clerk less than an hour before the 5 p.m. deadline Jan. 3. The PAC is seeking to let voters decide whether or not Southbridge Two can move
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Downtown retailer Brian Moore helped deliver boxes of referendum petitions to Scottsdale City Hall on Jan. 3. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
Electoral politics emerged in petition campaign BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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hortly after the Committee for the Preservation for Old Town Scottsdale formed in November, the political action committee sent a letter to the city promising a fight if City Council approved Southbridge Two and other projects it opposed in downtown. The PAC threatened to use the upcoming
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city elections to roll back council decisions and put its own candidates in office. “While the Committee is committed to constructive engagement with elected officials, the Committee does not rule out using the referendum as a means of protecting the character of Old Town Scottsdale and being active in supporting candidates for Mayor and City Council in the 2020 elections,” according to the letter.
With a Southbridge Two referendum already underway, the political ramifications alluded to in that letter are also becoming clearer in both the upcoming mayoral and City Council races. Until recently, it appeared the PAC would not have a preferred candidate in the mayoral race.
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