Common sense would say it ends here till a public vote it taken… but the Mayor and City Manager will press on anyway, just watch.
Legal Challenges To Arena Plan Arise; Law Firms Exercise Right To Public Vote
Isaac Gonzalez -- 03/14/2013 01:44 PM —
http://ransackedmedia.com/2013/03/14...b_source=pubv1
Two local legal firms have delivered a strongly worded warning letter to Assistant City Manager John Dangberg, promising legal action against the proposed downtown arena, ranSACkedmedia has learned.
The offices of Soluri Meserve and Cohen Durrett, LLP, jointly presented Dangberg, the mayor, each councilmember and the city attorney with an 11-page document outlining four major points where they say the city is breaking the law and violating the public trust in its latest arena crusade.
The points are described as follows:
1.A Significant Public Subsidy Cannot by Justified by Reference to Catalyzing Economic Development
2.A Subsidized Arena Should be Approved by the Voters
3.The Subsidy May Constitute an Unlawful Gift of Public Funds
4.The City May be Violating CEQA by Committing to an Arena Subsidy Prior to Environmental Review
The two firms also made clear that if the council chooses to forward with a public subsidy without a vote by the people on the matter, that they would exercise the right to referendum to force a public vote on the deal.
Every argument in the document is backed with sourced information and legal precedents.
You can read the letter in its entirely at
http://ransackedmedia.com/2013/03/14...b_source=pubv1.