Axon loses its bid to roll over our rights
Score one for Arizona voters.
It seems not even the Arizona Legislature is willing to strip us of our constitutional right to overrule our leaders when it comes to massive new developments.
Perhaps you’ve followed the showdown between Axon and Scottsdale – the one that spilled over to threaten the constitutional rights of every person in the state.
Long story short, Axon wants to consolidate its U.S. operations in Scottsdale and build a corporate campus at Hayden Road and Loop 101.
In addition to a making its Tasers and police body cameras, Axon plans a 425-room hotel, seven restaurants and 1,900 apartments and condos … there, in a city that is being overrun with apartments.
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The rezoning was approved in mid-November, by a lame-duck City Council – one with a majority of its members on their way out in large part because voters are fed up with overdevelopment.
A Scottsdale citizens group, aided by more than $400,000 in donations from a Mesa-based dark money group, then launched a referendum to put........
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