Shoalts: Glendale Mayor Scruggs wants city's $$ back

[MetM]

"City Manager Ed Beasley: Mayor that is not correct, I am sorry.. You have had more… You have the call… You had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Bettman… as the council

Mayor Elaine Scruggs: and he called me.

City Manager Ed Beasley: That is correct…So it is not that you didn’t have the chance to speak with him.

Mayor Elaine Scruggs: He called me because he didn’t like what I said"

[leoleo3535]

......meanwhile the NFL Cardinals are contemplating legal acton vs Glendale for another of the Mayor's errors/decisions....- http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-new...ss-of-parking/

[viper0220]

Originally Posted by leoleo3535

......meanwhile the NFL Cardinals are contemplating legal acton vs Glendale for another of the Mayor's errors/decisions....- http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-new...ss-of-parking/

That would be nuts.

[blues10]

I thought it was an arena management fee not a subsidy.

Scruggs again said Monday the city no longer can afford to subsidize the Coyotes at the same amount. She wants the NHL to work with the city to mitigate its upcoming $25 million payment.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-new...ss-of-parking/

[Gnova]

Originally Posted by leoleo3535

......meanwhile the NFL Cardinals are contemplating legal acton vs Glendale for another of the Mayor's errors/decisions....- http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-new...ss-of-parking/

What a ****ing dog and pony show.

Democracy at its finest. People voted for these clowns.

[XX]

Originally Posted by Gnova

What a ****ing dog and pony show.

Democracy at its finest. People voted for these clowns.

Here are the parking spots in question

Keep in mind that these are parking spaces at Westgate and not the Cardinals' stadium. The ones they are specifically referring to are north of Maryland Avenue and shouldn't really be theirs to claim. Glendale also gave the Cardinals' permission to develop the areas they already owned and acquired next to 91st Ave. AFAIK, the Cardinals have never used these extra parking spaces except for the Superbowl, which is part of why Glendale demolished them in favor of more development. This potential lawsuit is likely just a CYA to ensure that there is a suitable replacement for 2015.

Like the article mentions, the original plan was to build garages instead of regular flat parking but with the way the market died and Ellman halted Westgate, that never materialized.