The Scottsdale City Council this week once again declined to vote in favor of joining a lawsuit challenging a new state law. The measure essentially nullified a referendum in Scottsdale over a proposed development by Axon.
The Taser-maker wants to build a new headquarters in north Scottsdale, that would also include a hotel, restaurants — and most controversially — apartments. But residents collected enough signatures to refer the project, which had won City Council approval, to the ballot. State lawmakers and the governor then approved the new law, which precludes that referendum.
In response, a group called Taxpayers Against Awful Apartment Zoning Exemptions, or T.A.A.A.Z.E. filed a lawsuit against that law. Leaders are hoping to get the Scottsdale City Council on board with that suit, but so far, they’ve been unsuccessful…