Glendale residents likely to have final say on incentives for huge VAI Resort:
Advocacy group Worker Power Institute recently submitted more than 5,500 signatures to the city of Glendale to refer proposed Government Property Lease Excise Tax agreements for the resort to the ballot, citing concerns over transparency and property tax breaks for luxury developments.The organization said the city of Glendale and Maricopa County certified that its referendum petition met or exceeded the minimum required signatures for the ballot.
Worker Power Institute most recently referred the Arizona Coyotes' proposed arena and entertainment district in Tempe, which was voted down by residents. It also won efforts to refer the $1.8 billion South Pier project in Tempe but did not pursue an election for undisclosed reasons.
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