[OPINION] Consistency in governing? Or chaos and grandstanding?

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Mike Norton, Scottsdale resident | Scottsdale Independent (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only) Set aside for the moment the question of whether you believe SouthBridge Two is a thing of beauty or an assault on historic Old Town. Instead let’s critique the current integrity levels of those governing or …

Alliance Metals: Holding P&Z meeting in Wenden was “irregular”

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Alliance Metals By John Gutekunst | Parkerpioneer.net Alliance Metals has described the Dec. 5 La Paz County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting as unfair and an effort to “stack the deck” against them. In a press release dated Dec. 6, the company said the decision to hold the meeting at the Centennial Community Center in …

Will public decide Southbridge Two’s fate?

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Wayne Schutsky | Scottsdale Progress Following Scottsdale City Council’s narrow approval of the Southbridge Two redevelopment on Dec. 4, a local political action committee made good on its threat to continue fighting the project. The Committee for the Preservation of Old Town Scottsdale submitted paperwork to the city on Dec. 5 to …

Opinion: SouthBridge Two is just what downtown Scottsdale needs

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development Don’t be fooled by the stuff you hear By Jim Derouin, Scottsdale resident | Scottsdale Independent (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only) There are some in the community who would have you believe that downtown Scottsdale is perfect, that there are no derelict buildings chained off from use and that …

Bipartisan bill restores tax-exempt status for developers’ sewer, water contributions; Rose Law Group transactional attorney Dan Gauthier weighs in

NAHB Now Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced legislation to address an unintended consequence of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that increased costs for some builders and developers. For builders and developers working in areas served by a for-profit, corporate water utility, a small tax change in the 2017 tax reform …

[OPINION] Scottsdale will lose if SouthBridge 2 petition sees success

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Spring Creek Development By Sandy Schenkat | Scottsdale Independent A few weeks ago the Scottsdale Independent published my opinion related to social media menaces and Bob Littlefield who was getting into the fray regarding SouthBridge 2. (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only)  Yesterday his wife, Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield, send out a newsletter to her …

Phoenix Rising owners to build East Coast soccer stadium

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Phoenix Rising By Brandon Brown | Phoenix Business Journal Members of the Phoenix Rising FC ownership team have committed to build a soccer stadium. And it’s on the other side of the country. Earlier this month Gina Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island, announced that Scottsdale-based Fortuitous Partners will develop a $400 million project in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that …

ACC votes to support solar development in Arizona

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents solar developers that prevailed on this issue AZBigMedia Today, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted to reject a request from the state’s investor-owned utilities to set two-year contract terms for renewable energy projects under the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). Instead, commissioners voted unanimously to set contract terms at 18 years, providing renewable energy developers …

Disruptor of the Year: Sunrun

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Sunrun The solar and storage developer has been pioneering new business models to increase aggregation of distributed resources. By Iulia Gheorghiu | Utility Drive 2019 has been a huge year of firsts for the distributed resource industry: It saw the first aggregated solar and storage systems to win a bid in the wholesale market (in …