EPCOR to meet San Tan Valley residents during open house; Rose Law Group Senior Partner Court Rich ‘hopeful’

By Heather Smathers | Pinal Central Community members will be able to ask questions of the company managing water and sewer services in San Tan Valley. Representatives from EPCOR Water will host an open house for customers of Johnson Utilities to ask questions and to better understand EPCOR’s interim management of Johnson, said EPCOR spokeswoman Rebecca Stenholm. Earlier this year …

Laura Bianchi, Rose Law Group partner, director Medical Cannabis Department talks to Leafly about Phoenix scrapping proposed cannabis tax

By Ben Adlin | Leafly Phoenix patients can breathe a sigh of relief this week after a unanimous vote by the Phoenix City Council to scrap a proposal that would’ve imposed heavy taxes on medical cannabis. The plan, floated last week by Phoenix Mayor Thelda Williams, offered several possible tax options. Each was so steep that dispensary operators warned it …

Phoenix City Council kills medical marijuana tax; a ‘victory against bad policy,’ says Rose Law Group land-use & regulatory attorney Thomas F. Galvin

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents multiple medical-marijuana dispensaries in Phoenix and was hired to help kill the potential tax By Jessica Boehm | Arizona Republic The Phoenix City Council voted unanimously to kill a tax proposal that could have cost medical marijuana dispensaries millions of dollars each year. After backlash from the medical marijuana industry and transparency concerns voiced by council members, Mayor …

Shea Homes to host Azure Paradise Valley grand opening

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Shea Homes at Azure in Paradise Valley Paradise Valley Independent Shea Homes will host a grand opening Saturday, Oct. 20 for Azure Paradise Valley, the first Shea Signature luxury community at 6997 E. Cactus Wren Road. This guard-gated community will include 66 homes on 23 acres, adjacent to the upcoming Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley. Tours of …

Phoenix looks to tax medical-marijuana industry $50 million per year to fund public safety; city singling out industry, says Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group Litigator

By Jessica Boehm | Arizona Republic Phoenix is considering a massive tax on the medical-marijuana industry that could generate $40-50 million per year for the police and fire departments. The tax, which would be charged to companies based on the size of each of their dispensary and cultivation sites, could cost some medical-marijuana distributors more than $1 million per year. It would be …

Phoenix Mayor proposes massive taxes on medical-marijuana dispensaries; Rose Law Group land-use & regulatory attorney Thomas F. Galvin calls the tax ‘arbitrary and capricious’

By Joseph Flaherty | Phoenix New Times The mayor of Phoenix is prepared to levy a significant new tax on medical marijuana businesses that could decimate the city’s dispensaries and raise costs for patients. In a letter to the Phoenix city manager on Thursday, Mayor Thelda Williams proposed an occupational licensing tax on medical-marijuana businesses in order to fund Phoenix’s …

Design contract OK’d for 2 wells in Fulton Homes’ Barney Farms project

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes By Richard H. Dyer  | Queen Creek Independent A $210,184 contract with Clear Creek Associates for design, construction management and evaluation services for two new wells to be drilled at the Barney Farms residential development was approved in a recent 6-0 vote by the Queen Creek Town Council. The decision was made at a …