Peoria P&Z denies appeal against new BASIS school expansion; Thomas Galvin, Rose Law Group land use and water attorney comments

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents BASIS By Philip Haldiman | YourWestValley A popular Peoria charter school is opening a new campus this month after the city rejected an appeal by an adjacent office complex complaining it would cause more traffic. The Planning and Zoning Commission denied an appeal of the new BASIS school site plan at Lake Pleasant Parkway and Yearling Road …

See what developer, movie theater owner Michael Pollack just sold

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Michael Pollack in various capacities By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal Prominent Arizona real estate developer Michael Pollack sold a retail center in Phoenix for $1.8 million. The Cave Creek Grandview Plaza totals 16,000 square feet. A real estate entity managed by Pollack sold the center to Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health, a community health group with …

Surprise leaders divided over how to develop its downtown

Disclosure: Rose Law Group recently began representing Mattamy Homes on their potential development at Surprise City Center By Perry Vandell | The Republic Downtown Surprise is an island of city buildings and amenities in a sea of dirt. But city leaders see the raw desert as the community’s best shot at creating a unique downtown in the fast-growing suburb of stucco master-planned communities. On the …

Another lawsuit filed against Maricopa racetrack

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Kevin Reagan | Casa Grande Dispatch A second civil lawsuit has been filed against the city of Maricopa for approving the construction of a racetrack. The complaint was filed by Bonita Burks last week in Pinal County Superior Court, a couple of weeks after a separate lawsuit was filed by a committee …

Phil Riske

Founder and President Team Overview Email LinkedIn Twitter Somewhat more accomplished than Ted Baxter, Phil Riske’s journalism career began in 1967 at a small 5000-watt radio station in the West. There, he once served as a consultant to Sports Illustrated for a story on “The Black 14,” a racial crisis involving the University of Wyoming football team, which resulted in …

Congress considers self-driving vehicle laws

By Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group attorney focusing her practice on cyber security and Dan Gauthier, law clerk The potential consequences from lax cybersecurity have been well documented.  One hypothetical scenario garnering specific attention is a hacker being able to remotely control a “smart” vehicle.  In 2015, for example, a pair of “white hat” hackers – or ethical hackers – remotely controlled a …

[EDITORIAL] New transportation tax

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county PinalCentral (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.) Some Pinal County officials and business and community leaders have joined to promote a new half-cent sales tax for road construction that will come before voters in …

Records give insight into Dreamport Villages

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the developers of Dreamport Villages By Heather Smathers Records obtained from a state agency shed some light on features of proposed amusement parks in Casa Grande. Following a public records request to the Arizona Department of Water Resources, 150 pages of records were released concerning Dreamport Villages. Not all 150 pages were specific to the project. …

Neighbors furious after rehab group home opens next door; Jordan Rose, founder and president Rose Law Group, interviewed by CBS 5

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents neighbors fighting to protect the residential character of their neighborhood By By Amanda Goodman | AzFamily Neighbors in a Phoenix community are furious after learning recovering addicts just moved into a house on their block. “We’re real concerned about the change in environment that might happen,” said Peggy Weeks. Weeks and others live on or near Shangri …