By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
Pima County is challenging a new state law that forces it and Pinal County now — and perhaps other counties later — to make up for a way for state legislators to balance the budget.
The lawsuit filed this morning asks the Arizona Supreme Court to block implementation of a plan that effectively forces some taxpayers to subsidize others. More to the point, attorney Joe Kanefield said the people who will be hit are not even in the taxing districts that will benefit.
“It’s an unfair taking of revenue by one taxpayer to subsidize a neighbor,” he said. And that, Kanefield argues, is unconstitutional.
Kanefield is taking his case directly to the Supreme Court in hopes of a quick resolution.
