By Dylan Smith/TucsonSentinel.com
By a 3-2 vote, the Board of Supervisors moved ahead Tuesday morning with an appeal of last week’s ruling that the county violated state procurement laws in a 2016 build/lease deal with high-altitude tech firm World View.
County officials called the lawsuit “job killing” and noted that the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute “ignored” similar economic development deals in Maricopa County.
A judge ruled last Thursday that Pima County violated state laws in not having its lease with the company appraised before signing an agreement to construct a facility. Judge Catherine Woods ruled in favor of a lawsuit by the right-wing Goldwater Institute to block the lease. The building was completed at the end of December.