The city, which leases the museum property to the historical society, intervened in May, securing and changing the locks to the five buildings, with access to be given when the two groups work out their differences
By Philip Haldiman | Independent Newsmedia
A power struggle over who has the authority to preserve Peoria’s history could end up in court.
After more than a year of in-fighting, the Peoria Arizona Historical Society splintered, with two groups emerging and voting in their own separate board of directors. Each is claiming to be the official historical society, and both groups are lawyering up, preparing for possible litigation.
The dispute has forced Peoria to step in and refuse the group’s access to city-owned facilities operated by the historical society until the squabble is cleared up.
