Although they say they don’t want to trample the will of voters, Mesa, Scottsdale and other city officials are filing suit over the just-approved ballot proposition banning additional taxes on services.
Claiming the Prop 126’s language is ambiguous language, an unknown number of municipalities are banding together to seek a declaratory judgement that would define what constitutes a service and what can and can‘t be taxed.
The city councils in Mesa and Scottsdale in separate meetings last week voted to join the suit.
Mesa officials are concerned the new law could undermine the impact of a separate ballot question approved by votes to raise the sales tax 0.25 percent to hire more police and firefighters.
