PMT Ambulance Company Gets Smacked Down by a National Labor Relations Board Judge — and We Mean Smacked

Phoenix New Times:  “It isn’t every day that an administrative law judge issues a decision so juicy that it’s read all the way to the end — much less pored over with highlighters, schadenfreude, and the occasional ‘Oh, no he di’int!’  But Judge William G. Kocol’s recent decision in a National Labor Board Relations Board case pitting a Tempe-based ambulance company against its union is just such a document.  And the 29-page decision, issued last month, isn’t just filled with fascinating detail: It could also mean big trouble for Professional Medical Transport, better known as PMT.”

Arizona Municipalities Sue to Stop State’s Immigration Policy

Arizona Republic:  “Gov. Jan Brewer, flanked by key state legislators, reacted with shock Tuesday to a lawsuit by cities and towns and accused the local officials of coddling illegal immigrants at state expense.   But the lawsuit disputes how state officials enacted the wide-ranging law, not the substance of the law itself.  At issue is a lawsuit filed with the state Supreme Court Monday by the League of Arizona Cities and Towns.  It argues that the Legislature unconstitutionally approved policy changes that affect local development practices as well as how cities enforce requirements that people show proof of citizenship to receive government benefits.”

Tempe Sued Over Tax-incentive Deal

Arizona Republic:  “The Goldwater Institute is suing Tempe over the incentives it offered Sea Life U.S. Inc. to open the nation’s second Sea Life Aquarium in Tempe in June.  The conservative think tank filed the lawsuit on Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court. The institute claims Tempe offered Sea Life, a subsidiary of the UK-based Merlin Entertainments Group, an illegal subsidy to attract the $15 million, 26,000-square-foot aquarium to open at Arizona Mills Mall.  Tempe offered Sea Life a $218,000 retail-development tax-incentive agreement.”

Groups Sue to Reverse Changes in Arizona Policy

Arizona Republic:  “Groups representing Arizona teachers, cities and towns went to the state Supreme Court on Monday, arguing that the Legislature stretched a budget-cutting session to also ax unrelated policies.  In separate lawsuits, the Arizona Education Association and the League of Arizona Cities and Towns are asking the state’s high court to overturn the actions that were approved by lawmakers in August and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer.”

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