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Arizona: Connie Wilhelm

April 29, 2009 - 01:15 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

Who woulda guessed?

By David Safier

by David Safier
You know that Republican budget plan to sweep $210 million from city impact fees I posted about last night? You'll never guess where the idea came from.

A legislative plan to balance the state budget by stripping cities of $210 million collected from developers is actually coming from the people who have been working to limit the ability of cities to collect the fees in the first place.

Connie Wilhelm, executive director of the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, said it was her group that crafted the plan and gave it to Republican legislative leaders. Wilhelm said the developers are simply interested in helping the state get out of the $3 billion deficit.

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Fri, 08/22/2008 - 21:18

TIME troubles divide consultant community

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

As the TIME Coalition tries to fight its way back onto the ballot through the courts, there are a lot of questions being asked about how the Coalition - backed by Gov. Janet Napolitano and supported by some of the top political consultantcy firms in Arizona - found itself in this position.

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Thu, 05/22/2008 - 19:57

Tom Ziemba gives TIME's take on the home builders deal

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Tom Ziemba, partner in the political consulting group Ziemba Wade and member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Moving Arizona's Economy (TIME) Coalition, doesn't get what's unethical about the deal reached between TIME and the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona (HBACA) to gain their support for a transportation initiative.

"This is a tempest in a teapot," Ziemba told PolitickerAZ.com. "Folks who write initiatives do this all the time, try to get the support of stakeholder groups. That's how you run campaigns.

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Wed, 05/21/2008 - 17:17

Home builders: $100,000 'not our idea'

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Many Republicans have branded the deal Gov. Janet Napolitano negotiated between TIME Coalition and the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona "extortion" and many say that it is possibly illegal.

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Wed, 05/14/2008 - 15:54

Governor addresses building brouhaha over bargain with builders

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1246|title=Gov. Janet Napolitano|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=284]Coercion or political calculus: How you view Gov. Janet Napolitano's method of enlisting the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona in her plans to pay for a transportation package depends on which side of the issue you line up on.

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