PHOENIX — Democracy Prosecutor General Chris Mays said in his campaign promises that he would take action “within the next few weeks.” That is to curb the companies that have free access to groundwater on state land to grow alfalfa for export to Saudi Arabia.
“I can do something about it,” Mays said in an interview with “Sunday Square Off” this weekend.
“It is my view that you have violated the lease itself. I believe you have also violated the gift clause.
The so-called “gift clause” in the Arizona Constitution states: some legal issues in recent years.
Two years ago, State Supreme Court Decision The fair market value of benefits received by the public from spending should be proportional to spending.
Saudi Arabian company Fondmonte, Rent Land in La Paz County Experts say it is one-sixth of the market rate. Groundwater is free.
The lease throws a grim light on Arizona’s lax laws governing groundwater use during this enormous drought. Fondomonte is not the only company using these laws.
“This is one of the most egregious and outrageous examples of state government inaction I have ever seen,” Mays said.
Mayes has been on the job for seven weeks. Before he became Attorney General, he served as chairman of the Arizona Business Commission. The five-member board is the state oversight agency that oversees electricity, gas, and water utilities.
Rio Verde Land Sales Survey
Mays also said of “Square Off”:
– Her office quickly issued a legal opinion, paving the way for a proposed agreement to restore water to the Rio Verde foothills, “people said within weeks of running out of water.” We are thinking,” was the result of our concern.
“We needed it to be fast, and we dropped everything to make it happen,” says Mayes.
But her office’s involvement with Rio Verde Foothills goes beyond legal opinions.
“Legislation must act collectively to address this issue,” Mays said. “But I will do all I can as Attorney General, including investigating whether land fraud is taking place, whether there is false advertising or false marketing.”
Under Arizona law, builders of the unincorporated Rio Verde Foothills north of Scottsdale are not required to show their homes a guaranteed 100-year supply of water like other developments do. . In the so-called “wildcat subdivision”, 500 homes have no water infrastructure.
some home buyers they claimed to have been misunderstood About community water sources.
Investigation of “fake electors”
– Mays launches its own investigation into Arizona’s “fake electors” in the 2020 presidential election.
“There are some state laws that could have been broken,” she said. “And frankly, I’m not entirely convinced the federal government is actually investigating fake electors.”
Mays did not go so far as to offer specific grounds or goals for structuring the prosecution.
“This is a very serious problem,” she said. “There was an attempt to undermine American democracy, a case[of an election]that I take most seriously.”
The House of Representatives’ Jan. 6 selection committee served subpoenas to two Arizona Republicans in their investigation of fake electoral rolls submitted to Congress in December 2020.
The New York Times reports that former Arizona Republican Party chairman Kelly Ward was one of 11 fake electors who were subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate. According to emails seen by The Times, Ward was concerned that: Fake electoral vote schemes can appear “treasonous.”
of Georgia’s Fake Electoral College Scheme State fees may apply in 2020.
“Sunday Square Off” airs Sundays at 8:00 am on 12News with Chuck Todd after NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega talks about plans to bring water to the foothills of Rio Verde
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