Group warns lawsuit over Coyotes sale

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  1. truebluefan

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    A Phoenix watchdog group announced Tuesday it will sue the city of Glendale if the proposed deal to sell the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes to Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer is completed.

    The conservative Goldwater Institute said after examining more than 1,000 pages of documents provided by the city under a court order, it believes Glendale's hockey deal would illegally subsidize a private business and put taxpayers at risk.

    The city aims to sell bonds to pay Hulsizer $100 million. In return, Glendale would get the right to charge for parking during Jobing.com Arena events to pay the bond debt. The city also would pay Hulsizer $97 million over the next five years to manage the arena.

    Hulsizer would buy the team from the NHL, which purchased the Coyotes in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the fall of 2009.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6222187
     
  2. DP

    DP He shoots, he scores!

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    Dear Phoenix,

    You don't deserve a hockey team, Winnipeg does.

    Yours Truly, DP
     
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    Dear Winnipeg, you dont deserve a hockey team ether.

    Yours Truly, Toronto, Canada.
     
  4. DP

    DP He shoots, he scores!

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    Maybe I should of said Canada deserves a team?
     

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