Residents appeal Oro Valley El Conquistador purchase referendum decision

The residents of Oro valley filed an appeal this afternoon with the Arizona Court of Appeals after a Superior Court judge ruled against their effort to have the purchase of the El Conquistador Country Club put to the voters.

This morning, Superior Court Judge Gus Aragon ruled that the Oro Valley Town Clerk was correction when she disqualified the petitions with over 3000 signatures due to a minor clerical error on the petition forms.

Aragon’s decision shocked residents and took legal experts by surprise. As attorney for the residents, Bill Risner, had told the judge, citizens’ participation in democratic processes are to be facilitated by the government – not thwarted by it.

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