Statement: “If you’re named then you simply can’t be in redevelopment no matter what,” Mayor Jerry Sanders said in an interview July 11, referring to a lawsuit aimed at overturning new redevelopment laws.
Analysis: State lawmakers created two laws in June that city and redevelopment officials are calling unconstitutional. The first law killed all redevelopment agencies. The second allowed cities to resurrect redevelopment agencies by paying the state some of their local taxes.
Fact Check: The Nonfatal 'Poison Pill'
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