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Could Glendale voters derail Greg Jamison’s bid for Phoenix Coyotes?

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl...1741--nhl.html

Joyce Clark, a pro-arena deal member of the Glendale City Council, took to Twitter regarding the referendum:

"Coyotes Troops: It's not over until the fat lady sings and this fat lady isn't singing yet. The opposition has to get 1862 valid signatures and turn them in on July 9 (July 8 is a Sunday). They really need at least 2450 to account for invalid signatures and they have to do it in 18 days with a long July 4th weekend. I'm not saying it's not do-able but it will be very, very difficult."

And from Mike Sunnucks of the Phoenix Business Journal:

The move could essentially kill Jamison's bid to buy the team from the National Hockey League either by squelching the favorable arena deal or scaring off investors by dragging out the process. "That's their real goal," said one official familiar with the Coyotes deal.

A Coyotes' ballot measure could be teamed with a potential referendum backed by Glendale car dealers against a proposed city sales tax increase.

Glendale City Attorney Craig Tindall said the city won’t try legally to keep the Coyotes referendum off the ballot but will look at how the ballot measure is worded and whether enough signatures are collected. Maricopa Superior Court Judge Dean Fink did not rule Tuesday on the Goldwater lawsuit to void the deal. That could come on Thursday.