Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed legislation Monday that would have forced the city of Scottsdale to provide water to the thirsty Rio Verde Foothills community.
House Bill 2441 was introduced by Rep. Gail Griffin, R-Sierra Vista, to bring water to the approximately 700 homes in the area that rely on hauled water, but Hobbs did not like it.
“This bill fails to provide an immediate solution as it is passed without an emergency clause on the eve of a month-long adjournment (of the Legislature) which will only cause continued delay,” Hobbs wrote in a letter to Speaker of the House Rep. Ben Toma, R-Glendale.
