The Business Journal of Phoenix - by Mike Sunnucks
Phoenix Business Journal
Friday, November 2, 2007
Some business executives are joining Democratic lawmakers, minority and women's groups, and the American Civil Liberties Union in opposing a 2008 ballot measure restricting affirmative action in Arizona.
The proposal looks to prohibit minority- and gender-based quotas and preferences in university admissions and in government hiring and contracts. It has the backing of conservative and libertarian interests.
The business group, called Protect Arizona's Freedom, was launched Friday. Members include Ron Westad, CEO of Arizona Federal Credit Union and Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney Booker Evans, according to a PAF press release.
The ACLU, Arizona National Organization for Women, NAACP and Chicanos por la Causa are also part of the opposition. So are a number of government officials, including Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-central Phoenix; Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox; and Manny Cisneros, director of Gov. Janet Napolitano's Office of Equal Opportunity.
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/10/29/daily54.html
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