Phil Higdon was quoted in the Arizona Daily Star article, “Details on What Arizona Promised Amazon is Kept Under Wraps,” regarding the Arizona Commerce Authority’s refusal to disclose details of the proposal to lure Amazon to build its second headquarters in Arizona.

Attorney Phil Higdon, who works on public-records cases, said the submitted proposal is a public document and that the only “ongoing or active” exemption is for a law enforcement matter.

Corporate proposals almost always include tax breaks, subsidies and other financial incentives that would be financed by taxpayers, classifying the document of “extreme public interest,” he said.

“How is it detrimental to their competitive position if what Amazon has already seen becomes public?” Higdon said. “Unfortunately, this is the kind of stall the state’s agencies have used lately because it has gone unchallenged.”