PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS, WHICH OPERATES THE “WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO”, WAS APPROPRIATED $15.3 MILLION FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE AT THE END OF BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR’S RECENTLY-APPROVED STATE BUDGET.

THE APPROPRIATION IS NOW BEING CHALLENGED IN A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ON BEHALF OF TWO PRESCOTT MEN WHO SAY THAT THE MONEY VIOLATES WHAT THEY CALL THE STATE CONSTITUTION’S “GIFT CLAUSE”.

FIRST VOICE IS RALPH HESS, ONE OF THE TWO PLAINTIFFS IN THE CASE.

THE SECOND VOICE IS OF STATE SENATOR KEN BENNETT OF PRESCOTT WHO DISAGREES, SAYING THAT THERE WAS NOTHING NEFARIOUS ABOUT THE MONEY GOING TO THE RODEO.