Shea Homes says it denied permission to incorporate to ‘preserve choice’
by Jake Kincaid | San Tan Sentinel
When the news hit that Shea Homes sent a letter that denied permission for its community to be included in the incorporation of San Tan Valley, there was an outcry from pro-incorporation residents and the steering committee behind the incorporation effort that the right of residents to choose their future had been taken away.
Shea Homes has a different perspective. While Levi Shill, who signed the letter that put a stop to the incorporation effort, declined an in-person interview, Shea Homes responded to written questions and said that their decision was made to preserve options for Encanterra residents.
“The San Tan Valley Incorporation Committee chose to include Encanterra in its map without Shea’s approval and without input from all the Encanterra residents,” the company wrote. “By doing this, the Committee attempted to remove potential choices for Encanterra. If the Committee’s actions would have been left unchecked, voters from outside of Encanterra would have had the ability to influence the fate of Encanterra.”
