TEMPE, Ariz. - The proposed Arizona Coyotes entertainment district continues to cause controversy among Tempe residents and the project's developer.

Most recently, all-volunteer resident group, Tempe 1st, was issued a cease and desist letter from the developer. They responded with a rally.

A $2 billion Tempe entertainment district near Rio Salado Parkway and Priest Drive will be home of the Arizona Coyotes if approved by voters, and will also have restaurants, shops, hotels and homes.

The idea of this development is not sitting well with some Tempe residents and members of Tempe 1st.

"There are so many reasons. It uses hundreds of millions of tax dollars that we feel are better spent on actual community needs. It also has really terrible water environmental impacts, and we have a lot that we need to work on in our city, that's what we want development and tax dollars going to," says Dawn Penich-Thacker, member of Tempe 1st and a Tempe resident.

Marie Provine, a 22-year Tempe resident, gives her take.

"We need to build something there. I'm not in favor of leaving it exactly the way it is. I'm in favor of a compatible development that would not involve lots of people moving in and creating a lot of congestion, but some sort of office complex," she said.

The group has been campaigning to vote "no" on Prop 301, 302 and 303, while also speaking about the developer Alex Meruelo.

"Voters have learned from his notorious history and the way he's already threatening people here in...

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