that goal but deal a significant blow to the states economic growth potential we do not support this legislation instead we look forward to continuing to promote the nfls values while focusing on the economic momentum apparent in arizona and capturing the positive worldwide attention associated with hosting super bowl xlix 4 marriott in a letter to gov jan brewer steve hart marriotts arizona area vice president and thomas maloney the hotel chains director of government affairs use an economic argument against the bill citing that the company has not returned to pre2008 occupancy and revenue levels we have serious concerns that passage of sb 1062 would undermine or worse counteract that progress this legislation has the potential to subject our state to travel boycotts by both individual leisure travelers and groups looking to hold meetings here the fiveparagraph letter was posted on twitter by buzzfeeds legal editor chris geidner a spokeswoman for marriott confirmed to abc news that the company urged the governor to veto the legislation regardless of whether or not sb 1062 goes into effect our internal policies have and will continue to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race gender or sexual orientation still at a fundamental level we need state law to also reflect these values of inclusion or out industry will be at a permanent competitive disadvantage visavis other jurisdictions 5 verizon communications inc verizon communications ceo lowell mcadam sent a letter to the governor in favor of a veto on behalf of verizons customers and employees in the state of arizona i strongly urge you to veto sb 1062 this legislation will needlessly open the door to ugly discrimination mcadam wrote verizon is proud of its strong antidiscrimination policies in effect across our nationwide footprint in our store channels and throughout our business operations the company based in new york city has over 2500 employees in arizona 39 retail locations and more than 26 million customers in the state he writes he adds verizon has invested nearly 14 billion in our arizona network since 2000 including nearly 170 million in 2013 alone 6 intel corp rachel sutherland a spokeswoman for intel in arizona said the santa clara califbased company was a part of several local business groups that sent a letter to gov brewer asking her to veto the bill after careful study and analysis of senate bill 1062 our organizations which represent the broad spectrum of arizonas business community respectfully request that you veto this bill the letter stated the letter was signed by the leaders of the greater phoenix chamber of commerce arizona chamber of commerce and industry greater phoenix leadership and southern arizona leadership council we are concerned over the potential for businesses to be exposed to an increased risk of litigation the fourparagraph letter stated businesses carry out laws every day that could under the construct of this legislation be construed as a state action which could result in increased disputes over the application of current and future