Glendale’s city attorney hit the send button this week on an e-mail he probably wishes he could grab back.

City Attorney Craig Tindall delivered an out-and-out slam of an attorney for the Goldwater Institute — “play with her” or “ignore her,” Tindall wrote — but Tindall inadvertently sent the e-mail directly to the Goldwater attorney, Carrie Ann Sitren.

12 News obtained a copy of the e-mail exchange over the past week between the city attorney’s office and Sitren. You can find the full exchange at the end of this blog.

Sitren was seeking more information on Glendale’s deal with the National Hockey League for the city to cover up to $25 million in Phoenix Coyotes losses over the next year. Goldwater’s threat to sue the city over potentially illegal cash giveaways to the team has loomed for months.

At 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, hours before the City Council unanimously approved covering the losses, Tindall told Sitren in e-mail there were no draft documents of the deal with the NHL.

But that response to Sitren came 5 minutes after Tindall had sent an e-mail to Sitren that was likely intended for his deputy, Nicholas DiPiazza.

In that e-mail at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday, Tindall gave these instructions regarding Sitren’s request:

“That not a valid question. I’d play with her or ignore her.”

Read the rest.