Harry Danilevics
Sedona AZ (August 25, 2016) – On last Thursday, August 18, 2016, the Democrats of the Red Rocks hosted this 2016 City of Sedona campaign season’s last candidate forum at Olde Sedona Family Restaurant from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Gerhard Mayer, John Currivan, Joe Vernier, Tom Lamkin, Jessica Williamson and Sandy Moriarty were present, and, once again, John Martinez selected Angela LeFevre to read his responses.
The third forum began with candidates speaking for two minutes on increases and or decreases they’d want in line items of the City budget, followed by support and or opposition to the concept of a national monument.
At the forum’s end, questions from the audience covered the unfunded mandate (pay for retirements); Sedona minimum wage (cities setting higher wages? Plastic bags, minimum wage, paid leave, should city?); affordable housing in Sedona (ADUs); issue of single hauler garbage; two specific questions on traffic (Do you see the City funding or helping to fund free for low cost shuttle to reduce traffic? and 2) How do you see the role of the City in working with traffic problems, even through SR 179 in VOC and SR 89A in the canyon, partnering with agencies for more global solution?). To receive candidates full answers to these audience questions, email Editor@SedonaEye.com.
Introductions
Mayor Sandy Moriarty, running unopposed, introduced herself only and didn’t participate in the candidate forum.
Sandy Moriarty: “It’s been about a year and nine months since I’ve been the Mayor. Once of the first things we did was pass an ordinance to allow alcohol on City property, and what that meant was that we can have festivals at the Posse Grounds. Like yours, and like the one I’m in charge of called Sedona Wine Fest. So, it can make, events are great, Sedona needs a lot of events, a lot of choices for the tourists we have, and it spreads them out, and keeps them in Sedona rather than going to a festival in Cottonwood, where they were a little friendlier to events down there. So, I think that was an important thing. We passed the Human Rights Ordinance as you all know, I didn’t bring my little cheat sheet of all the things we’ve done, but we really have done a number of things, and of course one of the biggest things we have on our plate is the CFA plans that came out of the Community Plan, that the community approved, and that plan is based on sustainability, which leads us to a lot of our other priorities. So we are, we have that on going, it also led to the update of Land Development Code, which is on going and another big huge project and we are in the middle of that, and of course the traffic study, which is ongoing. We will be, we will be reporting, Council will be getting a report on that, I believe it’s September, if not it’s October, and I would encourage you all to come to that meeting or watch it when you can afterwards, even on your computer or TV.”
Here are, in part, some highlights from the candidates:
Gerhard Mayer
Gerhard Mayer: “I’m an independent candidate who has chosen to call all citizens of Sedona my party… I have given back eight years to this community, and I don’t have to learn on the job, my experience comes from contribution, especially three and a half years on Community Update Plan Committee. Not an entitlement to serve on the Council, but an obligation, to ensure that the wishes, concerns, needs of the entire community are implemented. I’m the most qualified candidate. Thank you.”
Jessica Williamson: “We have, this particular Council, has managed to work together to complete, and do things, that other Council’s basically just kicked down the road. It’s hard sometimes to make decisions because somebody is always against everything, and it’s very, some people it’s very hard for them to make decisions, given that. I have no problem making those decisions, and I make them all the time on the basis of what’s best for all of Sedona, now and in the future. I mean, we’re not just making decisions for the people who are here now. We’re making decisions for the future generations as well and it’s incredible important that the decisions that need to be made, are made, and that they’re made in the interest of Sedona… On my priorities, traffic is obviously one of them. I’m particularly proud of what this Council has managed to do in terms of supporting arts and culture, with actually getting Barbara’s Park built, funding the HUB for an alternative performance venue, buskers in the street and that ordinance. The role of arts in this community, and I mean arts in the little a, I mean the excitement and energy that arts contributes, what arts can mean to our society and what arts can mean to engage younger people. One of the things I’ve noticed is that when I go to the Hub for some of the events, there are younger people there, it’s not everybody over 55 and I think that’s a really exciting opportunity. Thank you.”
John Currivan
John Currivan: “I believe that in order to protect Sedona, we need a City Council that listens to the people… And here in Sedona I served three years on the Planning & Zoning Commission. Now let me just mention a couple of issues which I think are important in the remaining time. The first one is traffic, everybody talks about it of course. I think that it’s probably the most pressing problem that we have, because it’s getting to the point where it is affecting our quality of life and it’s affecting, I think, even our tourism. I think we can solve it but it’s gonna take not one solution, but a multitude of solutions. It’s gonna take some courage to do that, gonna take some leadership, we’re gonna have to think outside the city limits of Sedona, we’re gonna have to look at alternative routes, but I think we can do it. And the other one is trash hauling. I don’t understand why we are really talking about trash hauling at this point, it seems to me that there is no good reason for the city to step in, and impose, force, everyone to have the same trash hauler, take away people’s freedoms to choice, create a monopoly, I don’t know, I don’t see any good reason for that, and I believe this is just one example of a City Council that is not listening to the people. I believe we need a City Council that listens to the people and my pledge to you is; I’m listening.”
Tom Lamkin: “I don’t like the “win-win” term but what I had to do was look out for my customer’s interest. You are now my customers and I found that if I always took care of the customer, I would always be taken care of myself. So I thank you for considering me, I’ve lived here for four years, I ran two years ago and people told me “you’re too young and you’re too new.” And so I’ve gotten older, please… I encourage you to get with me and talk about any issues that concern you, and I’d like to talk to you wherever you’re from, if you’re here visiting, in the Village of Oak Creek, in Sedona, or somewhere else, because I find the input from the people who love the Red Rock area very similar. Can’t know the will of the people but I’ll try my hardest to follow it given what we know. I think the best way to find out about that is to ask people, although sometimes their will changes, I know mine does, I find out new facts and it’s like “Well, I didn’t know that before, and so I’m gonna shift my position” and it looks like you flip-flopped, but what you really did is become more knowledgeable. So I encourage you all to become more knowledge, really dig in to the information, and step back, pick the emotion out of it and we’ll all win. Thank you very much.”
John Martinez
John Martinez (answer read by representative): “We all know that we live in a vacation destination paradise and I want to see what the traffic study recommends. I know that it won’t be cheap, but will the next Council have the political courage to implement the recommendations presented. Past Council’s haven’t and that’s why we are facing the issue. I believe that I know the difference between growth and progress. With regards to an alternate route, this issue would also require coordination and cooperation with various agencies including county, USFS, and local municipalities. I believe that my biggest contribution during my four years on Council was to bring to light the financial situation that the City is in. Our financial strength is good, but we are spending more than the city is bringing in, in revenue. I was the only Councilor that ever voted against the approval of a City budget. We need to address that issue, because all of the other issues are secondary to that predicament. We need to discern between needs and wants, and I have that skill. The City has the funds to do anything we have to do but we do not have the funds to do everything. I believe that the main issues for the next years beyond fiscal responsibility are environmental sustainability, traffic, and ability to manage growth.”
Joe Vernier
Joe Vernier: “I was approached by a couple people in the community, because they know me, I’ve been here a long time. They had concerns, and the concerns are no different than anything we have heard here, and part of the concerns are the saturation of the visitor population that we have, the impact that it’s having on the quality of life for a lot of people. As a matter of fact, I spoke to one of my breakfast mates, a gentleman by the name of Horace sitting there in the back, and he talked a little bit about, he came here 14 years ago, and he believes that there is a decline in the service levels and quality of life in Sedona. I talk to a lot of people who feel that way. Whether that is reality or not, it’s real for the people who are experiencing it, and some of the concerns again, talking earlier, quality of life involve the traffic saturation, the gridlock that we have in the canyon and uptown, and another one, another dissatisfier is the ATVs that are out on streets and the noise levels that occur in some communities and neighborhoods that are directly effected by them.”
1. What line item in the City budget would you like to increase and what line item would you like to decrease? And why?
Joe Vernier: “There’s a series of power poles and power lines, and so in an ideal world I’d like to find a strategy; when I first came here, this was being done, there was a partnership between APS and the City to underground a lot of those utilities and I think it would just enhance the level of appearance and kind of, I guess, the feel of Sedona.”
“The thing I would probably consider eliminating from the line item, and a lot of it has to do with the feelings and frustrations that are expressed by the community, is the parking program for Uptown Sedona. It’s $270,000 for the capital for installing meters, and approximately $90,000 to operate, for expectation of a return on revenue of upward of a $100,000, and that’s based on the transmittal document from the City Manger to City Council, in preparation for this budget year.”
John Martinez (answer read by representative): “The first item I’d like to eliminate is Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA). The majority of the residents of Sedona don’t receive COLA, plus merit increases. Salaries and wages account for more than 70% of the overall budget and if you don’t look here first for the balance of recommended reductions are immaterial.”
“One of my first priorities when I first ran for office was to share a belief that “individuals and organization should not ask what the City can do for me, but what I can do for the City.” That being said, I’d like to further study the dollars that the City allocates to the numerous organizations in the City. Also, stop buying land and sitting on it.”
Tom Lamkin
Tom Lamkin: “The next area I’m most concerned with are the storm water projects continued to move forward, I’d like to see more money available in the future for these projects, but we need to be good stewards and not rob from the reserves in order to do so. It’s my hope that we might accelerate these in the future to eliminate if not greatly reduce storm water flooding in the Sedona neighborhoods. I feel that once the majority of this work is done, additional money might be moved to other projects that would benefit the community. For example, perhaps we can increase the 4.5 miles of roads restored or replaced each year, but we must be very careful to plan wisely and any funds that might be freed up should be carefully considered, and it may not make sense.”
“Secondarily, I’d like to see more money budgeted to be prepared to act upon recommendations made as a result of the traffic study currently under way. I want to be sure that when we completed that work that money’s available to be able to do some very basic things that would improve traffic flow. Otherwise we’ll have a study with no building fund to act, which would be doubly wasteful.”
John Currivan: “I would like to see an increase in funding for the arts in Sedona. Since time is limited I’m just gonna focus on one example, and that’s something that just came up at City Council. It’s the Sedona Arts Center artists in residence program. They’ve requested $14k for an inaugural program that was designed to partner with the Sedona Arts Center and it was supposed to provide temporary residence for select artists and also cultural managers from actually around the world. And they would make art and exchange ideas; they would interact with the community. Sounded like a great program, but it’s not intended to generate a lot of economic impact, intended to generate cultural impact.”
“I think that the problem is, while our vision statement proclaims that we are a community animated by the arts, some Council members expect business models with detailed plans and quantitative data even on a startup operation like this. They don’t seem to appreciate that this is the arts, and not really a business. This case requires trusting a man who has founded artist residency programs in several states, and countries. It requires sharing his vision to help Sedona to build a creative identity that could become known around the world.”
Jessica Williamson
Jessica Williamson: “I would love to have more money for the arts. The recommendation made by the review committee didn’t fund, the Council does, and I, I’m not sure the Council members ourselves don’t want to fund the arts.”
“When we talk about the traffic study I want to make very, very clear to everybody that the recommendations that are going to come out of this traffic study are going to be two things, one is going to be very, very expensive, and while we will likely be able to leverage some Federal or State funds for that, we have to figure out a way, and it’s not gonna be by not funding COLA for our employees, that’s not going to fund the kind of infrastructure work we’re going to need to do.”
“The City Manager is intending to establish a Citizens’ Work Group that’s going to actually look in, investigate, and make some recommendations to the Council on how we might be able to structure something to make those traffic improvements that we all want, and I think that’s going to be a very big step forward.”
Gerhard Mayer: “I have reviewed the budget from ‘10,’11,’14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17. A steady increase every year, but I’m not a CPA or sitting on the City Council to analyze them, if I sat on the City Council I would probably have an explanation why an increase was necessary or where to decrease. One item I can think of, consultants. You look at the big picture, which is fiscal sustainability of our budget, but I can see some budget items to be increased, which is actually from $2,000 to $16,000 for the arts and culture community. I’ve been an artist myself, in my past a sculpture and industrial designer, and I know that art is not necessarily panning out in money but it’s culture and culture cannot be measured monetary. The Community Plaza, which is in the favors of all the citizens’ who have voiced their wishes and needs in the Community Update Plan, would be something which I support and that was #1 item.”
Proposed Sedona Verde Valley Red Rocks boundaries
2. Do you support or oppose the concept of a national monument? And why?
Gerhard Mayer: “I’m Gerhard Mayer, I’m running for a two-year term on the City Council. I’m against it, and so it the majority of our citizens. The supporters, driven by their passion, have turned a blind eye to the impact to our community as well as the entire Verde Valley. Don’t, I’m taking into consideration that the National Park Service has already a huge funding shortage, which is going to pay for the maintenance of another, any other monument? It can not handle the system. Residents and businesses in Sedona would be affected the most. Check out the problems facing the residents of Zion National Park. Traffic, which is already a huge problem, would increase; Sedona would become a giant parking lot. Restriction of use for the residents, and time to move for the residents, it’s time to move for the residents who came to Sedona for many reasons, rather than living in a national monument.”
Jessica Williamson: “I don’t think the national monument is an ideal way to move forward but at this point it’s the only way to move forward to protect our valuable public lands. You know there’s a huge movement here in Arizona on the part of our Representatives and it’s also in the federal government, there’s a lot of people there who agree that it’s part of the Republican national platform to turn over all public lands to the states. I think that is a huge, huge threat to us, and our way of life here. People tell me it’s not gonna happen, I don’t know. I was told by Representative Thorpe there should be no publicly owned lands, that all land should be productive. By which he meant privately owned and making money. Now I think that is a huge, huge threat and I hate having to choose between losing our public land and a national monument, and I come out on the side of protecting our valuable heritage against the greed and ideology frankly of the people who want to take it away, and sell it. Thank you.”
John Currivan: “I’ve looked at both sides of this issue, I can see both sides, but I have some serious concerns about the monument proposal. Now there’s no time to go through them all, and they’ve all been publicly discussed at length, so what I’d like to do is add new concern, that I haven’t heard anyone mention. I’m concerned that this national monument status could get in the way of our efforts to solve our traffic problems. Now let me explain that. First of all, the first recommendation in the KSB proposal is that the Forest Service will manage the monument. There’s no assurance that the Forest Service will be involved at all. A vast majority of national monuments, over 90% of them are not managed by the Forest Service. They’re managed by the National Park Service or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Park Service and the BLM have their own sets of rules about access and activities, and they can be more restrictive than the Forest Service, and of course monument status itself is a higher level of protection than national forests and the rules for access and activities can be more restrictive. So now, you’re probably still wondering, “what does that have to do with our traffic problem?” Okay, in order to solve traffic, we will have to look at alternate routes outside Sedona, and these routes involve Forest Service land. If we convert the land around Sedona into a national monument, what’s that gonna do to our chances of getting approval for a road that runs through the monument? Especially if it’s managed by BLM or the Park Service. A land swap would be out of the question. Well, what about an easement, KSB recommends that there should be “a process for proposed easements to be evaluated.” Well that doesn’t give me a lot of confidence that we would actually be able to get an alternate route approved. I would hate to find out that by creating a national monument, we torpedoed our chances of solving our traffic problem.”
Tom Lamkin: “My name’s Tom Lamkin, and I’m looking for your vote, I appreciate it on the two-year term, if you would vote for Tom Lamkin. I’m concerned the national monument status issue is complex; there are a lot of moving parts of it to consider. I assume that the current desire to push for this is to protect the red rocks, which everybody wants to protect, there is no doubt about that. But the archaeologies, the Verde Valley Archaeology Center has not taken a position yet because no one has shown them how a designation would better protect artifacts than what they’re already doing today. I went to the Ranger Station yesterday and talked with the US Forest Service about it and there seems to be some confusion, first they said they couldn’t talk about it, which surprised me, but I just tried to get general answers to questions like “well what happens? Would you manage it? How would that…?” No one was really sure. More work needs to be done. I’d like to be educated on the advantages because they’re not apparent to me yet. In the order of complexity, and I think rules that we have to follow, I think US Forest Service, who people say is gonna be the one to run it afterwards, again there is no guarantee they’ll be the ones that get appointed, cuz they only run four of the monuments now, and two on a joint basis. So, the other thing is that nothing is forever with the government. There have been 11 national monuments that have been delisted, one national park has actually been delisted, many of them have become national monuments have moved to national park status, and I think that would be more onerous for us and the impact that would have. So a lot more work needs to be done. I’d be glad to talk to you about it after the meeting breaks up, because I think the US Forest Service is who we should work with, because they’re the least onerous, the National Parks should be next, then BLM. So let’s look at things that will have an impact on us. Can you walk your dog? Maybe, maybe not. Can you have your house taken by private land? If we’re inside the monument, and it becomes a national park, they have the ability to do it. And land trades can be done by any of these organizations at any time they want to do it, so don’t kid yourself. Nothing is permanent. Thank you.”
John Martinez (answer read by representative): “When I came before you four years ago, I stated that I totally supported the Sedona Red Rock national scenic protection for this area. Unfortunately, the proposed House bill failed, but the good thing about this project was that it was supported by the majority of people in Sedona and the Verde Valley. It was a total involvement process for the citizens of the area and presented to Congress for approval. Now, let us look at the proposed Sedona Verde Valley national monument proposal, a national monument proposal is a protected area that can be created from any land owned or controlled by the U.S. federal government by proclamation of the President of the United States. A national monument can be created in two ways, a President proclaim the monument by the authority given by Congress under the American Antiquities Act of 1906. Monuments can also be created by Congress. The proposed act that is being presented by Keep Sedona Beautiful would place so many restrictions, a list that would exceed my two minutes, and our national forest, the red rocks, that it would dramatically curtail the usefulness of our trails for residents and visitors who want to enjoy the wilderness. A major concern, which I totally understand, is the expiration of Amendment 12.”
Joe Vernier: “The way I read this question, and the way it’s written on the agenda is, “Do you support or oppose the concept of a national monument? And why?” The way I’m looking at the concept of a national monument is not exactly what was proposed earlier, but the concept is, there’s gotta be some way, some method, of protecting what we have, where the benefits far outweigh the detriments on it. In this particular case, the national monument that was brought forth before Sedona City Council was rejected for a variety of reasons, and I have to have some faith that the Council was provided with a lot of information from a lot of different sources when they were making that decision. And my hope is, is that Council made a decision that was in the best interest of the community as a whole at the time that they made that decision, not saying that that can ever change, but going into my personal background, I will share this with you is, I was a former Eagle Scout, one of the things I was taught is that when you go out into land and wilderness, you camp, hike, whatever, leave nothing more than your footprint out there, and I think that we do have some lands where we don’t want to leave anything behind more than our foot print if we’re visiting them. And again, and the concept of protecting the lands, I think that’s a good concept and it’s an ideal way to go, but at same time, getting into the history of what took place, the Council rejected the proposal for the national monument as submitted based on the information they had at hand. Thank you.”
Two Minute Closing Statements
Joe Vernier: “First, again I’d just like thank everybody for being here and being interested in what’s going on in our community, and no matter who your choices are, I just like to encourage everybody, if you haven’t voted, get out and vote. If you have friends that need to vote, please encourage them, and again, what you chose to do is going to be the future of this community. Thank you.”
John Martinez (answer read by representative): “I know that not everyone agrees with my beliefs for the City. I don’t represent the loudest group of overall citizens. I try to represent the whole city, and I believe my decisions are based on what is best for the City, based on best practices learned from other communities. Just because something isn’t broke doesn’t mean it can’t be improved. I’m sure all you business owners know that fact. When I ran for Council four years ago I never promised that all the issues facing the City would be resolved, but I did say they would be addressed. Some of these candidates will make the statement I’ll fix everything, but be aware of promises from individuals with no experiences in government. We all want your vote, but if you don’t believe I’m the right candidate after all the work Council has accomplished the last four years, then don’t vote for me, but please get off the couch and vote for somebody from this group of upstanding individuals before you. The last two elections saw a dismal turnout of approximately 30% voter participation. Which is an abomination considering all of the emails Council receives and the letters published in the RedRockNews, SedonaEye, and Sedona.biz. So, get out and vote. As I’ve always said, “If you’re not part of the solution, maybe you’re a part of the problem.” And again, once again, thank you Democrats of the Red Rocks.”
Tom Lamkin: “Like Joe, I’d like to thank you all for being here today. The first thing you’d have to be is an educated electorate or you’re never going to elect the right members to Council. Then what happens is you get upset with them when you don’t elect the right ones again, and they get knocked out, and this continues to go on and on. I will say that, on behalf of the Council, I’d like to say that I do believe it’s working pretty well. The members on the Council represent a fairly good cross section of Sedona. So your input is usually represented by at least one of the members on Council, and I’d have to say that while all these things I’m gonna do for you, I am only one vote out of seven. I have to talk three other people into doing what I think is the best thing for Sedona, as they have to do with me. Open Meeting Laws prevent a lot of that interaction from happening, but it’s the best we can do. I will tell you that I will listen to what you have to say. Feel free to send me a note on tomlamkin.com or call me at 847-302-4613. I love to listen to what you have to say. Thank you.”
John Currivan: “Thank you, I also would like to thank everybody for taking the time to come out and listen to us. As I said earlier, I’m running for City Council because I think we need a change on City Council. And I don’t want to paint with a broad brush, because a number of people are on City Council, they’re all different, but I do see some disturbing trends on City Council. One of em is, among some of the people at least, there seems to be an attitude that “we know best and you should just listen,” and there also seems to be an attitude that if somebody steps up to the microphone and opposes something, that person is part of the so-called vocal minority. Okay, well, I don’t accept that. I think we need to reach out and find out what people actually want and take that into account, doesn’t mean we just simply put our finger up in the wind and see what way it’s blowing. We have a responsibility on City Council to make our own decisions, but, when we’re talking about an issue, like the trash hauling for example, that affects people’s lives, and it affects everybody, in the city. I think that the City Council should, first of all really make sure there is a problem that needs to be solved, and that the solution makes sense, and then find out what the people actually want about it before they impose it on the people. And just because people stand up, people come to the City Council meeting, they stand there, they get their 3 minutes, and they get the attitude from some people on Council, that “oh, people are always going to be opposed to everything,” and they’re just the “nibbies” or the vocal minority. That’s not the way I look at it, I believe that they may actually be the majority. We need to find out, and we need to listen to the people.”
Jessica Williamson: “The will of the majority, it’s so interesting. Some people think Council’s job is to somehow find out what all the people think, that never happens. It can’t happen. The job of the Council is to listen to people who speak up, read the material, it’s complicated, it’s not always as simple as we’d all like to think. I’ve been accused of not hearing, not me personally, the Council; “You’re not hearing me! You’re not listening to me!” The truth is, I heard you, I listened to you, and I might actually simply disagree. So, the people who show up to Council are almost always against something, because that’s human nature. The people who are for it don’t show up, because it’s not fun to go before City Council. A lot of people don’t like public speaking, and they don’t like, a lot of times the room packed with people who are opposed to something, and it can be uncomfortable to stand up and come out for something, in a room that basically everybody is opposed to it. My goal is not to find out what the will of people is, because I don’t think you can do it. I think it’s irresponsible to expect any of us to be able to find out what everybody’s thinks. My goal and what I see as my job is to represent all of Sedona. To make decisions that are in fact in the benefit of the City as a whole, even those who don’t vote, even those people who don’t come forward before City Council, and tell me how I feel, those people are our constituents as well, and I think we have to make that kind of a decision based on what we know and what we hear, and go forward. It’s. We are a diverse community.”
Gerhard Mayer: “Well, when I was collecting signatures for my petition, a lot of people said “Well, I’m not gonna sign that because there’s no reason for me to sign this petition because the City Council does what they want to do anyway. So why would I vote?” Well, I explained to them that there might be some changes in a way, and I have plenty of experience, I have worked over 8 years on community issues, like on Mayor Rob Adams’ Economic Steering Committee, Parks & Rec Commissioner for three years, and developed Community Update Plan for three and a half years, currently a Planning & Zoning Commissioner. So, I realized that the ultimate say and decision was being made by the City Council, not by the Planning & Zoning commission, or anybody else. So I would like to climb up a step in order to make a difference in our city. You know, and listen to the will of the people, to the majority of the people, and not just say I know best. Thank you very much, vote for me please, I would appreciate it, thank you.”
This SedonaEye.com article written by Harry Danilevics.
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Interesting read – and yes, I read the entire review and conclude the most succinct observation and statement came from Gerhard Mayer in his closing statement. He says: “Well, when I was collecting signatures for my petition, a lot of people said “Well, I’m not gonna sign that because there’s no reason for me to sign this petition because the City Council does what they want to do anyway. So why would I vote?”
Bravo, Mr. Mayer, and all that’s necessary to fully understand the significant impact of his words is to review the article. And undeniable proof is the current push by present city council to control private contracts with local garbage haulers. I applaud candidates who acknowledge that fact but unfortunately are in the minority.
So the folks cited by Mr. Mayer are correct. City council members do not want to hear from us unless we agree with their mission. We will be called the “Vocal Minority” even if all 8,000 or so registered voters showed up at council meetings.
good read & thanks
The council obviously does not realize those that show up at meetings represent the majority.
Saying you are going to do what ever you want because you represent everyone and those that show up are just a vocal minority is fantasy land. It’s saying the only way you are not going to do what ever you want is if everyone shows up. How would 8000 voters show up at a city council meeting?
The city council thinks they act for the good of everyone, the Verde Valley, for the planet for that matter. The council listens when the Chamber of Commerce says they love them. They listen to city employees who love their nationally competitive salaries, 4 day week and one month vacation/leave the first year of employment. Economics, a balanced budget, traffic? Math, numbers and looking at the waste in the city budget, are hard and not as fun as giving things away. The council will worry about that tomorrow. Never mind the city is in the red by millions of dollars this year.
Personally , I voted. Against the franchise fees only. I also did not vote for any one running for city council. I think the poor voter turnout represents what percentage think the city council actually represents them and will listen to the will of the people.
I gave them a vote of NO. Will they listen?
Today opened mail & received flyer with candidates position and mention of this Internet address and I’ve been challenged reading about the forum and their positions. You three on the flyer have my vote (Joe Verneir, Gerhard Mayer, John Currivan). Good luck to the three of you. (I’m not using my last name here because I work in west Sedona and prefer my vote and opinions be my own.) I subscribed today and will be back often to keep up with goings on. Best of luck with your campaigns, it is a position that few have courage to take. (I’m really not pleased with our city hall & of my friends and family, few are.) It’s important that everyone vote. Please send your votes in. Sharon, Sedona
“My goal is not to find out what the will of people is, because I don’t think you can do it. I think it’s irresponsible to expect any of us to be able to find out what everybody’s thinks.” ( Direct quote by City Councilwoman Jessica Williamson above article. )
That’s the scariest quote I’ve ever heard from a seated council member!!!! This woman’s “attitude” doesn’t deserve anyone’s vote or respect! Outrageous and it’s time her puppet maker mayor sandy needs to take her to task once and for all.
While I’m at it – VOTE NO on the Franchise Fees. Vote Yes on Joe Verneir, Gerhard Mayer and John Currivan – Please. That’s how I voted and I did not vote for mayor because I wanted her to see a lower vote number and feel she is all about her personal agenda vs the city’s.
PS to @Mary C – I disagree with you that those who show up at council meetings represent the majority. Nope, they just represent themselves or their organization. Only once can I remember the Majority really showing up and that’s when 72% of the registered voters voted in a Public Ballot format Against the council that wanted to own 89A. That 72% was the most beautiful sound of the Silent Majority speaking. I think that if people really want to talk about bad traffic and drive times they should recognize that if the city police department would just do some hands on directing folks through roundabouts and have a traffic “director” or two in uptown to keep the traffic flowing- well, we would be in pretty good shape.
If I commented on all candidate’s comments I would have written a book that is far too long for this site and far to much trouble for my blood pressure as majority of answers are just head shakers….
…..but do have one more comment to make: current City Councilman John Martinez is either so arrogant to think he can leave town for the month leading up to his election and not participate in the council forums – – – Or, he is Sooo arrogant that he doesn’t understand people can put 2 + 2 together and realize his new best girlfriend is our National Monument nightmare in the name of Angela LaFeiver who he let speak for him.
Nuff said for today and my health.
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PRECINCT 1: FLAGSTAFF #01 — Kingdomheirs Church, 520 N. Switzer Canyon Rd.
PRECINCT 2: FLAGSTAFF #02 — Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 1601 N. San Francisco St.
PRECINCT 3: FLAGSTAFF #03 — Federated Community Church, 400 W. Aspen Ave.
PRECINCT 4: FLAGSTAFF #04 — Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 423 N. Beaver St.
PRECINCT 5: FLAGSTAFF #05 — The Peaks Senior Living Community, 3150 Winding Brook Rd.
PRECINCT 6: FLAGSTAFF #06 — DoubleTree by Hilton Flagstaff, 1175 W. Route 66
PRECINCT 7: FLAGSTAFF #07 — Northland Christian Assembly, 1715 W. University Ave.
PRECINCT 8: FLAGSTAFF #08 — East Side Public Library, 3000 N. 4th St., Suite 5
PRECINCT 9: FLAGSTAFF #09 — Days Inn, 1000 W. Route 66
PRECINCT 10: FLAGSTAFF #10 — NAU University Union, NAU Campus
PRECINCT 11: FLAGSTAFF #11 — Northern AZ Church of Christ, 2203 N. East St.
PRECINCT 12: FLAGSTAFF #12 — Guadalupe Church Administration Bldg., 224 S. Kendrick St.
PRECINCT 13: FLAGSTAFF #13 — NAU University Union, NAU Campus
PRECINCT 14: FLAGSTAFF #14 — Murdoch Community Center, 203 E. Brannen Ave.
PRECINCT 15: FLAGSTAFF #15 — Coconino County Health & Community Services Bldg., 2625 N. King St.
PRECINCT 16: FLAGSTAFF #16 — Breath of Life Church, 3500 N. Fourth St.
PRECINCT 17: FLAGSTAFF #17 — Family Resource Center, 4000 N. Cummings St.
PRECINCT 18: FLAGSTAFF #18 — Living Christ Lutheran Church, 6401 N. Hwy. 89
PRECINCT 19: FLAGSTAFF #19 — Christ’s Church of Flagstaff West Campus, 3475 E. Soliere Ave.
PRECINCT 20: FLAGSTAFF #20 — NAU University Union, NAU Campus
PRECINCT 21: FLAGSTAFF #21 — DeMiguel Elementary School, 3500 S. Gillenwater
PRECINCT 22: FLAGSTAFF #22 — Bethel Community Church, 3926 S. Walapai Dr.
PRECINCT 23: FLAGSTAFF #23 — Coconino Community College, 2800 S. Lonetree Rd.
PRECINCT 24: FLAGSTAFF #24 — Country Club Terrace Apartment Homes Clubhouse, 5404 E. Cortland Blvd.
PRECINCT 25: FLAGSTAFF #25 — Knoles Elementary School, 4005 E. Butler Ave.
PRECINCT 26: FLAGSTAFF #26 — Living Christ Lutheran Church, 6401 N. Hwy. 89
PRECINCT 40: BELLEMONT — Camp Navajo Building 8, 1 Hughes Ave.
PRECINCT 41: BLUE RIDGE — Blue Ridge Community Church, 856 Coconino Loop
PRECINCT 42: BODAWAY — Bodaway Chapter House, East of Trading Post
PRECINCT 43: CAMERON — Cameron Senior Center
PRECINCT 47: COPPERMINE — Coppermine Chapter House, 22 Miles South of Page
PRECINCT 48: COALMINE — Coalmine Chapter House, 16 miles S.E. of Tuba City
PRECINCT 50: DONEY PARK — Calvary Bible Church, 6555 Townsend Winona Rd.
PRECINCT 51: SCHULTZ — Summit Fire Station #33, 6050 E. Firehouse Ln.
PRECINCT 52: TIMBERLINE/FERNWOOD — Summit Fire Station #33, 6050 E. Firehouse Ln.
PRECINCT 53: FOREST LAKES — Chevelon Butte School Building, 3031 Old Rim Rd.
PRECINCT 55: FORT VALLEY EAST — Snowbowl Lodge, 6355 N. Hwy. 180 at mile marker 223
PRECINCT 56: FORT VALLEY WEST — Snowbowl Lodge, 6355 N. Hwy. 180 at mile marker 223
PRECINCT 58: FREDONIA — Fredonia Fire Station, 20 West Brown St.
PRECINCT 59: GRAND CANYON — Shrine of the Ages, Grand Canyon Village
PRECINCT 60: HAVASUPAI TRIBE — Havasupai Tribe New Building, Supai Village
PRECINCT 61: INSCRIPTION HOUSE — Inscription House Chapter House (Ts’ ah bii kin), 5 Miles N. Hwy. 98 on N-16
PRECINCT 62: PUMPHOUSE WASH — Highlands Fire Station (Mountainaire), 3350 Old Munds Park Hwy.
PRECINCT 63: MORMON LAKE — Bethel Community Church, 3926 S. Walapai Dr. in Flagstaff
PRECINCT 64: KAIBAB NORTH — Kaibab Estates West Fire Station, 3905 N. Double A Ranch Rd.
PRECINCT 65: KAIBETO — Kaibeto Senior Center, ½ Mile East of Hwy. 98
PRECINCT 66: KAIBAB WEST — Kaibab Estates West Fire Station, 3905 N. Double A Ranch Rd.
PRECINCT 67: LECHEE — LeChee Chapter Admin Bldg, R-20 Coppermine Rd.
PRECINCT 69: LEUPP — Leupp Chapter House
PRECINCT 70: MOENKOPI — Upper Moenkopi Community Center, Upper Moenkopi Village
PRECINCT 71: NAVAJO MOUNTAIN — Community Arizona Warehouse, 5 miles S. of Chapter House
PRECINCT 72: PAGE CENTRAL — City of Page Townhouse, 605 S. Navajo Dr.
PRECINCT 73: PAGE EAST — Page CAVIAT School; Classroom; 19 Poplar St.
PRECINCT 74: PAGE SOUTH — Faith Bible Church, 551 San Francisco Rd.
PRECINCT 75: PAGE WEST — Page City Hall, 697 Vista Ave.
PRECINCT 79: PARKS — Maine Consolidated School, 10 N. Spring Valley Rd.
PRECINCT 80: PINEWOOD — Pinewood Fire Station, 475 E. Pinewood Blvd.
PRECINCT 82: SEDONA NORTH — Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd.
PRECINCT 83: SEDONA SOUTH — Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd.
PRECINCT 84: RANCHES — DoubleTree by Hilton Flagstaff, 1175 W. Route 66
PRECINCT 85: SUNSET CRATER — Cromer Elementary School, 7150 Silver Saddle Rd.
PRECINCT 86: MOUNTAIN VIEW — Calvary Bible Church, 6555 Townsend Winona Rd.
PRECINCT 88: TOLANI LAKE — Tolani Lake Chapter House
PRECINCT 90: TONALEA — Tonalea Senior Citizen Center, ½ Mile Route N-21 off Hwy. 160
PRECINCT 92: WINONA — Summit Fire Station #31, 6425 N. Cosnino Rd.
PRECINCT 93: TUBA CITY NORTHEAST — Tuba City Junior High School, East Fir St.
PRECINCT 94: TUBA CITY NORTHWEST — Tuba City Primary School, Maple St.
PRECINCT 95: TUBA CITY SOUTH — Tuba City High School, 67 Warrior Dr.
PRECINCT 97: TUSAYAN — Tusayan Town Hall, 845 Mustang Drive
PRECINCT 98: WILLIAMS NORTHSIDE — Grand Canyon Railway Hotel, 235 N. Grand Canyon Blvd.
PRECINCT 99: WILLIAMS SOUTHSIDE — St. John’s Episcopal-Lutheran Church, 202 W. Grant
To search for your polling location by address, visit the Arizona Secretary of State’s website at http://www.azsos.gov/elections/voting-election.
Sharlett said:
That’s the scariest quote I’ve ever heard from a seated council member!!!!
My goal is not to find out what the will of people is, because I don’t think you can do it. I think it’s irresponsible to expect any of us to be able to find out what everybody’s thinks.” ( Direct quote by City Councilwoman Jessica Williamson above article. )
Not the councils job to vote the will of the people, it is there job to look at each issue and vote on what they think is best for Sedona, they are guided by the community plan not just turn out at council meetings. High school civic 101
Simply put, a representative democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws FOR them. A perfect example is the U.S., where we elect a president and members of the Congress. We also elect local and state officials.
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I want to clarify my previous comment, “those who show up a council meetings represent the majority”.
What I meant to say is when a large crowd shows at council meetings, like on trash or the national monument they represent the majority. Those who regularly show up, are welcomed and allowed to exceed their time limits while speaking and have their hand out, represent themselves. At most meetings just the tax feeders show up, the citizens have better things to to than be ignored.
Are you implying the standing-room-only gathering at the public meetings, including the regular city council meeting, who were against the city takeover of garbage collection actually represented the vocal minority and should be ignored? That being the case then we’re all dead in the water.
Funny…….nothing but complaints from the same ole cast of complainers here on SE……Yet the current mayor that they dislike runs unopposed…..
Says a lot about who the complainers are….
Complain for the sake of complaining….. Same ole same…and the beat goes on
Same old same old? Read your own short but worn out diatribe. Who would run for council these days when it’s clearly controlled by the regional Chamber of Commerce and uses city council and city staff as their puppets?
And read your own words, Missy WSR. Do you consider them to be positive? But of course since you are pulling the strings of this farce of an incorporated Arizona city. Government run amok translated: Sedona, Arizona.
@ Sharlett
That quote by Jessica Williamson was one of many gems spewed out over the years. Here are a few others. I do not only represent the citizens of Sedona. She was and is correct. She represents special interests outside the city limits. Another gem was to the film festival director Patrick Schweiss. Hee Hee Patrick you are so wonderful, I would give you anything you asked for. This was in regards to the $400,000 gift the city gives to the film festival. By the way Patrick pays himself a $200,000 salary. Yes a true non- profit much like the chamber of commerce. By the way having the city council meetings during the regular working people’s work day is no accident. It should be illegal. That is why you don’t have more participation.
Carbon Footprint & Pedestrians 1st concept ! Amazing that this lovely place in nature ,almost totally ignores the impact of the plethora of filthy noisy ATV’s , Jeep’s , Helicopters & ” The Race Track ” of 89A from Forest Rd to Dry Creek . Impossible for a PEDESTRIAN to cross safely , let alone a safe LEFT TURN in the MIDDLE SHARED LANE at 45-50 mph ON-COMING TRAFFIC . Where are the Sedona Police during rush hour to DIRECT THE RACE TO THE ROUND-ABOUT & RED LIGHTS . A pedestrian aware community IS essential for a REAL TOURIST TOWN . It is out of Control and our so called City Counsel Folks ,ARE TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS . Can’t wait for a cogent response with teeth ! Robert Brazy Up Town / ” Slow-Doughnut ” 8 / 29
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Complaining constantly is not action….
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Hello All: Stay with me here – WHO EVER POSTED “@sharlett says” THIS IS NOT ME!!!
#1) “@sharlett says: August 29, 2016 at 9:05 am Are you implying the standing-room-only gathering at the public meetings, including the regular city council meeting, who were against the city takeover of garbage collection actually represented the vocal minority and should be ignored? That being the case then we’re all dead in the water.” The REAL SHARLETT did not wright the above….so…
Answer: NO that is NOT what I’m saying – wish this could be easier to explain…when the council likes the majority of people in their audience speaking FOR what they want than its great the public is there…..but opps when the Majority in the council’s audience doesn’t like what the council is saying than they are shut down and just Ignored!
What I’m trying to say is that those on council do the great Pick and Choose and only when it behooves them. Mayor Sandy is the Puppeteer behind Jessica W. and Jessica is so in need of Mayor Sandy’s approval that she will do what ever it takes to please her.
#2) @steve Segner – My main question to You is HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE ( with ALL your many address’s) and HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BULLY VOTED STEVE?
#3) @Jay Johnstone Thank you for more of the most idiotic and socialistic quote’s made by Jessica Williamson running for council and the comment of:”By the way Patrick pays himself a $200,000 salary. Yes a true non- profit much like the chamber of commerce”
@steve Segner
Hey Mr. Know it Nothing: Guess you forgot that the Council is elected to:
ACT AS LIAISONS BETWEEN CITY & THE GENERAL PUBLIC ?????
sharlett, There are more then 8000 residents and 8000+ people that work in sedona.
60 to 70 people at a council meeting is just that 60 or 70 people.
Not the will of the people just people that came to say how they feel.
At some meetings the only people that show are the con trails wack jobs
Ss
I totally understand where you are coming form.
Explain to me why the citizens of Sedona are giving $400,000 to the Sedona Film Festival, of which Pat Schweiss puts $200,000 in his pocket?
Oh wait, I remember, he is related by marriage to the Larsons, owners of the Red Rock News.
Sounds like a criminal act RICO Organized crime and theft to me.
Ha, has – as if most of us don’t under where steve segner is coming from? Very funny. It’s were would like for him to go that should matter. The little big man on Sedona City Hall campus is so full of himself that one day he might explode and – POOF! No more City Hall, City Council, or City Staff.
His idiotic comment about 60 or 70 people attending a council meeting apparently doesn’t apply when the chamber of commerce and lodging council sends e-mails asking for attendance from their chosen few. At those meetings, indeed, the attendance counts and even the mayor allows clapping and cheering. Not so with the lowly flatlanders.
Move on, Segner etal. We’ve had more than a belly full of your obnoxious, officious behavior. Go to Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Camp Verde, or Flagstaff and tell them how to run their affairs. Funny part is they wouldn’t tolerate you for more than five minutes.
#2) @steve Segner – My main question to You is HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE ( with ALL your many address’s) and HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BULLY VOTED STEVE?
95 portal lane , every election, and what is a bully voted? I help people that I think should be elected, and help fund them , what do you do besides complain?
Did you send a ck to Trump?
Steve Segner admits (deleted by editor) business address (deleted by editor) the city while he lives up the canyon on thompson road OUTSIDE the city. I really (deleted by editor). I really (deleted by editor).
Writes Steve Segner 8/29 – 8:24 PM: “60 to 70 people at a council meeting is just that 60 or 70 people.” And just how many comments have been made by this same Segner person telling people to quit complaining and instead attend council meetings and speak up? Those of us that did so at public meetings about this city-controlled garbage were disrespected and mocked and there was standing room only and even people that couldn’t get into the meeting room(s). But again, they weren’t the cheerleaders from throughout the Verde Valley that this city council just LUVS and proves it every time they rubber stamp more money for Segner and his gang.
Twisting words doesn’t twist the hard cold facts. We legitimate residents of Sedona, the scrubby flatlanders that don’t rate invitations to the Segner Ranch, are like lepers to those in command.
How about T-Shirts and Bumper Stickers: “SEDONA RESIDENTS MATTER?”
If we take the approximately $2,000,000 Given to the Chamber
Then the above mentioned $400,000 given to the Sedona Film Festival
That’s $2,400,000 and the city of Sedona can balance it’s budget and cut sewer fees.
Without the chamber of commerce and the film festival we would have less traffic too. That sounds like a win for everyone but the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and film festival.
Well Councilors?
Its success in dominating social media during the Democratic National Convention is thanks in part to the signal boost given by progressive supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
http://www.breitbart.com/clinton-cash-movie/
Already concerned citizens have circulated copies of the film on various media platforms. While most filmmakers would find the pirating of their material troubling, the Clinton Cash filmmakers have a message to the world: “Pirate away!” Social network it now!
SEDONA COUNCIL MEMBER – 4-YEAR TERM
Number of Precincts
2
Precincts Reporting
2
Vote For 3
CURRIVAN, JOHN (NP)
640
23.90%
MARTINEZ, JOHN (NP)
680
25.39%
VERNIER, JOE (NP)
695
25.95%
WILLIAMSON, JESSICA (NP)
631
23.56%
Write-In
32
1.19%
2,678
Total Votes
100.00%
SEDONA COUNCIL MEMBER – 2-YEAR TERM
Number of Precincts
2
Precincts Reporting
2
Vote For 1
LAMKIN, TOM (NP)
528
54.89%
MAYER, GERHARD (NP)
432
44.91%
Write-In
2
0.21%
962
Total Votes
100.00%
SEDONA MAYOR
Number of Precincts
2
Precincts Reporting
2
Vote For 1
MORIARTY, SANDRA J “SANDY”
(NP)
812
95.31%
Write-In
40
4.69%
852
Total Votes
100.00%
JEROME COUNCIL MEMBER
Number of Precincts
1
Precincts Reporting
1
Vote For 5
BACHRACH, HUNTER (NP)
71
21.19%
BARBER, CHRISTINA “ALEX”
(NP)
53
15.82%
CURRIER, LEW (NP)
49
14.63%
VANDER HORST, FRANK (NP)
70
20.90%
Write-In
92
27.46%
335
Total Votes
100.00%
COUNTY ASSESSOR
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Vote For 1
PEARSALL, PAM
11,735
47.55%
SIMMONS, JUDD
12,929
52.38%
Write-In
17
0.07%
24,681
Total Votes
97.78%
CLARKDALE COUNCIL MEMBER
Number of Precincts
3
Precincts Reporting
3
Vote For 2
BUCKLEY, SCOTT (NP)
421
47.04%
DEHNERT, RICHARD (NP)
423
47.26%
Write-In
51
5.70%
895
Total Votes
100.00%
CLARKDALE MAYOR
Number of Precincts
3
Precincts Reporting
3
Vote For 1
VON GAUSIG, DOUG (NP)
481
96.78%
Write-In
16
3.22%
497
Total Votes
100.00%
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – DIST. 2
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Results Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48
Number of Precincts
11
Precincts Reporting
11
Vote For 1
THURMAN, THOMAS
3,357
99.35%
Write-In
22
0.65%
3,379
Total Votes
100.00%
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – DIST. 1
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
14
Precincts Reporting
13
Vote For 1
HRIN, MARY BETH
2,870
46.55%
SIMMONS, ROWLE
3,289
53.34%
Write-In
7
0.11%
6,166
Total Votes
92.86%
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – DIST. 3
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
8
Precincts Reporting
8
Vote For 1
GARRISON, RANDALL “RANDY”
2,156
61.39%
JOENS, DIANE
1,350
38.44%
Write-In
6
0.17%
3,512
Total Votes
100.00%
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – DIST. 5
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
4
Precincts Reporting
4
Vote For 1
IRWIN, STEVE
1,348
34.86%
SMITH, JACK
1,542
39.88%
WISE, HAROLD
974
25.19%
Write-In
3
0.08%
3,867
Total Votes
100.00%
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – DIST. 4
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
8
Precincts Reporting
8
Vote For 1
BROWN, CRAIG
3,962
62.23%
FESTENESE, MARLA
2,398
37.66%
Write-In
7
0.11%
6,367
Total Votes
100.00%
COUNTY SHERIFF
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Vote For 1
MASCHER, SCOTT
21,002
99.52%
Write-In
101
0.48%
21,103
Total Votes
97.78%
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Vote For 1
CARTER, TIM
20,167
99.50%
Write-In
102
0.50%
20,269
Total Votes
97.78%
COUNTY TREASURER
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Vote For 1
JACOBS, ROSS
20,638
99.75%
Write-In
52
0.25%
20,690
Total Votes
97.78%
JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT – DIV. 4
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Vote For 1
TREBESCH, PATRICIA
19,329
99.48%
Write-In
102
0.52%
19,431
Total Votes
97.78%
JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT – DIV. 7
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Vote For 1
BLUFF, MICHAEL
19,477
99.61%
Write-In
77
0.39%
19,554
Total Votes
97.78%
CONSTABLE – VERDE VALLEY – 2-YEAR TERM
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
14
Precincts Reporting
14
Vote For 1
FANNING, JODY
2,668
57.31%
GODINA, CARLOS
986
21.18%
REIMER, MONTE
988
21.22%
Write-In
13
0.28%
4,655
Total Votes
100.00%
STATE REP – DIST. 6
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
10
Precincts Reporting
10
Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48
Vote For 2
BARTON, BRENDA
3,180
46.87%
THORPE, BOB
3,575
52.69%
Write-In
30
0.44%
6,785
Total Votes
100.00%
STATE REP – DIST. 6
(DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
Number of Precincts
10
Precincts Reporting
10
Vote For 2
MARTINEZ, ALEX
2,804
98.42%
Write-In
45
1.58%
2,849
Total Votes
100.00%
U.S. REP IN CONGRESS – DIST. 1
(DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
Date: 8/30/2016
Time: 11:23:18 PM
Number of Precincts
7
Precincts Reporting
7
100.00% Reported
Vote For 1
O’HALLERAN, TOM
1,279
73.34%
OLIVAS, MIGUEL
455
26.09%
Write-In
10
0.57%
Vote Count Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48 (not final)
U.S. Senator (REP)
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6 Year Term | Elect 1
MCCAIN, JOHN
WARD, KELLI
52.4%
38.3%
238,810 Votes (Leading by 64,527)
174,283 Votes
Vote Count Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48 (not final)
U.S. Representative in Congress – District No. 2 (DEM)
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2 Year Term | Elect 1
HEINZ, MATT
STEELE, VICTORIA
53.0%
47.0%
25,643 Votes (Leading by 2,946)
22,697 Votes
STATE SENATOR – DIST. 6
(DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
Number of Precincts
10
Precincts Reporting
10
Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48
Vote For 1
BAGLEY, NIKKI CHECK
2,893
99.25%
Write-In
22
0.75%
2,915
Total Votes
100.00%
Vote Count Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48 (not final)
U.S. Representative in Congress – District No. 1 (REP)
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2 Year Term | Elect 1
BABEU, PAUL
ROGERS, WENDY
33.6%
22.5%
14,778 Votes (Leading by 4,864)
9,914 Vote
COTTONWOOD MAYOR
Number of Precincts
5
Precincts Reporting
2
Vote For 1
ELINSKI, TIM (NP)
633
46.10%
GRIGAITIS, HOLLY (NP)
400
29.13%
PRATT, TERENCE (NP)
340
24.76%
Write-In
0
0%
1,373
Total Votes
40.00%
COTTONWOOD COUNCIL MEMBER
Number of Precincts
5
Precincts Reporting
2
Vote For 3
ALTHOUSE, DEB (NP)
618
20.17%
HENRY, TOSCA (NP)
574
18.73%
HILBERGER, ALBERT C (NP)
591
19.29%
JAUREGUI, RUBEN (NP)
687
22.42%
NAIRN, JACKIE (NP)
586
19.13%
Write-In
8
0.26%
3,064
Total Votes
40.00%
Vote Count Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48 (not final)
State Representative – District No. 1 (REP)
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2 Year Term | Elect 2
Choice
Votes
Percent
CAMPBELL, NOEL
15,585
38.43%
DAVIS, CHIP
12,665
31.23%
STRINGER, DAVID
12,300
30.33%
CAMP VERDE MAYOR
Number of Precincts
1
Precincts Reporting
1
Vote For 1
BOILY, DAVID (NP)
502
43.69%
GERMAN, CHARLIE (NP)
643
55.96%
Write-In
4
0.35%
1,149
Total Votes
100.00%
CAMP VERDE COUNCIL MEMBER
Number of Precincts
1
Precincts Reporting
1
Vote For 3
GERMAN, CAROL (NP)
555
18.00%
GEORGE, BRUCE (NP)
547
17.74%
JENKINS, DEE (NP)
581
18.85%
BUCHANAN, BUCK (NP)
658
21.34%
MURDOCK, JESSIE (NP)
733
23.78%
Write-In
9
0.29%
3,083
Total Votes
100.00%
U.S. SENATOR
(DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
Number of Precincts
45
Precincts Reporting
44
Date: 8/30/2016
Time: 11:23:18 PM
Vote For 1
KIRKPATRICK, ANN
9,556
97.37%
Write-In
258
2.63%
9,814
Total Votes
97.78%
STATE SENATOR – DIST. 6
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
10
Precincts Reporting
10
Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48
Vote For 1
ALLEN, SYLVIA TENNEY
3,895
98.68%
Write-In
52
1.32%
3,947
Total Votes
100.00%
U.S. REP IN CONGRESS – DIST. 4
(REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Number of Precincts
38
Precincts Reporting
37
Date: 8/30/2016
Time: 11:23:18 PM
Vote For 1
GOSAR, PAUL
16,931
73.02%
STRAUSS, RAY
6,205
26.76%
Write-In
50
0.22%
23,186
Total Votes
97.37%
PRESCOTT VALLEY COUNCIL MEMBER
Number of Precincts
7
Precincts Reporting
7
Vote For 4
ANDERSON, RICK (NP)
2,416
13.16%
ARPS, CRAIG (NP)
1,559
8.49%
BRADFORD, CHARLOTTE (NP)
2,078
11.32%
CILANO, JOEY (NP)
1,187
6.46%
GROSSMAN, MARTY (NP)
2,365
12.88%
MALLORY, MARY (NP)
2,979
16.22%
MONTES, SERGIO (NP)
1,816
9.89%
NYE, LORA LEE (NP)
2,434
13.26%
TROVINI, KEVIN (NP)
1,487
8.10%
Write-In
41
0.22%
18,362
Total Votes
100.00%
U.S. REP IN CONGRESS – DIST. 4
(DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
Number of Precincts
38
Precincts Reporting
37
Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48
Vote For 1
WEISSER, MIKEL
7,140
98.58%
Write-In
103
1.42%
7,243
Total Votes
97.37%
Precincts Reporting / Voter Turnout
Last Updated: August 30, 2016 23:12:48 (not final)
County Precincts Reported Total Precincts Precincts Percent Ballots Cast Registered Voters Voter Turnout Last Reported
Apache 13 45 28.60% 7,844 47,648 16.30% 8/30/2016 10:45:26 PM
Cochise 49 49 99.00% 21,150 72,673 28.81% 8/30/2016 10:53:43 PM
Coconino 66 71 92.03% 17,351 72,709 23.62% 8/30/2016 10:44:31 PM
Gila 37 39 93.92% 8,230 28,293 28.80% 8/30/2016 11:31:00
PM
Graham 22 22 99.00% 6,336 17,060 36.77% 8/30/2016 10:22:42 PM
Greenlee 8 8 99.00% 1,660 4,540 36.20% 8/30/2016 11:32:17 PM
La Paz 11 11 99.00% 2,198 8,546 25.46% 8/30/2016 10:48:31 PM
Maricopa 642 724 87.79% 454,248 2,056,458 21.87% 8/30/2016 11:37:04 PM
Mohave 18 24 74.25% 25,027 109,616 22.60% 8/30/2016 11:12:48 PM
Navajo 0 14 0.00% 7,976 61,751 12.79% 8/30/2016 10:48:13 PM
Pima 245 248 97.80% 149,649 509,310 29.09% 8/30/2016 11:43:06 PM
Pinal 101 102 98.03% 36,340 178,474 20.16% 8/30/2016 11:06:35 PM
Santa Cruz 24 24 99.00% 2,026 25,178 7.97% 8/30/2016 11:29:24
PM
Yavapai 44 45 96.80% 38,153 130,335 28.98% 8/30/2016 11:29:02 PM
Yuma 42 44 94.50% 14,692 78,020 18.64% 8/30/2016 10:58:56 PM
Read your results about 4 AM this morning. It appears Jessica Williamson lost & Currivan and Vernier will be seated & Lamkin. Looking for confirmation? The voter turn out all across the state was abysmal. Disgusting.
‘SEDONA RESIDENTS MATTER” bumper stickers and T-Shits? Great idea.
Maybe Steve Segner could market them at his place of business to make a few more bucks to financially support his choice candidates?
Chip Davis, Republican candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives in Legislative District 1, released the following statement on the ongoing tabulation of votes from Tuesday’s primary election.
“The results from yesterday’s primary show that our race is too close to call, but we remain confident in our chances of victory after more than 11,000 early and provisional ballots are tabulated and recorded. This has been a tough campaign, and I remain hopeful for the opportunity to serve the people of the district once the results have been certified.”