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Sedona Times Friday’s Fret

Tommy Acosta

Tommy Acosta

Sedona AZ (December 5, 2008)A most definitely news filled week for Sedona this Friday culminates, yes?

We got two spanking brand-new complaints filed against counsel members for allegedly violating the Arizona Open Meeting Law.

We got a former council member threatening to pull papers for a recall against the mayor and another council member.

We got a new president elected to Keep Sedona Beautiful.

Former Sedona City Manager Eric Levitt has packed his bags and left.

And the Sedona-Verde Valley Times December 11 print edition was put to bed.

I know we are still a monthly publication and it may seem an easier job than printing twice a week but in actuality, the effort is more difficult because we don’t have the luxury of printing breaking news and we must strive to identify issues not covered by the established media in this town and more or less predict future trends and events.

On the new complaints filed by Sedona resident Terry Nash, the nuts and bolts of the complaints were well covered by Sedona.biz and the story is still on their home page so if you haven’t read it yet, do so.

What is so good about the story is that it offers cyber copies of the actual complaints themselves and the wording.

What struck me right off is that in the original complaint by Barbara Litrell she never mentions Reds as the alleged meeting place where the open meeting law violation allegedly took place.

So where did the idea that they met at Reds come from? If it wasn’t mentioned in the complaint, then who spilled the beans? The counselors involved kept referring to Reds and how they did not meet there during the last council meeting where they threatened legal revenge against the complainants.

Hmmmmmmm. Very interesting.

On the new threat of a recall against the mayor and another council member, one could say it stands about as good a chance of being realized as a snowflake does surviving a month-long stint in hell.

A recall petition has been out there months against one council member considered by some as the mastermind behind the 76 light coup at the August 13 council meeting.

There is still no sign that the required amount of signatures will be gathered.

Oh well.

Then there is a new president being elected for KSB. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. If, and it is a pretty sure thing, KSB does not morph into a powerful political action committee and drop its non-profit status, they might as well focus on picking up litter from here on in because the present power structure in Sedona will no longer allow it to have any say in anything other than that.

Unfortunately, for the community, KSB will no longer be a force of change.

Looking into our crystal ball:

Let’s see. Oh yes. Does anyone remember Matthew Turner who unsuccessfully ran for mayor last election? Expect his name to come up in the news soon as the legal turmoil surrounding his candidacy comes to a head in 2009. Trust me on this, it ain’t gonna be pretty.

And who remembers the legal battle over part-time rentals? It hasn’t ended and we can expect to see some real action erupting soon on that issue as well.

Oh. And the 76 or more lights for 89A — the crystal ball’s a bit murky on this. Wait!  I see a headline. “State goes flat broke. Non-essential ADOT projects cut. Feds slash funding.”

Wonder what that means?

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3 Comments

  1. Apparently funding for ANYTHING in Sedona isn’t a problem since the City Council approved $16,500 plus expenses not to exceed $6,500 to find a new city manager. To top that was unanimous approval for city staff to devote time to locate a consulting firm, not to exceed $450,000, to recommend plans for redeveloping West Sedona, with even the city’s long range planner questioning the source of money. With national lay-offs in all areas, our City is currently advertising for a police officer, parks maintenance supervisor, and a street maintenance worker. So why would funding unlilmited street lights be a problem should State and/or Federal sources dry up? Maybe the wizards at City Hall should go to Washington D.C. and tell the folks there how to straighten out the economy??

  2. Cliff says:

    Tommy,

    Keep up the good work. Shoot straight and keep speaking the truth. You and SVVT are the only straight arrows with credibility with the guts to call it like it is. Maybe we can use the 76 streetlights to illuminate the corruption and the conspiracy of the vested interests $$$ in the community. Happy Holidays!

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