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Sedona Times Takes the High Road During Election

Sedona Times Publishing guest editor, Tommy Acosta

Sedona AZ (January 29, 2010) – by Sedona Times Guest Editor Tommy Acosta

We at the Sedona Times newspaper consider our January 28 edition one of the most important we have printed to date. The reason is the coming 2010 City of Sedona Council Election, an election whose impact cannot be overstated.

The new elected council will be charged with reviewing the Sedona Community Plan, which was last reviewed ten years ago. Those elected will hold Sedona’s future for the next ten years in their hands.

This new council will have the ability to alter the Community Plan any way the majority wishes. Whether we stay the course, embark on a new path, strengthen the environmental focus of the plan or dilute it, depends on who is elected to the council and the philosophical bent of its majority.

At stake are whether continuous lighting is installed on S.R. 89A; whether Sedona gets a National Scenic Area designation; and whether mayors are elected or appointed.

The budget?

Voters need to weigh the past actions of the incumbents, where we stand now budget-wise in the city, and the proposed alternatives and solutions presented by candidates on keeping the city financially afloat through the crunch.

It is vital to every member of the community who is in for the long run to dig deep, do their homework, learn where the candidates stand on these issues and get out and vote once they are sure those they vote for will truly represent what they feel and believe is the right path for Sedona.

We could go into detail on the challenges at hand and where candidates with opposite views stand but in this edition we gave space to all the candidates to explain their positions on these crucial issues so our reading public can make informed decisions on who to vote for or not.

There will be a number of candidate forums held before the election and voters would be wise to be there to get a feel for the candidates and learn first-hand their plans for Sedona.

And if you haven’t done so, voters are encouraged to visit Sedona.biz and watch the candidate-interview videos conducted by publisher Carl Jackson to better educate themselves. We will also link the articles and videos to our SedonaEye.com Web site.

Also, the Sedona Times, unlike other print publications, will not indulge in criticizing candidates, editorializing positions on issues or attacking citizens during the election process. We will take the high road.

Now, to put things into perspective.

Sometimes it takes a catastrophic event to make us grateful for what we have.

The tragedy now unfolding in Haiti far surpasses the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shattered their country.

Once again we are seeing images of brown people, bewildered and shocked, walking through rubble-strewn streets with nowhere to go, no one to guide them or lead them; children and elderly crushed, bodies festering on the streets, unburied.

It a nightmare far surpassing anything Dante could have imagined.

Here, safe in our beautiful city, we are insulated from such devastation and horror. That is why we should all give thanks for our lot. Be grateful and pray for those living a nightmare. Send waves of compassion and strength so they can pull themselves from broken ground and find a way through to a new day of hope and resurrection.

Again, we thank all who continue helping us publish and deliver another news perspective to our community in print form.

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