SedonaEye.com columnist, Eddie S. Maddock welcomes 2013 Sedona AZ (January 1, 2013) – Holy moly, a brand spankin’ New Year is before us and what in the world will it have in store? Well, for starters, maybe just maybe, the newly created scummy ponds at the wastewater treatment plant, now home to desperate ducks, will have additional amenities. Word is that funding has already been approved... 

SEDONA AZ-March 23, 2010–More than half of the mail-in ballots were returned in the Sedona city election ending March 9th said Yavapai County elections department director, Lynn Constabile.  Of the 6,778 registered Sedona voters, Constabile reported 53.6% returned valid ballots.  The County deemed the vote by mail program a success when compared with other town and city elections since... 

Sedona AZ-March 12, 2010–After a careful review of responses and proposed revisions to draft language for a bill to designate the Red Rock lands around Sedona as a National Scenic Area, Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick is taking the next step towards securing that designation.  Rep. Kirkpatrick introduced the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area Act of 2010 or H.R. 4823 in... 

Open Letter to Ron Volkman  Mr. Volkman; You have been extremely vocal in your opposition towards the designation of a National Scenic Area for the lands around Sedona.  You protest the NSA, and I think that you doth protest too much!  I am wondering WHY you are so vehemently against a designation that would help our businesses, boost our economy, and help more people become employed.  In addition,... 

Sedona red rock scenic area along the Village of Oak Creek SR 179 Sedona AZ (February 9, 2010) – The National Scenic Area Coalition invites the public to hear Larry Warren, acclaimed TV journalist and western public lands advocate, speak about land controversies, the economics of preservation, and why Sedona and the Verde Valley must support the proposed Sedona-Red Rock Scenic Area (NSA) designation. This... 

Sedona Times Publishing guest editor, Tommy Acosta 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... 

Sedona AZ (June 15, 2009)-Big Park Council, the council which represents twenty-seven home owner associations in the Village of Oak Creek (VOC) met Thursday, June 11 2009, at the Village of Oak Creek fire station meeting hall. The business meeting began at 9:00 in the morning but due to a debate on the NSA Designation, dozens of interested folk from the general public began streaming into the... 

  Tommy Acosta for Sedona Times Sedona AZ (February 4, 2009) – Report and Analysis By Tommy Acosta for the Sedona Times Newspaper and SedonaEye.com website In that the other media outlets in Sedona, by this issue’s printing, have already reported on the January 27 Council meeting where the Mayor’s Advisory Committees were discussed and given a reprieve – pending staff recommendations...