J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (February 15, 2010) – In a guest opinion, J. Rick Normand responds to a query on City of Sedona Capital to General Fund transfer: Hi Barbara, I know transferring that $864,000 of tax revenues allocated to the Wastewater Enterprise Fund to the General Fund appears to most people to be, as you said, “Like taking from my 401K to shore up my checking account. I see... 

Sedona Welcomes Upcoming Psychic/Holistic  Fair!  WHAT –Sedona Psychic Fair WHEN – Sunday, March 7, 2010 TIME – 9 AM – 5PM!!!! WHERE – Poco Diablo Resort- 1752 State Road 179- Sedona, AZ 86336  COST – $5.00 each for admission and individual psychics available at an additional charge if you choose to have a reading.  Lectures throughout the day every hour are FREE. MORE INFO: ... 

Sedona AZ (February 15, 2010) – The following is a letter to the Sedona Times Publishing newspaper and its online news site SedonaEye.com editor from Germany: Letter to the Editor:  Guten Tag von Deutschland, Nancie and I, while currently living in Munich on an Expat assignment, believe the current election will be very important to the future of Sedona. We have already had the privilege of... 

  Lawmaker and Foodstamps — An Arizona State Representative wants to mandate how people collecting food stamps should live. His vision includes no expensive cell phones, televisions, cigarettes or alcohol for recipients collecting from the food-stamp program. I have four words for him. Is you crazy foo? I, just like most people out there work for a living and it does become disgusting to see... 

Deadline for Arizona Property Tax Exemptions Looms, Applications Down Widows, widowers and disabled individuals who meet certain income requirements can qualify for an exemption from property tax on their primary residence.  State statute spells out the period of time that the Assessor may accept applications for the exemption.  The filing deadline for 2010 is March 1.  “We know that folks... 

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,... 

Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, just released Hunger in America 2010, the largest study of domestic hunger, providing comprehensive and statistically-valid data on our emergency food distribution system and the people Feeding America serves.  The study is extremely detailed, drawing on data from more than 61,000 interviews with clients and surveys of 37,000... 

The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition announces that noted Sedona photographer Jim Peterson will be the featured speaker at this month’s membership meeting, February 18th. The public is welcome to this free event.  Pot luck dinner!  Bring a dish to share and a flashlight! Plans for the group’s Fall 2010 show will also be discussed at the Thursday, February 18th meeting.     The public is... 

Sedona AZ (February 13, 2010) – The following is a letter to the SedonaTimes.com now SedonaEye.com Daily Interactive News: Sedona red rocks will be incorporated into the National Scenic Area (NSA) proposed designation. Hello friends and concerned citizens: We are sending this to everyone we know who we feel is concerned about the future of Sedona and the Red Rock Area. As you may know, there... 

Letter to the Editor:  Do you know why the Red Rock Ranger District can’t make land trades?   Well, here’s the story.   Twelve years ago, the folks in this town decided they’d had enough with parcel after parcel of their pristine forest vanishing, morphing into paved streets and rooftops overnight.  The final straw was La Barranca in the Village of Oak Creek…gone to luxury homes...