Comments on: ADOT Respect the Plow!

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:15:40 +0000

@BKM and @Sedona Mayor SEE THE SNOW ? We see the snow. We see no snow removal. We see no plan.

Mayor read BKM.

Mayor what is council plan ?

By: Eddie Maddock

Eddie Maddock — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:10:53 +0000

@steve Segner, for the record I am NOT “Ready Eddie” @Eddie to whom you refer in your comment.

By: BKM

BKM — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:02:57 +0000

(deleted by editor) sake steve say something out of the other side of your mouth
Sedona has about 6K people on good day most taxpayers drop in to our 2 or 4 homes when we like the weather or want to get away from other places weather and tourists

key words steve we get away from tourists to come here for peace and quiet and stars and cleanliness
Sedona council job’s to keep red rocks pristine, paths clean of (deleted by editor), nights quiet & stars visible every night

been to grand canyon????? no it’s nota developed for the 6 million tourists it gets each year because it would ruin why people wait in line for hours and hours to park and ride to look at it
there are no (deleted by editor) bridges spanning it for drive thru, no increased visibility parking zones, no parking garages, no elevators, no condos, motels, timeshare, hotels, restaurants to appease and cater to the hordes of travelers staying for a bus tour length or half day visit

what does the usfs know? don’t build for tourists. don’t create for tourists. they will come, like the mayor says. let those that do come decide whether its worth their respect to be discomforted.

By: Chamber Cheerleaders

Chamber Cheerleaders — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:40:08 +0000

Most long time residents know the Soy Boy’s that run the Sedona (deleted by editor) Fake News are no more than cheerleaders for the Sedona Chamber and what ever city staff and council members that support the chamber.

Picture the editor and publisher in cheerleader outfits emblazoned with ” Sedona Chamber”. Snidely Whiplash should also be wearing his Chamber /Tourist uniform.

Truth and planning for a non tourist future, not in Sedona.

By: steve Segner

steve Segner — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:24:03 +0000

Eddie, says major traffic disaster on New Years Eve and yet no media report it, Eddie Red rock new front page Friday and on face book in real time ….
Eddie,
Sedona only has 8000 to 10,000 people
To the Phoenix papers we are not a big deal.
Maricopa County, Arizona estimated population is 4,307,033 with a growth rate of 1.74% in the past year according to the most recent United States census data.
Eddie, You do realize that YOU live in a bubble of your own making and it is 1970.
Maricopa County adds 75,000 people each year almost 10 times the population of Sedona . And people think we will not grow,YES traffic is in our future… Lets plan not complain….

By: Ready Eddie

Ready Eddie — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 02:57:17 +0000

If Sedona has a weather catastrophe and major traffic disaster on New Years Eve and yet no media report it, did it really happen? I guess I must live in an alternate universe. We had a contractor who told me last summer, “You do realize that we live in a bubble here, don’t you?”. I think he was right. Life in Sedona is no reflection upon reality that I’ve ever experienced.

By: Respect the Human

Respect the Human — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 22:35:42 +0000

Coming into Sedona from the VOC is a downhill curve right before mile marker 309.
I have personally seen 1 bicycles/people and 4 cars being extracted from the deep drop once a unprepared driver/ bicycle leaves the road surface and careens down the slope.
I saw the last one January 4 when I drove by.

There was a state trooper there who officially mans the state road, I’m guessing. I’m not sure who is responsible be it the state or federal gov’t, the Yavapai County or City of Sedona but I can tell you, nothing is being done to place a barrier to prevent people from going off the road nor is it ever reported locally. NEVER.

I can not help but wonder if the car in fact went off the road on the 4th or maybe days before during the snowstorm.
You can not see the bottom of this area from the road.
I can not tell you if there have ever been fatalities but I resent that the information is not being reported or something being done to protect the drivers that are not familiar with the road.
How many lives before a barrier is approved in the budget?

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 18:21:11 +0000

@RememberingWhen

Ask the question what happened to contracts with Brewer Bros or any similar company to plow ? Our subdivision streets were swept during the rest of the year when we didn’t have stormy weather. Who does that now? Coconino County was excellent at maintaining Sedona roads before city created. I wish our side of Sedona had been left OUT of that package. Rotten DEAL.

By: Ready Eddie

Ready Eddie — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 06:20:14 +0000

Y’all should buy a scanner to listen to the Sedona PD. It was a hoot on NYE listening to the non-stop hysteria. Rollovers, huge back-ups, officers pleading for tows that never arrived, tow trucks having to be extricated by other tow trucks, hysterical tourists hyperventilating in police cruisers after fender-benders at the roundabouts. Me oh my. I just sipped my adult beverage and took it all in.

I’m from Chicago where mayors got kicked to the curb when the streets failed to get plowed and the snow plan failed. Hey, Mayor Sandy! What’s your plan?

By: @What plow?

@What plow? — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 23:49:07 +0000

Stuck on 179 for three hours. No idea on what was going on. Called Sedona Fire District and Sedona Police Department a couple of times. They were clueless.
A Sedona Police vehicle finally cruised by and provided no additional information.
The storm appears to have taken our local “first responders” completely by surprise with no plan in place. Not very reassuring. Eventually, we just worked our way past the stalled cars by driving slowly on the left edge of the road and got out of there on our own.