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, AZ – By Tommy Acosta…Sometimes I wish I didn’t have a crystal ball to view the future because the excitement of new events just isn’t there anymore. See http://www.sedona.biz/sedona-open-meeting-law0308.htm Like I’ve been saying over and over, this fight over the lights is far from over. Now we have two more complaints filed with the Attorney General’s Office charging four council... 

Sedona, AZ – By Tommy Acosta… Having spoken over the Thanksgiving weekend with a number of community luminaries it became even more painfully apparent that the division in the community over the 76 or more lights for 89A continues to fester. The bitterness is deep and many are walking wounded feeling they have been let down by their elected representatives. Complaints have been filed with the Attorney... 

Sedona Verde Valley Times editor Tommy Acosta enjoys a go-round with boxer Sugar Ray Leonard on November 13 2008 Sedona AZ (November 29, 2008) – Talk about Black Fridays…Two men shoot each other to death in Toys “R” Us in front of their women and children? A Wal-Mart clerk is trampled to death by a stampeding crowd desperate for a bargain? What gives? Is the world going mad? I... 

Article written by Tommy Acosta. Sedona AZ (November 27, 2008) – This Thanksgiving is a true test of gratitude for so many of us. No need to ask how many have suffered the plunge of the economy; the devaluation of our holdings; the loss of business in our community and the decimation of our bank accounts. The instability in the world, the uncertainty of the future, the looming economic depression... 

Sedona, AZ — By Tommy Acosta… All right you political chess buffs out there, here’s another one for you to ponder and masticate. Last night, Nov. 25, at the Sedona City Council meeting, members discussed allegations filed with the Attorney General’s office that four council members violated the Open Meeting Law shortly before the council voted to put lights on 89A. Needless to say,... 

Sedona, AZ — By Tommy Acosta… Even though Tuesday’s Sedona City Council meeting agenda states there will be a discussion and possible “action” taken on a complaint filed against four council members for allegedly violating the Open Meeting Law shortly before the council voted to put in 76 lights on 89A, the possibility for action to be taken against Keep Sedona Beautiful for filing the... 

Sedona, AZ – By Tommy Acosta… It almost seems ludicrous that 42 years after John Lennon made the infamous remark that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus,” that the Vatican would indicate the Catholic Church has forgiven him. The truth be told, that off-the-cuff and not-too-well-thought out remark by a young man intoxicated with fame was used by those who consciously maintain the ignorance... 

Sedona, AZ — By Tommy Acosta… One can always find something wonderful about human nature, something that reminds us we are all part of the human family and that there are those of us who will put others above themselves when the need arises. The plane crash that occurred Nov. 13 near Sedona is one fine example of people coming together In the face of tragedy and doing what they can to negate... 

Sedona, AZ — I think cracks are beginning to appear in Obama’s Knight-In-Shining-Armor image. What’s this jive about him not moving forward to prosecute those in our government that legalized torture and virtually destroyed our reputation as a civilized nation in the world?   I’m not sure but I’m beginning to think what we were sold was not what we expected and maybe Obama is not the...