Financial columnist J. Rick Normand asks and answers tough questions about the City of Sedona decision to hire a private debt collection firm rather than train City staff to do the work in his Eye on Sedona column. Sedona AZ (July 30, 2013) – Is the City of Sedona permanently branding itself as business-unfriendly?  Who is RDS Discovery Systems? They market themselves as Sedona’s Partner!... 

Sedona AZ (July 30, 2013) – More than two years in the making, the July 2013 Public Review Draft of the new Sedona Community Plan will be presented to the public in two identical programs at the Sedona Creative Life Center, 333 Schnebly Hill Road, Sedona. The August 22 program will begin at 6 p.m. followed by an identical program on Saturday, August 24, at 10 a.m. for those unable to attend Thursday... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie S. Maddock Sedona AZ (July 29, 2013) – City of Sedona taxpayer and resident Eddie S. Maddock pens the following open letter to the Sedona City Council and its Mayor: Sunday, July 28, 2013 SUBJECT: SEDONA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS JULY 30 & JULY 31, 2013  TO MAYOR ROB ADAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL:  What in the world is going on? Trying to figure... 

J. Rick Normand, SedonaEye.com Financial Columnist Sedona AZ (July 26, 2013) – We all keep hearing the arguments from our City’s Council, with the exception of our Vice-Mayor, and from the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and City Staff, that we need additional bed and sales taxes to pay for the unexpected costs of additional destination traveler marketing and the implied possibility of redirection... 

Article written by City Councilor Barbara Litrell and submitted by the City of Sedona. Sedona AZ (July 26, 2013) – On June 19, I made a motion and voted to support a letter from Sedona City Council to the Arizona Corporation Commission expressing concerns, on behalf of the community, about the health, safety, privacy, and cost effects of digital Smart Meters, which APS has scheduled to install... 

Article written and submitted by the City of Sedona. Sedona AZ (July 25, 2013)  – On July 23, 2013, the Sedona City Council approved to defer the implementation of the projected ten percent increase to the monthly wastewater rates and maintain current wastewater rates. Within the last two weeks, the City’s wastewater study consultant provided a preliminary financial analysis. It concluded... 

Sedona AZ (July 24, 2013) – The Sedona Faith and Family Festival film NOT TODAY will be shown on Sunday, July 28, at 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, 2030 West State Highway 89A, Sedona. This dramatic two hour movie was produced by the Friends Church Yorba Linda in California, a Quaker congregation committed to ending human trafficking in India. The film is rated PG13* but... 

Harley McGuire, SedonaEye.com star pet columnist talks Sedona road trippin’ with his pals Sedona AZ (July 21, 2013) – For most of us young at heart pups, the best part of a car ride is poking heads out the window and feeling the wind in our furry faces! Despite the feel good nature of this experience, it’s actually a very dangerous habit so my mom won’t let me do it when we... 

Sedona AZ (July 20, 2013) – In the magnificent red rocks of Sedona is a unique unaffiliated Jewish Synagogue and an even more unique religious school. The synagogue is the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley (JCSVV) and the school is the newly named Beit Sefer Shalom. Over the past years, the religious school has welcomed as many as 20 students and as few as 4 or 5. In order to provide... 

Sedona AZ (July 17, 2013) – Sedona Fire District (SFD) Fire Marshal Gary Johnson has advised that fire restrictions in effect since May 23, 2013, will be lifted at 8:00 in the morning on Friday, July 19.  Recent rains along with higher humidity, increased fuel moisture and the forecast for continuing monsoon activity have lowered but not eliminated fire danger in the fire district. SFD encourages...