Sedona City Council Sedona AZ (August 16, 2013) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Sedona resident Judy Reddington reflects on the Sedona City Council meeting of August 14, 2013: Reflections on council meeting this week. Wednesday, August 14th, a hot day, in the middle of the afternoon, middle of the month and middle of the summer is an unlikely time to “pack the council chamber”. The... 

Sedona AZ (August 13, 2013) – In an open letter to the City of Sedona and Cottonwood, the town of Clarkdale and the government officials of Yavapai County, Sedona resident Elaine Brown writes a thank you to the City of Sedona Council: To: MayorAdams@SedonaAz.gov, CouncilorDiNunzio@SedonaAZ.gov, CouncilorLitrell@SedonaAZ.gov, CouncilorMartinez@SedonaAZ.gov, CouncilorMcilroy@SedonaAZ.gov, CouncilorWard@SedonaAZ.gov,... 

German Ministry of Economics will not follow EU recommendations to install smart meters for 80 percent of consumers. The ministry reviewed a cost-benefit analysis by Ernst & Young and is concerned that the greatest share of the costs could fall to households while the bulk of benefit could go to industrial consumers with larger opportunities to reduce power consumption and leverage load shifting.... 

Sedona AZ (August 2, 2013) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor about the efforts of Folksville USA, the Director of  New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, Joseph Lobato, writes from Santa Fe: Gary Chamberlain Folksville USA Cornville, AZ 86325    Gary: Thank you for keeping me in the loop as to how your Adopt-A-Highway program is working in Arizona. The work that goes on behind the scenes... 

Sedona City Council Sedona AZ (July 30, 2013) – In an open letter to the Sedona City Council and the SedonaEye.com editor, Jean Jenks, a City of Sedona taxpayer writes the following: SPERLING’S BEST PLACES website reports “Compared to the rest of the country, Sedona’s cost of living is $26.30% higher than the U.S. average.” The St. Louis Fed’s economists found that,... 

Donna Joy, owner of Sedona Sweet Arts discusses the proposed bed and sales tax increases and other issues facing Sedona businesses Sedona AZ (July 29, 2013) – In a letter to the Sedona City Council and the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, businesswoman Donna Joy writes an open letter addressing City of Sedona business issues: Dear Mayor Rob Adams, City Council, City Manager Tim Ernster, Ed Conway,... 

Sedona AZ (July 20, 2013) – In an open letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission, Warren Woodward shares the results of the latest smart meter research and the discovery of internal Maine CDC emails that he calls shocking.  Woodward writes, “APS recently submitted a bunch of studies to the Arizona Corporation Commission’s “smart” meter docket. The study by the official... 

U. S. Senate Chamber to consider engineered food act Sedona AZ (July 17, 2013) – United State Senator Jeff Merkley, Oregon, is an ardent supporter of American consumers right to know what is in their food. He is asking Americans to sign a petition supporting the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act now before the United States Senate. The following is the link to the petition and Senator... 

Drummer Wing is asking fellow musicians to voice opinions about the Sedona sound ordinance now under review by the City Sedona AZ (July 15, 2013) – In a Facebook post to the SedonaEye.com editor, Wing, drummer for the Sedona band Amitabha writes the following: We need at least thirty musicians on July 17 for an important Arts community meeting. On July 17, 2013, at the Sedona Public Library in... 

Sedona AZ (July 5, 2013) – Steven Olea, Director of the Arizona Corporation Commission Utilities Division, recently submitted industry propaganda to the ACC’s “smart” meter docket, writes Warren Woodward, Sedona resident and Arizona ratepayer to the SedonaEye.com editor. Woodward adds, “Below is my response. I am left wondering if the ACC’s name should be changed...