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Taxpayer Finds Tax Increases and Ballot Initiative Troubling
Sedona AZ (October 14, 2012) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Sedona Arizona taxpayer Henry Twombly takes issue with the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors tax rate increases and an education ballot initiative:
Twombly writes...Did you know that our tax rates rose significantly for next year: 15% on property; 16% for the Sedona Fire District; and 28% for the Sedona-Oak Creek School...
Dear Harley McGuire It’s Me Dominic
Dominic
Sedona AZ (October 12, 2012) – Harley McGuire, SedonaEye.com Paws Up columnist, loves getting mail from his pals since he isn’t allowed to drive a car or go off leash. Here’s a letter that the office gopher delivered to Harley’s inbox today:
Hi Harley,
I am Dominic, Hudson’s daddy; but unfortunately he doesn’t know it and that’s why he thinks he is...
Reader Calls Paul Ryan a Radical
Prescott AZ (October 6, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Prescott Arizona reader Bob Lynne writes an opinion of Republican candidate for U.S. Vice President Paul Ryan:
Paul Ryan is a radical who, in his own words, was influenced early by the likes of Ayn Rand. This ideology has no room for compassion, no room for helping others, and is very self serving. Ryan’s budget...
Folksville USA Offers Youth Opportunity to Earn Money
Folksville USA Cash for Trash program photo by Brent Geer Maupin c2012
Sedona AZ (October 5, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com Editor, Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA, writes of the continuing success of the recently launched Folksville USA Litter-Aid Stand 101 and Trash-4 Cash programs:
Dear Folksvillers,
Folksville USA Litter-Aid Stand 101 and Cash-4-Trash has been developing opportunities for...
Not So Eaton Says Twombly
Sedona AZ (October 5, 2012) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Sedona Arizona resident, Henry Twombly, challenges the truthfulness of statements attributed to him by fellow Sedona resident, James Eaton:
I apologize to Jim Eaton if I upset him so much that he feels he has to come after me. I appreciate a healthy exchange of opinions, wherein there is no absolute truth, just different...
Utilities Use of Misinformation to Promote Smart Meters
Sedona AZ (October 3, 2012) – The following is a Letter to the SedonaEye.com Editor also copied to the Sedona City Council, Mayor and Vice Mayor shared by Nancy Baer, Sedona Arizona about the potential dangers of Smart Meters and the possible use of misinformation to promote smart meters to an unsuspecting public:
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council Members:
Below is a response from Curtis...
Culture of Contempt at City Hall
Sedona AZ (October 2, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com Editor, Warren Woodward lambastes City of Sedona public employees and elected City of Sedona officials for “arrogance and contempt” toward City taxpayers and residents writing “I see an increasing culture of contempt at “beyond the pale” levels from City Hall for those of us who live here and...
Arizona PBS Visits Folksville USA
Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man
Sedona AZ (September 27, 2012) – Folksville USA Point Man, Gary Chamberlain, was interviewed by Arizona Eight this week about the Folksville USA effort to “point” the Arizona Department of Transportation in the right direction to clean up its ineffective taxpayer funded litter abatement program. Read below Chamberlain’s Letter to the...
Sedona Taxpayer Decries City Fiscal Insanity
Sedona AZ (September 24, 2012) – A Sedona city taxpayer writes an open letter to the City of Sedona government and Council:
Dear Mayor Adams, Vice Mayor DiNunzio and City Councilors:
Subject: Sept. 25rd Agenda Item 9a, Unaudited Fiscal Year-end 2011-2012 Activity
I am looking at the City’s RESERVES (Fund Balance) bar chart which shows estimated reserves of a little over $41 million.
If...
Much Ado About Sedona Medians
Sedona Arizona
Sedona AZ (September 17, 2012) – The following is a SedonaEye.com Letter to the Editor from Sedona resident, Henry Twombly:
I disagree with Jim Eaton’s advocacy for medians along 89A in West Sedona (Guest Perspective, SRRN, September 14). He lists many reasons/situations that would occur whether or not there is a center land, e.g., swerving rapidly across oncoming traffic,...

