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Be informed. Mail in your ballot.
Sedona AZ (April 14, 2012) – The Sedona Eye received this Letter to the Editor about the Sedona Fire District recall election from a Sedona, Arizona resident:
Dear Sedona Eye readers,
The Sedona Fire District needs your help. Your votes for Nazih Hazime, Diane Schoen and Corrie Cooperman are essential to establish financial stability and to protect our vital...
SFD Board Arranges Titanic Deck Chairs
Dear Sedona Eye Editor,
To date, the SFD Governing Board has held two Budget Workshops for the purpose of determining the 2012-2013 fiscal year budget – with an eye toward future budget years, as well.
At the first meeting, Board member Craig Dible presented an example of the reduction in tax dollars now paid by homeowners as assessed property values have so dramatically declined. He then attempted...
A Matter of Public Record
Sedona AZ (April 9, 2012) – The following is a Letter to the Sedona Eye Editor:
Dear Mayor Adams and Members of the Sedona City Council:
Acknowledging that the Sedona Community Plan has contained a “Housing Element” section for many years which I believe was last updated in 2002, it’s troubling to me that consideration to purchase “cheap” land by the city during...
Racism and Trayvon Martin
Sedona AZ (April 2, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, a Prescott (AZ) SedonaEye.com reader challenges syndicated columnist Susan Stamper Brown for “…playing the race card..” in a recent article:
Dear Sedona Eye,
A recent piece about the Trayvon Martin shooting by syndicated columnist Susan Stamper Brown needs to be addressed. She blames everything but the shooter!...
Sedona Fire Board Candidates Radio Interview
Corrie Cooperman
Hi everyone!
(Sedona Fire District) Fire board candidates Corrie Cooperman, Diane Schoen and Nazih Hazime will be interviewed LIVE on KAZM (780 on your radio dial) Monday morning April 2, 2012 from 8:15-8:45 a.m. They will discuss the situation at the Sedona Fire District, why they have chosen to run against the three recently recalled candidates, and their vision for the future...
Sedona Public Works Competence Questioned
Sedona construction
Dear Sedona Eye editor,
Some recent incidents would seem to me to call into serious question the competence of the city’s Public Works department, in particular Charles Mosley, director, and his engineers. As a citizen and Sedona resident, I think questions need to be asked and clear answers obtained.
Mostly completed in 2011, a major construction project was undertaken to...
SFD Board Candidate Background Questioned
Sedona AZ (March 27, 2012) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Dear Sedona Eye Editor,
In addition to the candidates running in opposition to the three recalled Board members, Justin Paffrath has declared his candidacy. “I am running to join forces with Charles Christensen and Phyllis Erick in order to end wasteful spending once in for all.” (sic) (www.sedonafire.info)...
Sedona Six Year War
Sedona AZ (March 26, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com Editor, Maia Kinkaid, writes the following:
Dear Sedona Eye Editor,
Since 2006 the Arizona Department of Transportation has waged war on Sedona insisting the installation of continuous roadway lighting regardless of all studies, even its own indicating that CRL’s are not a viable road treatment for 89A, and despite the fact that...
State Government Interference Unwarranted
Governor Jan Brewer, Arizona AP photo
Dear Sedona Eye editor and readers,
Arizona’s effort to block contraception is part of an all out attack on women. Governor Brewer says that she agrees women may be uncomfortable giving their employer medical information, so the bill is being rewritten. The point isn’t whether a woman should have to disclose medical information to her employer; the point is...
Sedona Fire Recall Election Forum
Be informed.
Dear Sedona Eye Editor,
All citizens residing within the Sedona Fire District interested in the unbiased and unvarnished truth with regard to ALL their questions, please be advised there is a Sedona Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters sponsored Sedona Fire District Governing Board Recall Election Candidates Forum scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 6:30 PM. It is being...

