Letter to the Sedona Eye editor: I have been vacationing in Sedona since 1994. I never tire of its natural beauty. I have seen many changes in Sedona over the past 17 years. But my love for it still continues.   I am pleased to see that the City of Sedona continues to preserve its beauty. But during my most recent visit, a few weeks ago, I was puzzled when I heard about the proposed lighting... 

Dear Sedona Eye Editor, Having watched the passing parade of earnest, concerned citizens coming before the Sedona Fire District Governing Board with valid questions and pertinent points regarding a proposed repetitive and redundant audit, I am thoroughly disgusted with the Board’s performance. The public sat through the charade of “interviewing” three competing businesses for what is an unnecessary... 

Dear Sedona, Just when I thought the antics of the Sedona Fire District Governing Board couldn’t possible get any worse, I was proven wrong. At the Special Meeting of the Board held at 9:30 a.m. on August 12, 2011, I was appalled when a particularly rude and verbose member of the audience insisted on the repeated use of foul language and attempted to impugn the opinion of an appropriately scheduled... 

Arizona Veterans Highway I-17 litter Sedona AZ-A Sedona Eye Letter to the Editor from contributing Sedona Times Publishing writer, Gary Chamberlain, provides an update to Folksville USA anti-litter initiatives in Arizona.   Chamberlain writes, “In and Out Magazine has helped to bring more attention to the “cancer” that is slowly killing the economy of Arizona. Litter destroys... 

Sedona AZ (August 11, 2011) – Hello all! The Guardians of the Ribbon and their Pink Heals fire trucks rolled into the Verde Valley on Friday, August 5 2011, and left Sunday, August 7. While here, they helped the communities of Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Cornville and Jerome raise over $7,000 for the Pink Heals Foundation for the women in the Verde Valley facing cancer and its effects. The three-day... 

Dear SedonaEye.com Editor, My message to the Sedona silent majority is don’t take anybody’s word for it: do your due diligence, start attending the SFD board meetings. If you can’t go, view the SFD Governing Board meetings on video at http://www.sedonafire.org or read the Minutes. Check out the facts on http://www.sfdrecall.com and then you will realize WHY you need to sign the petitions to... 

Dear Editor: There is an old joke that goes like this: Q: What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? A: I don’t know and I don’t care. To paraphrase Plato: The penalty good people pay for indifference to public affairs is to live with the consequences of decisions made by others. It is a mystery to me why citizens of our community are so indifferent to what certain members of the... 

Sedona AZ (August 2, 2011) – Forty-two Cities and Counties in California have taken positions against wireless Smart Meters and thirteen have passed ordinances prohibiting wireless meter installation writes SedonaEye.com reader, Kristin Monday, in this Letter to the Sedona Eye Editor and Open Letter to the Sedona Arizona City Council:  Dear Sedona City Council, I spoke to APS today and... 

Dear Editor:   Here is the link to the latest in the State trying to dump another route on municipalities – and they failed. You had the original article on your site so I can only imagine you will like to have the end result?    State won’t transfer Grand Ave. To local control http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/clicktrack/email.php/9834633   Thanks much, Sheri Graham Sedona AZ Chair,... 

Excerpt: “New tires add up. That’s the finding of a report issued Wednesday by the American Society for Civil Engineers, which tallies up the cost of our decaying surface transportation infrastructure, from potholes to rusting bridges to buses that never come. The engineers found that overall, the cost of failing to invest more in the nation’s roads and bridges would total $3.1 trillion...