Sedona Arizona Sedona AZ (February 23, 2010) – In a letter to the SedonaTimes.com (now SedonaEye.com) editor directed to Mayor Rob Adams and the Sedona City Council, a Sedona resident says no to any sewer fee increase: Dear Mayor Adams and Councillors, I will be unable to attend Tuesday’s meeting but feel it is very important that you read and understand why there is such an outcry from... 

Sedona AZ (February 23, 2010) – In a letter to SedonaEye.com editors, Sedona Chapel area resident, Lin Ennis, discusses her position on proposed sewer fees: Dear Council Members, I am concerned about there being a dramatic increase in sewer fees over the next few years – double to triple the fees in comparable communities. However, I also realize our Wastewater Enterprise Fund is drastically... 

Though I don’t know him personally, I am sure the owner of the Red Rock News is an honorable, well-intentioned man and a highly respected member of the community. But I find many of his editorials to be patronizing, and many of his arguments to be specious. There seems to be a Father-Knows-Best theme that runs through the series of his editorials; nobly and consistently he appeals for the healing... 

For our economy’s sake if nothing else, we must save Sedona’s Red Rock National Forest.  Don’t let a short-sighted few, who scan the horizon seeing only red tile roofs and dollar signs, be able to amend our current Forest Plan, be able to commercially exploit the Forest, and be able to ruin Sedona’s essential character for future generations and forever. What do I mean by “character?”... 

Where are we going as a country? What is sparking all this vitriol and hate- mongering which our beloved America is going through?  Is this what our forefathers envisioned down the line for our country? Something is dreadfully wrong here. Or perhaps this is where democracy leads us. Our freedoms are many, although some of those freedoms have been regretfully diminished and will hopefully be restored.... 

J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (February 15, 2010) – In a guest opinion, J. Rick Normand responds to a query on City of Sedona Capital to General Fund transfer: Hi Barbara, I know transferring that $864,000 of tax revenues allocated to the Wastewater Enterprise Fund to the General Fund appears to most people to be, as you said, “Like taking from my 401K to shore up my checking account. I see... 

Sedona AZ (February 15, 2010) – The following is a letter to the Sedona Times Publishing newspaper and its online news site SedonaEye.com editor from Germany: Letter to the Editor:  Guten Tag von Deutschland, Nancie and I, while currently living in Munich on an Expat assignment, believe the current election will be very important to the future of Sedona. We have already had the privilege of... 

Open Letter to Ron Volkman Mr. Volkman; You have been extremely vocal in your opposition towards the designation of a National Scenic Area for the lands around Sedona.  You protest the NSA, and I think that you doth protest too much!  I am wondering WHY you are so vehemently against a designation that would help our businesses, boost our economy, and help more people become employed.  In addition,... 

Sedona AZ (February 13, 2010) – The following is a letter to the SedonaTimes.com now SedonaEye.com Daily Interactive News: Sedona red rocks will be incorporated into the National Scenic Area (NSA) proposed designation. Hello friends and concerned citizens: We are sending this to everyone we know who we feel is concerned about the future of Sedona and the Red Rock Area. As you may know, there... 

Letter to the Editor:  Do you know why the Red Rock Ranger District can’t make land trades?   Well, here’s the story.   Twelve years ago, the folks in this town decided they’d had enough with parcel after parcel of their pristine forest vanishing, morphing into paved streets and rooftops overnight.  The final straw was La Barranca in the Village of Oak Creek…gone to luxury homes...