Comments on: City of Sedona Is Advised to Clean Its House

By: Think before you vote

Think before you vote — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:30:23 +0000

Has anything changed? No they gotten worse. Thank you Terri Frankel!
A vote no on home rule will set better controls on city council. Vote NO on Home rule.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:37:34 +0000

What a shame the city won’t listen. Looking for Frankel info again. Really like this!

By: Progressive Democrats Want to Know

Progressive Democrats Want to Know — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:21:11 +0000

Case of disparate salaries between city managers Scottsdale v Sedona and what’s to be done.

Tired of all the yammering and not doing. Cleaning house sounding right.. Recall will let people vote on salaries to give more to workers and less to fat cats at the top.

If council can’t rein in a Republicant city government people need to rein in Republicant council.. Angela stand up or lose votes and donations because you’re for the people at the bottom of the ladder or not..

By: Mrs. Rodger Thomas

Mrs. Rodger Thomas — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:02:58 +0000

Re: Tony Tonsich’ input

Mr. Tonsich:

Learn all you can from this blog site but please refrain from writing anything as you have no credibility.

After your toxic behavior with the fire district, in my opinion your only intent is to disparage people’s reputation and not add educated facts like the people on this site. While I may or may not agree with everything written on this blog, I can see that these people are impassioned about their feelings to better this city not to sling mud as you have proven to do when given the chance.

I can’t help but remember your behavior at the SFD candidate forum meetings where your only intent was to disrupt the meetings and hand out flyers to disparage those who you think fired your girlfriend for unjust reasons. Not very mature!

By: teak Monkey

teak Monkey — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:14:56 +0000

I Commend you Terrie! Although I disagree that we need more law enforcement in sedona. I do however agree with the friviaous spending on wasteful projects by our city gov. i.e.; the collapsed dome, future meditation park etc. It has to stop! and don’t even get me started on the Boys and Girls club, just another sign that sedona still rejects youth in this city as a whole, just as it did in my childhood here in the late 60’s and early 70’s.

By: Tom Wachs

Tom Wachs — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:20:47 +0000

Terrie is both my friend and neighbor, whom I refer to as a closet Republican. She has become tireless in her pursuit of reason and fairness in a small city that has run amok. We are a city of roughly 11,000 people, but we have an expenditure of millions to support a bloated, narcissistic and myopic government. They have lost touch with reality and common sense!

Bravo Terrie!!!

By: Dan Wolf

Dan Wolf — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:46:33 +0000

Way to go Terrie,

We so appreciate you as a watchdog over our bloated city government.

You were and are dead on in regards to home rule. You were and will be proven correct in regards to the out of control budget of our fire dept. And once again you are well researched and accurate voice before our city council screaming, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ ! I am sick of this attitude that everyone living in Sedona is loaded and can afford to pay for any pet projects someone deems ‘beneficial’ to our community. ‘Stop the Madness’ would be a great slogan for you, Terrie, when you run for office.

By: Warren

Warren — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:49:05 +0000

@ Tony Longo

You wrote: “Their salaries are in line with what their counterparts earn in similar cities our size. Believe me when I say that they are highly underpaid for the responsibilities that come with their jobs.”

Believe you? Forgetaboutit!

The point you made is the point you missed. Government workers, especially the top echelon, are overpaid everywhere.

Ernster was hired at 30% more than his predecessor. Did the town suddenly grow by 30%? Did his “responsibilities that came with his job” suddenly grow by 30%? I don’t think so.

Additionally, the City of Sedona pays its top bureaucrats – City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Attorney, Community Development Director and Financial Services Director — in excess of $600,000 combined, an average of over $60 per hour not including generous pensions and health benefits.

By: Tom Longo

Tom Longo — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:49:38 +0000

Tony Tonsich, you must really enjoy inciting people and providing them with misinformation. Had you chosen a career in City government you too would be in a position to earn the salary that comes with the responsibilities of running a city like Sedona. Their salaries are in line with what their counterparts earn in similar cities our size. Believe me when I say that they are highly underpaid for the responsibilities that come with their jobs. Perhaps, there is still time for you to change careers?

As clearly stated by SFD fire chief Kazian the raise in the mill rate will not require
any additional increases in SFD taxes/fees. In fact, we, as taxpayers, will be contributing the same amount as we did the previous year.

Time for you to stop giving out misinformation on things you know very little about. Perhaps, it’s time for you to go back to hibernate?

Tom Longo
Sedona, AZ

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:15:57 +0000

Terrie has taken her precious time to carefully look into the “corruption” that is going on in this city and has documented her findings. I wish she would do the same with the present president of the USA. Our entire country is experiencing corrupt government at every level. Thank you, Terrie.