Comments on: Commissioned Sedona Visitor Industry Report Irrelevant

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 19:54:33 +0000

See from my tax bill the fire department raised it 24% from last year, can hardly wait for next years raise.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:12:57 +0000

Tom I wouldn’t call you dumb just arrogant to any facts that don’t agree with you. As far a area covered, included is a lot of mountains and areas of course where fire trucks don’t go. The huge difference in cost even if it was all flat ground is still way out of line. With the amount of fires they go to the cost is probably about $500,000 a fire. You just can’t admit there is any waste at all can you?

By: Tom Longo

Tom Longo — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:16:21 +0000

Willy…this what I am talking about…

SFD=168 sq. miles

Cottonwood =10.7 miles
Waco, TX=95.5 sq. miles
Flagstaff=63.86 sq. miles
Durango, CO=6.8 sq. miles

By: Tom Longo

Tom Longo — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:05:02 +0000

Willy/Craig, once again you are comparing apples with oranges…SFD covers 168 sq. miles…did you even bother to look up the area covered by the cities you are comparing? City fire departments don’t need to spend money on finance, human resources, communication/IT and capital projects because they are reflected in the overal municipal budget, while SFD does. Is it that difficult for you to understand that? Stop trying to sell us a bunch of misinformation…we are not that dumb!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 02:40:55 +0000

Willy Lowman says: September 23, 2013 at 9:27 am I am sorry I deviated from the above article…

With that post I regained respect for your comments and re-read the entire set and while I don’t agree with you about the SFD, I do find your information about the State of Florida and our City and Chamber important.

Who will take up the ball and see what can be done legally to address this conflict of interest? There is clear evidence that what the city does is illegal, not slightly but blatantly. Where are the AZ lawyers that should take be taking this on? It sounds simple enough to address.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:09:55 +0000

Willy you are wasting your time, these people don’t want to deal with facts.

By: Willy Lowman

Willy Lowman — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:17:36 +0000

To summarize, I repeat;

Sedona Fire Dist. = $13.5 Million, 15,000 pop (before Chapel Station added)
Cottonwood Fire…= $ 2.6 Million, 13,000 pop
Durango Fire………= $ 2.9 Million, 17,000 pop
Flagstaff Fire………=$9.9 Million, 65,000 pop
Waco, TX Fire…….= $18 million, 126,000 pop

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:52:39 +0000

M Allen. Let’s put facts on the table instead of your false statements. My house is 850 Sq’ so can imagine what a normal house is having to pay as most homes are double that or more. I also every two years go to court to fight the assessors value of my property. Tried to convince them regardless of their belief there is no gold buried on my lot. When the house values hit their heights my taxes for the SFD hit almost $800. We did get an apology from the SFD board for not lowering the mill rate but they managed to waste all that extra money. As can see from my last tax bill we are quickly heading back up to the high tax rate in the future, so hold onto your hats folks. Like all government provided services more and more money is never enough and no matter how much is collected they always see to spend it with no problem.

By: John, SFD

John, SFD — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:39:44 +0000

I see unresolved issues from the voter determined SFD election!

It speaks to the quality of the belief in the American system by those elected and un-elected that they hold themselves accountable to the voters for approval and disapproval. Despots and dictators and malcontents always mouth off about how wronged they were or misunderstood or deserved to stay in office.

Run again. If you’re right you’ll get elected.

By: Rich Collister

Rich Collister — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:06:30 +0000

Craig!?! Lighten up? Your the one that said we should Take Down, Sedona government, Board of Ed and Sedona Fire!! You should take your own advice. Also Craig ( Willy Lowmen) your also the guy who always compares Sedona Fire to Colorado!! Remember your Fire house design! Vile? Stop begin so sensitive, and try some honesty!