Comments on: Dear Editor: Sedona Chamber of Commerce Disappoints Again!

By: H. B.

H. B. — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:00:33 +0000

since the chamber wags the city council tree most feel nothing will be done of course

like most of us here and elsewhere we just keep on payin’ and silently prayin’ that in spite of the masses of employees the chamber pays (scuse me, we all pay) we get business and not the business

H. B.

By: Vic Ponti

Vic Ponti — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:22:56 +0000

I just finished reading an article by David Carr in the New York Times entitled A Media False Alarm Over the T.S.A.

There were no lines at airports, if anyone “opted out” they were practically invisible, and none of the “junk” or “shirtless kid pat-downs” happened beyond You Tube. This makes me agree with the writer of the initial letter that the Sedona Chamber and most Chambers are but dogs ruled by a wagging tail.

Not a prime rationale but time to question the role of many national businesses and donating money to perpetuate the roles. Didn’t we learn lessons from the AARP scandals, the League of Women Voter disillusionment, the NAACP leadership debacle, the Tea Party windbags, the Democrats airheads, the Fox-Msnbc and media insanities, we are failing. Now it seems Supreme Court appointments are offered in exchange for recent political favors Chicago-style and Republicans think the selling of the nation to banks and Wall Street was vindicated by the midterms.

Glen Beck needs to sit down behind his desk and stop acting like Joe McCarthy and Keith Olbermann should be mindful of his glass house while acting like Joe McCarthy. TV characters are not real, and that includes most news organizations. Count me as disillusioned for more than the local Chamber being wagged. The local Chamber is a sympton of a failed US collectiveVic Ponti, writer
NYC

By: Warren

Warren — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:33:58 +0000

Here is a link to a simple, cost effective, non-invasive, constitutional solution to airport security. But of course if this solution was implemented then Chertoff would not make any money off the scanner machines. The bureaucracy would have to shrink. People, and especially children, would not be taught proper submission to goons wearing government costumes. So it’ll never happen.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/985.html

By: Timothy Simpson

Timothy Simpson — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:01:33 +0000

Gee Whiz! Why shouldn’t the Sedona Chamber of Commerce flaunt their authority and thumb their noses outside of City Hall? After all, between them and their sister Uptown Main Street group they garner close to one million dollars annually. Hmmm, wonder why the C of C didn’t announce where they held their annual volunteer dinner on Sunday, November 14th? Care to wager that the location, being conspicuous by absence, means it was held outside city limits thereby denying tax revenue to the City of Sedona, the source of their annual exorbitant funding? With such ongoing displays of arrogance of power is there little reason, if any, for the C of C to just figure they are entitled to run the Federal Government? They are already in control locally. Shameful is my opinion.

By: Sandy Moriarty

Sandy Moriarty — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:41:33 +0000

Here is one more example of disagreeing and being disagreeable as well. I fail to see what is outrageous and disgusting about asking for ideas and experiences from travelers about the screening process for travelers who must fly or choose to fly, for whatever purpose, whether it be business or personal. I would certainly agree that safety is paramount, but I certainly don’t know how it can be guaranteed, and I think a reasonable discussion about maximizing safety when flying is a positive step, with input from all sides.

I also find it inappropriate to publish vitriol of this sort without requiring the writer to sign it, and cowardly on the part of the writer to submit it anonymously.

Sandy Moriarty

By: Warren

Warren — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:27:41 +0000

Wow! The only way this “anonymous businessman” would be safe anywhere would be in a straight jacket.

Even the old security procedures were a violation of the 4th amendment. The new ones are of course an even worse escalation. And don’t even get me started on the conditioning effect it will have on children.

With the US police state now literally grabbing us by the balls, one wonders what it will take to wake up people like the “anonymous businessman “.

BTW, I am neither a member nor a fan of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce.