According to the EYE ON SEDONA FINANCES WITH COUNCILOR MIKE WARD (June 27, 2012), “In the past, the city’s budget was set artificially high. For example, the FY 2008 budget was approved at $61 million when only $28 million was expended. Under our new City Manager, Tim Ernster, who joined the city in 2009, our city budget much more realistically reflects the real anticipated costs of running the city every year.

BTW, the SEDONA COMMUNITY REPORT SPRING 2018 states under the Sedona Facts heading: “FY 2017 city revenues generated by sales & bed taxes . . . .57%, two-thirds of which is paid by visitors.” 2/3 of 57% is 38%.

VOTE NO ON HOME RULE.

Check out this post from-

“Steve Segner, Red Rocks Estates·1h ago
new numbers The latest report I have calculating visitor vs. resident sales tax collections was done in 2016 and was 66% to 34% (attached). I have copied Cherie on this email because I also know she has been updating that, so she can let us know where that is in process.

Between 2008 to 2018 the adopted budget decreased from $60,597,694 to $47,752,118, or $12,845,576 and 21.2%. look at he the budget # down, !!!!! the numbers are from the city budget and are fact,… something Arizona liberty does not use”

If you want steve’s SUPER PAC to run the city then vote yes. VOTE NO to take the city back from the super pac Chamber

It’s common knowledge survey questions are frequently designed to obtain results which will benefit those who paid for and circulated the survey.

And for this local Chamber of Commerce to be asking any questions to potential elected officials when they, factually, stand to benefit on the outcome of this election is morally wrong if not illegal.

Why isn’t this money grabbing self-serving chamber of commerce along with their cohorts, the Sedona Lodging Council, restricted from participating in what is promoted as a non partisan event due to conflict of interest?

After all they stand to lose their rip-off contract with the City of Sedona to the tune of in excess of over two million dollars a year if, by chance, Home Rule is denied by Sedona voters in August.

How many of you reading this actually received and responded to the survey made public in the above article?

If you haven’t seen it before, then take a few minutes to check it out NOW!

Wake up Sedona – vote NO on HOME RULE and DO NOT RE-ELECT INCUMBENTS!

How much worse will it be if the surrounding forest catches fire and we’re all forced to evacuate? False alarm? Hopefully. Or maybe just for now.

Earlier this morning there was already a fire reported someplace uptown. Because I only caught a brief announcement on my scanner I cannot offer more details. Fire equipment, of course, had to deal with high traffic volume. However, not being aware of follow-up announcements it’s hopeful the fire was doused and all is well . . . for the moment.

It’s bone dry out there, Folks. One spark from an ATV or careless match or cigarette will potentially change our lives forever. Think about the recent fires in California and elsewhere before you even think “It will never happen to us.”

HWY 89A in Sedona HAS MORE TRAFFIC THAN I-17

I-17 traffic volume 22,598
SR89A Red Rock Loop to SR 179 traffic volume 23,804

Sedona Roads at one of the two worst levels, either at or near capacity or Worst, has failed, a breakdown has occurred.
179, south of Schnebly Hill road, 179 Schnebly Hill road to 89A

Near capacity

SR 89A Shelby DR to SR179

ADOT predicts at current rates of growth, traffic will INCREASE 35% in the next 8 years.

The city can stop gifting the bed tax to the Sedona Chamber to advertise for more tourists, or we can put in a highway bigger than I17.

The person who provided me the ADOT Study said” Remember the song Pave Paradise and put up a parking lot?”

Time for a change?

You could get trained monkeys to do a better job than the current city council and management.
Facts
1) No bid contracts….yep, trained monkeys could do it
2) Gifting money to a local chamber when no other city does, yep trained monkeys could do it
3)massive over staffing, yep, trained monkeys could do better
4)promoting more tourism and hotels when the city is already overloaded,yep trained monkeys would do better
5) Spending $40,000 per citizen this fiscal year, yep trained monkeys would not do worse
6)We should believe “believe our own city manager(whom we pay)”, I’d rather listen to a trained monkey.

I don’t believe trained monkeys could do a worse job on virtually any level. Plus they work for bananas, not six figure salaries.

Thanks for proving my point.. How hate filled you tea party people are.
So we are not to believe our own city manager(whom we pay) explain “Home Rule but I’m to believe a small minded man like Tony who knows ZERO about what a mayor does and his claim to fame is twisting facts and managing a very very small HOA. Please !!!