Comments on: Eddie Maddock to RRN Editor and Council: Watch This ADOT Video

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 19:18:02 +0000

Have any of you folks still yammering about how wonderful it would have been (or would be) for SR179 to become a carbon copy of I-17 even bother to watch the video offered? (subject of article) Oh well maybe 4-lanes would justify the overwhelming amount of the bond the Fire District will have for approval on the November ballot. More wrecks – more need for emergency services!

By: At It Again

At It Again — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:57:38 +0000

The most recent editorial in the RRN Fri. 8/18 expounds once again on “the same 30 folks who scream at City Council meetings” when it seems pretty apparent the only people attending council meetings on a regular basis are the old standby reps from the C of C. And as usual they are generally granted extended speaking time and those are the only occasions the mayor doesn’t bang the gavel when the audience claps and cheers. So can’t help but wonder what “30 folks” the RRN editor speaks of? In his dreams?

By: @Laughing My Ars Off

@Laughing My Ars Off — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:23:22 +0000

Point being that if the community really embraced the “Writings of Eddie” then those 7 names of one wouldn’t continue to cast blame or change the topic to the CoC or city government. Look back over the years and that’s what takes place.

By: Laughing My Ars Off

Laughing My Ars Off — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:59:24 +0000

So you @OOPS don’t find it of interest to learn the city is seeking a major amendment to the Community Plan to allow high density housing development? Who is it that might have a secret agenda behind that bit of knowledge which is what I believe is the information contained in Eddie Maddock’s most recent comment posted here. And it’s doubtful she has anything to gain but more criticism from people who don’t like facts in their face. Maybe?

By: @OOPS

@OOPS — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 03:06:49 +0000

Thanks for the comments but I care not what Eddie Maddock says. Ever wonder why when the postings on SE get scarce Eddie comes to the rescue with some newsworthy dribble where it is quickly changed to something anti- CoC or City.

Go back 1 year and you’ll see the same. Now go back 5 years yes, the topics change but are quickly turned around to be anti- CoC and City NO CHANGE.

By: OOPS

OOPS — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:59:07 +0000

@@Jack Briggs – Don’t be so quick to cast stones. Check out latest comment from Eddie Maddock passing along incorporated Sedona’s intention to amend Community Plan to approve High Density Development.

Shame shame double shame. Everybody may NOT know your name (but who cares?)

By: @Jack Briggs

@Jack Briggs — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:42:18 +0000

Be careful of what you wish for because the VOC is quickly becoming the new metropolis. Watch closely at the outlet mall as it morphs into something worth shopping at. Don’t forget the new three story (the city limits the building heights at 2 story) hotel. Then don’t forget about the Collective which is tanking once again but still has the great farmers market. Don’t you think that these three places will be attracting a lot of traffic? If you think that you “Village People’ will be done with development you are far mistaken.

There is something to be said about a city that has it’s own zoning and ordinances so I hope you are quick to embrace that THREE STORY HOTEL that’s coming. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

By: Jack Briggs

Jack Briggs — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:58:18 +0000

Old man Dick Ellis doesn’t speak for VOC or for City these days. Neither do those folks who used to try and run VOC with your publisher’s old friend Copen. We are Sedona without your city trash and your city views obstructed by traffic. We will keep what’s ours to protect from your greedy hands and wallets. Leave our rocks and views alone.

By: @West Sedona Dave (or is it Chris?)

@West Sedona Dave (or is it Chris?) — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 01:30:39 +0000

Congratulations! You aced another correct answer except maybe not a day late or a dollar short. The ownership of RRX-ing was already included in the previous comment:

Charles (Chas) N. says:
August 11, 2017 at 8:58 pm (“and keep in mind – Red Rock Crossing is neither a city nor state road – it belongs to Yavapai County.”)

Likewise the TWO STATE HIGHWAYS (89A & 179) – the main routes running north/south; east/west through Sedona – do NOT belong to City of Sedona! Only because ADOT was gracious enough to offer opportunity for making comments because of the value of the scenic attraction of this area design options were made available.

However kindly keep in mind that ALL residents of Yavapai County – in or outside incorporated areas, including Sedona – have equal opportunity to lobby their County Supervisors for restoration of Red Rock Crossing. So every single resident of Yavapai County should pay attention – within or outside incorporated areas. Don’t waste time here in Sedona. Go directly to your Yavapai County Supervisors and make noise. It’s YOUR County Taxes that are being spent!!

Thanks again, WSD or “C” – Good information.

By: One Voice of Reason?

One Voice of Reason? — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 21:31:12 +0000

Speaking of Voice of Choice, for one fleeting moment there was a Voice of Reason at a council meeting when they approved that Schnebly Focus Area. Councilor John Currivan made the suggestion for the area to be incorporated into the traffic study for professional feedback. Make sense? Seems like it but the Mayor and other Councilors didn’t because Currivan’s suggested was shunned and more specifically flatly denied. So (maybe this comment should be under Business as Usual) the zone plan was changed for more lodging and commercial use meaning even more traffic (as if a four lane highway would have made a difference)

Always the same questionable use of good judgment. No different than when they approved Tlaquepaque North fully realizing the foot traffic crossing the highway would be intensified. And it was and IS. So now the big decision what to do about it? (overhead or tunnel walkways) And has ADOT approved of that? And who will foot the bill?

Isn’t this as lame-brained as when the city fathers allowed the uptown businesses to redesign that section of 89A when ADOT was oh so happy to sign title over and release their professional engineers that could oversee and pull in the reins when it came to final decisions for safety and functional designs? The amount they paid the city was a drop in the bucket when the amateurs put their heads together and came up with the ill conceived idea to narrow the road. Businesses decided – oh yes – they wanted WIDE sidewalks, blah, blah, blah – all terrible ideas that ended up costing far more than what the city got from ADOT and the money dumped into the bad idea never ended and continues to clog traffic to this day. And no – it wasn’t the fault of the roundabouts. Except for the fairly recent one at the top of the canyon, there aren’t ANY coming down – but traffic is backed up for HOURS! And tourists staying at hotels outside of Sedona that collect NO city taxes but are members of the C of C, become nothing more than day trippers that may or may not stop in Sedona to shop. Reality in motion.

So all you brilliant couch-potato engineers that think you know better – you DON’T.