Comments on: Eye on Sedona Then and Now with Eddie S. Maddock

By: Steve Segner

Steve Segner — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:20:48 +0000

You say Most Sedona business is big corporate or out of state landlords. Just a reminder the village of Oak Creek is not Sedona and people building a hotel in the village has nothing to do with Sedona city government And since when is that even illegal for people to come into a town and buy property to build a business and employ people.County supervisors oversee county unincorporated areas once again not the city of Sedona. All cities of any size have parking lots for tourist our parking structures. You moved to a tourist town what did you really expect sedona is 100 miles from Phoenix one of the fastest growing cities in America of course sedona is going to grow and of course Sedona is going to promote itself as an upscale destination nationwide

By: Don, west Sedona

Don, west Sedona — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 03:26:29 +0000

Sedona became well known and a destination by Word of mouth. The chamber marketing programs run by people without class.

Class can’t be bought with money, class comes from knowing that quality is more sought after and more successful than quantity.

A parking garage has no class, a challenging foot trail of dirt through the red rocks is.

Not everyone has the right or the privilege to traverse Sedona, only those with the proper means and desire to experience her rare beauty and serenity just as she is.

You don’t need to whore Sedona, be her caretaker not her john.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:41:30 +0000

The governor? He doesn’t act as king to peasants, he delivers what the people want after being instructed by the state representatives. You don’t like what the governor says then look to your state reps by picking up the phone or sending an email.

Sedona tourists aren’t sent here by the governor or state house. Sedona tourism is run by people in Sedona like you Steve with business interests that don’t match residents interests.

Most Sedona business is big corporate or out of state landlords. Take the Patels in VOC as an example. You allow people to come in and with the aid of a few destroy the many. That’s not the governor, that’s local.

You taught one supervisor a lesson, where’s your effort to get the job done? Steve, the peasants of your scenario rose up against you and city council and chamber of commerce who would be king of Sedona present and future. You are in the minority, not the majority. Are you still taking that former supervisor’s calls?

By: Jim, uptown

Jim, uptown — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 01:45:22 +0000

What the hell is tourism support?

By: Steve segner

Steve segner — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:06:13 +0000

I think you’re addressing questions that should be answered by the governor who has the only power to stop tourism Our issue a stay at home order the Chamber of Commerce job is to make businesses successful and with that the city is successful just remember in the cities view and in the states view a resident and a visitor or citizens of America should be treated exactly the same you tend to have a view somehow somehow you have superior rights you don’t, this isn’t 17 century England where the land that gentry tell the peasants what to do

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:52:56 +0000

Steve you’re lying about advertising. It hasn’t stopped, if it had then the chamber would disband for lack of income. Or are you agreeing the chamber isn’t worth the city investment? Businesses better be using Covid practices every minute of every day or we need to shut them down for endangering residents. Why don’t we have a curfew yet on tourists? We don’t want them out and about infecting people.

By: Steve segner

Steve segner — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:22:01 +0000

Yates Yes that’s why it’s important that we keep advertising and remind people that Sedona is a special place that’s always remember to that during this pandemic Sedona’s done better than almost any medium size town in America. Fact Sedona is so busy right now we stopped advertising and putting all our efforts into tourism support hope that helps

By: Yarek

Yarek — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:56:32 +0000

Sedona won’t exist as an income producer if the current people remain in charge. The red rocks are findable in Utah and Idaho and New Mexico. The call of Sedona was its crystals and Native American spirits vibes acts sales scheme of the 60s- 90s after we lost movies and Hollywood. A few deaths from false spirit guides and whoops! On to fake turquoise and a few artists who can’t make it anywhere else. Learn it here. Then Goober got hired at city hall. Damn.

By: Barney Sussex

Barney Sussex — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:25:22 +0000

Great job Sedona/Chamber of Commerce! (one and the same?)

COVID is running amok in Sedona. Thanks for inviting all the diseased people in the world to visit here. No wonder the former Pres/CEO of the C of C left the state. Also the former city attorney. Could they have seen the writing on the wall? Nah! Of course not.

Any bets on how long the present city manager will remain on the job? Better yet who will make up lost revenue when the tourist trade dries up – or drops dead from the current pandemic? Time for Sedona to reverse incorporation? Y-E-S!!!

By: WDQ

WDQ — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:41:15 +0000

Affordable housing crisis? No. Tell the Flagstaff City Council in the Sedona City Council. There is no affordable housing crisis. The interest rates at under 3% are 1/2 the interest rates when Obama and Biden were in control. Affordable housing? It came with the Trump administration interest rates. Learn your math bubbas instead of your politics.