Comments on: Eye on Sedona Update with Eddie Maddock

By: Not Surprised

Not Surprised — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:03:21 +0000

@Think…In addition to voting NO on Home Rule, electing a REPRESENTATIVE City Council that, hopefully, will chart a new path is needed.

According to Angela LeFevre’s website, if elected she plans to play an active role in realizing the visions and goals outlined in the new Community Plan. As many are aware, this Plan’s got 13 Community Focus Areas, together with extensive Plan Areas and Lodging Areas. Land use changes, rezonings and higher densities are all in the wind. Angela also writes about having a student seat on the City Council. OMG.

By: Think

Think — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:08:41 +0000

Well @ not surprised if you we lucky enough to watch the “Lodging Council” aka Chamber suggest the city raise the bed tax then you saw that it was the Rouge’s General Manager who spearheaded the raise of taxes. Looks like special favors for special friends happened here.

Be heard VOTE NO on Home rule. Tell your neighbors.

By: Not Surprised

Not Surprised — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:19:33 +0000

In my opinion, the approval of 32 new lodging units at the Sedona Rouge once again proves Sedona residents are without a voice at City Hall.

I don’t believe it’s in the public interest that Goodrow neighborhood residents wanting their historic Goodrow Lane access to Rodeo Road to continue are getting stuck with a new road going through the Sedona Rouge expansion parking lot instead. Just what, and how much degradation in property values and/or quality of life, are residential property owners becoming vulnerable to?

Did not Planning & Zoning Commissioner Scott Jablow, currently running for a City Council seat, second both the Development and Rezoning Motions before P & Z concerning the Sedona Rouge Expansion?

By: Jerry, Sedona City Limits

Jerry, Sedona City Limits — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:21:12 +0000

@Jean ……. I believe it was 19 out of those 20 residents signed a petition objecting to closing access to Goodrow Lane. As we know from the outcome, it didn’t matter. This is just the beginning. Infiltration into all of our neighborhoods is the agenda of the day.

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:42:55 +0000

Now that the voters passed the new Community Plan with its Community Focus Areas, Planned Areas and Lodging areas, a portion of Goodrow Lane, a public road, was given by the City of Sedona to Sedona Rouge in order that the road’s underlying zoning could be changed from Residential to Lodging (10 June 2014 Council meeting, vote 7 – 0). This allows Sedona Rouge to expand by 32 new lodging units into the 1.56 acres adjoining its existing property on the north.

A Land Exchange and a Zone Change occurred. There are 20 Goodrow lane residents who will have a section of their road closed. For access to Rodeo Road, if I understand it correctly, they will be getting a new road going through the Sedona Rouge parking area.

By: Tony Tonsich

Tony Tonsich — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 17:06:12 +0000

I’d be thrilled if the “City” took a hard line, or any responsibility at all, on what the Chamber of Commerce, Sedona Film Festival and others do with the millions of OUR tax dollars they are given by the city.

I’d be thrilled if the city did not build a Splash Park using fresh non recycled water, when Oak Creek is all natural and accessible for free. I ‘d be even more thrilled if after building said “Splash Park”, they did not further insult the city taxpayers by running the sprinklers at the SAME park during the middle of the day.

I’d be thrilled if the city after paying six figure salaries, one month vacation/leave the FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT, did not also have an over $160,000 “employee appreciation account”.

So what does the city take a hard line on , $100,000 for the Humane Society???

Hating an organization is stupid, hating waste and irresponsibility is the most logical thing a thinking person can do.

What would thrill me the most if people would use their real names, so we could see that they are city employees and / or live outside the city limits.

VOTE NO ON THE ALTERNATIVE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION/HOME RULE!!!!!

The alternative expenditure limitation allows the city to spend MORE than the state of Arizona mandated spending limitation for a city our size.

By: Tom Bergen

Tom Bergen — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 20:32:33 +0000

@Carol

What does any of what you spewed have to do with the strong arm tactics that HSS is using against the city. With all of your issues of hate against the city that you posted, you should be thrilled that the city has taken a hard line on this matter.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:55:00 +0000

Geez……. Can someone tell me why this council feels it is okay to take sales tax and bed tax and give it to a regional group that promotes only their members? A complete separate business, not part of the city.. Yet when it comes to our pets they are not willing to pay more? Take your city back, stand up vote NO on Alternative Expenditure Limitation AKA Home Rule. Stop the bullies!

By: Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:23:35 +0000

There are always two sides to every story.

I understand that the above email was NOT endorsed by the volunteers. I wonder why??

This blog site is normally quick to kill the city when we think that they’re over spending sales tax money. Here we have an example where the city is trying to watch their penny’s and not over pay for a service and you have something to say about that also.

This whole situation looks like a contract ploy that’s famous for the NY area. Not happy being on the loosing end of a contract, try to extort your opposition in the media by twisting the story around.

We can’t have it both ways people!

By: Carol Shea

Carol Shea — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:52:23 +0000

I think that the whole city government needs shaking up! We have had so many failed projects, ie, the cultural park, the dome (which collapsed). Then we were asked to pay to find out WHY in fell in, We are not stupid, you know. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
We need SOMEBODY with a brain in charge of the money!