Click below to review proposed changes to the consolidated fee schedule for the City of Sedona. This schedule contains proposed fee increases in some categories. Please note that only the categories where changes have been proposed are included on this schedule. Comments from the public concerning these proposed fees and fee increases are welcomed. Following a 60 day comment period the proposed schedule and fee increases will be presented to the City Council for formal adoption.

View proposed changes to consolidated fee schedule at http://www.SedonaAZ.gov website.

/s/ Susan L. Irvine, August 2, 2012
Susan L. Irvine, CMC, City Clerk

When does religion trump the Constitution? When does government bureaucracy trump the peoples majority (like the Supreme Court decision that a corporation equals a person)? When do voters become educated enough to ask intelligent questions of their candidates? When does a political party have the right to not compromise for the common good? When does the right of a non-taxpayer supercede the right of the taxpayer? When does a philosophical difference limit mankinds ability to think and to reason and to decide cooperatively?

Unless you know how the budget is developed and voted upon, you are ignorant. Unless you know what a Representative and a Senator can vote on, you are ignorant. Unless you know how the banking system uses your money, you are ignorant. Unless you know how the international monetary funds impact your mortgage, you are ignorant.

If this comment irritates you or is “over your head” YOU ARE IGNORANT and you are responsible for the election of the fools now in office. Isn’t being ignorant an embarrassment for you Democrats and Republicans and Others running for office and for those of you voting?

In Sedona, we see the very same faces over and over taking center stage in public positions and attempts by “outsiders” (e.g., people who haven’t lived here as long as the Sedona 30. ‘er 57) are vilified. Indeed, the local newspaper continues to support the publisher’s colleagues and excludes any other discussion regarding opposing views.

Many of us have know people with prior professional experience in many areas where this City needs experts, whose skills are ignored, rebuffed or minimized by those in power. It’s very sad for those of us who relocated here to watch the destruction of what was probably once a more wonderful place than now.

Decrying lack of voting participation while at the same time charging people $250 who want to participate in the process via the City’s Publicity Pamphlet is a bit rich.

The $250 fee is most assuredly a “barrier to entry” into the political process. It is an obvious impediment to free speech. It stifles political dialog and has the effect of lessening interest.

The notion that the money is needed to offset “printing and postage” is complete rubbish.

We are already paying for services of this sort via our taxes. So this is not “User pays”. It is “Payers gettin’ used”.

The amount of money gained by charging people who make comments is miniscule. There is no “offset” to be gained, only annoyance.

Since the fee has the effect of discouraging people from commenting, the “offset” is guaranteed to stay miniscule.

Council wastes so much money in other areas and actually gives away hundreds of thousands in “free money” to beggar groups. What a warped perspective it is then to bilk residents who want to take part in the political process.

Vera Kwaayesnama Skorupski Skor

Perhaps a smaller factor than apathy is having elections on Tuesday (to allow for horse and buggy travel after Sunday). To compensate for that and the shrinking number of polling places, I urge you and your friends in every state to sign up for permanent early voting by mail.

For Arizona, here’s the link and instruction–it take five minutes, tops:
http://servicearizona.com/content.jsp?docName=SAZHomeEZVoter1

Princeline Roxbury – Just changed my registration so I am good to go!
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Over the course of the next few weeks primary election season is heating up. All we have as citizens, at the end of the day, is our vote and our effort. The goals of societal transformation and the evolution of consciousness, the core of my reason for seeking elected office, are too important to stand on the sidelines.

Our future depends on it.