Comments on: Home Rule Yes Vote Gives City Your Blank Check

By: Ashley Robbins

Ashley Robbins — Wed, 23 May 2018 20:05:03 +0000

I’m reevaluating any purchase here. I don’t want tourists, I wanted peace and solitude and dark skies.

By: Simple

Simple — Mon, 14 May 2018 15:42:13 +0000

Steve is lying again. Documents to prove this are on city site https://www.sedonaaz.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=34512

The exact wording is” As an example, in 2019-2020, the state-imposed limitation plus applicable
constitutional exclusions will allow expenditures of $24,279,570. Under the proposed
Alternative Expenditure Limitation – Home Rule Option, we estimate expenditures of
$49,531,835. ”

Steve wants you to vote yes so he and his cronies can get TAXPAYERs money for private entities. Look what those monies to chamber have done. They drive tourist to stay outside city limits and stay less. 7% more a night is a heck of a lot.

POOR poor steve can’t rent his rooms out? Tlaquepaque area is no place anyone want to stay now. karma Traffic. traffic and can’t get anywhere… This is why he is naysaying airBnbs. airBnB provide less traffic and a better quality of stay!

By: Richard D.

Richard D. — Mon, 14 May 2018 02:07:11 +0000

“Too many tourists created by greed mongers is what’s ruined Sedona as a place to live.” @James Harrington
Great observation! Thank you. NO on HOME RULE (it doesn’t mean forever)

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 14 May 2018 02:06:34 +0000

@ James Harrington You are so right. Some cities actually benefit from Home Rule but not this city. Too many personal agendas which prioritize grabbing the tax payers dollars. Unfortunately Sedona was founded on a lie and has continued to live that same lie throughout the years. Speaking of course about the big lie to incorporate. The septic systems in the canyon that had to be run through a sewer system. It was a big scam to vote for incorporation, the citizens were duped. This city is not a real city. It was founded on a lie and has no business calling itself a city. Shameful greed. NO ON HOME RULE!

By: James Harrington

James Harrington — Mon, 14 May 2018 00:58:11 +0000

Thanks, steve Segner, for FINALLY making what appears to be a valid point.

“….. we are a city of 25,000 people + with visitors and you have no idea what IT should cost for police, streets, city court, billing for waste water.”

By your own admission, it’s the over abundance of tourists who create the need for incorporated Sedona to punish the actual VOTING residents who bear the brunt of the overabundant greed and self indulgence of your Lodging Council in tandem with the equally obnoxious regional Chamber of Commerce.

Shame on City Council(s) and staff (and yourself) for attempting to con the lowly residents into actually believing supporting Home Rule is a good thing.

NOT for THIS City of Sedona it isn’t. Thanks for finally telling the truth. Too many tourists created by greed mongers is what’s ruined Sedona as a place to live. And don’t dismiss the decline in younger people moving here and the drop in numbers in our School DISTRICT,

Even if your unproven claims tourists are the primary source of city revenue, your contract with the City of Sedona has been a disaster! Totally counter-productive.

Unless and until City Council and Staff rein in their out of control spending, the best way to vote in August is NO ON HOME RULE. Then they will know WE the PEOPLE mean business and will NOT take their abuse for at least another four years.

By: Alarmed

Alarmed — Sun, 13 May 2018 18:50:10 +0000

Steve Segner is lying again by using the wrong figure, i.e., the Projected State-Imposed Expenditure Limitation amount of $13,500,000. This amount gets multiplied by both the Population Factor and the Inflation Factor to arrive at the Total Expenditure Under State Imposed Limit. It’s $23,162,912 for the current fiscal year (2017-18) and will be higher in FY 2019-2020.

Do you know that the City of Sedona has a budgeted negative cash flow of $9,989,641 for the current fiscal year? 2018 Budgeted Expenditures/Expenses are $47,752,118 while Estimated Revenues are only $37,762,477.

Vote NO for Home Rule.

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 13 May 2018 17:28:12 +0000

@ Segner Your misinformation campaign and fear mongering will not work this time. First of all you are either ignorant of the facts or you just plain lie. I think it’s a little of both. The budget without Home Rule would be approximately 25,000,000. Those programs you listed will not go away. The public pool is not owned by the city, the library is funded by both counties as it is a county library. Park and Rec spends recklessly and competes with in city businesses. Stop funding tourism promotion and the traffic will slow down and the city will not need to infiltrate our neighborhoods with their traffic plan. The council can lower taxes which would help the local economy. No need to feed Molly Spangler free lunches would save a bundle. Sandy will not benefit from tax payers dollars as president of the wine fest. Do away with pet projects that increase the work load on city council. Stop the giveaways to special interests. Vote no on Home Rule and stop out of control govt. spending.

By: steve Segner

steve Segner — Sun, 13 May 2018 16:06:27 +0000

Tony Tonsich says: city of 10,000 costing
Tony we are a city of 25,000 people + with visitors and you have no idea what IT should cost for police, streets, city court, billing for waste water….. Ask you neighbor he seem to be your go to for all questions about city operations….

Tony Tonsich says:Im not going to bother responding to all of Steve Segners rant. ?Tony you made a statment NO on home rule!

Im asking you How Sedona will be better off with a $13,500,00 budget that we are today… The chamber is not advertising and the visitors will still be coming how do you plan on stopping them?
And supplying better services with no budget for most departments…. Wont answer or can’t?

By: Tony Tonsich

Tony Tonsich — Sun, 13 May 2018 15:27:26 +0000

One thing to keep in mind Segner and the Chamber got $2,500,000 from the city of Sedona. They claim it does not cost residents anything, but those funds could for the greatest part be used to mitigate tourist impact. Sedona does not have to give any to the chamber. Segner likes traffic and high resident taxes. Bumper to bumper traffic means he gets to charge high rates for his rooms.

Most of the Chamber membership is out of the city, most of the city staff lives out of the city. They all love high taxes, they don’t pay them only receive the benefit.

I’m running for mayor. Vote wisely.

By: Bill G WS

Bill G WS — Sun, 13 May 2018 05:05:57 +0000

The city shouldn’t have gifted the chamber use Taxpayers money to advertise Steve business. 10 million in less than 5 years to build TRAFFIC They been using over a MILLION a month of reserves. Pixxing off residents, want to tear up YOUR neighborhoods. For WHAT more money to gift to chamber…….Enough

Pay back Vote No on Home Rule. Would cares tons of pork at city hall.

They spend a million on parks and rec???? That pool is owned by SCHOOL DISTRICT ain’t the city’s Thanks for pointing out MORE waste!!!.