Comments on: Restore Sanity Integrity and Transparency

By: Reality Checker

Reality Checker — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:44:52 +0000

Geez, Tony… You really ARE a one trick pony! Your comparisons are useless but your song remains the same. Go sing in the shower!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:37:57 +0000

Tony~you must be desperate if you are comparing Jerome to Sedona. You are comparing apples with oranges!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:54:35 +0000

I agree with you, Bob. The voters should be able to decide on who to vote for in the SFD election just by watching this last candidate forum.

http://www.sedona.biz/education/fire-board-recall-ballots-sent-april-23-2012/

By: Tony Tonsich

Tony Tonsich — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:05:14 +0000

If you give them money, they will spend it. As a voter it’s your money. Jerome, AZ has one paid employee, their Chief, Sedona FD has 107 paid employees.

By: Bob, uptown

Bob, uptown — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:37:41 +0000

Well said there, Tom, and true. I personally was disappointed when Chief Hazime was treated badly by the new board and the result was that I marked my ballot to elect him to the governing board. I believe Hazime will treat the new FC with the respect not accorded his own tenure as SFD FC. I also voted for the two women opposing the recall candidates. Phyllis Erick is incapable of serving with intelligence. The recalled others are in the same boat in my opinion and all seem to have no honor.

I voted for a cleaning of the SFD house and returned my ballot today.

By: Tom Longo

Tom Longo — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:10:51 +0000

Tony~ It’s very important to keep the facts straight and keep things in the proper prospective. The SFD budget in 2002 was $7.8 million NOT $6.6 million. At the time, the SFD was also transitioning from a purely volunteer fire department to a professional fire department. New stations were being built, new fire equipment was being purchased to handle the growth within the District. Have you bothered to look at the City of Sedona budget for the same years? Have you looked at the budget for the Sedona Police Department? If you do that, you will notice a jump in the budget as well. As cities and districts grow, so does the budget. That’s just reality…

By: Tony Tonsich

Tony Tonsich — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:23:49 +0000

If you want higher taxes vote for Hazime, Cooperman and Schoen.

Please See my SFD Armegeddon questioned on this site. Thanks!