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Sedona Fire Board a Joke

Dear Sedona,

Just when I thought the antics of the Sedona Fire District Governing Board couldn’t possible get any worse, I was proven wrong.

At the Special Meeting of the Board held at 9:30 a.m. on August 12, 2011, I was appalled when a particularly rude and verbose member of the audience insisted on the repeated use of foul language and attempted to impugn the opinion of an appropriately scheduled speaker by publicly calling him a liar!

NO action by any member of the Board was taken to quell the outbursts, warn the offender of being entirely out of order (not to mention out of line), nor request he depart the meeting. His attempt to intimidate others proved fruitless but his presence felt threatening, nonetheless. Finally, only at the insistence of members of the public in attendance did this person retake his seat.

And now I know why.

This man, whose behavior was unprofessional, uncivilized, uncalled for, and without any redeeming qualities whatsoever is (drum roll, please) the appointed head of the newly formed Fire Chief Selection Committee.

How’s that for a punch line to the worst joke ever perpetrated on the citizens of the Sedona Fire District.

I am heartsick.

Respectfully,
Wendy V. Tanzer

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2 Comments

  1. m allen says:

    If this bad joke were not enough the person’s in question, Mr Joe Demme, once sat as the head of the Audit Commitee that picked his own wife’s audit firm to do a “complete SFD audit” despite it being the highest bidder by nearly $100,000.

    When this irregularity and blatant conflict of intrest was brought to public light the commitee was disbanded and a new one formed stocked with this boards crooked cronies.

    The new audit commitee once agin picked the same firm, (McGladrey & Pullen) despite it still being the highest bidder. This board cares not what is best for the people of Sedona they seek to line the pockets of their campaign contributors with kick backs of tax payer money.

    I don’t know if the recall is the solution since Blauert will most likely just step down only to have another scoundrel replace him. Same with the rest of them. Sedona and SFD is in trouble and we count on them everyday to come to us in our times of need. Instead we quibble about a handful of street lights!

    What happens when the lights go out on the fire trucks and ambulances?

  2. Tom Longo says:

    The joke perpetrated on the citizens of the Sedona Fire District is even more tragic because it is allowed to happen. The people who ran on a slate of fiscal conservatism are being allowed to squander hundreds of thousands of dollars on unnecessary attorney fees and a manageement audit to be done by a firm with no experience in fire districts, who happens to have come in as the highest bidder at close to $200,000 and…is also the firm which employs the wife of (another drum roll, please) the appointed head of the newly formed Fire Chief Selection Committee.

    It behooves us to become more informed on what is taking place in the Sedona Fire District…attend the meetings, watch the videos or read the minutes…our lives may depend on it!

    http://www.sedonafire.org/news/meeting-videos/

    http://www.sedonafire.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/7-28-11-Audit-Committee-Minutes1.pdf

    http://www.sedonafire.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/8-2-11-Fire-Chief-Search-Minutes.pdf

    http://www.sedonafire.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/8-12-11-Special-Board-Minutes1.pdf

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