What they fail to realize is that their ongoing destructive practices are making a laughing stock of this place. Over and over I’m hearing about how Sedona “used to be” and that’s from friends who no longer choose to visit here. Even more damaging is that their copy-cat approach of the big guns down in Phoenix plays right into the hands of those down in the valley who don’t really like Sedona anyway. Fools they are but isn’t it abused city businesses and residents that will continue to pay the price for bad, bad decisions?

From Thursday, December 26, 2013 through Sunday, January 26, 2014, the City will be accepting Christmas trees for recycling. Trees can be dropped off in the lot at the corner of Saddlerock Circle and State Route 89A. No yard debris please.

Please remove all stands, ornaments, nails, lights and tinsel from the trees. On January 27, the trees will be given to the US Forest Service to be used as erosion control in the national forest.

This program is listed on the SedonaEye.com Calendar of Events.

….. sounds like Sedona is in the run for the best Christmas events ever – until you realize that Diamond Resorts has stopped their traditional light decoration event and threw $20k to the City as a token for taking away a Major Event that has assisted all our local business’s for a few decades.

Think how exciting it would have been if our illustrious Chamber had thought of all this fun stull years ago to add to the Lights at Diamond Resorts….which just might have made a difference.

All the above started my old brain to think and start to remember the “Stay-cation” (i.e.: Stay At Home Vacation) concept that Phoenix area Lodging group and all their local Chambers have heavily promoted for years – WOW – what a concept!

In listening to the Phoenix news what I learned was we all need to go to Phoenix and remember that we should go to “Glendale Glitters” grand event on one night, where the entire downtown of Glendale ramps up to receive thousands of happy folks per night.

(Guess we need to get a hotel room someplace) On our second night we can go to “Zoo Lights” that has 4,000,000 lights.

Isn’t that sounding like fun? …………or you can ice skate in Sedona and etc…the level of no adventure in Sedona sounds loopy to me.

I’m not adverse to City spending money enhancing our little town – just as long as they Start with Drainage and continue with Health, Safety and Welfare issues as their primary goals.

Oh, and how much is this local Sedona Holiday Extravaganza gonna cost US? (Us = the City and all the money they throw at the Chamber etc. which translates to the Council wanting property taxes, special district taxes etc., for all their Christmas wish list wants….Oh, Please!)

Merry Christmas to All and when does Santa give us the gift of getting our City Council and Staff giving or getting back to our City taking care of our basics?

Hope others will too.