Comments on: Sedona Traffic Problems Caused by Chamber and City Council

By: Joan

Joan — Sat, 11 May 2019 15:11:44 +0000

The consequences of funding a private membership taxpayers money is clear. The results have had a negative impact and there is nothing you can say to change that. NO CITY gifts aways taxpayers money. Please STATE of ARIZONA stop this insane city.

By: steve Segner

steve Segner — Sat, 11 May 2019 00:36:39 +0000

Just when did you move to Sedona 1954? it has all ways been a tourist town get over it .
Chamber Folly says: The chamber spends part of the $2.5 million they are given from the City on billboards and other advertising, sorry just not true…. but then you never show us the proof….. just hating visitors and the city people from Phoenix have every right to come to Sedona …..

By: Lorena willmon

Lorena willmon — Fri, 10 May 2019 23:44:55 +0000

So well said. This is exactly what’s wrong and this City Council is hell bent on making it worse at every, if you will, turn. The most depressing aspect of this situation is that no matter how reasonable, logical and true it is to point out the obvious, it does no good in Sedona. IMO Christopher Graham and our mayor are the king and queen of denial and outright dishonesty. We are so disappointed and discouraged by what continues to happen in Sedona that we are selling our home and moving.

By: NJKeller

NJKeller — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:16:48 +0000

As a Sedona guest from Santa Fe I’d like to point out we are a western designation city and we prevented much of your tourist issues. Contact planning departments in other cities like ours and please ask for their help.

By: Hal

Hal — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 02:19:38 +0000

Without a doubt the Chamber and City advertising for daytrippers caused our roads to exceed capacity. Oak Creek Canyon is being ruined by them. Slide Rock is e coli heaven. Air quality is poorer than ever and getting worse. Acid rain. Stop it. Now.

By: Chamber Folly

Chamber Folly — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 01:00:47 +0000

The chamber spends part of the $2.5 million they are given from the City on billboards and other advertising in Phoenix and Tucson. Those same advertising dollars bring in day trippers that according to the City, 50% do not even stop in Sedona.

No on Home rule will cut the chamber off. It will also reduce the hugely over staffed city.

By: F.Y.I.

F.Y.I. — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:44:39 +0000

Blaming traffic on the governor is ignorant.

According to the City’s Public Works Department, 50% of traffic doesn’t even stop in Sedona. Not only is the Chamber of Commerce bringing in plenty of drive-through traffic, but day trippers galore are also clogging out streets. Let’s get real. The City is being run for tourists.

The .5% to fund Chamber created traffic will solve very little. Coming down the pike are the 90 room Marriott Residence Inn, the 126 room Village at Saddlerock Crossing (Oxford Hotel), the 40 room Ambiente Hotel, low income housing and the Shelby/Sunset Community Focus Area Plan, aka the AAA Industrial Park CFA, which includes over-development and taller buildings.

By: Can someone explain this?

Can someone explain this? — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:38:11 +0000

Today I saw a road side sign.

” Say No to traffic, vote No”

Well the no vote stops any and all traffic solutions?
A no vote means the new tax hike for roads goes to a bank account we can’t use?
So how do we exactly make for less traffic by not fixing or addressing the problem?

And please dont blame the CC on traffic…Things were getting bad in 2008, the world markets crashed (have you forgotten?)…As things improved traffic got worse, city council did not address it fast enough..

I have never seen a spring break like last year!….I could walk faster than drive many hours in the day!….You cant blame that on CC, blame it on a nitwit governor!
Only 4 cities had law prohibiting short term rentals.
So I would say our past city councils did well to keep it that way….Not the CC fault but our very own governor!

So I ask again, how does that no vote help traffic?….and how long will it take to get better doing nothing?

By: Sedonaeye

Sedonaeye — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:02:12 +0000

Destroying Sedona for what, 10-years, now? Watch your sensoring. Wouldn’t
be prudent.

By: City/Chamber

City/Chamber — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:10:44 +0000

@ Richard S,

They are running scared, you can tell by all the presentations by Justin Clifton with 40% inflated budget numbers. City/chamber employees should start looking for a job now and beat the rush.