Would those attractions include the litter that goes into the 1,000’s of bags of trash collected by Adopt-A-Highway groups?

What are our elected officials doing to further promote our “high quality litter” that tourists, residents, businesses ?

Just like the alcoholic that doesn’t see the need for treatment our litter is something too many just want to ignore rather that seeking a solution and offering assistance.

Gary Chamberlain
“America the Beautiful & BagReadyJobs”
Empowering our nation’s youth

I’ve said it before, suggested this to the city, lodging and chamber. I even offered to help them do so. Just so the rumor mill won’t mixed my words.

The Chamber of Commerce is a business league or association, not part of the city government. They are a regional membership. They are not earning or promoting 100% in city limits businesses therefore should not be getting any Sedona City taxpayers money. They only promote themselves and their members.

By taking “taxes” to promote their regional members they are discriminating against those that contribute to the taxes. Foot printed Sedona City businesses and residents. Playing the guessing game in regards to were more money comes from (tourist vs residents) is a number game. You can make the numbers tell many stories by assumptions. The only way to know 100% is to let the businesses that are chamber members report in their “referral” dollars to our finance department in the monthly reporting of sales tax. Then our finance department have neutrally generate an Activity Cost Base Reporting for the city to see with transparency the results.

Most all of lodging and businesses do their own marketing and really don’t want the city to waste their money. Businesses can directly target market better and they track the return on their investment. Let the businesses select their own marketing tools, ones that get them results. They do know best.

Make the city business, residents and visitor friendly.

Here’s my head on the chopping block (again) but I cannot ignore the potential value in this concept. Surely it’s a better way to promote a “region” instead of City of Sedona footing the bill for Destination Marketing via the contract with the Chamber of Commerce. Of course that’s using the logical conclusion that Sedona bed/sales tax will not be the exclusive source of financing this project as a “collaborative” effort.

That being said, what justification does the City Council have to continue the $1.3 funding to the C of C when it could better be spent to improve infrastructure and other amenities to enhance the overall experience and comfort of tourists when they do visit Sedona?