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Dear Sedona Eye Editor,
It has been a privilege and an honor to serve as a member on the Sedona Fire District Governing Board for this past 16 months. It has also proven to be an enormous challenge given the political climate and the strong beliefs of those on the board.
During meetings I have repeatedly expressed concerns regarding questionable practices by the current Board majority. Micromanagement of the district’s personnel resulting in the loss of key employees, exorbitant spending on attorneys, and the spending of nearly $200,000 on an audit of dubious value are but a few of the issues that brought about an unprecedented recall of three of the sitting board members.
When I was elected to the SFD Board it was because of the positions I held on various issues, and my constituents’ belief that I would not compromise my integrity. My positions are unchanged, and my commitment remains strong. The Sedona Fire District is facing serious times, and in my opinion the majority of the current Board is taking this district in the wrong direction. A direction that may benefit the taxpayers a very few dollars, but at the high cost of reduced services and the potential for loss of lives and property. That is unacceptable to me, and to those who elected me to serve.
I am endorsing Nazih Hazime, Diane Schoen, and Corrie Cooperman in the special recall election, and I am asking those who trust and support me to do the same. I am confident they bring the skills that will help us maintain the emergency services we have come to expect. My thanks to all those in the community who have so diligently worked to make this recall election a reality. Now I implore the residents of our District to make the right choice.
Ty Montgomery, NP SFD Board Member
Thank you, Mr. Montgomery, for your heartfelt endorsement. Your integrity shines through with your willingness to expose the irresponsible and outrageous behavior that has been going on.
Your recommendations have my vote, and hope that others will heed your call for replacing these irresponsible Recalled Board members with intelligent members who care about out Safety and Future.
In an effort to bring as much truth and sunlight to this election as possible, with a posting name of “Dick Heguy”, do you honestly think that is a real person? If you reverse his name Heguy Dick?
If you want higher taxes, which they have admitted in their statements, vote for Hazime, Cooperman and Schoen.
If you are a renter and think that having your landlords taxes for SFD possibly double, your rent won’t go up, you’re dreaming.
Please see my other posts on this subject.
My apologies, apparently Heguy is a real person, who worked for a fire department in some capacity.
When considering a comment by any fire department related person, they want to drive a shiny red truck and do free stuff. Almost like Santa Claus, who would want to cut in that situation?
As a taxpayer, I want to buy the minimum number of shiny red trucks. I want the minimum number of administration making sure it runs efficiently. When there are people on staff that no one knows what they really do, then things need to be cut. I understand that will lower morale. Consider, if you are of immense value to an organization, you do not worry about your job because they can not function without you.
We would all be a little safer with a fire truck and a Navy Seal team in our driveway guarding us. Can you afford that? I can’t . Will we ever use them? The statistics say probably not.
A good letter, it’s obvious this sitting board member knows what he’s talking about when he says the new candidates need to be voted in. I will be following his advice, and I thank him for his courage and integrity in standing up for what is best for the safety of the community.
Dear Mr. Montgomery,
You have consistently demonstrated the manner in which professional Board members should conduct themselves. Your voice of reason, though too often drowned out by those pursuing a single-minded agenda, carries the torch of hope. When the Special Recall Election is complete and the replacement Board seated, I look forward to a Sedona Fire District Governing Board capable of conducting meetings as intended by Parliamentary Rule and within the scope of Open Meeting Laws. What a refreshing and welcome change that will be! Thank you for taking a stand!
Thank you Ty for your voice of reason up on the board, your VOICE OF REASON is very much appreciated!!
As for you Tony, you my moron friend are the coward who hides and lies on this blog only using your first name!!
” Rich Collister”,,
If you can cite a lie and provide evidence, please do so. Morons and cowards accuse others of lying without proof.
My full name is Tony Tonsich.
Have a nice day!
Ok Tony,
Funny you should mention lies. Nobody is talking about having the tax rate double so there is a lie in a previous post by you. Your just mad because your girlfriend got canned from SFD for (deleted). The reason Hazime was focusing on her is (deleted) a 911 EMERGENCY DISPATCHER seriously. I applaud his termination of her. Doing the right thing often infuriates the evil doers ( and their boyfriends).
M Allen,
Speaking of lies, what do you drink make up this stuff?
Have you heard of lawsuit for slander? Unless you have proof of your last statement, you’d better retract it. Seeing as it is false, I think you now have a problem.
Now, give me your full name so you can be served.
M Allen,
The SFD Recall election has become a lively subject that seems to have polarized many.
People say crazy things. Facts are supported by documentation.
Tell a story….
or,
Just ’cause you heard it…
Gossip or second-hand information is always inaccurate.
Rich Collister states above that it is the coward who hides and lies on this blog using only your first name (or in your case solely the last).
Feel free to publish your full name and while you’re at it, place a name where you’ve utilized replacement nouns (ie: to whom you are actually referring to when you state “your girlfriend”).
Oh, and by the way perhaps you should learn some grammatical sense as well – spell check is great but it doesn’t compensate for lack of understanding the English language. (Maybe I need to spell it out for you a bit more as to what I am referring to and “compare yours”):
Your: pronoun
1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an attributive adjective): Your comment above. Compare yours.
VS:
You’re [yoor; unstressed yer]
contraction of you are, as in: You’re certain that’s right?
Not to worry Julianna Stewart anything I write to (deleted) artists like you and Tony, I Will always use my full name!!
Ms. Stewart,
“To whom you are actually referring to.” ???? Try “…to whom you are referring.” or “to whom you actually refer.” You’re (you are) not a person to whom I would refer anyone for grammar and/or punctuation lessons. Stick to that at which you excel. Oh… what IS that, by the way?
The mention of an audit as a big waste of money yet no mention of the huge waste of money in the past. The cost of the fire department is now half what it used to be and is where it should be. You vote these 3 people in and watch the tax rates go wild again. Tony I back you and your statements all the way. When home evaluations when sky high the fire department didn’t change the mil rate and what did we get, an apology that they didn’t change it. Guess what they had a party and spent all the extra money with no problem
What is popular is not always right …. what is right is not always popular.
Throughout the articles regarding SFD and the Recall it is interesting that there seems to be a peanut gallery of named individuals as well as individuals hiding behind pseudonyms and projected anonymity that consistently resorts to childish name calling and off topic accusations.
It is obvious that a nerve has been struck and a button has been pushed by those who have come forward to present alternative information and the peanut gallery has little to offer in response other than their elementary behavior.
The peanut gallery’s obvious lack of ability to offer any facts of rebuttal, their continual inability to refute the presented information and documentation or substantiate their claims that Tony, and other supporting voices, are lying makes it obvious that the peanut gallery are finding it difficult to argue when Tony and his supporting voices don’t stop making sense.
…Hence their having to repeatedly resort to immature diversion tactics and avoidance of providing answers to the questions presented, offering only their childish responses, bullying tactics and ludicrous out lashings towards other members of the public who also contribute comments and input.
I am shocked that anyone who would be reading the articles and subsequent comments, contributions and viewpoints would agree with a peanut gallery who consistently feel the need to resort to such immaturity, lack of sense and incapability to present sound proof or supporting information to their claims.
Obviously the peanut gallery’s ignorance, bigotry and immaturity cannot be compensated for.
There is quite a lot of information circulating these days, I know I have made every effort to study and compare what is available, to see what has been presented as fact and which facts are supported by sound documentation. The best any of us can hope for is an informed decision at the voting polls. As it has been stated by several people – it is up to each of us to vote …. vote wisely indeed.
And “peanut gallery” is your definition of maturity? Well…there goes your credibility. Nice try, tho’.