Sedona AZ (March 16, 2010) – AZ State Representative John Kavanagh read a Sedona Times Letter to the Editor criticizing him for blocking State Parks funding and submitted the following in rebuttal:  Many people have questioned and even criticized me for not allowing HCR 2040, a state parks’ funding bill, to proceed out of the House Appropriations Committee, which I chair. HCR 2040 would... 

Sedona AZ (March 12, 2010) – The following is a letter sent to the Speaker of the Arizona House and copied to the SedonaEye.com (formerly SedonaTimes.com) from reader Peggy Chaikin: Speaker of the House Representative Kirk Adams kadams@azleg.gov Dear Sir: This letter is in reference to HCR2040 a proposal for sustainable funding for Arizona State Parks system. As you know, this proposal is fallen... 

March 9, 2010-Sedona AZ–Sedonans overwhelming elected the dark skies and National Scenic Area candidates Dr. Dennis Rayner, Dan McIlroy, Mike Ward and Barbara Litrell to its City Council and rejected the re-election campaign efforts of Dan Surber and Nancy Scagnelli, two Council members who formed what was considered by many Sedonans as an anti-dark sky and anti-NSA voting bloc when coupled...