Sedona AZ (October 8, 2015) – “The State of Arizona has commenced an official investigation into the public activities of both the proponents of and opposition to, the proposed Sedona-Verde Valley Red Rock National Monument. The State’s investigation will consider the possibility of unsubstantiated claims made by some or all stakeholder parties, the evasion by some activist players of disclosure... 

Granite Mountain rescue airlift Sedona AZ (September 9, 2015) – On September 7, 2015, about 11:45 in the morning, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies and volunteers from the Yavapai County Search and Rescue Team (YCSRT) Backcountry Unit were involved in a rescue on Granite Mountain, Prescott, Arizona. A 911 call reported that 25-year-old Lane Pirkel, from Prescott, had fallen into... 

SedonaEye.com financial columnist J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (August 25, 2015) – On October 18, 2012, Angela LeFevre, current City of Sedona Councilor and a very vocal supporter of KSB, had released in her behalf by Steve DeVol, owner and publisher of Sedonadotbiz and a former President of KSB, a campaign video of her failed 2012 run for Arizona Legislative District 6 House of Representatives.... 

Sedona AZ (May 13, 2010) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Sometimes, when a person surrounds himself with only like-minded people, he begins to think he speaks for “…the huge number of the national and Arizona supporters of SB1070 who are tourists and potential Sedona second-home buyers who will boycott Sedona once this City joins litigation against the state.”... 

This article is about Sedona’s last bond/debt obligation of $18,000,000, known as the Series 2007 Bond Obligation…a debt this City clearly should have known it couldn’t afford and didn’t need. In my e-mail to City Council of February 12, 2009, which so infuriated Councilors Scagnelli and Colquitt, I said: “Some of you continue to question whether there is a cost/benefit ratio... 

J. Rick Normand Sedona AZ (February 15, 2010) – In a guest opinion, J. Rick Normand responds to a query on City of Sedona Capital to General Fund transfer: Hi Barbara, I know transferring that $864,000 of tax revenues allocated to the Wastewater Enterprise Fund to the General Fund appears to most people to be, as you said, “Like taking from my 401K to shore up my checking account. I see... 

Sedona Times and SedonaTimes.com editor Tommy Acosta examines the Feb. 17 Sedona city council special meeting and its emergency suspension of voting rules to disband the Mayor’s Advisory Committees in a 4-3 vote. Sedona, AZ – Editorial by Tommy Acosta. Might as well warn the reading public right now — this is going to be one heck of long editorial. The mayor’s advisory committees are...