SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock Sedona AZ (January 21, 2015) – A Special Meeting of the newly elected Sedona City Council was greeted head on with enthusiasm and occasional bickering, requiring gentle “reigning in” by Mayor Sandy Moriarty. The meeting was for the purpose of updating the Council Priority List, set in motion during a previous meeting held on December 5 of last year. During... 

Sedona City Council Sedona AZ (May 18, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: The City Council is disenfranchising (in effect) snowbird residents by scheduling in August the vote on extending Home Rule.  Even though we just had that vote in March 2012, new state laws require the City to vote on Council elections and other issues in the fall of even-numbered years.  If... 

City of Sedona article Sedona AZ (February 26, 2014) – The following Sedona Eye on City Talk article was submitted by the City of Sedona Arizona: I would be the first to admit that the excruciatingly slow pace of government progress makes me crazy. As a businessman, I know that if decisions took as long to implement in private business as they do in government, businesses would not be able to... 

Sedona city voter seems to imply that content not notarization issue may have caused city government to reject his Vote No statement for the Community Plan Revision publicity pamphlet. Sedona AZ (February 22, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Below is my rejected submission to the City’s Community Plan Voter Publicity Pamphlet. My submission was rejected by... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock Sedona AZ (February 12, 2014) – SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock examines City of Sedona government inconsistencies when implementing its voter mandated Community Plan: SEDONA, ARIZONA website, Home Page, states the following: “The mission of the City of Sedona government is to provide exemplary municipal services that are consistent with our values,... 

Sedona AZ (February 11, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: By now you have received the publicity pamphlet for the New Community Plan. I urge you not to rely on this pamphlet for your sole source of information in helping you decide your vote. I recommend you take the time to read through the Plan and come to your own conclusions. (You probably read about mine in the... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock reviews 2013 for the City of Sedona in her Eye on Sedona two part series Sedona AZ (January 30, 2014) – The second in a two-part series about the City of Sedona, SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock delves into its 2013 highlights and lowlights as only she can: …Moving onward into July 2013, the City indicates the need for even more additional staff... 

In 2009 Iceland, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden topped the Freedom of the Press list with North Korea, Turkmenistan, Myanmar (Burma), Libya, Eritrea at the bottom. The US ranks as Satisfactory below Canada’s Good – Mexico is ranked as Difficult. In Nepal, Eritrea, and mainland China, journalists may spend years in jail simply for using the “wrong” word or photo. In 2012... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie S. Maddock overhears Councilman Mark DiNunzio’s idea for a future Sedona five star resort at the wastewater treatment plant if land can be allocated Sedona AZ (October 30, 2013) – SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock reviews the Community Plan presentations before the City Council as it is “cleaned up” so no “weaseling” happens before... 

Article submitted by the City of Sedona Sedona AZ (October 6, 2013) – The Sedona Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 on October 3, 2013, to forward its recommended version of the New Draft Community Plan to City of Sedona Council. The Commission’s action caps three scheduled days of public hearings on October 1, 2, and 3, 2013. Prior to the Commission’s public hearings, the Commission...