SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie S. Maddock revisits the City of Sedona Dream and why Home Rule and the City Council are destroying it. Sedona AZ  – Whether an idiom, proverb or adage, the saying ““a watched pot never boils”” takes on a totally new meaning in Sedona, Arizona. It might more appropriately be changed to “”watched pots never STOP boiling” in this neck of... 

Sedona AZ (November 19, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Dear Editor, The Wizards of Sedona are at it once again, manipulating and pulling strings from behind the scenes. The Big 3 Powers That Be – the tourist, real estate/developer and construction industries along with the help the Sedona Red Rock News (SRRN) – are making a big deal about “affordable... 

Sedona AZ (June 20, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Sedona Taxpayers Face Three Possible GO or NO GO Bonds and or Property Tax, Part III Three “Possible” Bonds Part Three (of three) Information and Perspective by Henry Twombly The third “possible” bond will arise from the Sedona Oak Creek School District (SOCSD) in the form of another Budget Override (BO). We... 

Sedona AZ (March 28, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: A basic tenet of our democracy is the freedom of speech, where each of us can express our beliefs no matter how varied they may be. And here in Sedona these opinions span the gamut of the spectrum when it comes to city politics. So here’s my take on what’s going on… Sedona Arizona Open Gate There... 

Sedona AZ (February 10, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Sedona Eye editor and readers, I want to give you a heads-up that it’s a long one… Sedona Fire Station #4 on Forest Road Have you been following the media campaign that the Sedona Fire District has been orchestrating through its articles in the Sedona Red Rock News? Three in a row (1/25, 1/27, and... 

Sedona AZ (November 16, 2016) – City of Sedona Police Officer Jackie McQuaid is on a mission: to fundraise with her colleagues, Sedona Fire District Chief Kris Kazian and Sedona Oak Creek School District Superintendent David Lykins, to help support the Special Olympics Arizona. The catch? By each fundraising a minimum of $1,000, McQuaid, Kazian and Lykins will step “Over the Edge” and rappel... 

Sedona AZ (February 22, 2016) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: The next work session for the school board is tomorrow, Tuesday the 23rd. I want to let you know that the next work session tomorrow, Feb 23 (4 pm at the High School) will have a minimum of a 1 hour period set aside for Public comment.  We are planning to videotape this session and the video and the minutes... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock Sedona AZ (July 15, 2015) – For those of you who aren’t aware of Sedona City Limits, here are the approximate locations: Coming North on SR 179, there’s a City Limits sign shortly before the Little Horse Trail Head. It jogs west, then turns north to Back O’Beyond Road, turning west again to Oak Creek. From there the City Limits follows Oak... 

Sedona AZ (May 14, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: The Sedona Oak-Creek Unified School District has admitted in Arizona District Court (3:14-cv-08166-JAT) that they have altered a student’s education record after-the-fact from the original given to the parents, thus bringing into question the veracity of the student’s educational record as whole. The... 

Sedona AZ (August 22, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: As residents of Sedona, we are governed by three polities. The City is proposing a budget of $38 million, when the last time we voted for Home Rule this year’s proposed budget was only $34 million, which was $9 million more than the State would allow. The mill rate for the Fire District keeps climbing:...