SedonaEye.com J. Rick Normand, Investigative and Financial Columnist Once again headlines are questioning the role of gun control in American society. At the request of SedonaEye.com columnist J. Rick Normand, let’s go back three and a half years ago: Sedona AZ – The farce and the fallacy of gun control laws? The reality of the problem is that it’s not an epidemic, it’s a pandemic! A... 

Sedona AZ (October 19, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: The SFD is mounting a full-court-press, fearmongering campaign to convince us residents to pass their $17.9m bond.  I have already received two Safer Sedona fliers, exhorting me to do the right thing. Moreover I’ve twice seen people in Safer Sedona t-shirts, canvassing different neighborhoods, passing... 

Sedona AZ (March 19, 2015) – On March 30, 1973, all U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam. There were no ticker-tape parades honoring the veterans, no triumphant marches or speeches as there had been at the end of each of the World Wars. America’s Vietnam veterans returned home to silence, or worse, in some cases to denigration for having served their country during a controversial war. On... 

Sedona Arizona Sedona AZ (January 7, 2013) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, a Sedona, Arizona city resident writes: …Wed to a pro-growth agenda that subsidizes developers, consultants and the construction industry, the Sedona City Council is out of touch with us taxpayers. The mayor recently stated that streetlights were a highlight of 2012, though a majority of residents opposed... 

22 October 2010 Dear Editor: It is not just wishful thinking that states can do without the death penalty.  Generally, states that do not have capital punishment have lower homicide rates than states that have capital punishment. People of New Testament times need to consider what Jesus did when asked about the legality of divorce.  Jesus was aware of His present time and of what the law stated,... 

Sedona AZ–On Monday, October 11 at 6 p.m. in the Big Park Community School Multipurpose Room, 25 West Saddlehorn in the Village of Oak Creek, advocates for “No on Proposition 302” welcome the greater Sedona community to an educational forum. Who should attend? School board members, teachers, parents, administrators, community advocates and anyone interested in the well-being of...