Tommy Acosta Sedona AZ (December 5, 2008) – A most definitely news filled week for Sedona this Friday culminates, yes? We got two spanking brand-new complaints filed against counsel members for allegedly violating the Arizona Open Meeting Law. We got a former council member threatening to pull papers for a recall against the mayor and another council member. We got a new president elected to Keep... 

Sedona Verde Valley Times editor Tommy Acosta enjoys a go-round with boxer Sugar Ray Leonard on November 13 2008 Sedona AZ (November 29, 2008) – Talk about Black Fridays…Two men shoot each other to death in Toys “R” Us in front of their women and children? A Wal-Mart clerk is trampled to death by a stampeding crowd desperate for a bargain? What gives? Is the world going mad? I... 

Article written by Tommy Acosta. Sedona AZ (November 27, 2008) – This Thanksgiving is a true test of gratitude for so many of us. No need to ask how many have suffered the plunge of the economy; the devaluation of our holdings; the loss of business in our community and the decimation of our bank accounts. The instability in the world, the uncertainty of the future, the looming economic depression... 

Sedona, AZ — By Tommy Acosta… All right you political chess buffs out there, here’s another one for you to ponder and masticate. Last night, Nov. 25, at the Sedona City Council meeting, members discussed allegations filed with the Attorney General’s office that four council members violated the Open Meeting Law shortly before the council voted to put lights on 89A. Needless to say,... 

A Message From All To All Dear Children: You are my most precious and loved creation. You don’t know it– yet have always known it and now are going through the pangs of the birthing of your full purpose. Don’t think for a second I’ve abandoned you or am not real. I am here now always and you know it deep in you. I love you so much. I love you and let this love flow through you. Be assured... 

Sedona AZ (November 17, 2008) — When kudos are deserved, kudos are given. The Sedona City Council recently passed a declaration proclaiming Sedona a Zero Waste City, meaning the city will strive to recycle waste back into energy and produce no waste, if possible. According to the Sierra Club, a progressive environmental declaration such as this, by the City Council proclaims that Sedona is concerned... 

Tommy Acosta pens a look at the one year anniversary of the Sedona Verde Valley Times Sedona AZ (November 8, 2008) – Wow. Talk about a great party and celebration Saturday, November 15, of our one-year anniversary. The community came out to support us. People whom we never met were there lending there support. We are humbled and grateful. What was quite obvious is there is a great thirst in the... 

Ride Noble Captain   Under the gun of a moonless sky Johnny B. Good takes a ride Down the broken streets of time Through this strange and twisting rhyme   “Where goes the poet tonight?” He’s asked by the cop with the flashing lights. “I’m going where no one goes, he replies. I’m going to…the birthplace of lies.”   Ride noble captain to the blood of the sun Touch the flaming embers... 

Sedona AZ (November 15, 2008) – Tommy Acosta and Rita Livingston are throwing a party! It’s a much needed fundraiser to help with the escalating costs of producing a free local newspaper, the Sedona-Verde Valley Times. “Don’t forget everybody, today is our fundraiser party at the Sedona Heritage Museum, 735 Jordan Road, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. featuring a performance... 

Tommy Acosta Sedona AZ (November 14, 2008) – So it seems Sedona.biz editor Carl Jackson is a tad upset over alleged efforts by the city’s media-of-record to prevent the city from sharing its weekly staff or council member written columns with him for his Web site. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! For me it’s simply business-as-usual; pangs suffered by one media outlet when another begins to infringe on its...