Sedona AZ (August 17, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: 1. VOTE NO on $49.5 million Home Rule budget, including $149,000 budget for a ” sustainability ” czar. 2. VOTE YES on $36 million Permanent Base Adjustment (PBA), with NO CUTS for city services nor support to non-profits. 3. STOP “giving” $2.5 million to the Sedona Chamber of Commerce,... 

Sedona AZ  (June 11, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Sedona Voters and Residents, City of Sedona Council chamber is influenced by four entities of power (wizards), writes an appalled and concerned Sedona resident. Originally I wrote about the three main industries – Tourism (the Chamber), Real estate/Development, and Construction which run Sedona politics... 

Sedona AZ (May 8, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Sedona City Council needs a Yes on Home Rule vote this August 28 to increase the city budget and taxes over the next four years. “Council Talks Home Rule” (SRRN 4/18/18) is the first of many upcoming articles geared to convince us residents to vote for Home Rule. “The second public hearing will be held Tuesday... 

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 (October 19, 2017) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: From: Jean Jenks Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:36 AM To: smoriarty@SedonaAZ.gov; John Martinez; JCurrivan@sedonaaz.gov; tlamkin@SedonaAZ.gov; jthompson@SedonaAZ.gov; jvernier@SedonaAZ.gov; sjablow@SedonaAZ.gov Subject: The Multifamily High Density Major Plan Amendment allowing more than 12 DU/AC and... 

Sedona AZ (September 13, 2017) – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has tapped Jennifer Wesselhoff, the president and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, as the newest member of the state’s Tourism Advisory Council. The Tourism Advisory Council advises the director of the Arizona Office of Tourism on the establishment of policies and programs related to tourism promotion in the... 

Molly Spangler Sedona AZ (June 2, 2016) – After a rigorous interview process in early May 2016, the City of Sedona, Arizona, welcomes Molly Spangler as its newly hired Economic Development Director. Spangler is leaving her position as director of investment ready communities at the Wyoming Business Council in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to join the City Manager’s Office beginning July 18, 2016. It was... 

Oak Creek Sedona AZ (February 3, 2015) – The City of Sedona and the Oak Creek Watershed Council will host a public screening of two documentaries, Bag It and Loved to Death: The Story of Oak Creek, at City Hall this month. Loved to Death: The Story of Oak Creek is a short 17-minute film about the problems associated with the high amounts of recreation on Oak Creek. The film follows four individuals... 

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...