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Unwanted $50+million Verde Connect increases tax bills despite pandemic
Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Below is a letter … it affects the entire county. With the added financial problems of COVID-19.
Dear Editor,
I wrote last year that the Verde Connect project, which will cost 50+ million dollars plus ongoing maintenance, is too expensive for our county. We recently bonded a jail expansion with resulting tax increase. They plan...
Eddie Maddock: Sedona Progress or Impediment
SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock looks at the city of Sedona and Village of Oak Creek impediments to local progress on quality of life issues.
Sedona AZ – Admittedly the convenience of modern technology has opened doors our ancestors would never have imagined. Of course, one needn’t go back THAT far – but – has it really been all that long ago when we actually had conversations...
Arizona Dry Conditions Trigger Fire Restrictions
Sedona AZ — Beginning June 21, 2019, due to dry and hot conditions, fire restrictions will be implemented on Bureau of Land Management lands within the Phoenix District. The district’s 2.4 million acres of public lands in Arizona extend across portions of eight counties, including Pima, Pinal, Maricopa, Gila, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties. Visitors to public lands in these counties...
Sedona Winter Storm Tree Branch Removal Update
Notice submitted by City of Sedona AZ
Sedona AZ – This is a city service provided to Sedona city residents only.
Tree branch removal related to the February 2019 snowstorm is expected to continue for another few weeks. The amount of material collected thus far is significant.
“Our inspectors measured the limb pile at our Brewer Road property at 140 by 70 feet and that area averages a fill...
Sedona Historical Society Gifted With Historic Homestead
Sedona Historical Society Board members (L to R) Shondra Jepperson, Terry Greene, Larry Clemson, Lisa Hyatt and Al Comello with (seated) Board President Janeen Trevillyan and donor Martha Loy during the Schuerman homestead house donation ceremony.
Sedona AZ – The Sedona Historical Society recently accepted a gift of a significant local historic building, the Schuerman homestead house, with the...
Yavapai County Courts Honoring Those Who Served
Sedona AZ (October 30, 2018) – With Veterans Day around the corner, we as a community will pause to honor those men and women who answered their call to duty. This Veterans Day we must ensure that our gratitude is carried to all those that served, including those members that continue to struggle with day-to-day life. Research has shown that one in five post 9/11 veterans struggle with post-traumatic...
Red Rock Crossing Highway and Bridge to Sedona
Sedona AZ (September 3, 2018) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
The Red Rock Crossing?
Village of Oak Creek Photo by Bill Kusner
Recently, people have been working very hard behind the scenes, trying to find a new way to look at an “emotional” subject. They want to look at it “scientifically.” OK, scientifically, Red Rock Crossing is an extremely environmentally...
Oak Creek Restoration of Roadside Pullouts Input Request
Sedona AZ (August 17, 2018) – The Forest Service Oak Creek Watershed Restoration Project proposes nine activities to restore the watershed, including the rehabilitation of roadside parking along AZ State Route 89A in Oak Creek Canyon. To enhance the project’s analysis, a set of detailed maps has been created to clarify the location of all sixty (60) unauthorized roadside pullouts proposed...
Breaking News: Sedona Settles Permanent Base Adjustment Lawsuit – It’s on November Ballot
Sedona AZ (August 9, 2018) – The Permanent Base Adjustment will be on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
On August 3, Arizona Liberty, a local Sedona political action committee, filed a lawsuit in Yavapai County Superior Court against the City of Sedona for illegally invalidating its citizens’ initiative to place a Permanent Base Adjustment on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
“Yesterday, at the request...
Sedona City Chamber Contract Under Investigation
Article submitted by City of Sedona AZ
Sedona AZ (July 31, 2018) – The following article submitted by the city of Sedona, Arizona:
The city has made the Sedona City Attorney’s Written Response to Legislator Request for Investigation Pursuant to A.R.S.§ 41-194.01 available for public review.
The response relates to a complaint regarding the city’s contract with the Sedona Chamber...