So once again the decision, no matter what, is based on what the Chamber of Commerce has to say. Why? Are any decisions ever made without their input as being the deciding factor on the outcome? Having lived in numerous other states and cities, never have I witnessed a member-driven, special interest group given the authority to run the government. Again I ask why is that the policy in Sedona?

Thank you.

FYI: I don’t post under any other name than mine. I do not waste my time trying to come up with other names to play games. It is not, nor has ever been, my intention to do anything other that speak about and to what I know and believe.

Could I suggest you just admit to and get over sharlett’s right of free speech (and all the rest of us who speak our truth) and stick with the issues rather than your lame personal agendas and attacks and stick with the issues? Guess since you haven’t/can’t factually counter much of what I write your easy out is just your personal attacks.

if a Bully walks like a duck, looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it must be a Bully Duck!

sharlett is Signing off as “Bantam sharlett”, “Balanced sharlett”, and “Beacon sharlett” – so I think I’ve defined your 3 BS routines against me? Oh, and lest I forget – “Beam sharlett”. Have fun trying to twist those words.

There are so many more important things that go on in our daily lives – instead of you attacking my first amendment rights and your rants against anyone’s rights.

And for the record, how do we all know that YOU aren’t, in fact, Sharlett and just enjoy setting the scene for the Babbling Sisters. (Another example of BS)

Doesn’t Mr. Martinez get it? How many of those cloggers are day trippers who quite likely will enjoy Sedona hiking trails, free parks, a dip in Oak Creek at Slide Rock, or the variety of other things unrelated to spending money? And what proof can the Chamber offer that they are responsible for any increased business? NONE.

Maybe Mr. M isn’t aware of the two new hotels recently approved? (Upper Loop & Soldier Pass)

The decision to sail through the ridiculous time consuming process of listening to the scripted Chamber presentation was unnecessary. This council, bought and paid for by Chamber and affinity Lodging Council needn’t have sat through the diatribe of how great the Chamber is and there would be no discovery of Sedona without the costly efforts of the C of C.

BS BS BS – and that don’t stand for Boy Scout or Be Sweet

Don’t be late or you’ll miss out on the “moment o’fart” at the beginning of the main performance. Such a class act but to what degree? It should be a full house because an e-blast invitation was sent to make sure those in line to benefit from free money won’t miss out on the rare opportunity to be applauded at a council meeting.

Wonder how these people are able to sleep at night knowing they are selling out incorporated residents and businesses? Shameful or to be admired?

As if that means it doesn’t exist.

Doesn’t the “vision statement” repeated at the beginning of council meetings refer to Sedona as being “one of the earth’s great treasures?” Why, then, do our elected council members continue to make decisions that are so disrespectful to the area they take an oath to protect?

Last year there was Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon. Sad but fortunately the forest will be restored and no lives were lost.

The earth continues to shake minimally and most often unnoticeably with aftershocks from the earthquake felt towards the end of last year.

Yesterday (Sunday) the horrible and fatal auto accident that has I presume left residents and visitors in shock.

What will be next?

Consider the unusual record breaking rain we are presently experiencing this June, which is generally a very dry month. Could that be a precursor of exceptionally heavy monsoons? Is Sedona in the path of more disaster which might have been mitigated with an appropriate Master Drainage Plan in place?

No, I’m not a religious fanatic or even a member of organized religion. But it shouldn’t require a devout belief of anything in particular to recognize warnings when they are flaunting power every time we turn around.

Keep it up, City Council. Continue to waste money by giving it to the Chamber of Commerce to encourage more exploitation of Sedona, “one of the earth’s great treasures.” Encourage teenagers to frequent adult bars and restaurants by sponsoring activities better held in youth centers. Oh, but I forgot. The “Teen Center” wasn’t good enough for Sedona’s kids.

Keep it up, City Council, as you spend money by getting into the entertainment business as you have done by spending even more money for your unnecessary “service contract” with the Red Earth Theater group.

And, of course, the $150,000 for improvements to the Brewer Road property. You had no better place to invest that money except to encourage more potential traffic to an already traffic-clogged “Heart of Sedona” as you so fondly prefer to reference it? Just wait until Tlaquepaque has it’s addition up and running. Do you think this recent accident will be the last? Get real.

You have in-your-face examples that Mother Nature or some other such “higher power” has the final say around here. But you sit in your Ivory Tower with your heads in the clouds and your upturned snoots ready to give accolades to the Chamber of Commerce for a job that wasn’t necessary for them to do in the first place.

You’re running out of time. Flood, fire, and earthquake are lurking about, just waiting to put you in your place. But the problem is, everyone will suffer needlessly and be punished for the irresponsible decisions that never seem to end.

The legacy of the the last Council and the direction of this “new” Council, if the rapid pace to exploit and overbuild this “earth’s treasure” continues, for sure will be a monument (maybe at one of the roundabouts if they’re still here) inscribed “The Broken Heart of Sedona.”

It’s unfortunate members of the City Council won’t see this and other articles and comments on Sedona Eye since word is that none of them read it.

Damn I love this site.

Are you kidding me????? You blame the C of C for a crazy car accident??? You really need to get a life or get off of this site. If you want to blame anything try blaming the Chem Trails or Smart Meters.