September 2022, Government flies illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard to help increase its diversity and avail themselves of available community resources, including plentiful jobs and upscale housing. Martha’s Vineyard is home to former President Obama and family after a purchase of his $11.3 million waterfront island property in what is considered an extremely exclusive enclave of the very well to do.

https://youtu.be/YF3STj6B9nc

Probably I will be blasted by @JeanJ who doesn’t have the guts to reveal his or her name because I don’t believe Sedona’s tourists are paying their fair share and feel that the approximately 60% of residential sewer users are getting screwed.

“The City is wasting money in its quest for economic diversity IN MY OPINION”

The problem is that you only see YOUR opinion and you think that YOUR opinion means EVERYTHING. Well judging from the fact that OUR city elected officials seem to do the opposite of what YOU want says a lot.

If it wasn’t for them ignoring YOU YOU’D have nothing to BIT*H about on SE and then wouldn’t have any life at all.

I love this quote also- “The Economic Development program….will focus on services and programs that foster entrepreneurship, leveraging existing public and private resources at the local, regional and state level whenever possible”

As a long time entrepreneur that’s exactly what I would expect OUR city to be doing what ever they can to bring business big and small to Sedona.

I see two issues here, one you want to see our city fail so that you can blame the government and the “regional” CoC. Or two you are so out of touch by being home bound that you don’t see the handwriting on the wall.

The increase in the proposed budget is 26.2% when compared to last fiscal year. The increase over the FY 2017-18 Home Rule amount approved by the voters in August of 2014 is 49.1%.

There will be a new City dept, the Economic Development Department, with Molly Spangler (new last summer) as the Director. Her salary for next fiscal year is $105,810. By adding in her benefits–Other Allowance, FICA, ASRS Retirement, STDL/TD Insurance, HealthyDental/Life Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance–the grand total comes to $152,670.

And there’s this: “The Economic Development program….will focus on services and programs that foster entrepreneurship, leveraging existing public and private resources at the local, regional and state level whenever possible.” The City is wasting money in its quest for economic diversity in my opinion.

This morning Sperling’s Best Places (to live) reports: “Compared to the rest of the country, Sedona (zip) 86336’s cost-of-living is 43.90% Higher than the U.S. average.” Also, “Home appreciation the last 10 years has been -9.04%.” Does City Hall know WTF it is doing?

I’m in full agreement. 20 years ago Sedona was a pretty little town. It had a hometown feel. It also had the highest property values in Arizona. None of that is true now, without the Red Rocks this would just be a congested tourist trap. The city was the biggest mistake this town ever made.

I want to remind J. Rick that you said above that you’re a mountain biker on our USFS trails. All of us who are hikers know that it’s mountain bikers who utterly ruin a hiking experience for the massive majority of trail users. I might have guessed you’d be one of those little runts, Wsr.