Well, Tony, you suggested you’d be out of here in probably just a few months so guess you’re one of the lucky ones.

For some of us who are “stuck” here for one reason or another, maybe we should take heart that based on the majority of the will of the people it appears the Chamber of Commerce did one heck of a good job with their most recent advertising campaign . . . that being to convince the people to support Home Rule.

Ain’t it a shame they couldn’t shine so glowingly in attracting destination tourists and downplaying the really not so nice reputation for which Sedona is rapidly becoming famous.

Yep, the beauty of the red rocks is being displaced with the carnival Disney World ambience that appears to be the prevailing vision of elected officials and community planners.

It’s amazing that based on the results of the votes our residents must be content with the concept that creating costly swamps for the birds is more important than eliminating swamps in residential neighborhoods that occur more frequently during each rainy season.

A funny thing happened on the way to West Sedona. I took a short cut to avoid construction areas on W89A and in so doing took the road in front of City Hall . . . although once known as Aria I believe it was renamed for Cardinal Development, the John Miller/Jack Sheehan LLC who just happened to design a complex with underground holding cells and a council chamber/court room even before having cut a deal with the city.

Well, that being said, I’d like to tell you that Cardinal Road (or whatever the name) makes W89A seem smooth as a professional ice skating rink. At least we can’t say the city is showing favoritism by maintaining its own road at the entrance of this masterful house of worship.

Onward and upward. The voices of the majority have been heard. Yep, that C of C did all right. Between them and their exorbitant advertising budget, coupled with all the money spent by the city to sway those gosh-darn voters, they managed to glean results far more impressive than the vote four years ago ~ that’s 2008 ~ when extending the Home Rule was last considered. Those results reflected 43.25% rejected the proposition while a mere 30.46% do not presently like the idea.

Hope you all get what you consider your money’s worth because you’ll be paying for whatever’s being cooked up to serve on the platter whether you like it or not.

Please remove the line at the end of my letter which states that the Red Rock News wouldn’t print my letter…. My mistake. This is incorrect. I never asked them to print my letter.

I sincerely apologize for the unintentional misrepresentation that the Red Rock News refused to print my letter. Perhaps a better way to say it is that the Red Rock News refused to print my side of the story.

So sorry.

Thanks.

Terrie Frankel

I don’t care what the City says they are going to do Sedona. It will never get done no matter if the HOME RULE passes. City Officials will never do anything to better Sedona it is all about them and their greed for money.

I’m voting NO on PROP 420!!!

Tony is right it is not over until 7:00pm on Tuesday.

Oh how I wish for your optimism to prevail. And, realistically, who knows where anyone will be from one day to the next?

About all we can do is hope for the best without discounting the possibility of the worst case scenario in any situation.

Its not over until 7:00 Tuesday evening…..until then, I still have hope.

As for me, I do not plan on being here in 4 years, let alone 4 more months!!!!

Sadly enough, from the feedback I’m getting, too many people have already voted for the continuation of Home Rule which, regardless of the outcome of this city council election, will result in disaster for more than one reason.

Spending constraints for the next two years is the only thing that, IMO, would have given us a chance for sensible survival and it has far more to do with just the positions of City & Asst. City Managers.

As I’m planning to do you might consider finding yourself a decorative red rock to hide under for the next four years because my prediction is that the “old guard” is, indeed, getting a firm grip.

Assistant City Manager
http://www.sedonaaz.gov/sedonacms/index.aspx?recordid=56&page=510

Assistant to City Manager
http://www.sedonaaz.gov/Sedonacms/index.aspx?recordid=58&page=510

http://www.sedonaaz.gov/sedonacms/index.aspx?recordid=56&page=510

http://www.sedonaaz.gov/Sedonacms/index.aspx?recordid=58&page=510

For those who haven’t voted yet, I hope that you vote NO on 420. The city needs to reign in its spending!!!!!