The last Backfire TV program aired on December 13, 2000 – a few months short of being 20 years ago. And while some things in Sedona have changed, the tug of war relating to varied opinions and perceived direction of what’s best for Sedona rages on.

Is that an appropriate enough reason for once again revisiting the merits of lies versus truth? You decide.

One sees this even at the local level where one newspaper sees fit to rationalize what it chooses to print using completely subjective criteria. Some of its writers even go so far as to make claims that most of us recognize as ridiculous, such as “small town” references made by those who live in enormous cities like New York City, Chicago, San Fransisco and London are really referring to “sense of place or belonging,” purely to sell their organization’s agenda in supporting growth for Sedona!

As someone who grew up and relocated here from a large city, in my 60 plus years have never heard anyone say any such thing. Actually the size of the population in a city is the chief thing city dwellers brag about.