Dear Mayor Adams, Vice Mayor Hamilton and City Councilors:   I will not be voting in the upcoming election for any incumbent who approves the “Notice of Intention” to raise wastewater rates.   As you know, a large number of Sedona property owners, businesses, and retirees on fixed incomes are rotting financially.  So, why are every one of CDM’s vampire Wastewater Rate Study’s... 

Dear Mayor Adams and Councillors, I will be unable to attend Tuesday’s meeting but feel it is very important that you read and understand why there is such an outcry from the citizenry about a sewer rate increase and why you must NOT vote for any such increase. Background: 1. Our area (Harmony Hills) was among the first selected for sewer installation in 1993. The hook up fees back then cost... 

Dear Council Members, I am concerned about there being a dramatic increase in sewer fees over the next few years – double to triple the fees in comparable communities. However, I also realize our Wasterwater Enterprise Fund is drastically short-funded, and could be depleted by October 2013. May I make a few suggestions? · Since only 44% of the city’s budget is funded by sales tax, and since residents... 

The Sedona WaterWise Alliance  is sponsoring a March 31 Breakfast! Join the Verde River Basin Partnership with Tom O’Halleran, March 31st from 8-10 AM at the Olde Sedona Grille hosted by the League of Women Voters-Breakfast $10 Take action to preserve our water resources! April 2 2pm – 5pm Local Foods of Arizona featuring Gardens for Humanity at New Frontiers – FREE April 7 9 – 10:30am Bringing... 

Guy McPherson, professor emeritus, University of Arizona writes:  The local area in and around Sedona is among the most beautiful in the world. The clear skies, moderate climate, and spectacular scenery attract tourists in droves, and the towns of Sedona and Oak Creek provide full-time homes for about 15,000 people. Will these communities continue to thrive when changes in global climate lead to changes... 

The Sedona Times Editor, Tommy Acosta, wrote a front page article in the January 2010 print edition based on the following information:  Mr. Acosta’s article is readable in full on this website’s eMag LIVE! newspaper/Home Page.  City Council candidate, Mike Ward’s comments are below and the Sedona Times provides this information for our readers. This article submitted by Mike... 

SPIRIT DANCER FINE ART GALLERY OPENING and BOOK SIGNING ART WALK FIRST FRIDAY Angel Lightfeather’s Sacred Pathways 105 Portal Lane, Sedona Arizona  March 5, 2010 5:00-8:00PM Fabulous Sedona Art Gallery “Spirit Dancer Fine Art” opens in a new to Sedona HOT SPOT.  On the first Friday of March during The Sedona First Friday Art Walk.  Visit Sedona Arizona’s newest art gallery Spirit Dancer... 

  SVP        SVP and ChocalaTree Eatery present the first Sedona AZ green social gathering!       The first of new monthly Green Round Table Workshops!  Tuesday, February 23rd from 5-7 PM  ChocolaTree, a vibrant, wholesome, inspiring Eatery on West Hwy 89A and  SVP  will host the first monthly   GREEN  ROUND  TABLE A fun social place to meet interesting people with environmental... 

Depending on our response, we are either standing at the edge of the mother of all markets or we are staring at the mother of all problems.  John Gardner, founder of Common Cause, described these challenges as “a series of opportunities disguised as insolvable problems.”  Three decades of failed energy policy assures us that innovation is the only way out of this crisis.  And yet, a not so funny... 

SEDONA MAIN STREET PROGRAM & NAU Parks and Recreation Program presents the 40th Annual Sedona’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival on March 6th, 2010 begins at 10:30 am. Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders are making an appearance! Title Sponsor Cowboy Club and Barking Frog Restaurants will be on hand with coffee service before and during the parade.   They and many additional business...