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Dear Yuma Michaels,

You said “We all know that the law was introduced by a person with white supremacist views. I hope, Sir, that you are not of that ilk.” This statement proves you to be, unequivocally, a prototypical “race-baiter” who uses as the cornerstone of every argument the “race-card.” You are obviously a person who calls everyone you don’t agree with a racist. This is an underhanded... 

An Open Letter to Mayor on SB1070

Mayor Adams,   This letter is not about this writer’s personal politics, nor yours. It’s about Sedona’s fate. National and Arizona polls are showing, consistently, that between 64% and 70% of Americans support Arizona’s SB1070 while the great majority of the people in Sedona who just voted for you support the new law as well. By allowing the Surber’s to import... 

Sedona Sales Tax Revenue Falls Sharply

This article is about Sedona’s last bond/debt obligation of $18,000,000, known as the Series 2007 Bond Obligation…a debt this City clearly should have known it couldn’t afford and didn’t need. In my e-mail to City Council of February 12, 2009, which so infuriated Councilors Scagnelli and Colquitt, I said: “Some of you continue to question whether there is a cost/benefit ratio... 

Rick Normand responds to query on city Capital to General Fund transfer

Hi Barbara,  I know transferring that $864,000 of tax revenues allocated to the Wastewater Enterprise Fund to the General Fund appears  to most people to be, as you said, “Like taking from my 401K to shore up my checking account. I see this as just shifting dollars…” But, unfortunately, it isn’t the same thing for several reasons. First, Sedona has lived off bond financing... 
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