Do Not Disrupt At the beginning of the August 23, 2011, meeting of the Committee to Select a New Fire Chief, those in attendance were introduced to new committee member Tom Purcel. One week later, at the August 30, 2011, meeting, when Committee Member Brent Johnson again requested Chairman Joe Demme to consider someone with fire district expertise to fill yet another vacant seat on the Committee, Mr. Demme said, and I quote, “….It would disrupt the committee, at this point, bringing on another … [Read more...]

Dear Editor, When publicly asked questions of conflicts of interest go unanswered regarding the company chosen by “the gang of three” members of the Sedona Fire District Governing Board to perform an unnecessary audit at the highest possible bid, shouldn’t the people whose dollars are being so carelessly squandered, get involved?  I think so. When individual members of the Board take it upon themselves to spend taxpayer dollars in support of their own agendas, provide erroneous information to … [Read more...]

After only a few months in office, it is apparent that the end game of three members of the current Sedona Fire District Governing Board (Phyllis Erick, Dave Blauert and Charles Christensen) is to systematically dismantle the Sedona Fire District as we know it. One of the goals of the members being recalled is to replace professional fire fighters with volunteers. They also want to outsource Sedona’s excellent 911 Center, and eventually privatize the ambulance service. Even though they pledged … [Read more...]