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Fire Station Survey?

October 25, 2011 By Admin Leave a Comment
build a fire station where it's needed in Sedona - protect residents and guests

This is a guest post by Sedona resident Bob Lundahl. While the editor and publisher are used to harsh comments, infrequent though they be, please be kind to citizens who step up to the plate and swing for the team according to their own passions and beliefs. CHAPEL FIRE SUBSTATION This October is a very critical period for Chapel residents. On October 26th, the Sedona Fire Board will consider the further development of a fire substation to be built in our neighborhood. At the last meeting of the Fire … [Read more...]

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Traffic Guy Speaks Out

October 25, 2011 By Admin Leave a Comment
Dewey Akers knows traffic!

Let me begin by saying I spent eight years on the transportation committee in Portland Oregon, assigned to the Mayor's task force to conduct design with national landscape fellows for Gateway projects, Lightrail, Traffic Calming techniques and Town Center Identity and development for a Neighborhood Association that had a population base of approx 19,000 residents. So I know traffic and streetscape design concepts and am betting I could sit and talk Traffic Calming with the best engineer the city of Sedona … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 89A, Commentary, Referendum, The Road

Open Letter to Red Rock News

October 24, 2011 By Admin 1 Comment
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Robert B. Larson is listed as the publisher for the Red Rock News. Dear Mr. Larson, You filled your October 21 [2011] editorial with unfounded generalities, misstatements and twisted facts. As the only printed news source in town, the Red Rock News would better serve the residents if it used accurate information in the right context. If we didn’t hope for better we would think the opponents of Prop 410 wrote the editorial, or you simply used the misinformation in their ads and made them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 89A, City, Commentary, Referendum

Midway Fire Station

October 23, 2011 By Admin 1 Comment
most fire district calls are for tourists

by Corrie Cooperman, Member of the Chapel Fire Station Study Group The Sedona Fire Board is discussing the use of a public opinion survey as part of making their decision on whether or not to approve the building of a Midway Fire Station in the Chapel area. The plan would be to send a survey to every household in the Sedona Fire District, asking them if they want another fire station, in essence conducting a vote on this very critical safety issue. Chairman Blauert did ask the Chapel Fire Station Study … [Read more...]

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Will The Real Sedona Win?

October 23, 2011 By Admin Leave a Comment
Rev. Barbara Mayer

by Barbara Mayer, Interfaith Minister Sedona has been a tourist town since the world discovered the majesty of our red rocks and the energies of this land. For the rest of the world Sedona has become a place to visit, to enjoy in many different ways -- and then to leave. We Sedonans have not left. In addition to those privileged to be born here, many more of us have made our homes and a new part of our lives here. We have come from every part of the nation and the world to become neighbors in this very … [Read more...]

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