May 22, 2013

Wrongdoing Persists

illegal ad by LTPV

  Wednesday, November 2, 2011, Sedona Red Rock News: Another instance of wrongdoing by Let the People Vote on 89A (LTPV), specifically former Mayor Dick Ellis and Former Vice-Mayor Sheri Graham, who also heads LPTV. On the bottom left of page 10A is a political ad paid for by the former mayor and vice-mayor. While it is their privilege to seek paid advertising space, it is against the law for them—or any two or more people—to combine their efforts and resources to so seek ad space … [Read more...]

Traffic Guy Speaks Out

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...]

179 Backers

Dr. Robin Staadecker, David Benore, Bill Eich, Former Mayer Dick Ellis, Gail Shaw Simpson, Jo Ellis

More than 1000 citizens invested tens of thousands of hours over a several year period in the first half of the last decade to study transportation and scenic beauty--people and vehicles; the environment; tourism and the need to get to work on time; and many related issues. The remake of Arizona State Route 179 created watershed moments for citizens, townships and cities, departments of transportation, special interest groups and communications technologies. Things changed. The immovable was moved. … [Read more...]

Controlling Our Destiny

Can't-We-Do-Something-About-Our-Road

As the controversy over the proper disposition of State Route 89A in West Sedona slows to a simmer, I was reminded of a fascinating book written by former Sedona resident Janet Sabina, Can't we DO Something? Memoir of Resistance to a Four-Lane Highway. March 9, 1999 ...the [City Council restated its position that the then] proposed four and five lane roadway improvements to state Route 179 are inconsistent with the goals of the Sedona Community Plan. see full article by Ernie Strauch Many people … [Read more...]

Daytime Accidents on 89A

In our article on former police chief Joe Vernier's mischaracterization of the accidents on SR 89A during the "study period" (2000-2006), we included the following chart, derived from city-data.com, that shows seven daytime accidents producing eight fatalities from 1980 through 2004. Two of those fatalities were on Coffee Pot Drive, leaving six deaths from six accidents occurring on 89A. It is notable that the July 26, 2004 daytime fatality occurred during the study period, but the Department of … [Read more...]