Week of June 29, 2009                              Follow Sedona.biz on Twitter

Sedona budget passes despite last ditch effort   by Carl Jackson
At yesterday's Sedona City Council meeting, Vice Mayor John Bradshaw made a final attempt to restore funding for city programs.

L'Auberge relocates affordable housing   by Carl Jackson
The Sedona City Council voted 4-1 at Tuesday's council meeting to permit Al Spector's L'Auberge Orchards LLC to revise its original proposal to construct four affordable housing units adjacent to the Sinagua Plaza parking lot in Uptown Sedona.

VIDEO: New Sedona City Manager attends first council meeting
Sedona City Manager Timothy Ernster attended his first city council meeting on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

VIDEO REPLAY: Sedona City Council Meeting on June 23, 2009
This council meeting was live streamed on Sedona.biz and video taped for replay courtesy of Steve DeVol.

HealersOfSedona.com: Reiki Center of Sedona

From the Inside Out with Blair Carl on Sedona Talk Radio

Waste not, want not in Sedona!   by Tommy Acosta
As Sedona’s population grows, and more and more people flush toilets, pressure continues to be added to the city’s aging wastewater treatment plant five-miles outside the city limits.

Interview with Sedona City Council Candidate Gregg Ensminger by Tommy Acosta
Because there will be no election for the currently-vacant council seat left open by former Sedona City Council member Marc Sterling, Sedona.biz has invited the four council applicants to express their position, qualification and vision for Sedona.

Janesville happy with City Manager Eric Levitt
JANESVILLE — Even though city council members believe City Manager Eric Levitt did an "outstanding" job in his first six months, they didn't give him a promised merit pay increase because of the poor economy.

Dahnhak a Cult? Ilchee Lee Day in San Francisco?
Dr. Ilchi Lee, the man behind the Sedona Mago Retreat, the Sedona Dahn Yoga Studio, and the Brain Wave Vibration practice is accused of being a cult leader by two blogs.

Sedona mobile home program nears completion
One deteriorating mobile home in Sedona has been replaced and another one has been rehabilitated under the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

Sedona reporter accused of videotaping Court procedure
Tommy Acosta, editor of the Sedona Times and a freelance writer for Sedona.biz has been ordered by the Sedona Magistrate Court to show cause why he should not be found in “indirect civil contempt” for allegedly videotaping a court proceeding.

An artist’s eye on America’s national parks July 3-10
El Prado by the Creek celebrates the National Parks of America in a show running from July 3 – 10. The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Saguaro, Yellowstone are just some of the National Parks depicted by El Prado artists featured in this commemoration of natural western splendor.

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"The Stain of Politics 2" at Gallery 527 in Jerome on July 4th
First Saturday Jerome Art Walk at Gallery 527 will be opening night for a provocative show featuring the paintings of Libby MacKinney, Ninfa and new gallery member Mary Fisher.

Oak Creek Canyon Task Force Seeks Student Ambassadors
Oak Creek Student Ambassador program involves Sedona High School students who are being trained to educate visitors to Oak Creek Canyon.

The Private Life of David Reed debuts at The Gypsy on June 30
The Private Life of David Reed performs at 8 p.m., on Tuesday, June 30, at The Gyspy at the Ken’s Creekside.

Colgate Country Showdown at Canyon Moon on July 4th
This 4th of July Canyon Moon Theatre will be hosting local chapter of The 28th Annual Colgate Country Showdown sponsored by KAZM.

Public meeting in Sedona to discuss Accessory Dwelling Units on June 29, 2009
City of Sedona Community Development staff will join the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and the Sedona Lodging Council to host a meeting open to the public to discuss an ordinance that proposes to allow the long-term rental of accessory dwelling units such as guest houses and mother-in-law flats.

Sedona Fire Board Recall Drive on June 27
Voters of Sedona Fire Board come and sign a recall petition. The Committees to Recall Donald Harr and Charles Christensen would like to invite area Sedona voters and their families to our signature drive on Saturday June 27 10:00A.M. thru 3:00 P.M. at Posse Grounds main picnic Ramada.

Buy 500 Busines Cards to support 'Report Litter & Crime'
On May 8, 2009, A & B Motors, Cottonwood, became the 20th business or individual to endorse the 89A CSI (Cottonwood-Sedona Investigators) "Report Litter & Crime" movement.

Open Source Society by Jane Ginn
In case you missed it, history was made last week. The street uprisings in Iran, and the role that technology has been playing in that grass-roots democratic movement, has signaled a very important shift in the socioeconomic and geopolitical landscape of the planet.

Will digital dissent win in Iran and China? by Christian Science Monitor
Such regimes are more reliant on the Internet yet they try to curb it. In the end, they won't win.

Mother of a Meth addict tells her story by Karla Garrison
Preventing, stopping or explaining chemical dependency is often the focus of stories about addiction. Seldom does anyone consider the parents who suffer.

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