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Category: Sedona Resident Voices

Sedona Resident Voices features local residents’ opinions and articles.

A resident’s much needed platform for those in our community to share and speak up and have a voice in community issues.

The Resident’s Footprint is how we create clear, open-door discussions, accept each other’s differences, collaborate working together, utilize each different strength, nurture, and improve. Unlimiting each other to grow, learn and build our community.

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What the City is not telling you

Posted on April 7, 2026April 10, 2026 by Donna Joy

The city of Sedona has operated with an open checkbook under home rule Alternative expenditure limitation. This allows them to spend as much money as possible in whatever format they want. The city has grown to over 200 employees while robbing the residents their quality of life. The city operates without performance metrics. The system…

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Submit Arguments against Sedona City Home Rule

Posted on April 1, 2026April 9, 2026 by Donna Joy

Submit Arguments against Sedona City Home Rule, the core issue for Sedona issues. Sedona has a critical vote coming up July 21, 2026, Alternative Expenditure Limitation AKA Home Rule. Home Rule gives the City Hall an open checkbook to do whatever they want without accountability. We have all witnessed the damage the City of Sedona has done…

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Don’t destroy Sedona Heritage site: Sedona Cultural Park

Posted on March 15, 2026April 16, 2026 by Donna Joy

Don’t destroy Sedona Heritage site the Sedona Cultural Park. The City of Sedona wants to forget the history of the Sedona Cultural Park and build high density housing. There are many false narratives about this beautiful land. Known as the Sedona Cultural Park. Sedona’s last land exchange was restricted for open space cultural activities. This…

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Why the Cultural Park Land Should Not Be Destroyed

Posted on September 10, 2025April 10, 2026 by Donna Joy

SEDONA CULTERAL PARK – HOUSING NEEDSWhy the Cultural Park land should not be destroyedDonna JoyEmail sent to council I strongly am opposed to any housing at the Sedona Cultural Park – Western Gateway. Sedona doesn’t need and it can’t be proven the need for any more market-rate housing.Typical for high real estate locations those in…

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City of Sedona Population Growth

Posted on August 7, 2025August 29, 2025 by Donna Joy

The misuse of incorrect City of Sedona population has been used to push the city community plan and projects through using incorrect numbers, claiming we need “workforce housing” along with pointing fingers at the state for allowing Short Term Rental while ignoring the details. By studying the numbers and the other city government actions the…

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Sedona Cultural Park Western Gateway to Sedona

Posted on August 2, 2025August 31, 2025 by Donna Joy

The City of Sedona is proposing to develop the Sedona Cultural Park to 483 Housing units forgetting the history heritage of this beautiful land and ignoring their own vision statement.

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TRAFFIC JAMS NO FAULT OF RESIDENTS

Posted on May 12, 2025May 21, 2025 by Joan Shannon, Sedona

Here we go again, traffic jams are also caused by residents. What nonsense.
“MADNESS has arrived in Sedona “

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Is asking the city for performance metrics unreasonable?

Posted on March 23, 2025May 21, 2025 by Donna Joy

City performance metrics programs work beyond the elected officials two- or four-year term continuously improving the process

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Finding Balance Sedona Engagement programs

Great Public Policy Creates Engagement Programs

Posted on December 3, 2024May 21, 2025 by Donna Joy

Citizen Engagement Programs are positive moving a community forward. Creating improvements and making a location a better place to live.

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Special Election Sedona School District

Posted on July 19, 2024February 5, 2025 by Donna Joy

A special election will be held in Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District No. 9 of Yavapai and Coconino Counties, Arizona (the “District”), on November 5, 2024, SEDONA-OAK CREEK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Notice Special Election The purpose of the election is to permit the qualified electors of the District to vote on authorizing the District…

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