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Ed Kettler: $12 Million Per Bay, $6 Million Per Vehicle?

Posted on July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 by Ed Kettler

A Citizen’s Estimate of PT-01 Transit Maintenance and Operations Facility By Ed Kettler, 9 July 2026 Executive Summary The PT-01 Transit Maintenance and Operations Engineers’ Opinion of Probable Cost (EOPC) atDesign 60% is $35,736,622.40, up $7.4 million from the prior fiscal year of $28.3 million. Thisnumber is completely out of line with commercial spaces of…

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Kathy Howe on Substack

Kathy Howe: Is Sedona Becoming a “Nanny State”? Brian Fultz would have it so

Posted on July 3, 2026July 3, 2026 by Kathy Howe

By Kathy Howe, Sedona resident Brian Fultz has a “10-year plan” for Sedona. Do you need Brian to plan your next 10 years? His “plan” will turn Sedona into a city like Scottsdale with all the apartments, condos, cookie cutter properties, rules, regulations, and fees. Will it make Sedona better? You will be deciding on…

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Jean-Christophe Buillet

Jean-Christophe Buillet: Election Buzzwords, Checked: Separating Fact from Fiction

Posted on June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

By Jean-Christophe Buillet, Sedona City Council Candidate Sedona residents have been hearing a consistent set of claims this election season: the city’s finances are sound, its big projects are successes, Home Rule is a simple, low-stakes formality, and the fight over the Cultural Park’s future is just politics as usual. Jean-Christophe Buillet-Sedona City Council CandidateJean…

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Dana Varney: Some of my reasons to vote NO on Home Rule

Posted on May 23, 2026June 8, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

Some of my reasons to vote NO on Home Rule by Sedona Resident Dana H. Varney

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Lina Rueda: Non-partisan City Council event at the library on Thursday, May 14

Posted on May 18, 2026June 8, 2026 by Lina Rueda

Concerned Sedona resident – Lina Rueda Non-partisan City Council event at the library on Thursday, May 14My experience…OK, so I don’t want Dunn, Fultz or Hauserman in office. I hoped that I would come up with a question that I hadn’t thought of before or a new question that needed an answer. None came up…

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Tim Perry: Council admits defeat on initiative ~ Clear Enough For You Now?

Posted on May 17, 2026June 8, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

Tim Perry: Council admits defeat on initiative ~ Clear Enough For You Now? Section: Clear Enough For You Now? That gang calling themselves the Sedona city council for once bowed to public opinion when, on Tuesday, they voted unanimously to refrain from pursuing their lawsuit against the Cultural Park Preservation Act after the Yavapai County Superior Court emphatically rejected…

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Tim Perry: Council admits defeat on initiative ~ ‘Deeply Unpopular’

Posted on May 17, 2026June 8, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

Tim Perry: Council admits defeat on initiative ~ ‘Deeply Unpopular’ After yielding to the public will in the matter of the Cultural Park, for the moment at any rate, the council had to reassert themselves by approving the first round of contracts and a tentative fee schedule for Uptown paid parking in the face of near-unanimous…

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Save the Heart of Sedona and VOTE!

Posted on May 16, 2026June 8, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

Sedona – VOC VOTES! Save the Heart of Sedona and VOTE! Cara Kretz created these beautiful flyers. Thank you! Let Your Voice Be Heard in the Red Rocks! DATES LOCATIONS Save the Heart of Sedona and VOTE! Save the Heart of Sedona and VOTE!A special Thank You to Cara who created these beautiful flyers!Please register…

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Blast from the Past~ Henry Twombly: Home Rule Yes Vote Gives City Your Blank Check

Posted on May 13, 2026June 8, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

Home Rule Yes Vote Gives City Your Blank Check was written in May 2018 by our beloved dear friend and Just Facts EDU board member Henry Twombly. Graphs and Charts by Donna Joy Most Recent Obituaries | Greer’s Mortuary Henry Harry Gilmer Twombly, 66, was born in New York City on January 19, 1952. Harry…

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Kathy Howe on Substack

Kathy Howe: The City lost, the Judge put it short, sweet, and to the point:

Posted on May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 by Sedona Backfire

A portion of Kathy Howe’s May 8, 2026 article on Substack. I’m Not Democrat or Republican…I’m a problem solver. Kathy Howe ~ I’m Not Democrat or Republican… Fast forward to 2026. Watching the Sedona City Council act “lock and step” in everything they do, is like watching a sorority, a fraternity, a coalition, a bloc…

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  • Dana Varney: Some of my reasons to vote NO on Home Rule
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