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The City lost its lawsuit against the Cultural Park Initiative (Prop 403). In a decision issued this afternoon, the Judge found the initiative did not unlawfully change zoning as alleged by the City. This is a win for the residents’ right to vote on the future of the Park. The City has the option to…
Judge ruled in favor of Cultural Park Preservation Act initiative The City claims to appeal. We should find out after city council Executive session next Tuesday. What’s burning? Honey, no, I didn’t do you smell that. City receives ruling from Yavapai County Superior Court judge regarding Sedona Cultural Park Preservation Act initiative Post Date:05/06/2026 4:02…
Submitted by Bill Noonan Sedona switches strategy in Cultural Park controversyBy OLIVIA MAILLET The Verde IndependentMay 1, 2026A sign put up by the Sedona city manager’s office in 2023 that states the Cultural Park is a “recreational facility.” This photo was taken on April 18, 2026. (Courtesy of Bill Noonan)SEDONA — In early April, the…
Sedona is in the news again. Channel 12 was the only news channel at the Sedona City Council meeting on April 28, 2026. This aired on April 29 2026. visit Sedona Cultural Park 2.0 on facebook Aired 4-29-2026
The Mayor last week published a guest perspective about the City’slawsuit to stop Sedona residents from voting on Prop 403. That ballotmeasure would preserve Sedona’s Cultural Park as a public park forrecreational and cultural activities. The City’s lawsuit is profoundly anti-democratic. More than 1,400residents signed the petition to put the future of the Cultural Park…
Dear Sedona Community, I’m reaching out to personally invite you to attend the upcoming City Council meeting on April 28th, where the City will present the results of its survey on the future of the Sedona Cultural Park and amphitheater. Right now, the City is looking at survey data on the Amphitheater. But the numbers don’t…
The city has been pushing to destroy the Sedona Cultural Park and force housing there. The Western Gateway Survey appear to bias to push the city agenda through. The City’s survey intentions were to push their agenda thru. It appears to have backfired. This was the first survey the Sedona of Sedona did with the…
Concerned Citizen of Sedona – Lina RuedaCultural Park City Survey Does the city of Sedona Government actually believe that we would accept their biased results from a virtually unmonitored survey? How can we know that these are truly residents of Sedona who actually took this survey when it says OR CURRENT RESIDENT? Is that what…
Tim Perry hits a homerun again with this week’s Cactus Quill “City to spend $95M of your money” it is a must read and very informative. He gives us more reasons to vote NO on Home Rule -Alternative expenditure limitation on July 21, 2026. The Cactus Quill Tim Perry City to spend $95M of your…
The July 21 vote is simply about who controls Sedona’s city budget. FALSE. The council always controls the budget, and under AZ statute there are three funding choices: Base – Based on an early 1980 number, some small cities still use that; Permanent Base Adjustment – around 54% or AZ cities use that, and growing;…