Supremes shun Sedona STR suit
Losing control of the sax; high court declines city STR appeal; council starts sewer fee increase process; McCarthy awarded $1.2 million for garage mismanagement; and Independent pushes pseudoscience
The Cactus Quill
Arts and politics in Sedona and the Verde Valley, with reflections on history, culture, and ethics.
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Garage gets city sued for $1.4 million
Dancing Outside the Line in Clarkdale; Fann sues for breach of contract; staff delays force Saddlerock hotel extension; Allender pushes codes to sell Sedona; and Gallego's war on free speech
Sunset Lofts plan finally sunsets
Chamber Music announces season; Sunset Lofts plan sinks below the horizon; Martinez pushes St. John Vianney apartments again; SPD builds informal tracking system; and more NYC bear stories
Rural agendas advance at the polls
Voters protect Cultural Park, elect accountant; city staff cover costs of STR harassment; the toilet paper solution; Cottonwood tosses constitutional rights; and why liberals hate Little House
City manager grabs more authority
Estes on the 12-string; Sedona gets 'sissy' city bird; hotels beg for handouts; WHO bureaucrat hired as propaganda minister; and the state of surveillance
Landowners sue city for $1.7M
Everywhere but Sedona marks Independence Day; the Coconino side of municipal litigation; sign snatchers on the loose; city to cough up legal fees; and the week in First Amendment law
The history of Sedona's budget
Sister act in Flagstaff; city to continue attacks on private property; budgets reveal history of staff overspending, $638 million sewer cost; what makes a small town; and how to prevent forest fires
Hauserman affair sparks divorce
Rolling with Red Canyon; council candidate breaks up a marriage; council applies fire to bureaucracy; bureaucrats misrepresent the budget; supersized sidewalk costs; and the coming pandemic overreach
City staff propose lawnmower ban
New Haydn 2032 installments; two alternate budgets for Sedona; staff want lawnmower ban, solar on every building; Fultz disses democracy, Cottonwood candidate gets it; and 70 parking spots at Chapel
SPD plans more drone surveillance
Poppy in the park; police plan sets surveillance goal; P&Z appointee pushes high density; Pfaff attacks free speech; candidate calls for citizen commissions; and Phoenix gets religious freedom suit