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Chamber Effort to Target Affluent Tourists Derailed

February 3, 202313

By Tommy Acosta If you make less than $150,000 and think of visiting Sedona, you are not the target of…

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Michelle Conway Named President and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau

June 3, 20222

Sedona News: Michelle Conway has been named the President and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau,…

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Off Highway Vehicle Impact Mitigation in Sedona

October 14, 20210

By Candace Carr Strauss, President/CEO Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau Sedona News: Building sustainability into our tourism economy…

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Sedona Short-Term Rental Meeting Shares the Facts

September 26, 20217

By Tommy Acosta Sedona News — Some might have called it a great informational meeting. Others may have called it…

Former Mayoral Candidate Returns to
Sedona as a Star
By Tommy Acosta
Former Sedona Mayoral candidate Samaire Armstrong has triumphantly returned to Sedona as a movie star in a Hollywood feature film titled “God Is (not) Dead: In God We Trust,” where she plays a hard-core campaign manager for a Christian pastor making a run for Congress. Samaire delivers a solid performance as the ruthless campaign manager who tries to convince the pastor to play dirty while he wants to keep it clean because of his faith – a classic confrontation between good and evil. From the get-go, the movie sets the stage for the battle between those wishing to combine church and state in the governance of the country against those wishing to keep God out of it at any cost. Samaire, narrowly lost her election bid for Sedona mayor when she ran two years ago brings to the camera an intrinsic knowledge of what it means to face dirty tricks inherent in politics. Except in the film, the shoe is on the other foot as her character indulges in political shenanigans and dirty tricks in hope of defeating the pastor’s opponent. Read more→