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Verde Valley Campus honors ‘Outstanding Students’ of the year

April 21, 20220

Verde Valley News – The academic year’s top students in their respective fields of study were celebrated during an Evening…

Sedona News

Cottonwood Job Fair Wednesday, Apr. 6

March 31, 20220

Verde Valley News – Yavapai College and the Regional Economic Development Center are partnering with other community organizations to sponsor…

Sedona News

Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium Returns In-Person & Virtually to Yavapai College April 23, 2022

March 24, 20220

Verde Valley News – Up-and-coming winemakers will be celebrated on Saturday, April 23, 2022 when the Emerging Winemakers Competition &…

Yavapai College

Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium Returns in Hybrid form

February 23, 20220

Clarkdale News – Up-and-coming winemakers will be celebrated on April 23 when the Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium returns for…

Yavapai College

S.E.E.4VETS Creates Endowed Scholarship for Veterans at Yavapai College

September 20, 20210

Prescott AZ (September 20, 2021) – S.E.E.4VETS, a veterans advocacy group, has established a promising new foothold for transitioning military…

Camp Verde Job Fair Thursday, Sept. 16

September 3, 20210

Camp Verde AZ (September 3, 2021) – Yavapai College invites local residents to visit the Camp Verde Job and Career…

Yavapai College Offering 8-Week Classes for Fall Semester; Registration Open

August 27, 20210

Classes begin on October 11 Prescott AZ (August 27, 2021) – Yavapai College is offering an array of late start…

Yavapai College Program Offers Help for Students with Children

August 21, 20210

Higher Education Childcare Subsidy assists student nurses and teachersPrescott AZ (August 20, 2021) – Yavapai College announces a new program…

Ruth-Ellen Elinski Named Program Director of the Small Business Development Center at Yavapai College

August 20, 20210

Prescott AZ (August 20, 2021) – Yavapai College has named Ruth-Ellen Elinski as Program Director for the Small Business Development Center…

Deportation trauma video leads to young woman’s scholarship, YC film program enrollment

August 19, 20210

Camp Verde AZ (August 19, 2021) – Johana Pena has been creating videos since she was gifted an IPOD Touch…

YC’s Skilled Trades Center Opens To
‘Hero’ Trades Job Seekers

August 17, 20210

Clarkdale AZ (August 17, 2021) – Three days before its state-of-the-art labs filled with students launching into “hero,” livable-wage careers,…

OLLI at Yavapai College Offers In Person Classes This Fall

August 13, 20210

Clarkdale AZ (August 13, 2021) – The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Yavapai College is pleased to announce face…

YC President Lisa Rhine Receives
ACCT Pacific Region CEO Award

July 31, 20210

Trustees praise her work making college more accessible and affordablePrescott AZ (July 31, 2021) – Yavapai College President Dr. Lisa…

Yavapai College Announces Additional Free Tuition for Students this Fall in Select Career & Technical Educational Programs

July 30, 20210

Prescott AZ (July 30, 2021) – Yavapai College has announced that it will offer free tuition to students taking classes…

Unforgettable: Don Reitz ceramic mural’s long journey home to the Southwest Wine Center

July 14, 20212

Clarkdale AZ (July 14, 2021) – Like that of many a community college student, the journey of an internationally renowned…

THE MOMENT IS UPON US

Dear Sedona,

The moment is upon us. The time for a united effort to shift the focus back to our community is now.

The ability to thrive in our community, our environment, our workforce, and the tourist industry, is entirely possible because we have all the resources needed for success.

Still, we need a council that isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions, that makes decisions based on data and facts, and through discussion, rather than moving and voting in group unison as they so regularly do.

This is my home. I have been a part of the Sedona community for 28 years. I witnessed the road debacle, the lack of planning, the city circumventing the local businesses ability to thrive, while making choices to expand the local government and be in direct competition with private industry.

I am a unique candidate because unlike the incumbents, I don’t believe the government should expand in size, nor in operations, nor would I attempt to micromanage every aspect of our community.

City government should stay in its lane and allow the competitive market of local private industry to prosper. And it should defend our community from corporate takeover and infiltration of our town.

I do not agree that we should sign onto International Building Codes and regulations by signing Sedona up to the ICC. It is imperative that we remain a sweet, rural community.

Where are the arts? Where is this organic thriving element that we allege to be animated by. Where is our culture? Where is our community?

The discord between the decision making process and the desires of the community have never been more clear. It has been nearly a decade in the making.

It is time for a new era of energy to take charge. An energy that is reflective in the ability to succeed rather than be trapped in out of date consciousness.

It has been a great honor meeting with each of you. I hear your concerns over the insane and out of control spending and I echo them. A budget of $105,000,000 in a town of 9700 residents is completely unacceptable. A parking structure (that looks like a shoe box) originally slated to cost 11 million, now projected to cost 18 million, is incomprehensible. Especially, considering there is no intention of charging for parking.

For those who are concerned that I lack the political experience within our established system- that is precisely what Sedona needs… Not another politician, but instead a person who understands people, who listens to the voices within the community, and who will act in service on their behalf with accountability, for the highest good of Sedona. What I am not, will prove to be an asset as I navigate the entrenched bureaucracy with a fresh perspective. Business as usual, is over.

Creative solutions require new energy.

Every decision that is made by our local government, must contemplate Sedona first.

Does this decision benefit the residents?
Does this decision benefit the local businesses?
Does this decision actually help the environment?
Will this decision sustain benefit in the future, or will it bring more problems?

What we have now is a city government that expands to 165 employees for 9700 residents. Palm Desert has 53,000 residents and 119 city employees. Majority of our city department heads are not even in town. I find this problematic.

Efforts towards championing in and courting new solutions for our medical needs are imperative. We are losing our doctors. We must encourage competition with other facilities rather than be held hostage by NAH, who clearly have their own set of dysfunctions.

We must remember that so many move to Sedona for its beauty, hiking, and small town charm. Bigger, faster, and more concrete does not, in broad strokes, fit the ethos of Sedona.

The old world must remain strong here in balance, as that is what visitors want to experience. Too many have noted that Sedona has lost its edge and charm.

As Mayor I will preserve the rural charm of our community, and push back against the urbanization that is planned for Sedona.

As mayor I will make it a priority to create opportunities to support our youth. After school healthy, enriching programs should be created for our kids, and available to the Sedona workforce regardless of residency and regardless of school they belong to.

As Mayor, I will create an agenda to deliberately embody the consciousness of our collective needs here, allowing private industry to meet the needs of our community rather than bigger government.

I hope to have your vote on Aug 2nd. I am excited and have the energy to take on this leadership role with new eyes, community perspective, and the thoughtful consciousness that reflects all ages of the human spectrum.

Thank you deeply for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Samaire Armstrong

Armstrong vs. Jablow: The Main Event
Ready to Rumble
By Tommy Acosta
In the Blue Corner stands Scott Jablow and in the Red Corner of the ring stands Samaire Armstrong, ready to rumble to the bitter end in their fight to become the next Sedona mayor. Jablow weighs in with 1,137 primary election votes (36.13%) under his belt, having wielded his advantage as sitting Sedona City Council vice-mayor to his favor. He brings his years of serving in that capacity into the fray and waged a solid fight in his campaign to make it to the run-off. Armstrong, however withstood a blistering smear campaign from the other opposing candidates and their supporters to make it to the final bout with 967 votes under her belt (30.73%), an amazing feat for a political newcomer. Unfortunately, for the other two candidates, Kurt Gehlbach and sitting mayor Sandy Moriarty, neither put up enough of a fight to make it to the championship bout. Read more→