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Interview With Sedona City Council Candidate Jon Thompson

June 1, 20224

Sedona Elections: The following is a Sedona.biz interview with Sedona City Council candidate Jon Thompson. All candidates have been invited…

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Interview With Sedona City Council Candidate Jennifer Strait

June 1, 20221

Sedona Elections: The following is a Sedona.biz interview with Sedona City Council candidate Jennifer Strait. All candidates have been invited…

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Interview With Sedona City Council Candidate Pete Furman

May 21, 20221

Sedona Election News: The following is an interview with Sedona City Council candidate Pete Furman. All council candidates have been invited…

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Interview With Sedona Mayoral Candidate Scott Jablow

May 19, 20221

Sedona News: The following is an interview with Sedona Mayoral Candidate Scott Jablow, presently serving as vice-mayor on the Sedona City…

City Council Weighs ATV Ban Ordinance Proposal
By Tommy Acosta
The Sedona City Council at its May 23, 2023 meeting took no action on a proposed ordinance that would ban all off-road vehicles from being driven on state-owned public roads or streets owned by the city. The ordinance, spearheaded by Sedona Mayor Scott Jablow on the premise that such vehicles pose a risk to the health, safety and welfare of the community, would impose heavy fines to anyone driving the ATVs or OHVs on city streets, including S.R. 179 and S.R. 89A. ATV rental companies have admitted that such vehicles are not intended or designed to be driven on paved roads, yet, in Arizona, they are allowed to do so under Arizona Revised Statute 28-1174 (4B). Opponents against the ordinance argued at the meeting that if adopted the ban would cripple the ATV rental industry in Sedona and cause much hardship to the owners and employees, as it would effectively, as written, destroy their livelihood. Read more→