RED ROCK CONSERVATION COALITION, INC. (RRCC) PAC

Action Alerts RED ROCK CONSERVATION COALITION, INC. (RRCC) - PAC Action Alert #2 Every issue presents an opportunity for concerned community members to make a difference FLASH! RRCC has finally received its "527" determination letter from the IRS and is now officially a PAC.  We must also register with the City of Sedona and will do so very soon.  Now that RRCC is official, it is time to meet and decide what dragons must be slain first.  At our first meeting, we identified the following priority issues:     #1: Screen, sponsor and support candidates for the Sedona City Council and other local offices.     #2: To aid politically in obtaining a Congressional Designation of the Sedona area as a National Scenic Area.     #3: To monitor and participate in the current process of creation of a new Forest Management Plan for the Coconino National Forest. Since this is an election year, we should probably consider which candidates we might want to support or oppose and which issues are important to us.  Let me know if you have any ideas and if you are willing to carry the ball on anything. We need your ideas, views and support to move forward.  Please download this short survey and Membership Application in .pdf format.  If you have not already done so, or want to do more, print and fill out the survey and mail it to RRCC c/o PO Box 301 Sedona 86339-0301 with your membership dues of $25.00, plus as much as you can spare now to help get RRCC going.   We still have a little money left after dealing with the IRS, but it will take more if we are going to make a real difference.  By the way, RRCC is a not-for-profit, but because it is a PAC, donations are NOT tax deductible. - Cole Greenberg, President Your Opinions Count! . . . We need your views

Now what? Don’t we have enough local organizations dedicated to preserving the “wonder” of Sedona? Well . . . apparently not quite enough. Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) has been actively involved for almost 35 years, but has always been hampered by its not-for-profit and basically non-political status. Friends of the Forest is dedicated to supporting the USFS and staying nonpolitical. In the meantime, the Sedona area has become rife with political infighting.

Political: >adjective 1. relating to the government or public affairs of a country. 2. related to or interested in politics. 3. chiefly derogatory acting in the interests of status within an organization rather than on principle. Politics: politics >plural noun 1. the activities associated with governing a country or area, and with the political relations between states. 2. a particular set of political beliefs or principles. 3. activities aimed at gaining power within an organization: office politics. 4. the principles relating to or inherent in a sphere or activity, especially when concerned with power and status: the politics of gender.

Please notice that this is not about political parties . . . at least not yet. It is all about being
effective in conserving what is so special about the Sedona area by all appropriate means. If you feel ineffective against local media pressure encouraging development . . . if, like us, you fear that the new Sedona City Council will capitulate to development interests and approve new developments that propose a march of houses right to the tops of every ridgeline . . . or, if you have had enough of ignoring water conservation to avoid discouraging tourism . . .

THIS ORGANIZATION IS FOR YOU!

Survey and Membership Application (.pdf)

50+ people attended the initial meeting of RRCC at the Sedona Public Library. The presentation was simple and straightforward. We agreed the time has come for political action to prevent destruction of the natural wonder that surrounds the Sedona area. Although several organizations are already in place (Keep Sedona Beautiful, Sustainable Arizona, etc.), the City Council election made it obvious that it will take a watchful and energetic political action group to get between the land developers and those in positions of power to grant them all they want.

At the meeting, we identified the following priority issues:

#1: Screen, sponsor and support candidates for the Sedona City Council and other local offices.

#2: To aid politically in obtaining a Congressional Designation of the Sedona area as a National Scenic Area.

#3: To monitor and participate in the current process of creation of a new Forest Management Plan for the Coconino National Forest.

We need your ideas, views and support to move forward. Click here for a short survey and Membership Application in .pdf format. It is safe, so please download it, print it, fill it in and mail it to RRCC c/o PO Box 301 Sedona 86339- 0301 with your membership dues of $25.00, plus as much as you can spare now to help get RRCC going.