**** Update on the Constitutional Convention legislation **** We are sending out a special thank you to the 2017 House General Assembly that voted down both SJR 7 and SJR 9, legislation which would have applied the State of Arkansas for Article V convention! And thank you to all of the concerned residents who called, emailed, sent […]
Last Minute Reminder! **** Support Local Control SB 299 **** SB 299 is on the agenda of the Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Room 272 at the Arkansas Capitol. There are eight members on this Senate committee, and it will take a majority – which is five members – to […]
**** Vote No SJR 7 & SJR 9 **** There is still time to stop Senate Joint Resolution 7 and Senate Joint Resolution 9 — Article V legislation applying for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). Both of these resolutions were scheduled to heard Monday, March 13, but they were delayed until Tuesday, March 14, 2017. SJR 7 and SJR 9 were scheduled […]
*** Vote Against the Bryant School District Millage Tax! *** For those of you living in or near the Bryant, Arkansas, area, there will be a special election held Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in order to raise your property taxes. If you are concerned about this tax increase on your property taxes, then you had better turn out to […]
A Cloud Hangs Over the Arkansas State Capitol! Over the past few months, fifty-eight (58) exemptions, restrictions, or changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have been filed in the Arkansas Legislature for 2017. Fifty years of transparency (Sunshine Laws) — hacked away in an alarming amount in this legislative session! Our ability for transparency […]