Posted Mon, 01/11/2010 - 11:32
UPDATE: Unfortunately, I received incomplete information during my meeting with our City Attorney in December. Yesterday, the Assistant City Attorney (our regular City Attorney is out sick), informed me that because this permit is already in process, the Council has no legal grounds to deny it. Any action the Council took could only affect future permits. So I'm dropping opposition to this event.Read more of this post.
Posted Fri, 10/23/2009 - 09:26
There are two newspapers in my town, the Morning News and the Democrat-Gazette (aka the NWA Times). There's a merger though, and many are worried that the switch to a one-newspaper town will be a blow to our democratic process, but I think moving to a one newspaper town is actually going to be good for our community.Read more of this post.
Posted Mon, 10/12/2009 - 09:28
Why do the lights on Scull Creek trail turn off at 11pm, but street lights in unbuilt subdivisions stay on until morning?
You know what gets my wheels turning? So-called "alternative" transportation.
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Posted Mon, 10/12/2009 - 07:28
Tyson will match your donation 10-to-1 to Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. What excuse do you have left?
The City has been the center of a drive to fill up the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, and now Tyson is helping out by offering a 10-to-1 match for any food donated on October 16, which just happens to be World Food Day.
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Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 13:59
It's Friday October 9, and this week's Big Thread is property taxes. I talked about them at a Council meeting, the paper twisted what I said for a few days, and my Facebook page was (and still is) lit up with commenters talking about investing in Fayetteville.Read more of this post.
Posted Tue, 05/19/2009 - 14:28
The state of light rail in Northwest Arkansas?
I'm going to be a little radical for second and say this: light rail is definitely going to happen here. Now, if we accept that, how does that affect the future of the Walton Arts Center?Read more of this post.
Posted Tue, 05/19/2009 - 14:21
In a recent editorial by the Northwest Arkansas Times, Greg Harton criticized me for not focusing on what's most important. You can read his editorial, titled Rookie Years, and my response below. (Note: Greg's editorial represents his personal opinion, not the Times' editorial board. I mistakenly attributed the article to the board, instead of to Greg himself. I apologize.)Read more of this post.
Posted Mon, 04/27/2009 - 10:13
The Walton Arts Center is already amazing, and over the next few decades they are going to become world-class. The WAC isn’t quite there yet, but the leaders at the WAC are visionary and capable. I think they know exactly how to pull it off.
They’re just not sure where they’ll do it yet.Read more of this post.
Posted Fri, 04/24/2009 - 13:17
This is a diagram of how the new WAC theatres might be laid out. It's from a study commissioned to help plan the future of the Center.
Posted Wed, 04/22/2009 - 07:56
When will Fayetteville get more bike lanes to connect the existing trails?
Right now, the city budget includes $1.3M for
building trails. It's not the only source of funding; when voters passed the bond issue a few years ago, they devoted $2.4M in bond money to trails, to be paid out in three payments every three years.
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