We were stunned last week when Mayor Patrick Hays pushed through an extension of a sidewalk contract without seeking bids.
We were stunned last week when Mayor Patrick Hays pushed through an extension of a sidewalk contract without seeking bids.
At what point along the road to irresponsibility does a school board realize it has lost all its effectiveness as a governing body because its members are acting to further personal agendas?
Fortunately for one Maumelle family, the emphasis Alderman Jamie Stell and Mayor Mike Watson have placed on mo-ped safety contributed to a simple night in the hospital for their 13-year-old son — it could have been much worse.
Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.
As much as we respect the right of the members of the Pulaski County Special School District to be wrong in their treatment of teachers by snubbing the teachers union, we cannot condone throwing good money after bad in one legal battle after another fighting a losing cause.
With a new superintendent beginning Thursday, the future should be rosy for the Pulaski County Special School District. But, stakeholders’ actions in the past few years have come home to roost.
Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.
At what point along the road to irresponsibility does a school board realize it has lost all its effectiveness as a governing body because its members are acting to further personal agendas?
As a teenager in the 1950s, Frank Neely learned firsthand the indignities of discrimination and how cruel people can be to each other when they choose to label someone based upon some unknown perception rather than by the deeds of the man.
For those who lived through the 1940s,1950s,1960s, and 1970s and even the 1980s, it’s hard to conceive that the events we witnessed every day would be considered history, but that time period chronicles an important part of our country’s history.
