Archive | September, 2010

Time has come for Baggett to quit council

Public service is a laudable endeavor, but there’s one common standard at any level of involvement — putting the public’s interests above your own.

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Thank-you too late for three heroes

Three medevac helicopter crew members answered an emergency call in Van Buren County last week, like they had so many times.

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If you collect the gold, then provide the city services

Cars were lined up at 2 a.m. this week for the opening of the International House of Pancakes restaurant on Maumelle Boulevard.

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Method in city madness on mo-peds

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.

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Tribute to an Arkansas hero

Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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PCSSD board wasting more tax dollars

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.

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District board, union hellbent on ugly collision

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.

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Thank-you too late for three heroes

Three medevac helicopter crew members answered an emergency call in Van Buren County on Aug. 31, like they had so many times.

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Tribute to an Arkansas hero

Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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Possibly sound move of Hopson hire just a detour for PCSSD board

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?

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