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DFA EMPLOYEE CURTIS BRIGGS BLOCKED ACCESS TO A PUBLIC BUILDING OVER HURT FEELINGS The publisher of this blog attempted to enter a public building today to attend an open public meeting and was denied access by DFA Revenue Security Coordinator Curtis Briggs. Briggs illegally denied our publisher access to a public building and a public meeting due to butt-hurt over a previous post made about him on this blog in which we exposed him lying to the North Little Rock Police Officer when Briggs deceptively indicated that he was a Little Rock Police officer killing time trolling through Burns Park while waiting to execute a search warrant in Lonoke.  Briggs actually worked for the Arkansas Insurance Department. And his being in the park had nothing to do with his work as an employee of the Insurance Department. NLRPD accused him of Criminal Impersonation in a police report. Briggs resigned , in lieu of being fired,  from the Little Rock Police Department according to sources. Briggs lied w

STUDENT ACROSS THE U.S. ARE ENGAGING IN PROTESTS FOR FOR TIGHTER GUN CONTROL According to a report by Today in Fort Smith , a  "March For Our Lives "event set for March 24th in support of the nationwide demonstrations for the "March For Our Lives" movement is being advertised as scheduled at Fort Smith Northside High School,  but such an event is seemingly in violation of a policy set forth by the Fort Smith School Board in late July of 2015. Today in Fort Smith was first made aware of the proposed event when a flyer was forwarded to them from a post on the Facebook page of a Sebastian County Democratic organization . As Today in Fort Smith points out, if the event is being held on school property or utilizing school facilities, it would seemingly be in direct violation of a policy put in place in July of 2015 in which the school board voted 5-2 in favor of updated requirements governing the community’s use of school facilities That update added a “vie

LRPD has recently tried to find ways to avoid turning over public documents requested under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.  You can read our previous posts by clicking here, here, here, here, here and here. They first tried to prevent release of documents saying they could not separate exempt from non-exempt information.  That didn't work because the AFOIA specially states: Then they would not provide documents in the requested electronic form. Another violation of the AFOIA. Then when previous attempts to stem or stop FOI requests failed, they issued a proclamation that they would only provide responses to FOI request on CD's or DVD's at a charge of $3.00 per disc. Turns out that the actual cost for LRPD per disc was actually 24 cents for a CD and 32 cent for a DVD.  That did not last long, and now they are giving away discs at "no charge", at least to us. Another tactic LRPD employed was to ignore or not provide a timely response to a FOI request unles

WHERE DOES OUR MONEY GO? DON'T EXPECT AN HONEST ANSWER FROM THESE TWO. Last night the Little Rock Board of Directors voted to hand out another $300,000 to the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce for "economic development" and "other purposes". After the resolution was read, Jay Chesshir (pictured on the right in photo posted above and below),  was permitted to address the board. He yammered on for over 30 minutes touting all the alleged good things his organization did for the city and what a great success the embarrassing exorbitantly expensive  "Dear John" letter public relations campaign had been in turning around the bad reputation the city had (never mind the record homicide rate we had last year, a lot of money thrown around will make it fake news). The publisher of this blog was the lone voice at the meeting expressing reservations and demanding a full accounting and transparency of how public funds were spent.   Chesshir was permitted to p

LRPD HAS 136 "TAKE HOME" VEHICLES THAT GO TO HOMES OUTSIDE LITTLE ROCK The city of Little Rock Little Rock Police Department waged a losing battle to try and keep information about LRPD take-home vehicles and associated costs from the public. First they violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act ("AFOIA") and proclaimed that the only way they would provide a response to a FOI request was by placing the the information sought on a CD or DVD at the cost of $3.00 per disc.  The AFOIA permits citizens to inspect and copy public documents or to request that  copies of the documents sought be provided in any form that the agency can readily convertible with the agencies existing software. Matt Campbell, an attorney and publisher of Blue Hog Report , found through a FOI request that LRPD's cost per disc was actually 24 cents for a CD and 32 cent for a DVD revealing that the $3.00 fee was another violation of the AFOIA. Once their sketchy scheme was  exposed. LRP

The Arkansas Ethic Commission has issued the Final Order in the April Mathis Complaint . Mathis still faces possible criminal charges in connection with her illegal activities as a Special Prosecutor has been assigned to review a criminal complaint filed by the Conway Police Department. Mathis may have trouble rounding up funds to pay the $500.00 fine due to the Ethics Commission as according to source from a financial institution in Faulkner County, Mathis obtained a job in their loan department but failed to mention all her shenanigans and penchant for snooping in matters that did not concern her.  They fired her for withholding information and being less than candid about her legal situation. You can't have someone like Mathis having access to sensitive customer information. You can read our previous posts about Mathis by clicking here , here , here , here , here , here and here . We have sent a request for the entire case file and will upload it and provide a link when we have

OUTGOING LRPD CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE AFOIA Last week LRPD made a bonehead move by proclaiming that they would only provide responses made under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act ("AFOIA"), by placing the requested public record on a CD or DVD and charge $3.00  for each disc. As usual, LRPD leadership - specifically, Kenton Tremar Buckner - failed to run this plan by city attorney Tom Carpenter. Carpenter, who is quick to point out that he is an expert concerning the AFOIA and cites a listing in the acknowledgment of the well-know treatise concerning the AFOIA to back up his claim. Anyone that regularly makes use of the AFOIA and all public employees should know ( Ignorantia juris non excusat ) that Section 25-19-105(d)(2)(B) of the AFOIA states a "citizen may request a copy of a public record in any medium in which the record is readily available or in any format to which it is readily convertible with the custodian's existing

KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER - LITTLE ROCK POLICE CHIEF (2014-2018*) * If Buckner does not get the job in Charleston, word is his days are numbered here.  As a public service to the citizens of Charleston, we offer 10 things you need to know about the individual the citizens of Little Rock hopes and prays is your next police chief. 1. Kenton Tremar Buckner believes that the majority of crime is caused by people of color in Little Rock. He said the same thing when in Louisville, KY. Buckner's comment drew the ire of the Racial Diversity & Cultural Commission. Buckner had a contention meeting with them and demanded a letter grade.  They gave him a 'F". Click here and here for details. 2. Kenton Tremar Buckner believes that his decisions are not to be questioned by anyone, including city leadership and if they do so it is "dangerous". 3. Kenton Tremar Buckner believes that laws do not apply to himself or police officers. Buckner does not believe in giving any law enf