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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK'S SELF-PROCLAIMED RESOLUTION THAT IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPASSION CITY IS PURE HORSE HOCKEY

  THE HOMELESS DON'T HAVE TO GO HOME, BUT THEY CAN'T CAMP HERE IN LITTLE ROCK In August 2017, when Little Rock city leadership and the Little Rock Police Department were waging an all-out offensive against the homeless in the city and the organizations that help them , the Little Rock Board of directors passed a resolution proclaiming that Little Rock was an International City of Compassion. This was poorly timed as a tourist in Arkansas from Italy had been murdered in Little Rock the previous month in the midst of one of the most violent years in the city's history and the offensive against the homeless was accelerating. City leadership a few months earlier had tried to ban feeding the homeless by local church groups in public places. That proposed ordinance was tabled after a huge outcry by angry frustrated citizens. Crusty City Director Dean Kumpuris made possible the most uncompassionate remark a city director has ever made.  The hateful old fart stated that "it wa

ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE THAT FORT SMITH DISTRICT JUDGE JIM O'HERN AND HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER WILLIAM WARREN VIOLATED ARKANSAS LAWS BY ACCEPTING ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

WORD IS O'HERN AND HIS METH USING PROSTITUTE GIRLFRIEND ARE NO LONGER LIVING TOGETHER. O'HERN WAS THE ONLY SITTING JUDGE LIVING WITH A FELON ON PROBATION IN THE STATE. On Friday, April 20th, the Arkansas Ethics Commission found probable cause that Fort Smith District Judge Jim O'Hern and his campaign treasurer William "Bill" Warren accepted illegal campaign contributions from the Fiori Family Trust administered by Sam & Susan Fiori and from Sagely Properties LTD. Changes in Arkansas campaign fiance laws made it illegal for trusts and businesses to contribute funds to campaigns of judicial candidates. The Fiori's using their family trust made illegal contributions to O'Hern campaign. They also made separate individual contributions as to his campaign as well which were not in violation of Arkansas laws.   SAM & SUSAN FIORI The change in Arkansas law required donations to be made by a "person" and a trust and a business do not fall under th

LRPD CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER BACKPEDALS ON PROVIDING INFORMATION ON REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE BY WELL-KNOWN ACTIVIST

LRPD CHIEF FLIP-FLOPS LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER ON LACK OF LRPD ACTIONS TO COMPLAINTS MADE BY REV. BENNY JOHNSON - ANOTHER FAILING MARK AGAINST HIM On April 13th, we sent this email to Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner: Kenton Tremar, or KT as we call him (as we are on a first-name basis now), fired off a quick response and directed one of his minions, Captain Max Spriggs to provide details of LRPD's actions (or lack of actions) to Rev. Johnson's calls for assistance. CAPTAIN MAX "EAGLE EYES" SPRIGGS   Well, several days went by, then the weekend and no response was forthcoming from ole "Eagle Eyes".  So we fired off an email asking what happened to the response. KT sent us this in response. Notice how he has now backpedaled and is not willing to give a timely response. You might ask why.  Well, it's more than likely that LRPD did little or nothing. We do know that City Director Ken Richardson has gotten involved and so have so state legislators.  How much long

JUDICIAL CANDIDATE LATONYA AUSTIN LAIRD ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WITH AN EXPIRED LICENSE - SHE STILL OWES THOUSANDS IN UNPAID STATE INCOME TAXES TOO

LATONYA HAS A HISTORY OF BEING ARRESTED - THIS TIME IT'S FOR TRAFFIC RELATED OFFENSES We posted about Latonya on our Bad Attorney's in Arkansas blog a while back - you can see that post by clicking here . We pointed out that she has some issues that make her the worst possible candidate to hold any public office, especially that of a judge. Well, Latonya is back in the news. This time she was arrested for driving with an expired drivers license. Corporal Joy Bean with the Arkansas State Highway Police, stopped Latonya on April 11th, for speeding and following too close to another vehicle. CORPORAL JOY BEAN -ASHP Corporal Bean discovered that Latonya's driver's license had expired the previous month. Take note of the details in all caps in the docket entry. Latonya let Officer Bean know she was running for a judgeship and was an attorney. Was Latonya trying to impress or intimidate Corporal Bean?  If Latonya was in her own vehicle, she didn't need to state she was a

MAYOR CAUGHT IN BIG LIE

At the April 17th Board of Directors meeting, last term mayor Mark Stodola stated he never accepted money for his campaign from the Chamber of Commerce or from a Political Action Committee ("PAC") affiliated with the Greater Little Rock Chamber. He even questioned if they had a PAC. They do - Progress PAC - and they gave money to him and every other current member of the board of directors. We suspect that tax payer funds the city has given the CoC for years was trickled its way back to Stodola and the other directors in the form of contributions from the PAC. We will have all the details posted soon.  Stay tuned.

DIRECTOR DORIS WRIGHT USES SHAM EXCUSE OF "I FORGOT MY PASSWORD" TO TRY AND AVOID RESPONDING TO A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

CITY DIRECTOR DORIS WRIGHT - WILL DO ANYTHING TO AVOID RESPONDING TO A FOI REQUEST For the past year, we have sent FOI requests to the city of Little Rock for emails of board members. Each time our request included those of Ward 6 Director Doris Wright. Wright has used the personal email addresses and the response we receive is that she deletes her emails after opening and reading them and they have no records to produce. Right. Wright uses those email addresses for city business and one is listed as the one for the West Central Community Center.  As far as we can tell, Wright is the only City Director that uses their email as point of contact for a Community Center. We were surprised and amused at the latest response from the city in regard to a recent request for copies of Wright's email correspondence. Look at what the response was. Poor L. Lamor Williams is not the sharpest tool in the shed, or else he would not have repeated the ignorant, flimsy excuse given to him by Doris Wr

FORT SMITH DISTRICT JUDGE JIM O'HERN FACING HEARING ON ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION BY FAST FOOD FRANCHISE KING

JUDGE JIM O'HERN, BILL WARREN JR., SAM & SUSAN FIORI ARE FACING ETHICS VIOLATIONS The Arkansas Ethics Commission that for some unknown reason cancelled the probable cause hearing last month has reset it for April 20th at 9:00 a.m.  The complaint centers on illegal campaign contributions made to O'Hern by Sam and Susan Fioir of Fort Smith and received by O'Herns campaign treasurer, William C. Warren. Jr. Judge Jim O'Hern, et al Arkansas Ethics Complaint Probile Cause Hearing Notice by Russ Racop on Scribd One of our previous posts about O'Hern and the ethics complaint: http://badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com/2017/11/more-problems-for-sebastian-county.html O'Hern is also the subject of an on-going investigation by the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission for his and his prostitute girlfriend's arrest for having meth in their hotel room in December 2016. Stay tuned for details.  

HUMP DAY HUMOR

  https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnsteadyHalfGiantschnauzer-size_restricted.gif   IT'S FUNNY THAT OUR HAMLET BOBBLEHEAD HAS GOTTEN OVER THREE THOUSAND VIEWS

PSYCHO PSYCHOLOGIST EXTRADITED BACK TO ARKANSAS - BEING HELD IN PULASKI COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOUND HER FORMER PATIENT BACK IN STATE HOSPITAL

You can read the post our our sister blog, Bad Arkansas Department of Human Services. https://badarkdhs.blogspot.com/2018/04/psycho-psychologist-extradited-back-to.html

SAFETY SUMMIT HELD BY CITY HAD LITTLE TO DO WITH SAFETY AND MORE TO DO WITH DOG & PONY SHOW FOR LAST TERM MAYOR STODOLA'S CAMPAIGN FOR ANOTHER TERM AND WASTING PUBLIC FUNDS

The city of Little Rock hosted a so called "Community Safety Summit" this past week.  There was little discussion of any real substance and noticeably absent was any speaker from the Little Rock Police Department. How can the city have a summit on safety and not include a panel member from the police department? Perhaps befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner could not participate as perhaps he was out of town due to another job interview. Maybe it was because the whole affair was a public relations stunt for Stodola's campaign for mayor and the New Orleans mayor's campaign for president - an office he joked that he was not seeking even though he is speaking about not running all over the county at events like this. If NOLA mayor Mitch Landrieu does not run for president, he might consider taking  his stand-up comedy routine out on the road. More on that later. Individuals were invited to sign up to attend the all day event or segments. OUR PUBLISHER OPTED TO ATTEND