In 2023 and 2024 we made Freedom of Information requests for records regarding the Little Rock mayor's State of the City address prior to it being made. The city ignored thoses requests.
We made a similar FOI request this year on February 6th.
The mayor acknowledged receipt of the request, but failed to respond with any records.
A few days later we made another FOI request as a comment on a post the city made on the social medial platform formerly know as Twitter.
This was not the first time we have made a FOI request to the city in a comment to one of their social media posts. They also provided records back then. We were the first ones to make a FOI request to a public agency in Arkansas in that manner.
Instead of ignoring us this time (a threat of seeking injunctive relief in the courts helped), they actually provided the records we are sharing with you today as an exclusive preview.
This is the outline of the speech that Feckless Frank will deliver.
This is the site walk through notes.
Here are the notes of how the even will go down.
We have sent a follow up email to obtain or view and copy the videos.
Stay tuned for updates and the videos.
Click here to view a folder that contains all the records the city sent us. so far. about the 2025 State of the City address.