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Searcy 2010 Election Results
Laforce
Morris
The results of the city of Searcy elections are as follows:
Mayor
David Morris – 1,954
Kyle Reeves – 1,578
Belinda LaForce – 2,189 Continue reading
Patriot Poll: Searcy Mayoral Race
The Daily Citizen has recently conducted two polls for the Searcy mayoral race.
There have been questions regarding the accuracy of both polls, with reports of non-Searcy residents & mayoral candidates themselves being polled. There has also been at least one report of a voter being called & polled twice for the same survey.
Each poll has shown incumbent Mayor Belinda Laforce with a double-digit lead over former White County Judge David Morris & former Searcy Alderman Kyle Reeves, while a large number of Searcy (errrrr…wherever they’re from) voters remain undecided.
So, The Patriot has decided to settle the issue once and for all by conducting an equally accurate & scientific poll.
Happy voting.
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The Arkansas Patriot is a conservative organization dedicated to equipping citizens with the truth, insuring transparent government, and encouraging citizens to question their government boldly. The editor can be reached at arkansaspatriot@gmail.com Follow The Patriot on Twitter and Facebook.
Demozette Says Searcy Parks & Rec Will Receive Excess A&P Tax Funds
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported yesterday that the Searcy Parks & Recreation Department will receive the excess money from the A&P Tax fund after the refund process is complete. This was part of the A&P Tax refund ordinance that the city council passed last week.
On June 22nd, the Searcy Council passed an ordinance, upon its third reading, to offer refunds of the money to citizens who have their original receipts.
The tax was implemented on July 1, 2009, despite the submission of petitions for referendum by concerned citizens. This was in violation of the state constitution, which calls for the “abeyance” of a tax upon submission of petitions. After a lengthy legal battle, a judge ruled that the city’s defense (an ordinance from the 1930s, limiting the petition deadline to 30 days–the petitions in this situation were turned in past that alleged deadline) was invalid. Therefore, the city had no legal right to deny the petitions & their failure to hold the tax in abeyance led to an illegal exaction of funds.
Per state law, refunds of illegally extracted funds must be offered for refund. While the majority of the council & mayor have maintained that the money was not illegally exacted, issuing refunds with legally exacted money would be illegal in itself.
Refunds begin on July 23rd and will be issued for 180 days.
The current balance of A&P funds is approximately $450,000.
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The Arkansas Patriot is a conservative organization dedicated to equipping citizens with the truth, insuring transparent government, and encouraging citizens to question their government boldly. The editor can be reached at arkansaspatriot@gmail.com Follow The Patriot on Twitter and Facebook.
Searcy Mayor Changes Course, Commends Nutter For Appointments
Carl,
Thank you for your willingness to serve on this A & P Refunding Committee. When I’ve requested you to serve on Council Committees in the past your schedule seemed to prohibit your participation. I’m glad to see you could find the time.
I disagree with your statement regarding the city’s unwillingness to listen to citizen input, as the City held a public hearing for that specific purpose, as well as hearing from constituents on an individual basis.
It is refreshing to see that you have willingly included non-City of Searcy residents to be on this committee, knowing that you have resisted similar situations in the past regarding other standing committees of the City.
I am looking forward to hearing the recommendations of the committee when presented to the full Council for their consideration. I am confident the eight elected city council members will make a fair and reasonable decision whether to accept or deny in full or in part.
If any of the listed individuals you have mentioned decline to serve, I might have some suggestions for inclusion.
Since you are willing to entertain suggestions, I would suggest that the committee meet, as soon as possible, to insure a speedy resolution and the taxpayers can expect to see the refund prior to the close of 2010
Your Mayor,
Mayor Belinda LaForce
City of Searcy
401 West Arch Avenue
Searcy, AR 72143
(501) 268-2483 PH
(501) 279-1050 FAX
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The Arkansas Patriot is a conservative organization dedicated to equipping citizens with the truth, insuring transparent government, and encouraging citizens to question their government boldly. The editor can be reached at arkansaspatriot@gmail.com Follow The Patriot on Twitter and Facebook.
Laforce Does Not Recognize Nutter–Must Have Been the Tie.
This video clearly shows the type of bickering that is impeding true progress in this city.
Here the mayor is clearly seen denying an alderman a right to even pose a question during last night’s city council meeting. Just imagine how bad things would be if the city was still under a partisan system (the non-partisan resolution passed last year by the council was designed to heal all of the party-invoked wounds and disagreement on the council):
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The Arkansas Patriot is a conservative organization dedicated to equipping citizens with the truth, insuring transparent government, and encouraging citizens to question their government boldly. The editor can be reached at arkansaspatriot@gmail.com Follow The Patriot on Twitter and Facebook.
