Plank in the Eye: Those who take out after others….

 
You’ll no doubt remember John Mitchell, the man who took out after J.D. and Cathy Harris both for “noise” at Art around Town, and for “destroying” park land.

Picture courtesy of Lovely County Citizen
As reported earlier, the Parks Commission put short shrift to Mitchell’s attempt to blacken the Harrises Check here
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What Council Reform of the CAPC Is All About

Get rid of the CAPC tax on retail, and make up for it by increasing business license fees
Increase business license fees $100-$250 per year for most businesses and let businesses pass the additional cost through by adding a nickel to the cost of an item
Expand business license fees to include those benefiting most from tourism, [...]

Don’t Ask the Chamber How to Run Your Business

One of the first things you learn about running a business is that an increase in operating costs should be passed through to the customer wherever possible. Thus, an increase in rent results in most cases in an increase in prices.
That’s one of the first lessons a shopkeeper worth a shop learns.
Why not the [...]

J.D. and Cathy Harris

It takes a lot to make a good neighbor move, but a small-gang-harass seems to have done just that to J. D. and Cathy Harris. The couple came to Eureka Springs with a vision of supporting the arts. They are now going to be moving to ten acres, 2.5 miles north of town, where they [...]

Bulletin: CAPC Tin Gods/Goddess Take Over

Newbie CAPC Commissioner Alvin Byrd, Acting Interim Director Joyce Zeller, and Chair Brian Sumpter think CAPC doesn’t have to pay bills for limo service. The service was for Aud performers. There was absolutely no doubt the service had been provided. All the more reason the City should take back the Aud. ASAP.

Taxi Business is Fragile. How Support It for Very Small Town

Let’s look at the two-plus hours spent on the taxi ordinance on May 21, 2007. Before Public Eye says anything else, though, you need to take heed of the most important point made all night. The City must put back call boxes in the Planer Hill parking lot, and around town, so people can call [...]

Who’s Outpisser?

What we got first at Council meeting on May 21, 2007, was the Chamber pissing at Council, and Council apologizing all over itself to unpiss, in asking the state to review its plans for destroying a mountain to make a road over by Lake Leatherwood.

From CUPES.org. to ES Folk

From CUPES.org to ES Folk

As the politics of CUPES.org grew, I decided to expand and move to another web site that wouldn’t be limited to a single issue. I thought it essential that we be able to inform and respond to a more complete range of progressive politics in Eureka Springs. Thus ES Folk.

Council Consensus: Get Rid of CAPC Tax on Retail, Take Back the Aud, and Have Banks & Others Buy Business Licenses

“If you look at the number of business licenses issued by our city, it is quite noticeable that the current CAPC retail tax ordinance creates unfair competition within our local economy.”

What Do Higher Powers Say about Lies?

Public Eye ran into Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jeff Feldman a while ago, and asked him if there was any truth to the rumors, that groups had told him they were canceling trips to Eureka because of passage of the Domestic Partnership Registry.