We Know What We Want, He Said

When CAPC Commissioners K.J. Zumwalt and Rae Hahn objected to paying out $66,000 in salaries without knowing what kind of jobs they were paying for, the CAPC budget meeting was thrown into yet another CAPC sigh!

CAPC Web Site Faves up to the Crescent Hotel

We previously reported on Executive Director Jim Williams’ attempts to favor the Tourism Coop in a lodging promotion package that would cost the CAPC promo dollars. Commissioner Ree Slane called Williams on spending money for some businesses to the exclusion of others; and in spite of Williams’ attempts at equivocation, an arrangement was finally worked [...]

Unrealistic Budget Projections for Tax Collections

Hold tight! Here we go on another romp at another CAPC meeting. We’ll deal first with the budget, set over to the next meeting in large part because of a tug of war between one side, which was happy enough to give Williams his whatevers; and the other side, which wanted more careful oversight.
Commissioner K.J. [...]

Mouthpiece Threatens Council’s Ability to Discuss the Issues

ES Folk has just come into the possession of a letter from Limo Cowboy Rob Wagner’s mouthpiece, attorney Wade Williams, threatening certain members of Council if they don’t talk just right about Wagner’s limousine service.
It’s a sad day when attorneys try to keep Council from debating the issues that might come before them.
But then Williams [...]

Correction on Quorum Call

We said Ald. Harrison popped the poisoned apple out of the throat of Council. Actually it was Ald. Scheunemann who first popped the apple upon learning that the City Attorney’s ruling would prevent a majority vote from being counted. At this point, he said, “I am going to stand up and walk out.” Ald. Hahn [...]

Mayor, Mayor, against the Wall, Who is Fairest of Them All?

You, my dear, are the fairest, the City Attorney said to the Mayor and the Mayor to the City Attorney, as they took a poisoned apple and stuffed it right down the collective throat of a majority of Council.
Then, the Council rolled over like a wicked stepmother’s door mat and smiled sweetly while gorging of [...]

Go Figure! 4% Doesn’t Make It, Folks

No more! Not one more time! We’ve heard week in and week out about an evil empire called “the Gang of Four” who conspire together to bring the City to wrack and ruin.

That Joystick Just Don’t Work!

We’ve heard some Joystick aficionados are waxing ecstatic, hopping up and down, clapping their little hands silly, thinking the procedure for filling Alder Charlotte Buchanan’s seat will have to go to a vote and special election because the alder has been in office less than a year. Whoa!

Eureka Theatre Company Has New President

The City’s local community theater, the Eureka Theatre Company, is bringing on a new President, Mark Mallett. Mallett has served the Company for six years as master craftsman, gaffer, playwright, and

Election Commission Decides Referenda Can be Same Time as Judicial Elections

The Carroll County Elections Commission has determined that the Eureka Springs referenda can be held at the same time as the primary and the judicial elections on May 20, 2008, according to the Carroll County News.