Free Speech at Council. Depends.

Chin up, chump. Them’s the breaks.

Mayor Squelches Whistleblower Complaint

Ald. Rae Hahn of the Eureka Springs City Council received a whistle blower letter from a woman who had previously been employed by the City’s Public Works, and then quit. Hahn gave the letter to Mayor Dani Joy before reading it at Council, which the complainant had hoped for but did not see happen.
Mayor [...]

After a Raucus Council Meeting She Couldn’t Control, Mayor Forced to Drastic Action

Eureka Springs Mayor Dani Joyce today announced she is canceling the days Council meets. Yes, that’s right– the very days themselves. “I am abolishing second and fourth Mondays,” she said, adding that “Gregorian [sic] had nothing on me.”
“These days have become cumbersome,” she said. “I prefer to work quietly behind the scenes.”

Annexation: Its Problems, Its Promises

The Eureka Springs Annexation Committee circled around itself at its March meeting making only some little progress– and that, mostly about what to do next time.

Words I Say to Myself

I look at the fussing, fuming and fighting about seating the rightfully-elected Pat Matsukis, and I think of Ghandi, who said:
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.
Ain’t that the truth! It’s called The Rightful Seating of Pat Matsukis.

Matsukis Lead Plaintiff in Possible Suit against Mayor

Alderwoman-elect Pat Matsukis is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that will be filed this Tuesday, April 1, 2008, if Eureka Springs Mayor Dani Joy cannot come to an agreement with plaintiffs on seating Matsukis on Council. Matsukis was elected by members of Council to replace Charlotte Buchanan, who had resigned. Joy vetoed her election.

Harrison Comments on Her Term as Mayor

We checked out our comments this morning, and found this response from Ald. Kathy Harrison thanking us for the article on the sewer plant and her role in bringing it to

Sewer Plant Is up to the Challenge

We talked to Dwayne Allen today, to ask him how the sewer plant fared in the rainstorms that pelted Eureka Springs last week. Allen is the new head of Public Works, who took over when Jay Wilson left.
“Overall,” Allen said, “the plant did better than it was rated at. When they engineered it they had [...]

Here we go again~

This time it’s the lie about Alderwoman-elect Pat Matsukis. As usual, he’s denying he said it, it’s all somebody else’s fault, he merely asked a question, he didn’t accuse her of anything, somebody else started it.
Right, just like the lie he furthered about previous Ald. Charlotte Buchanan.
That would be Alvin Byrd we’re talking about. Few [...]

Our Intrepid Explorer of the Black Bass Lake Boondogle

This activity is not recommended. There is always the possibility that the lake will run dry before the Black Bass Lake trail is brought into compliance, and you would end up stuck.