The Mayor’s Game

Eureka Springs Mayor Dani Joy wanted to give a bolster-up speech at the Council meeting of July 28th.
Turned out to be more like we were listening to a down-and-out cheerleader at a losing game, no time left, with almost the whole field to go.

Music for Basin Spring Park

Phil Jackson Distinguishes Himself at Council Meeting of July 28, 2008

The head of Carroll County Solid Waste Phil Jackson was a distinguishing presence at the Eureka Springs Council meeting of July 28, 2008. His presentation was cogent, coherent, and convincing, unlike so much of what we have heard from City Hall in the last year and a half. We wished there were more like him.

Open Arms Spirituality, Diversity, Summer, 2008,

Carroll County this Week

CARROLL COUNTY THIS WEEK
From the Office of
Carroll County Judge Richard Williams
July 28, 2008
Recently I was confronted twice concerning the lease with option to purchase of new equipment for our county road department and why I did not accept the low bid as required by state law.

Gateway to the City: Planer Hill Park & Ride

It may seem unusual for a city to have a grand opening, ribbon cutting and dedication for a parking lot, but that’s exactly what the City of Eureka Springs is going to do on July 31, 2008 at 11:00 am at the Planer Hill Park and Ride.

CAPC July 23, 2008

The meeting opened with a request from Trella Laughlin asking that the old Friends of THE Aud be reinstituted; the Council remove THE Aud from the control of the CAPC

Suggestions for Operating the Auditorium

Trella Laughlin read the following statement to the July 23, 2008 meeting of the Eureka Springs CAPC. She requested that:

Ald. Scheunemann Gets Top Billing in Article Addressing Charges against Him

In a July 24, 2008 article in the Morning News, Eureka Springs Ald. Eric Scheunemann gets top billing for his position on not voting on a Council that he says is illegally constituted. The City’s Mayor, Dani Joy, vetoed the election of Pat Matsukis by Council to replace a Council member who had resigned.

CAPC Responds to AG Opinion

The Eureka Springs CAPC today unanimously passed a resolution saying they would continue to tax B&Bs as they are now being taxed, according to a suggested statement written by Executive Director Jim Williams. The statement said that the CAPC:
is resolved to continue to collect an advertising and promotion tax [as the CAPC currently does, collecting [...]