Lynch at Large

Matthew Richard is absolutely against the one-cent sales tax proposed for North Little Rock. He says that nobody ever asked for a new stadium or improvements in the senior citizens center. Richard feels that the city council rushed things along and that lots of folks don’t even know there is an election coming up August 9. He also has a list of big cities with high sales taxes and North Little Rock is right on top with 9% if the tax passes.

He was a outstanding guest and we aired some good phone calls, but you won’t get to hear any of that in the WAI Radio archives because of the freakish power failure that took the station down at about 11:45. That halted the automatic recording. I’ll try to have him back in the next few days so you can catch it “live” or in the “on demand” archives.

WAI is linked in the left hand column.

Mayor Hays also visited for a few minutes about 9:00 and his interview is in our archive. He considers the current salary negotiations with police and fire personnel to be completely separate from the stadium issue. He expects to submit a satisfactory package to the city council soon. Hays touted the economic development benefits and minimized parking problems in the new riverfront facility. He compared it to parking at the arena.

Voters will be asked to approve one-cent for two years, which will raise about $32 million. That will pay to build a baseball stadium on the Arkansas River and expand the senior citizen center.

Early voting started yesterday and continues till Election Day at the Laman Library. Election Day is August 9.