Thursday, February 09, 2006
Thursday Capsule
United States Senator Blanche Lincoln calls the newly discovered plan in the Bush budget to privatize Social Security “un-American.”
The Democratic Party of Arkansas questioned whether Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson complied with federal law when he entered into negotiations to work for a lobbying firm before he left his job at the Department of Homeland Security.
Although Lonoke Mayor Thomas Privitt was arrested on misdameanor charges directly related to his duties as mayor, he would not comment on the alleged misuse of state prisoners with which he is charges. Also at the special city council meeting last evening, Chief of Police Jay Campbell, who is facing numerous felony charges, resigned.
Aaron Sadler of the Stephens Media Group reports Former U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers has called for public financing of political campaigns as a way to curtail corruption in Washington, D.C.
There will be a Federal Court hearing in Little Rock Friday seeking to stop Pine Bluff from hiring a new police chief to replace Danny Moses, who claims the city discriminated against him when it learned that he had cancer.
Today’s morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports that Rogers police officers didn't use force very often last year but, when they did, Hispanics bore the brunt. A review of 36 use-of-force reports involving 39 civilians filed by officers last year showed 24 of those civilians were Hispanic.
A joint investigation by Clarksville police and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department led to the arrest of three X-Mart Adult Supercenter workers for allegedly promoting obscene material, a Class D felony punishable by a possible six years in the Arkansas Department of Correction sentence and a fine up to $10,000.
Nine Faulkner County gas wells on the Fayetteville Shale Gas play are already flowing, according to the Log Cabin Democrat. Nearby Van Buren County already has a dozen producing gas wells.
From the Dallas Morning News: Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn are quietly urging airline and government leaders in North Texas to come up with a compromise on allowing long-haul flights at Dallas Love Field. The Texas Republicans have delivered a clear and sober warning: Figure out a solution that is acceptable to the region, or Congress might overturn the Wright amendment in a fashion that could be distasteful to almost everyone.
Singer Patrick Hall of Gravette performed on American Idol in the first round last night, and he’s through to the group part of the competition in Hell Week.
From the Pine Bluff Commercial: A Pine Bluff man who apparently tried to run after being involved in an accident was jumped on by a dog, hit a fence, ran head on into a police car and was sprayed with pepper spray, all in the same incident. Franklin Columbus Jr. told officers he was afraid of being extradited to Georgia, where he was wanted on numerous warrants for assault, aggravated assault and domestic battery.
The Democratic Party of Arkansas questioned whether Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson complied with federal law when he entered into negotiations to work for a lobbying firm before he left his job at the Department of Homeland Security.
Although Lonoke Mayor Thomas Privitt was arrested on misdameanor charges directly related to his duties as mayor, he would not comment on the alleged misuse of state prisoners with which he is charges. Also at the special city council meeting last evening, Chief of Police Jay Campbell, who is facing numerous felony charges, resigned.
Aaron Sadler of the Stephens Media Group reports Former U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers has called for public financing of political campaigns as a way to curtail corruption in Washington, D.C.
There will be a Federal Court hearing in Little Rock Friday seeking to stop Pine Bluff from hiring a new police chief to replace Danny Moses, who claims the city discriminated against him when it learned that he had cancer.
Today’s morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports that Rogers police officers didn't use force very often last year but, when they did, Hispanics bore the brunt. A review of 36 use-of-force reports involving 39 civilians filed by officers last year showed 24 of those civilians were Hispanic.
A joint investigation by Clarksville police and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department led to the arrest of three X-Mart Adult Supercenter workers for allegedly promoting obscene material, a Class D felony punishable by a possible six years in the Arkansas Department of Correction sentence and a fine up to $10,000.
Nine Faulkner County gas wells on the Fayetteville Shale Gas play are already flowing, according to the Log Cabin Democrat. Nearby Van Buren County already has a dozen producing gas wells.
From the Dallas Morning News: Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn are quietly urging airline and government leaders in North Texas to come up with a compromise on allowing long-haul flights at Dallas Love Field. The Texas Republicans have delivered a clear and sober warning: Figure out a solution that is acceptable to the region, or Congress might overturn the Wright amendment in a fashion that could be distasteful to almost everyone.
Singer Patrick Hall of Gravette performed on American Idol in the first round last night, and he’s through to the group part of the competition in Hell Week.
From the Pine Bluff Commercial: A Pine Bluff man who apparently tried to run after being involved in an accident was jumped on by a dog, hit a fence, ran head on into a police car and was sprayed with pepper spray, all in the same incident. Franklin Columbus Jr. told officers he was afraid of being extradited to Georgia, where he was wanted on numerous warrants for assault, aggravated assault and domestic battery.
