Apr 14, 2020 | Let's Talk Local Politics
As much as our candidates would like to be out in the community going door-to-door and hosting events to meet with constituents, it just isn’t going to happen right now. The reality is that they still face an election in November. They need to campaign. We need...
Apr 11, 2020 | Let's Talk Local Politics
Abruptly and without warning, the state ordered Little Rock Family Planning Services, the only healthcare provider that provides surgical abortions in Arkansas, to immediately stop such procedures, unless necessary to save the life of the mother. A copy of the “Cease...
Apr 8, 2020 | Let's Talk Local Politics
These past weeks have been challenging for everyone worldwide. Every day we face more and more people being laid off. Every day we’re asking frontline workers to sacrifice themselves while lacking the supplies they need to stay safe as they care for us. It’s been a...
Apr 3, 2020 | Let's Talk Local Politics
It’s a strange time to be running for office. Actually, it’s a strange time to be doing anything. I have been working from home for the past two weeks since the Little Rock School District closed down in an effort to help flatten the curve due to the COVID-19...
Mar 30, 2020 | Let's Talk Local Politics
This time of isolation as we attempt to protect ourselves and others in a pandemic provides ample opportunity to reflect on this and other uncertain times. Taking a desultory journey through a box of old records, I came across a newspaper clipping that sent me five...
Mar 29, 2020 | Let's Talk Local Politics
Imagine waking up every day just wondering if you can make enough today to keep a roof over your head or put food on the table, or hoping you don’t get seriously ill or and that your car still works. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette last fall, nearly half of...
