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March 4, 2004

Vol 2 • No 7

Caught on the Net - Law Enforcement 2.0

Like the four men who work there, the offices of the North Little Rock Police Department's Special Investigations Unit are haunted by Kacie Woody. Her photograph is tacked up in places around the room, grainy shots from the newspaper, often sharing space on corkboards and file cabinets with pictures of the detectives' own families. Talking to them, her name comes up a lot.

Poor, but not corrupt

It was a pleasant surprise the other day when the Corporate Crime Reporter in Washington released a study that showed that Arkansas is one of the 10 least corrupt states in the United States. Nebraska has the least corruption, followed in order by Oregon, New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Arizona, Arkansas and Wisconsin.

Now let's consolidate colleges

In everything but football, where we compete reasonably well considering the substandard coaching, Arkansas chooses to compound its problem of scarce resources by diminishing those resources and dissipating itself.

Gay 'style' at the D-G

You may have noticed the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's new style in the news section: Quotation marks around "gay marriage" or gay "marriage," and, referring to the San Francisco same sex unions, "weddings," "married," "marriage licenses," and "newlywed." Well, put on your copy editor's hat kiddies, because there's going to be a quiz.

The legislature failed

The state proved one point in the Lake View school case last week beyond a reasonable doubt. With enough money you can hire an expert to tell you anything you want to hear.

Mr. Smith goes to LR

Republican Rep. Roger Smith of Hot Springs Village takes offense at the suggestion he's a poster child for old-school Arkansas politics. You decide.

It's about sex

Maybe I'm a little slow on the uptake, but I just don't understand this. I don't understand how it's going to "preserve the sanctity of marriage" if we amend the Constitution to keep gay people from marrying one another.

Distress signal

At a Pulaski County School Board meeting last summer, board President Jeff Shaneyfelt asked the district's business officer if the budget they were about to vote on - a budget that required dipping into the district's reserve funds to the tune of at least $5 million - was likely to land the district on the state's fiscal distress list.

Good time for Grandpa's

Through five years of running the Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase, I know when I see that spark, that special something that consumes the stage when a band is clicking and giving a performance that's going to win them the title as that year's best original music band in the state.
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