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'Erma Hendrix'

Arkansas's new day; a historic Republican victory

The roundup of the Tuesday election is simple — a triumphant Republican tidal wave that seems unlikely to ebb for many years to come.
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Hear from Little Rock City Board candidates

The Coalition of Greater Little Rock Neighborhoods has a handy website with videos of Little Rock City Board candidates fielding candidate forum questions.
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Stodola to run unopposed for Little Rock mayor

The noon deadline today for filing as a candidate for Little Rock office has come and gone, and Mayor Mark Stodola did not draw an opponent. He'll be elected to his third four-year term. Benny Johnson, of the Stop the Violence group, has been critical of the mayor for the city's use of police resources in the inner city and had been considering the race. But several Little Rock Directors face opposition.

Little Rock Board may vote on 5 a.m. club ordinances next week

A proposal to enforce an earlier closing time for late-night clubs encounters surprising opposition at the City Board. With two competing ordinances on the Board's agenda for next week, Little Rock's early morning nightlife might survive after all.
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City Board politics underway with Kathy Webb fund-raiser

City Board politics begin to take shape. The mail brings an invite to a fund-raiser for former state Rep. Kathy Webb, who'll be running for Ward 3 director.

Crime in Little Rock; a City Hall dialogue

Crime in the streets and homes. Full jails.
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In search of Little Rock's Cory Booker

In his 2012 State of the City Address, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola claimed that his city has the potential to be "the next great American city in the South." While the mayor's phrasing was awkward, I thoroughly share the sentiment that Little Rock has potential to be a truly great city.

The Injunction, Crazy Davy Comedy Hour Edition

The first of what’s sure to be many legal challenges of new laws passed by the Arkansas General Assembly, Davy Carter opting not to run for governor, the environmental movements coalescing around the Mayflower oil spill cleanup and the factory hog farm in Mt. Judea in the Buffalo River watershed and bike lanes on South Main in Little Rock — all covered this week.
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City Director Erma Hendrix unhappy about bike lanes

UPDATE: Quite a stir produced in the neighborhood. Hendrix sent a long a letter she'd received about the comments reported here.

City director calls 'bull' on Tech Park resolution

Official resistance is growing to seizure of private residences for the proposed Little Rock Technology Park office building.
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LR Board delays vote on vets center ordinance

The Little Rock Board of Directors, at Mayor Mark Stodola's suggestion, deferred action tonight on a new zoning ordinance aimed at making difficult, if not impossible, for the VA to put a new day center for veterans at 10th and Main.

Late dispatch re the Job Corps building

"Enough is enough," Planning Commissioner Keith Fountain and other residents of the Pettaway Neighborhood Association say: It's time for the city to condemn the vacant and derelict Job Corps building at 21st and Vance and bulldoze it.
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