Increasing access to the Arkansas River, beefing up retail, and ensuring downtown Little Rock is safe for residents and visitors were Rotarians' top concerns.
Speakers urged residents not to become numb to what happened. Hundreds of families were displaced, and they won’t be returning to their normal routines any time soon. People need help now, but they will also need help in a few weeks when the buzz has died down.
Mike Huckabee's mouth now draws criticism from Rotary International, the civic organization. The letter comes in response to a statement made by Huckabee in a March 2 radio interview that most Americans "grew up in communities filled with Rotary clubs, not madrassas (Islamic seminaries)," during a critical assessment of President Barack Obama's "world view."