by May 17, 2009 6:45 pm
-The Mayor says …
Lt. Commander Francis Queeg — played by Humphrey Bogart in the movie, “The Caine Mutiny.”: (Rolling steel balls in his hand while testifying) “Ahh, but the strawberries that’s, that’s where…
by May 17, 2009 6:45 pm
-Lt. Commander Francis Queeg — played by Humphrey Bogart in the movie, “The Caine Mutiny.”: (Rolling steel balls in his hand while testifying) “Ahh, but the strawberries that’s, that’s where…
by May 10, 2009 10:03 am
-A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by May 3, 2009 8:03 pm
-A few years ago, the Fort Smith Board of Directors rejected a feasible, responsible and appropriate commercial development adjacent to the corporate headquarters complex of Arkansas Best Corporation. Why? Because…
by April 26, 2009 9:16 pm
-With apologies to Janis. Lord won’t you buy me a new quarterbackmy friends all have Bradys’ leading their pack we work hard in the off-season, but can’t get on trackOh…
by April 19, 2009 1:20 pm
-TEA TIMEAt the recent Tea Party event in downtown Fort Smith there was much talk of getting government out of our lives. Lord help me if I said anything other…
by April 12, 2009 4:46 pm
-A recent conversation resulted in a challenge to consider and list three big-picture things Fort Smith regional business and civic leaders might do to enhance our strengths, address our weakness,…
by April 5, 2009 6:39 pm
-We briefly considered posting a few stories Wednesday (April 1) containing about three parts Silliness to every two parts Possible. Or some similar concoction of hybrid fiction. But these April…
by March 29, 2009 7:15 pm
-Elements of this thing called The City Wire remain experimental. Not that pushing news and information via the Internet is a new thing, but the approach we use and the…
by March 22, 2009 7:28 pm
-It was just a few months ago that the caller had these well-intended words of wisdom for yours truly: “You’re too damn impatient when it comes to progressive community change….
by March 15, 2009 1:17 pm
-The deadline for filing new legislation in Arkansas’ 87th General Assembly has come and gone. This welcome calendar event reduces by half the anxiety of Arkansans with an interest in…
by March 8, 2009 9:41 pm
-There is a serious matter we must address. While we argue and contemplate riverfront development options, express concern and frustration about our regional economy, respectfully attempt to maintain optimism about…
by March 1, 2009 6:49 pm
-An open letter to Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker. Dear Mayor Baker: Although there certainly are more important issues with greater long-term positive impacts for city residents we could discuss…
by February 22, 2009 9:40 pm
-This essay is nothing more than the Top Ten essay topics proposed by yours truly that were rejected by the powers-that-be at The City Wire. They said it was for…
by February 15, 2009 7:57 pm
-It was Feb. 3 when The City Wire posted the story about the Fort Smith board of directors voting to spend $62,000 to support an “opportunity analysis” of riverfront development….
by February 8, 2009 11:12 am
-If they ever prove the global-climate-change-warming-apocalypse-crisis is caused by humans, it’s likely one of the top 10 sources will be the electricity consumed by the office of U.S. Sen. Blanche…
by February 1, 2009 1:10 pm
-Friends and relatives who are old enough to know better are becoming more active on this Facebook thing. One can be guilted into creating a Facebook profile to respond to…
by January 25, 2009 8:36 pm
-Roger Meek says he is pleasantly surprised with the number of people interested in the future of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. Meek, the chairman of the chamber’s…
by January 18, 2009 6:02 pm
-The Fort Smith Board of Directors held a 2009 planning retreat Jan. 10 that lasted more than seven hours. Such meetings are analogous to buying an impressive arrangement of flowers….
by January 11, 2009 6:59 pm
-Here we go again with this collective self-loathing about the future of American cultural, military, political and financial prestige and power. This gnashing of east coast educated teeth typically happens…
by January 4, 2009 6:43 pm
-Please indulge, Kind Reader, and read the following list of top 2008 Arkansas news stories from the vaunted news professionals around the state. It goes like this: The Top 10…