Tag: Maylon Rice

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Support for the Dykes hire

Leave it to University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Jeff Long (with some very hard politicking from the candidate himself) to think outside the box and hire Jimmy…

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Tax cut politics

If ever there was a candidates’ self-made trap of destruction during a campaign, it is when an over confident, swaggering candidate rolls out a proposed tax cut during the pre-Federal…

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The boring gubernatorial race

With a little less than 60 days until the May 20 preferential primaries, the contest for who will be the next choices for Governor of Arkansas is a rather boring…

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Fool us once …

Before the 2014 political season began, we steeled ourselves, remembering to be leery of the on-coming barrage of advertisements filled by a legion of unknown faces and making down-right alarming…

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The shuffle for No. 2

As Arkansas’ Grand Old Party adjusts itself to being in the majority not only in the state’s Congressional delegation, but also in the state House and state Senate, the rest…

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The upcoming private option fracas

The impending fiscal session of the Arkansas General Assembly begins this week down at the State Capitol. There looms great uncertainty to the tenor and attitude of this session with…

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Necessary county infrastructure

When communities talk about progress, elected officials often talk about infrastructure. More likely than not, a layperson equates the term “infrastructure” with roads and  parks. Mayors talk about city streets,…

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Lessons learned from Stan Bedford

This past week a very good small businessman, operating a very unique style of commercial business, passed from our midst. Stan Bedford was 60. He died young, but accomplished so…

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Allens, poke sallet and change

Changing times, modern cooking gadgets, powerful global food companies and management which had other ideas finally has closed the door on Arkansas’ own, Allens (Canning Company). The purchaser from the…

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Praise for Carmie Henry

Another one of the “good guys” in the arena of governmental affairs in Arkansas has retired. Carmie Henry, the vice president of governmental affairs, (a fancy name for a guy…

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Peas and prosperity

I doubt there is anything really scientific to the New Year’s tradition of eating black-eyed peas for prosperity. But you can bet they will be served in lots of places…

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Looking for ethics

While the year began with earth-shaking election results from November 2012, the Arkansas Republican Party held majorities in the state Senate and House. It was a rather tricky year to…

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The UA 4th in SEC drug arrests

The above is not a headline that parents of college students at the state’s flagship campus like to see, but as always, “the devil is in the details.” Yes, while…

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Hoping for another Rockwell

In this space in September we encouraged, no, we begged, Alice Walton, the Wal-Mart heiress and the signature/dreamer builder/financier of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, to please purchase…

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A nod to the traveling man

Lots of folks retire to keep from being on the road, but not Richard Hudson. Hudson, the vice chancellor for government and community relations at the University of Arkansas, will…