http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/01/24/lawsuit-filed-over-chamber-of-commerce-spending Comments On: Lawsuit filed over chamber of commerce spending by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ok72076]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:11:54 -0600 Arkansas Times
YES! True economic development rests on an uninfringed second amendment. Companies prefer states where employees are free to carry weapons of self-defense and where the populace is constantly ready to overthrow a tyrannical government.
Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:33:14 -0600 Arkansas Times
At one time when towns were trying to become cities a Chamber of Commerce might have made some sense and probably did help new manufacturers locate in a growing city. But since that era is over and we can't make it here any more, too many chambers are spending their time dabbling in politics that helps their 1%er masters avoid taxes and keep the working folks working for chicken feed.

Lord knows the Fort Baptist Chamber isn't pulling in big plants any more. It's not cause they're lazy....it's cause manufacturing is zooming off our soil in search of abuse-able workers forced to work for 33 cents per hour. Our towns and cities aren't growing...can't grow, so LR and NLR's money flows to their chambers for who knows what? Nothing that will really benefit your cities but certainly benefits the entrenched rich who it appears have all the benefits they need and then some.

Until the next Erie Canal is invented or valuable metals needed for iPhone production is found beneath our soil, there's not much use for a Chamber of Commerce. They should slash their staff and budget, rent out part of their office space and hunker down like the rest of us to await better times. Lord knows we don't need them to help land more thrift shops or tattoo parlors...the only things that seem to open up in vacant buildings these days.

That 200,000 per year would be better spent for bullet-proof vests for 1st graders.
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:03:02 -0600 Arkansas Times
The Chickenopolis Chamber gets in excess of $300,000 annually using a combo of different grants. Their results are very negligible. Last year they listed businesses that had been open for over a year as evidence of them attracting new bidness.
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:50:15 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Forcefield]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:44:22 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ni4ni]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:30:15 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by dowhat]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:56:13 -0600 Arkansas Times
Best thing to happen to The Rock since Jean-Baptiste de la Harpe (Bernie to intimates)!
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:57:28 -0600 Arkansas Times
Does the city request RFP's and bid transportation services?

Its a slippery slope.
Posted by Get Real]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:55:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Pygface]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:38:43 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:21:19 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by lnpeacock]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:15:57 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Max Brantley]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:12:34 -0600 Arkansas Times

1 C.A.T.A. SUPPORT 8,208,468
2 REGIONAL DETENTION SUPPORT 1,050,000
3 AR ARTS CENTER SUPPORT 300,000
4 MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY SUPPORT 200,000
5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 200,000
6 METROPLAN
7 DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP 160,000
8 PAGIS SUPPORT 136,300
9 FIRST TEE 91,500
10 METRO LITTLE ROCK ALLIANCE 100,000
11 COUNTY HEALTH UNIT SUPPORT 56,100 -
12 ST VINCENT'S 25,381 -
13 CITY BEAUTIFUL 2,500
14 OUTSIDE AGENCY TOTAL 10,708,291

If the chamber money goes, it all goes.
Posted by Get Real]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:56:51 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Sound Policy]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:37:00 -0600 Arkansas Times