Arkansas Blog

Ethics Question

Is re-using campaign signs from a previous race considered an in-kind donation?

An example would be Jim Bob Dugger using his US Senate signs in his State Senate Race just by crossing out the US.

The high-rise hotel has been the subject of a vigorous debate in Fayetteville since mid-March. The NWA Times has picked up on the story since then at Planning Commission and City Council meetings and in some enterprise reporting. Most regrettably and to its discredit, the Morning News failed ever to mention this controversy's existence until its story on the April 24 Planning Commission meeting. The subject had taken up the better part of a City Council meeting a couple of weeks earlier and the News ignored it in its coverage of that meeting.

Better late than never, I suppose, but this severe lapse in basic news coverage ought to go down as an everlasting source of shame.

This story is kind of one sided, wouldn't you say? At least the resident who is opposed to the project got a paragraph at the end, but the FCON group, for instance, was not mentioned at all.

Fayetteville should not be afraid of development. Hopefully this will pass tomorrow and people will begin to realize that while our old bars are great, it's time to recognize that buildings like this will benefit us all. Especially ones that do not involve the TIF districts that are so commonly railed against on this blog.

I hate hippies. Just becuase you hate growth doesn't mean it's just going to stop. Fayetteville can grow up or out. The option is expand up and save more area for green space, etc. Or grow out, become a sprawl, and start looking like Springdale. Nobody wants that.

I say build to the heavens Fayetteville! The old Dixon Street of my youth is gone, save for George's and Rogers Rec. But I'm sure working and living on or near Dixon would still be a wonderful thing. Some creative skyscrapers would help prevent urban sprawl and would look neat as hell when driving into Fayetteville from the south.

I'm always sad when an old building is torn down, but I'm always in favor of new construction going up up up and not out out out. Make a small footprint when you can, you'll be thankful later.

Fayetteville really needs to consider building up more. 10 stories is not too high. I don't even think 15 stories is too high. I hate urban sprawl and I want to see Fayetteville be the leader in building up for Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville could really be a unique city if it had some high rises and a lot of midrise buildings. It would be like a European Bohemian city. There would be nothing like it in the state. Keep building up Fayetteville, not out!

You guys are the 74408 best, thanks so much for the help.