Where does Fred Smith, the former Harlem Globetrotter, really live? The question has been the subject of a series of articles in the West Memphis Evening Times because Smith, listing a Crawfordsville address, won the Democratic nomination for state House. Since then, nothing but questions.

The latest story in the West Memphis newspaper, gives you some of the flavor of a controversy that seems likely to grow into a multi-faceted public story before long. The Ethics Commission is reviewing Smith’s failure to file financial disclosures. Opponents are talking of a court challenge to his residency. And there’s an intriguing story line reflected below on a federally funded school tutoring program that has come in for unflattering attention.

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