Thursday, February 6, 2014

Conway's Mayor Tab Townsell Lied to Public About Reasons for 40% Rate Increase in Sanitation Fees

Conway's Mayor Tab Townsell lied to the public when discussing the reasons for the nearly 40% increase in sanitation fees.Townsell mismanaged the city of Conway's budget to a point that it suffered a $1.9 million shortfall in its cash reserves.

Desperate for cash, Mayor Tab Townsell and other city council members including David Grimes, Shelley Mehl, Mary Smith, and Shelia Whitmore (whose office terms end December 2014) raided the Sanitation Department cash funds to balance the city's checkbook. Note: The Sanitation Department has always acted responsibly with its budget to have this much money in its account for equipment needs and expansion needs for the landfill. 

Needing to shore up the account deficit at the Sanitation Department now created by the Conway City Council members, Mayor Townsell and council members devised a plan to raise the sanitation fees nearly 40% in order to reimburse the shortfall that they created in the Sanitation Department. Townsell and Sanitation Director Cheryl Harrington went before the public and declared that the Sanitation Department needed this rate increase for aging equipment and higher expenses when in reality it needed money due to the mismanagement of city finances by Townsell and council members.

Director Cheryl Harrington stated, "Garbage Trucks need to be replaced every 5 years", quote from the Log Cabin Democrat. However, according to recent statistics from the American Recycler- garbage trucks on average are replaced after 12 years and expenses are falling due to municipalities converting their trucks to natural gas which Conway is implementing. In other words, THERE WAS NO NEED TO INCREASE SANITATION FEES!!!

Mayor Tab Townsell's patterns of lies and deceptions finally reached epic proportions and were exposed when reading an excerpt from the Faulkner County Business Journal...........

 http://faulknercountybusinessjournal.com/node/121


From the article you can see that the needs of the Sanitation Department have already been met from the 1/8 cent portion of the Rededication of the 1/4 cent sales tax and Townsell specifically stated that there would be "NO NEW TAXES".

As more and more people retrace the statements made by Townsell, they will recognize that Mayor Tab Townsell may go down in history as the "Biggest Liar in Faulkner County Politics", maybe even surpassing Guy "Mutt" Jones!!!


(Note: As the taxpayers and ratepayers were being gouged by Tab Townsell and Cheryl Harrington, Townsell and Harrington gave themselves a hefty pay increase with Tab Townsell's salary increasing 30% to $102,339 and Cheryl Harrington's salary increasing 20% to $79,337. It looks like Townsell and Harrington are more concerned with lining their own pockets than keeping more money in the pockets of the citizens of Conway.)


Sources:
Faulkner County Business Journal
American Recycler
Debra Hale-Shelton of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Joe Lamb- Log Cabin Democrat

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

World Class Tennis Comes to Memphis- February 8th-16th


The Racquet Club of Memphis is host to the US National Indoor Men's ATP Tournament from February 8th-16th.

The Men's Draw will feature former Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and young rising star Vasek Pospisil of Canada. Top-ranked American participants will include Sam Querrey  and Jack Sock.






The #1 world-ranked team of  twins Bob and Mike Bryan will compete in the doubles event.

For tournament details please visit www.memphistennis.com or call (901) 765-4401.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Mary Smith's Overspending Causes City of Conway's Financial Woes


To the Left: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances Before Mary Smith Took Office...... To the Right: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances After Mary Smith Ends Her Term in Office....... Job Performance Matters!!! .......We don't need Mary Smith causing More Financial Ruin at the City Level!!! ......Vote for Change in the Coming Elections....... Mary Smith's City Council Term ends December 2014

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Monday, February 3, 2014

Shelia Whitmore's Overspending Causes City of Conway's Financial Woes


To the Left: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances Before Shelia Whitmore Took Office....... To the Right: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances After Shelia Whitmore Ends Her Term in Office....... Job Performance Matters!!! .......We don't need Shelia Whitmore causing More Financial Ruin at the City Level!!! ......Vote for Change in the Coming Elections....... Sheila Whitmore's City Council Term ends December 2014

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

David Grimes' Overspending Causes City of Conway's Financial Woes


To the Left: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances Before David Grimes Took Office....... To the Right: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances After David Grimes Ends His Term in Office....... Job Performance Matters!!! .......We don't need David Grimes causing More Financial Ruin at the City Level!!! ......Vote for Change in the Coming Elections....... David Grimes' City Council Term ends December 2014

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Shelley Mehl's Overspending Causes City of Conway's Financial Woes


To the Left: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances Before Shelley Mehl Took Office....... To the Right: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances After Shelley Mehl Ends Her Term in Office....... Job Performance Matters!!! .......We don't need Shelley Mehl causing More Financial Ruin at the City Level!!! ......Vote for Change in the Coming Elections....... Shelley Mehl's City Council Term ends December 2014

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