Illegal immigration, Sewers and Fountains                                                          June 17, 2009

Gentlemen,

The U.S. 8^th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that local governments can suspend the business permits of companies that hire illegal immigrants.

The question now becomes, is the Ft. Smith city government going to uphold the 8^th Circuit’s ruling, or continue to be shills for the Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturing Executive Association?  Will Sheriff Frank Atkinson, as chief law enforcement agent of the county, finally uphold his sworn Constitutional duties?

Can a citizen assume (assume is a very dangerous word) that the soon expiring Sewer Tax was used totally for sewers and directly related projects?  Or was the Sewer Tax dumped into politician’s honey-hole known as the General Fund and expropriated for other quasi-government activities?

Can citizens expect the recently voted on extension of the Sewer Tax be put into a designated sewer tax fund and be spent exclusively for sewer improvements and directly related sewer projects that the Feds have demanded for the past 2 decades?  The citizens voted for the expansion, believing the revenues would be exclusively used for sewer projects.  The citizens vote was based on honesty, now can we expect answers to the aforementioned questions?

Fountains:  Is it true that $50,000 has been budgeted for 3 fountains (not drinking) for Carol Ann Cross Park?  As citizens economic trouble continue to balloon, politicians & bureaucrats continue to spend taxpayers hard earned money on silliness as if there were no tomorrow.

The easiest job in the world is to spend other folk’s money!

In a time when it is of utmost importance to cut out non-essentials, Fort Smith city leaders are oblivious to national, state & city conditions.  It’s past time to pare down government and cut the tax cord.

Kindest regards,

Joe McCutchen

Cc: Citizens

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