Mr. McCutchen, thanks for your reply.

I respect you right to hold any opinion you choose although we may differ on some of them.

Gary Campbell

Joe and Barb M. wrote:

> Director Campbell,

> 

> Thanks for your belated response.  I'm sorry you did not see fit to

> answer the questions posed in either of the two letters I sent

> you...same goes for the rest of the city government.

> 

> Let me suggest that you and the rest of the official city

> administration acquaint yourselves with Agenda 21 which the U.N. gave

> birth to and 2 of its subsections "Quality of Place" & International

> Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, better known as "ICLEI". 

> Since North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays is President & CEO of the

> USA branch, it seems odd you are not aware of it.

> 

> In your conversation with whom I judge to be a resident of Fort Smith

> you erroneously stated that the city of Fort Smith is not a member of

> any international group and nothing was said about, as you so

> ceremoniously state, that they are interested in taking over the world.

> 

> A second international group which the city signed onto a number of

> years ago, when City Mgr Harding was here, dealt with power over

> landowners property.

> 

> Now to "Quality of Place".  Quality of Place as I stated in my initial

> letter to the Administrator, Mayor and the Board is a term created by

> the Federal Dept. of Environment, Heritage, and Local Government....not Dr.

> Florida unless he was/is working for the federal government.  The

> whole Quality of Place scheme is big parks and a pack 'em & stack 'em

> endeavor resulting in government expansion, more rules & regulations.

> 

> Director Campbell, I would hope you would communicate with the caller

> and relate that you were wrong on all counts.

> 

> Frankly Director, some of your activities scare the hell out of me. 

> All the non-elected, self-serving commissions, panels, etc. you are

> involved in bypass the legislative process.  Accelerate Arkansas is

> the one that scares me the most.  Accelerate Arkansas proposes to

> allow the state government using taxpayers' dollars to subsidize

> private companies resulting in government owning a piece of the

> company or corporation. For this to occur, it requires the repeal of

> the part of the Arkansas Constitution which now prohibits government

> from investing in private business. This is absolutely not a function

> of government at any level and this proposition is in the same

> category as the city of Fort Smith embarking on various entertainment venues.  Gov. Beebe supports this repeal also.

> 

> Translations:

> 1. Can be described by the government canard "private/public

> partnership"....the government always being the senior partner. 

> Precisely what the Obama administration is doing, e.g. G.M., Dodge, Banks, etc.

> 2. Government using taxpayer money for forced redistribution, control

> and growth.

> 3. Fascism: A nexus between government and corporations, but not

> limited to, providing a symbiotic relationship between the two, with

> government dictating terms, precisely what is happening in our nation

> presently and is the same environment in 1930's Germany.

> 

>   I noticed the principals of 1st National Bank of F.S. belong also to

> Accelerate Arkansas.

> Accelerate Arkansas is saturated with self-serving political/economic

> lifers.

> 

> You call this Conservatism?

> 

> Kindest regards,

> 

> Joe McCutchen

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Gary Campbell [mailto:gwcfsm@swbell.net]

> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:05 AM

> To: joeusa@cox.net

> Subject: Correction Offered

> 

> Mr. McCutchen, yesterday I received a phone call regarding a recent

> email from you.

> 

> Please allow me to offer a correct to your comment about the City of

> Fort Smith and some international group I had never heard of.  To my

> knowledge, Fort Smith is not a member of any international group

> proposing to take over the world.  Such proposal would be done over my

> objection.  I think you would agree that we need to focus our

> attention here at home for the benefit of our hometown citizens.

> 

> During the phone conversation, the caller also mentioned something

> about the City of Fort Smith utilizing the federal government's

> definition of Quality of Place. Unfortunately the caller must have

> misunderstood, since the feds did not invent that term and I doubt

> that it would have much credence if they had invented it.  From my

> reading, that the term was coined by Dr. Richard Florida in his

> research to determine why some cities (e.g. Pittsburgh) recover from

> severe economic loses and others do not recover .  As you know, when

> the steel mills left Pittsburgh, it became a "rust bowl".  But has

> since recovered and now is a vibrant metropolitan city.  Dr. Florida's

> research began back in the 1990's based on his hometown's experience. 

> Basically, his definition of Quality of Place is a local issue based

> on three factors: (1) What's there, (2) Who's there and (3) What's

> going on.  As an oversimplification, it is focused on a knowledge

> based economy and the factors most dominant in retaining and/or

> attracting trained/intelligent people needed to fill for higher paying

> jobs that will fuel a vibrant economy.

> 

> I assured the caller that Fort Smith is not part of any international

> scheme.

> 

> Gary Campbell

> City Director

> 

> 

>