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'Joan Adcock'

Add another contender for Little Rock City Board

Clayton Johnson, a science teacher at Premier High School who's been active in neighborhood groups, says he'll run for Little Rock City Board in November for one of three at-large seats currently held by Joan Adcock, Gene Fortson and Dean Kumpuris.
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A challenger for Joan Adcock?

Blue Hog Report says nonprofit consultant Molly Miller is considering a race for Little Rock City Board against long-time (since 1992) incumbent Joan Adcock. Matt Campbell, who writes Blue Hog, says this would be a good thing:
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City steps up police presence in Centennial Park

The Little Rock Police Department has assigned an extra patrol to the Centennial Park area after a complaint by a property owner got Mayor Mark Stodola's attention. Paul Dodds, who lives on West 17th Street and Park and whose company Urban Frontier LLC has fixed up 10 properties for sale and rent and owns several more, emailed Stodola, the city board of directors and the police chief on Sunday. Stodola today directed City Manager Bruce Moore to increase "directed patrols" in the park area and "have Entergy light this place up like it is daytime. With summer break upon us we need to stifle this activity before it gets worse."

City attorney says LR civil rights ordinance doesn't conflict with state law

Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter completed a legal opinion Sunday evening that says a proposed Little Rock civil rights ordinance, intended to extend some specific new protect for LGBT people, does not conflict with a new state law.
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No need to wait for city attorney opinion about Little Rock civil rights ordinance

I have the answer to City Director Joan Adcock's question of whether a proposed Little Rock civil rights ordinance is in conflict with a coming state law.

Resistance to equality in Eureka Springs and Little Rock

Disheartening news on the equality front. A referendum is in the works to repeal Eureka Springs' ordinance protecting LGBT people and some Little Rock city directors have had discouraging things to say about an effort to pass such an ordinance in the capital city.
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Little Rock Board may vote on 5 a.m. club ordinances next week

A proposal to enforce an earlier closing time for late-night clubs encounters surprising opposition at the City Board. With two competing ordinances on the Board's agenda for next week, Little Rock's early morning nightlife might survive after all.

Seven reasons why closing late-night clubs early is a bad idea for Little Rock

An ordinance being considered by the City Board would close the city's 5 a.m. clubs at 2 a.m. Here's why that's bad policy for Little Rock.
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Private clubs and Uber-Lyft hit LR City Board agenda

Late-night private clubs and the Uber/Lyft ride sharing serves are scheduled for discussion on a new Little Rock City Board agenda released this evening.

UPDATE: A contest seems likely for one LR City Board seat

Little Rock City Board election filings today produced the beginnings of what will likely be a vigorous campaign for one seat — former state Rep. Pam Adcock against sitting City Director Ken Richardson.
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Little Rock's nannies target clubbing

Some shift workers don't knock off work until 11 p.m. A night of fun that ends at 11 p.m. for someone who had a 5 p.m. quitting time would end at 5 a.m. for the shift worker who gets off at 11 p.m. Entertainment in those hours, after Waffle House and EZ Mart, is limited. And it will soon be more limited if some city directors have their way.

Competition for taxis: Does a court test lie ahead in Little Rock as in Texas?

Can Uber and Lyft find a way to provide ride-sharing in New York and San Francisco, but not backwaters like Little Rock. If City Director Joan Adcock has anything to do with it, the answer for Little Rock is no.
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