On Thursday, July 29, 2010 we will have the ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE TASKFORCE ON REDUCING POVERTY AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY in Jonesboro for a Town Hall Meeting to listen to your opinions as to what our state legislature should be doing in the next session to help reduce poverty and promote economic opportunity in Northeast Arkansas. The taskforce will compile data on all of the ideas they have received from 5 meetings around the state and present the report to our legislators and the Governor before the next legislative session.

It is our time as a community to speak up about the out dated state policies that fail to promote real drug addiction prevention; deny treatment for a recognized medical problem and that fail to support our local law enforcement in combating the people dealing highly addictive drugs for monetary profit. These are the policies that lead to loss of economic productivity, denial of economic opportunity and increased poverty in our communities.

We need your presence at this meeting to let the taskforce know that we are serious in Northeast Arkansas about making positive changes in our communities. Here is the Press Release.

Contact your federal and state representives in the Craighead County area and see what they have to say about the drug problems we are having in our communities. Our communities do have voice but only if we use it. Just click on their name for the most recent contact we have. If you have a better contact then please send this us.

U.S. Senate
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor

U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D)
U.S. Representative John N. Boozman (R) - Candidate

U.S. House of Representative (1st Congressional District)
Rick Crawford (R) - Candidate
Ken Adler (G) - Candidate
Chad Causey (D) - Candidate
John Gray (G) - Candidate

Governor
Gov. Mike Beebe (D)
James Holland 'Jim' Keet, III (R)  - Candidate

State Senators
Senator Paul Bookout

Senator Steve Bryles

Senator Robert Thompson

Senator David Wyatt

Senator Jim Luker

State Representatives
Rep. Butch Wilkins, D-74

Rep. Joan Cash, D-75 

Rep. Charolette Wagner D-77 

Rep. Billy Gaskill D-78 

Rep. Mike Patterson D-79

District 76 - Candidates:
Homer Lenderman (D)
Jim Martin (R)