My friend, Representative Bill Abernathy , had arranged a productive afternoon for us yesterday. We began with a meeting of some of those who are interested in seeing funding and construction on I 49. The Joint Performance and Review Committee will be in Mena the end of November for a meeting and one of the topics will be I 49 and how to get some forward progress on it. Along with my colleagues who represent the I 49 corridor I sponsored a Joint Resolution encouraging Congress, the President, and everyone else to commit to building I 49 between Texarkana and Fort Smith.
After that meeting we met with some of the Wickes and Van Cove school board members and administration as we discussed helping them with any issues they might have as they explore ways to keep their schools viable. As a long term educator and Chairman of the House Education Committee Bill is certainly the lead person on this. I represent both the Wickes and Van Cove school districts and I am committed to helping them. I do have concerns with those Umpire students who consolidated with Wickes a couple of years ago.
Lastly Representative Abernathy and I were the speakers at the Duke Frederick Lecture at Rich Mountain Community College. There was a good crowd and I am confident that Bill and I "wowed" them with our talks - at least they were gracious to us. We did have some good questions during the discussion. I spoke mainly on the revenue picture and my concerns about how dollars will flow into the state coffers in the coming months.
All in all it was a productive afternoon in Polk County. Looking at my calendar I don't believe I will be back up that way until deer season opens and I go to deer camp and I am looking forward to deer camp.
After that meeting we met with some of the Wickes and Van Cove school board members and administration as we discussed helping them with any issues they might have as they explore ways to keep their schools viable. As a long term educator and Chairman of the House Education Committee Bill is certainly the lead person on this. I represent both the Wickes and Van Cove school districts and I am committed to helping them. I do have concerns with those Umpire students who consolidated with Wickes a couple of years ago.
Lastly Representative Abernathy and I were the speakers at the Duke Frederick Lecture at Rich Mountain Community College. There was a good crowd and I am confident that Bill and I "wowed" them with our talks - at least they were gracious to us. We did have some good questions during the discussion. I spoke mainly on the revenue picture and my concerns about how dollars will flow into the state coffers in the coming months.
All in all it was a productive afternoon in Polk County. Looking at my calendar I don't believe I will be back up that way until deer season opens and I go to deer camp and I am looking forward to deer camp.
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