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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Mark Vaught's Overspending Causes City of Conway's Financial Woes
To the Left: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances Before Mark Vaught Took Office.......
To the Right: The Condition of the City of Conway Finances After Mark Vaught Leaves Office.......
Job Performance Matters!!! We don't need Mark Vaught causing Financial Ruin at the Faulkner County level!!!........Political Ad Paid For By: Citizens For Responsible Govt
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it really gripes me about conway's finances being upside down. whenever i am outdoors enjoying our fine walking trails or simply enjoying the frontyard, occasionally some dookie mess comes in my path. this dookie mess reminds me of the same mess that mark vaught has created at his city position by severely overspending the city budgets to the point of its present financial crisis. this mark vaught character is now seeking a faulkner county position. vaught left a huge dookie mess for the citizens to clean up at the city offices. now he is trying to wiggle his tail in a county job. soon we will have another huge dookie pile at the county level! his incompetency at any public office position creates financial disasters wherever he is at. i hope never gets a public position anywhere!!!
I hope everyone will get out and vote for Tim Griffin!!! He is one of the more reputable politicians out there.
In my opinion Job Performance & Character are the two most important criteria in choosing a candidate for office. From listening to the people on the streets in Conway, i have found out that citizens are extremely upset with Vaught's mishandling of the city finances. Vaught's job performance at his city position was horrific, to say the least. Also, women are gossiping that Vaught can be rude to women to the point that it can turn into verbal abuse. Women around town feel like that they can't trust his character at all!
To 1:49pm: there is no "gossiping" going on. It's all TRUTH! I have been verbally abused by Vaught as well as in other ways. I have many female friends who have gone through similar experiences with him. I have even personally witnessed him chew his wife out in public!. He has an ego bigger than TX and treats others as if he is the almighty. He has shown his true character to far too many women. Most women have at some point had an unfortunate instance with a mean spirited woman hating man. Sometimes through a relationship and sometimes just through life encounters. No matter how we got it we all have a very keen awareness for men who treat women badly and as if we are beneath them. Mark Vaught fits this description to a tee! Sad he is even a candidate but we do have the power to ensure he des NOT get voted into an office where he can bash all the women of Faulkner County! My vote is for Melinda who has done a great job since the 90s! Let's keep her doing what's right!
Vaught and the city are being sued by Employees of the Conway Police Department and the Conway Fire Department. Richard Shumate and Damon Reed initiated the suit because Vaught etal unlawly used and allocated voluntary salary improvement tax from a 1/4 sales tax. Check out the article in the Log Cabin Democrat dated Wednesday, September 19th, 2012.
The true character of Vaught is surfacing. Guess what? Vaught goes to church at the local Church of Christ assembly and most of the congregation there that really know Vaught say that they are not going to vote for Vaught even if he ran for dog catcher. The more you get to know Vaught, the less you think of him! Kinda creepy to me, not knowing which Vaught you are voting for- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde.
When Mark Vaught was looking at schools for his kids, Vaught looked at the Conway public schools and decided against the Conway Wampus Cat tradition and its hardworking teachers. Mark Vaught chose private schools. Vaught obviously bashed the whole public school system in the process. If he thought poorly of Conway Schools, then you know that he must have disdain for all of Faulkner County Public Schools-the Vilonia Eagles, Mayflower Mustangs, and Greenbrier Panthers school systems, traditions, teachers, etc.
Mark Vaught indirectly bashed the other public schools, Guy-Perkins Thunderbirds and Quitman Wolverines and all the sincere, hard-working teachers in these communities, too!
Guys,
Don't forget the Mt Vernon-Enola Warhawks and their hard-working teachers that Mark Vaught indirectly bashed when choosing private over public schools. Vaught probably thinks his kid is too good for public schools!
A new financial debaucle facing the city of Conway involves the new airport funding. Mark Vaught and the other city councilmen have to come up with twice the funding on the airport than originally budgeted. Another disaster to the city finances on the horizon. Poor financial planning by Vaught on the new airport is hoping to stress the budget even worse. The stupidest forecasting in the airport financing that Vaught approved is the item where new hangars are paid for by the sale of the old hangars. $$$ of New Hangars DOES NOT EQUAL $$$ of Old Hangars!!!! No wonder the budget is screwed up by Vaught!!!
MARK VAUGHT IS SO IGNORANT!!!! THE NEW CONSTRUCTION COST OF HANGARS WILL FAR OUTWEIGH THE SALE OF OLD HANGARS!!! No wonder the city finances have gone backwards while Vaught has been in office.
Here is the list of Conway City Council Members- Andy Hawkins, David Grimes, Shelley Mehl , Jim Rhodes , Mary Smith, Theodore Jones, Jr., Shelia Whitmore, and Tab Townsell-Mayor. These people have been dealing with Vaught's ignorance for a number of years. Ask them about his low IQ. They will verify it.
Mark Vaught drew the biggest laughter at a tea party event and made an "a$$" of himself proposing more absurd spending measures- Quote the Log Cabin, "The loudest laughter came when Conway Alderman Mark Vaught asked how the city and county could work together better, perhaps combining to build a city-county administration building, and JP Steve Goode said “Yeah, with the county paying 100 percent.” No wonder the city is upside down!!!!
that was a great article by log cabin reporter Becky Harris. the crowd at the tea party meeting belittled vaught about proposing a new city/county administration blog. way to go Becky!
guys,
I am trying to sell my old Tahoe that is about to croak for enough cash to buy a new Tahoe. Any possibilities?
No way, man! What's your point?
Mark Vaught thinks he can sell the old airport hangers for enough cash for new ones.
MARK VAUGHT'S RECORD AS A PUBLIC SERVANT
1. LEAVES CITY FINANCES IN SHAMBLES
2. LEAVES CITY EMPLOYEES WITH NO PAY RAISES
3. LEAVES CITY WITH LAWSUITS BY EMPLOYEES SEEKING PAY RAISES
4. LEAVES CITY WITH DOUBLE THE ORIGINAL FUNDING EXPENSES FOR NEW AIRPORT
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE OF MY STELLAR RECORD IN OFFICE
The article by the Log Cabin reporter Becky Harris could be the smoking gun that derails Vaught's campaign. What an idiotic statement to make at a tea party meeting!!! If you give an individual time to talk long enough, you give them time to show their ignorance. I can't believe that Vaught would be proposing another expenditure such as a new administration building knowing that the city is upside down right now, especially in front of the tea party group! The whole crowd laughed at his stupidity.
you are right about the log cabin democrat article by becky harris being the albatross that weights down Vaught's reputation. I think that the ark business journal article by Kate Knable about the class action lawsuit of the city workers suing the city of Conway could hurt vaught's campaign even worse. The lawsuit shows the true character of Vaught and other councilmen about how they treat and care about their employees and their families!
I am a tea party supporter in Faulkner County and am really disappointed in the candidates that they are supporting. David Crow and Janet Crow recently moved into Faulkner Couhty with good intentions in helping the Republican Cause but are not familiar with the quality of character that the individuals in the area represent. David and Janet Crow will support any candidate that claims they are Conservative or Republican when their character displays otherwise. We might need to replace David and Janet Crow as head of the Faulkner County Tea Party with someone more attuned to our area!!!!
Just found this on the web and recognized some of these names here, mostly some Faulkner County politicos. LMAO...The big news that is hitting the local TV and radio stations is the $130,000 Christmas tree in Conway. It seems that the mayor, Tab Townsell, refused to shop this expensive purchase in which he could have saved the taxpayers $50,000 had he shopped this around a little.
Mayor Townsell has done a few good things for the city. But as other mayors do he attends workshops and events to gather ideas and brings them back to Conway. Townsell will act like these ideas were his own.
What these politicians need is more workshops in public service- Class 101-HOW TO BE A SERVANT TO THE PUBLIC, Class 102- BEING A STEWARD OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, Class 103- GOVERNMENT ETHICS, Class 104- TRANSPARENCY, etc.
i think ur mayor townsell has more problems on his plate than he lets on. his deceptiveness in city business carried over to his personal life. rumors are swirling that he had be cheating on his wife, not with another woman but another man. pretty juice gossip by arkansas standard!!!
Do you think Tab Townsell will run as an openly gay candidate in his next election?
Probably not... his last election was a very slim margin for him considering that he had two opponents that split the Anti-Tab vote against him. If Townsell had just one opponent, it would have been a closer race and his positives and negatives in his image could been evaluated better.
Ditto on the openly gay issue. Townsell has too many negatives besides adding a coming out of the closet issue. This is not a San Fransisco voting district or a Barney Frank area.
These comments kinda make sense after typing in Tab Townsell in the goggle search engine. When I type in his name, immediately comes up Tab Townsell divorce or Tab Townsell gay. A lot of people have been doing a search on him.
Townsell has said that this mayoral term is his last. So he probably won't be running for any office soon. The Democrats might be desperate for a candidate to run for some position and call on him. The Dems will have to throw some money in his direction to get him to run. However, a rout to a Republican will label him as a loser and his political career will be over!
Hey guys, the $130,000 Christmas tree story made it to the Dave Elswick Show on KARN. The program guests were Nic Horton of the Arkansas Project and some Tea Party reps. The guests mentioned that even your own Conway resident and Alderman Wesley Pruitt basically was proud of his wasteful spending of taxpayer's monies. Pruitt told taxpayers that if they didn't like his stupid tax and spend measures of the Hamburger tax then don't eat at McDonalds, Wendy's , Arby's, or any restaurant that collect our taxes for the city. I'm NOT GOING TO LET PRUITT PREVENT ME FROM EATING OUT .....I'm GOING TO THROW THAT WESLEY PRUITT OUT OF OFFICE!!!
Wow!!! Alderman Wes Pruitt is too ignorant to realize that he represents the taxpayer that provides the money to cut the check. For Wes to tell a taxpayer that he doesn't care what he thinks when it comes to spending the taxpayer's money is totally idiotic and clueless.
JUST NOSY says ......that Conway citizens have been contacting their alderman on their lack of careful spending of taxpayer's monies. Almost every alderman has responded to the taxpayer's concerns by stating that they are not interested in their opinion about how the A&P funds were misspent. They say that if they had the chance to make the decision on the lack of bidding on the Christmas tree all over again, they would make the same decision.
The Christmas tree fiasco was created by the same councilmen that caused the budget woes for the city of Conway. The mayor and alderman acted remorseful before election time and got reelected. This recent boondoggle with the tree purchase should show the taxpayers that the council wasn't truly sincere with changing their reckless spending ways.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee says....Does anyone know who is Mayor Tab Toensell's boyfriend?
Some mentioned that Tab Townsell's boyfriend works for the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce.
Alderman Wes Pruitt worked for the chamber. Could he be the homewrecker?
pretty sure that pruitt isn't
Wes Pruitt has a wife and kids. I don't think he is Tab's boyfriend. But there are a few guys that are freaky in that they have a wife and kids plus a boyfriend on the side!!!
FROM WHAT RUMORS THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING, TAB TOWNSELL'S BOYFRIEND IS A TOP OFFICIAL WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Conway City Alderman Ward 2 Pos 1
Aaron Knight (I)(39.98%)1,575
Wesley Pruitt (I)(32.04%)1,262
James Quinn (I)(27.98%)1,102
Alderman Wes Pruitt is irrelevant in the mix of politics in Conway. He lost the general election but eked out a runoff election .
Nice post on the election results.....what was the runoff numbers?
From the Log Cabin Democrat-Pruitt received 130 votes to Knight’s 120 votes. The final race, which was originally among three candidates, is for Ward 2, Position 1.
Only 250 people cared to vote in the runoff with only 130 people caring about Pruitt!
dudes, ur totally irrelevant if u muster up 130 votes in a runoff
Do you guys think there was a kickback on this expensive Xmas tree?
There could have been some cash hidden in a pie box delivered to the mayor similar to State Treasurer Martha Shoffner's kickback scheme.
Won't be long until we see Mayor Tab leading the gay parade marching in the lead with his rainbow flag.
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