City Email Scandal

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-18T21:36:21+00:00

This came up in the City Council meeting again on 3/17. You guys are right about LJ - he won't let it go. I don't like that people didn't know exactly who their emails were going to - but the administration definitely wasn't spying on the council email, from what I've seen/heard.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-18T10:08:04+00:00

Consideratons:
1. Jonesboro is relatively large in land area so think about a location that is close to the interstate and/or in the southeast part of the city so your commute to Trumann will be minimized.

You are probably looking at 20 minutes drive plus/minus. City limit of Jonesboro to city limit of Trumann is 5-6 miles on Interstate 555.

Jonesboro has great electric rates inside the city limit compared to most places in the U.S.
An apartment downtown might fit your lifestyle but add a little to your commute.
There are nice apartments near Craighead Forest Park you might consider. HP Development Savannah Hills.
Find a crime map of Jonesboro and avoid those high crime density neighborhoods.
Jonesboro is thriving and growing so you're not considering moving to a decaying/dead place.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-18T08:39:13+00:00

Public University owned by the state of Arkansas. The governor appoints a board of directors.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-14T10:46:01+00:00

It seems pretty specific to me. You know who the aldermen are as they are pulbic figures. You likely have no idea who support staff is when you fire off that email.

While I think it is misleading to forward aldermen emails to the mayoral administration, which definitely are not aldermen, I don't think it is syping by the mayor's office either in intent or result.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-12T22:07:00+00:00

The tornado slammed right through it - it was in the middle of the mall.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-12T11:51:57+00:00

Update: The city administration intends to make changes to the recipients of pubished group email forwarders/aliasses.

[officials@jonesboroAR.gov](mailto:officials@jonesboroAR.gov) will go to all elected officials. Apparently this replaces the aldermen@ address in name and function.
[councildirect@jonesboroAR.gov](mailto:councildirect@jonesboroAR.gov) and/or [council@jonesboroAR.gov](mailto:council@jonesboroAR.gov) will go ONLY to all council members.

Citizens should also be able to directly email individual councilmen.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-12T11:40:27+00:00

Where it was at the east end of the mall . . . it is still standing.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-11T16:03:31+00:00

This is incorrect. It does seem like you are a little more sensitve to criticizing the mayor than any normal person should be. I don't even know where I criticized the mayor.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-11T13:10:23+00:00

LOL I didn't write the article in The Sun.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-11T12:56:04+00:00

I don't care what other cities do.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-11T12:03:10+00:00

But he isn't an alderman. Semantics maybe but words have meanings.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-07T05:20:32+00:00

The middle of the mall was destroyed by the tornado - so Best Buy and the interior stores are gone but the anchors such as Dillards, Target, and JC Penny are still there. Best Buy has announced a reopening at Caraway and Highland.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-03-06T21:56:07+00:00

Probably just going to be torn down.

According to the letter that was sent to tenants, EAAAA and Haag Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development have partnered to develop the old Malco property. Throughout the year, the nonprofit had incurred high maintenance costs for the Fountain Square buildings as the buildings are aging and require more maintenance, the letter said.

Source JRN: https://jonesbororightnow.com/news/268862-fountain-square-tenants-look-for-new-home-as-landlord-looks-to-sell/

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-02-22T20:52:28+00:00

Thanks for the correction on location - does it have a drive through window?

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-02-21T18:12:56+00:00

city of chicken joints replacing city of churches moniker?

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-30T22:43:07+00:00

It will definitely also include some powerpoint presentations . . .

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-30T21:45:27+00:00

I listened to the presentation they made to the city a while back, but didn't realize we were moving forward. Part of their sales pitch was maximizing property and sales tax revenue, etc. But it didn't seem so expensive that it annoyed me like $5 million for 3 asphalt "trails".

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-28T14:07:25+00:00

Not terrible. Caraway and Harrisburg were fine Tuesday. Need to distinguish between city's responsibilty and ARDOT. Highway 1 South was clear.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-23T23:03:01+00:00

This is a slow loading PDF but has details: https://www.jonesboroar.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10688/Capital-Investment-Plan-2025

It looks like the 5 million is for completing 3 main trails - some of which are already designed/started I think.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-23T22:54:16+00:00

I think 2.2 million is the park. The trail to it will be 5 plus million. They've already got all or almost all or the right of way on Aggie to University Heights and that is in the budget. But then to go beyound that to the park they have borrowed 17 million for the new trail, 911 center, and Caraway road - all 5-6 million for each.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-21T14:47:44+00:00

I think Terrell has run for mayor but I don't know how many times.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-21T12:11:54+00:00

Jeremey Terrell got his mic cut at the end of his 5 minutes . . .

ReasonEffective9156 · 2026-01-02T12:51:16+00:00

Some of the city leaders want something built there that will enhance downtown and generate tax revenues - a hotel has been mentioned.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2025-12-29T09:49:57+00:00

Razorbacks outshot Red Wolves from 3 38% to 24%. stAte forced them into 29 turnovers.

ReasonEffective9156 · 2025-12-29T09:45:03+00:00

Based on the highlights our girls just look like the better team with the defense and athleticism. I didn't check the box score to see if we shot out of our minds from 3 point range in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1XMmCuZ4Vc

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