“Arkansas taxpayers are footing the bill not just for @VanirCM’s “management” fees and extensive travel, but for first-class flights, luxury hotels, and even alcohol—sometimes twice via duplicate expense reports.”

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Are there lessons to be learned from others’ missteps? Or are we doomed to repeat them before we learn for ourselves?

Read the latest from @gravelandgrit.bsky.social on Substack:

“Failure”

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5️⃣.

Bart Hester, who was nominally on the baseball team at U of A, says there wouldn't be NIL at all if it was up to him.

I guess that's to be expected from someone who almost never saw the field. 0-3 on the season wouldn't get a dime in NIL money if it had been around when he was in school.

Oh, look: they can’t get the $750M for the prison, so they’re going to try to move $250M from existing funds. Make it too costly now to stop spending in the future. Nice way to run the total bill way higher than $825M in the end. arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocu...

You have to wonder why Sarah would cash in so much political capital for this mega-prison.

Call your Arkansas state legislators and tell them to vote no!

Check out my latest piece on this mega-prison push.
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The more they vote the more we write. Read the latest on Substack:

"Three Strikes"

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One of the more important calls you’ll make: save Arkansas libraries.

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Despite Chairman Magness’s personal “estimations,” we felt an actual analysis from one of our HR professionals would better provide the information those concerned are looking to understand.

Read @gravelandgrit.bsky.social’s latest article for more.

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Thanks @freetracy.bsky.social. Fixed—wonky copy/pasting from “the other place.”

Call to action on prison funding (SB354)! Outreach guide linked. Call & email daily.

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Have they done ANY homework on this site? They have owned it for eight months now! UN-REAL...

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders wants to build a prison against the will of locals and common sense. I explain in today’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette why she is wrong. More prisons do not reduce crime.

Public comment that we won’t get an opportunity to present on SB354 in @gravelandgrit.bsky.social’s latest article.

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Thanks, I’d love to check it out.

Incredibly pleased today to bring you a guest post from our friends at Gravel and Grit, a nonprofit formed to oppose the Franklin County prison project.

Got questions about the budget estimates for the prison?

G&G has you covered.

Read on! 👇

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Is a prison budget from a profit motivated prison building company reliable? You be the judge. Check out @gravelandgrit.bsky.social’s latest article:

“Character Witness”

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With the new amendment filed today, this will be referred to Special Language so now you’re looking in the right place. Next Wednesday should be interesting….

A billion dollar set-aside now? The plot thickens. Check out what we know and what we’re asking in @gravelandgrit.bsky.social’s latest Substack.

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Confused about the crazy prison number? Check the new @gravelandgrit.bsky.social Substack.

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