More on the Files/Webb/Fort Smith city debacle which could have criminal implications. April 12, 2017

Since well before March 2014 (contract date) I have written numerous articles (at least 16) and two emails directed specifically to the City Manager, the Mayor & the Board of Directors asking the question, why was this potentially lucrative contract for the River Valley Sports Complex awarded to two elected politicians by elected politicians? At the very least impropriety emanated from all participants. No response, with the exception of one Director.

All the above articles appear on the website arkansasfreedom.net and all have my permission to forward.

Now comes the printed words of the T.R. that Fort Smith City Director Larry Lau has also done business with State Senator Jake Files (two elected officials) which further magnifies the possibilities of using political positions—to advance a host of illegal, unconstitutional, and/or unseemly projects, e.g. cronyism, collusion, the stifling of commercial competition, inside trading, ad infinitum.

The fact of the matter is the whole of the elected Fort Smith Government and the other three aforementioned electives doing business in one form or another with each other has cast a dark shadow (lack of transparency) over the city of Fort Smith. Is there more to come?

Their professional conduct is not to be tolerated under any condition. Resignation by all is the remedy.

Incumbency is a toxic weed.

In the minds of politicians, incumbency confers ownership of the public office which they occupy.

Joe McCutchen
arkansasfreedom.net