To the Honorable Fort Smith Mayor George McGill and members of the City Board.   2/10/19

Friday, February 8, 2019 The Times Record led: Mayor: “Let’s resolve lawsuits”

Mayor McGill led with a litany of topical reasons to rid the city of lawsuits.  His conclusion was: “We all need to put the interests of our city first. I strongly believe those of our residents (taxpaying citizens) who have taken us to court truly love this city and want the city to do well,” McGill said.

Mayor McGill we do not live in a cultural Marxist society, we live in a Constitutional Republic where the individual and family comes first, not the collective, which the Democrat & Republican parties now represent, as you well know after being schooled in the Democrat party for decades.

McGill goes on to say “Maybe taking us (government) to court was a way for them (taxpayers) to express their frustrations with the city government.” 

The Mayor also said he believes “sitting down and listening to each other is the best way to vent frustrations and overcome differences,” not always taking legal action.  How will that prevent crime & corruption in the secret back rooms of elected & appointed officials who are sometimes caught, indicted, & convicted for their illegal activities? E.g. Fort Smith & the State Legislature.

Your position is most disturbing.  If the city comes first, why the plethora of illegal activities conducted in the dark with no public transparency?

What forum is left to law-abiding taxpaying citizens other than the courts to protect citizen’s rights and interests?

Joe McCutchen