HAPPY TRAILS!<\/p>\n
North to
\n Bentonville, AR<\/p>\n
West to\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEast to
\nHenryetta, OK\t\t Fort Smith, AR\t\tRusselleville, AR<\/p>\n
South to
\n Hatfield, AR<\/p>\n
January 17, 2015
\nEach of the above cities is almost exactly 87.59 miles from the city limits of Fort Smith, AR which is the exact length of the Trails the Fort Smith city government is promoting. <\/p>\n
Why, suddenly the uber push for this absurdity? A probable explanation:
\n1.\tNo funding available due to the coming expiration of the 1% \/1 cent street\/sewer tax. Therefore; City Manager Gosack, the Mayor, the City Directors and their enablers have no present source of funding to support the Agenda 21 Trail System. Obviously, they are depending on citizen renewal of the 1% tax as their funding source for the proposed Trails.
\n2.\tThe city also speaks of a partial source of funding from corporations. Corporations do not fund any entity from which they do not receive double or more benefits accompanied by political control.
\n3.\tAs stated above, the city is counting on the 1% sales tax to be renewed and state affirmatively they will earmark 5% for trails ($1 \u00bd million per year). 10 years produces $15 million. Stated initial cost of the proposed Trails is said to be for openers $17 million, resulting in an immediate $2 million deficit, but does not address the enormous increases in the costs of doing business, inflation and government waste.
\n4.\tThe cradle of Marxism in Arkansas, i.e. Fayetteville, Rogers, Bentonville, Springdale, has completed their U.N. Agenda 21 Trails Systems; therefore like sheep and not to be outdone the F.S. city sycophants must make their uber push to please the United Nations\u2019 & D.C. demands.<\/p>\n
TV Ch. 5 (& perhaps others) interviewed 2 or 3 Fort Smith citizens 1\/14\/15 and asked their views on the multi-purpose Trail system. Answers were what one might expect, varying from: \u201coh, it\u2019s a wonderful idea\u201d, \u201cwell; more people would use it in the summertime\u201d. Of course, no statement or questions regarding costs or city government expansions, nor the justification of 87.59 miles of trails.<\/p>\n
Fort Smith city government\u2019s 2 main selling points (both fictitious).
\n1.\tThe Trail system will bring in new industry. (not one shred of empirical evidence to support their assertion).
\n2.\tCity functionaries are now maintaining the Trail system will draw more students to UAFS & they will graduate and remain here. (Doing what? Again no empirical evidence to support the wild claim.)
\n3.\tBoth city arguments are based on nothing more than feel-good, sound-good indoctrinations.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately we citizens are now wallowing in a \u201ckept\u201d society, and for the most part citizens are devoid of objective or analytical thought. In view of all the huge monetary deficiencies & multiple entertainment venues the Fort Smith city government has created and engaged in, why should a taxpaying citizen vote for ANY tax being promoted by this government in light of their 30 year history of mal-performances and plundering? Particularly the extension of the 1% street\/sewer tax for 10 more years. For example:<\/p>\n
1.\tMisappropriation & diversion of a $600 million mandated 1 cent sales tax specifically dedicated to streets\/sewers initiated 30 years ago. Observe the decaying conditions of present day streets, sewers, and the accompanying flooding. The newer streets do not turn water. This piracy was accomplished by misapplication, misappropriation, diverting tax dollars, and perhaps other methods, absent citizen approval & most assuredly accountability.
\n2.\tIn the wings is the recent leveling of an EPA $300,000 fine and their $1\/2 Billion mandate to reconstruct the sewers. Money was readily available if the city was judicious & objective in their spending of taxpayer dollars. WE ARE PAYING FOR THE SAME PROJECT AT LEAST TWICE, I.E. SEWER RECONSTRUCTION.
\n3.\tThis followed by city government overriding citizen voters disdain of mass medicating with fluoride\u2026replete with no funding, and same goes for police\/fire pensions, i.e. no funding.
\n4.\tCity government promising across the board pay raises for city employees. 4% increase in healthcare costs and 3-4% for merit & step increases\u2014Absent funding. City government deviously promotes their position that increases in healthcare costs are not monetary raises.
\n5.\tThe numerous hugely expensive entertainment venues, some cash disbursements visible and some not, e.g. the Marshal\u2019s Museum. The Merry-Go-Round never stops.
\n6.\tCity Management is proposing 6-10 or more tax & fee increases. Some are new.<\/p>\n
To conclude that the majority of citizens are politically disengaged may be correct, and if that scenario is correct it is the major reason we citizens are\/have become nothing more than government vassals and few realize it.<\/p>\n
So why is the city government supporting such a massive, absurd Trail program when the architects are the Federal Government and the U.N.\u2019s Agenda 21?<\/p>\n
Sooner than later citizens will come to realize the real purpose of the Trail systems. It would behoove them to do some critical\/serious researching & thinking. The imminent Economic Professor Paul Craig Roberts wrote, \u201cAMERICANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY THING EXCEPTIONAL ABOUT THE U.S. IS THE IGNORANCE OF THE POPULATION AND THE STUPIDITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.\u201d In support of Dr. Roberts, here is the big question, where are the citizens who should be asking WHERE DID THE MONEY GO,<\/strong> i.e. the 30 year 1% sales tax for streets & sewers that generated $600 Million? Certainly not to the dedicated purpose\u2014streets & sewers. <\/p>\n The Fort Smith city government has lied to the EPA for 25 years and more importantly, the citizens for 30 years. What would make one think these political sycophants will change their stripes?<\/p>\n IN A CAPSULE: THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT AGENDA 21 REIGNING IN CITIZEN MOVEMENTS, DIMINISHING FREEDOMS, RESTRICTING PROPERTY RIGHTS & USAGE & ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF NATURAL RESOURCES.<\/p>\n THE REAL INDEBTEDNESS FORT SMITH HAS GENERATED, REVEALED STATISTICALLY IS STAGGERING AND TAXPAYERS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE REAL NUMBERS\u2014WE ARE JUST VASSALS AND I GUESS I NEED TO HIT THE TRAIL.<\/strong><\/p>\n Joe McCutchen<\/p>\n arkansasfreedom.net<\/p>\n Cc: Citizens\u2026\u2026.please share on your Facebook & other media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HAPPY TRAILS! North to Bentonville, AR West to East to Henryetta, OK Fort Smith, AR Russelleville, AR South to Hatfield, AR January 17, 2015 Each of the above cities is almost exactly 87.59 miles from the city limits of Fort Smith, AR which is the exact length of the Trails the Fort Smith city government … Continue reading HAPPY TRAILS!<\/span>