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class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Ladies &amp; Gentlemen of the Arkansas State Legislature:<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>January 1, 2009<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Individuals who are employed by various government entities<br \/>\nare assured of getting a check each week, accompanied by any number of perks,<br \/>\ncompliments of the producers, i.e. those of us who generate the funds for their<br \/>\nexistence.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Many if not most, have a complete disconnect, in that they<br \/>\nhave no immediate concerns regarding the recession and ultimately the<br \/>\ndepression we are about to enter.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The<br \/>\nunemployment lines will continue to get longer and the conditions causing these<br \/>\nlines will exacerbate. <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">As you ladies &amp; gentlemen enter the legislative arena,<br \/>\nthe usual fundraising hordes will be on the attack, notably the educantists,<br \/>\nwhich brings me to the point of this missive.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>I will address one small area briefly; hopefully you all will get the<br \/>\nmessage\u00e2\u20ac\u201daccountability. <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">I cite the Univ. of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Chancellor<br \/>\nPaul Beran. There is no public awareness of public schools and higher education\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<br \/>\nspending habits and justifications, only \u00e2\u20ac\u0153we need more money\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. All school<br \/>\nsystems are awash in money and their areas of involvement in society needlessly<br \/>\ncontinue to expand. <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">In the case of UAFS and Chancellor Beran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s insatiable appetite<br \/>\nfor global involvements is but one example.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>Many if not most of the students at said institution have never read the<br \/>\nConstitution, the Bill of Rights, could not tell you who the Constitutional<br \/>\nofficers are or the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two senators, as examples.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Yet Beran, with selected bureaucrats and<br \/>\nstudents, globe trots with chutzpah while fanning the flames for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153globalization\u00e2\u20ac\u009d(collectivism)<br \/>\nat enormous cost to the producers, when our state and city would be best served<br \/>\nby teaching students the obligations of American citizenship and its incumbent<br \/>\nresponsibilities.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>As pointed out above,<br \/>\nhe has no regard for those paying for his salary and many perks.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Another item with which I take umbrage is electronic billboards<br \/>\nresiding in Fort Smith advertising UAFS. Students interested in college won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<br \/>\nbe influenced by billboards.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">I am asking each of you to demand specific accountability on<br \/>\nthese many murky expenditures, demand a cutback in personnel, i.e. assistants,<br \/>\ndeputies, ad infinitum, and a list of the top 50 employees and their<br \/>\naccompanying salaries\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6to name a few. (This should apply across the board).<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">There was a time when school administrators could be<br \/>\nbelieved\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthose days are gone.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>We have<br \/>\nabout reached the point of having to turn over our paychecks to the failed<br \/>\npublic and higher education fiefdoms.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">And finally, two more vivid examples of wholesale corruption<br \/>\nby government officials, past &amp; present. You know the specifics of Lu<br \/>\nHardin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wanton pillaging of UCA. Now comes our career self-serving governor<br \/>\nwho has appointed his old buddy Jay Bradford to head another government agency<br \/>\nas Insurance Commissioner, replete with a $9,000 yearly increase. This is a<br \/>\nblatant conflict of interest since Bradford owns an insurance agency, and to<br \/>\nfurther this outrage, Bradford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agency does business with the state.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>So much for ethics and the rule of law\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.things<br \/>\nour state government is not known for. Bradford was recently Director of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Behavioral<br \/>\nSciences Division\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at the Arkansas DHS.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>Qualifications?<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Why are there not criminal investigations?<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Shades of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blago\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">The Protection Racket reigns supreme.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Kindest regards,<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Joe McCutchen<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><font size=\"2\">Fort Smith<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies &amp; Gentlemen of the Arkansas State Legislature:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 1, 2009 Individuals who are employed by various government entities are assured of getting a check each week, accompanied by any number of perks, compliments of the producers, i.e. those of us who generate the funds for their existence. Many if not most, have a complete &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=514\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Protection Racket reigns supreme<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beebe-continues-the-corruption-legacy","category-state-government-offenses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}