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05.09.2025

Cities need that help

I find it interesting and quite pathetic that Democrat mayors and governors are denying help from Donald Trump to clean up the out of control crime within their cities. These elected officials either have such severe Trump Derangement Syndrome that they are willing to risk more of their citizens lives than to give Trump credit, or they fear that their constituents will realize the failed Democrat policies if Trump was allowed to send the National Guard to assist local law enforcement. Nevertheless, I believe Democrat politicians are once again on the wrong side of this issue. For Democrats, it's politics over common sense.

Let's just hope that Mayor Frank Scott Jr. of Little Rock (one of the top U.S. cities with a high violent-crime rate per capita) does not play politics if given an opportunity for additional policing. Little Rock could use as much help as possible.

DEWEY BARR

Maumelle

Fossil-fuel industry

Bruce Westerman--as all of Arkansas representatives and senators--is apparently influenced by the fossil-fuel industry. Westerman is pushing to gut the environmental licensing processes put in place to make........

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