November, 2009
Fayettevillage Voice Blogs About Springdale

Lands End Office Supply Store 11-09-09
Anti Macadoodles 6-18-09
Taxpayers Provide Health Ins for Aldermen 6-3-9
Chamber Refuses to Release Study 3-23-09
Ice Storm Debris 2-19-09

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Posted on 18th November 20093 Comments
Various Meeting Minutes

BOD 10-20-09
12-13-09
11-17-09
November 2009
City Council Agenda 3-23-10
Meeting 11-24-09
October 2009 Board Minutes
Arvest 100,000 transfer
Board of Directors 2nd Qtr 2009
City Council Minutes 04-14-09
Board of Directors 1st Qtr 2009
 Board of Directors 2007 Minutes
Board of Directors 2006 Minutes
Board of Directors 4th Qtr 2008
Image Task Force Minutes March – November 2008
Retail Image Task Force Minutes 9-18-08
Infrastructure Task Force Minutes March – [...]

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Posted on 18th November 20091 Comment
FOIA Used to Target Volunteers, Webb Says

Coincidentally (or not) the article in the Morning News 11/17/09 http://smn.nwanews.com/ about Springdale’s 2010 budget meeting wherein the Chamber of Commerce agreed to separate at least the city’s $100,000 portion of funds is the ONLY article online that does not open and does not allow public comments – even with paid subscription.
Page Unavailable 
Article becomes available – AFTER the vote
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2009/nov/17/council-ready-budget-vote-2/
Also of interest [...]

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Posted on 17th November 20091 Comment
Another $100,000 in 2010

$100,000 requested for 2010
see complete 2010 proposed budget here:
http://www.springdalear.gov/docs/budget/2010_Budget.pdf

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Posted on 16th November 20092 Comments
Chamber Pays Webb’s Family for Landscaping

A compilation prepared by us showing payments made for landscaping or to Perry Webb’s family members, Brandon & Sarah Gordley owners of Showcase Lawns. We were unable to confirm which address was actually being landscaped or why two different companies were being used.  The photo shows the size of the Chamber’s lawn.
LINK TO LANDSCAPING COMPILATION

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Posted on 13th November 20095 Comments
The Board of Directors & Staff

Board of Directors
http://www.springdale.com/the_chamber/staff_and_directors

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Posted on 13th November 20093 Comments
Chamber Pays Webb’s Trip to Notre Dame – Updated 11-13-09

Chamber pays for Webb’s trip to Notre Dame
Notre Dame – $1025 ticket
and he brags about it on Twitter
http://twitter.com/perrywebb

 

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Posted on 9th November 20091 Comment
The Iconoclast – Must Read Jonah Tebbetts Blog Archives About Springdale

The Cowbirds of Summer 11-08-09
The Chicken That Laid the Golden Egg 11-02-09
Chickendale Cowbirds Chowdown 11-01-09
Behind the Cowbird Curtain 10-25-09
Cowbird Cabana Commissioners 09-23-09
Hard Times in the Promised Land 01-23-09
The Soul of Springdale 01-09-09
Down and Out in Springdale 12-17-08
Springdale Smackdown 10-17-08
Springdale Endorsements 10-10-08
Bipolar Disorder of Chickendale Cowbirds 07-23-08
Deadbeat Cowbirds Lose Illegal Exemption 07-08-08
Ray Dotson-Bowling for Bidness 06-30-08
Springdale [...]

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Posted on 6th November 20094 Comments
$12,000 Check for Unknown Purpose

$12000 check
This could be a legitimate expense, but the fact that only one signature is required to write checks of this size and no notation is made as to what it’s for – it’s just bad business practice.
Here’s another one written with only one signature.

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Posted on 3rd November 20091 Comment
Posted on 3rd November 20097 Comments
$8,480 – Paid to The Links for RENT

Rent payments to the Links in Springdale from June – November of 2007.  Statements are inconsistently coded:  nothing, 61400, rent, and professional fees…
Rent Payments to The Links in Springdale
Links Lease Agreement
Links

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Posted on 2nd November 20091 Comment
Office Supplies at BOSE, iTunes, Hickory Creek Marina & Land’s End

In no particular order, here are some pages from American Express statements showing purchases from BOSE, Land’s End, and more.
$3,300.00 spent at Wal-Mart for an unknown reason.
 $902.04 coffee pot – Delray Beach, Florida…
NOTE: The handwritten accounting codes and notes on these statements were written by the Chamber, NOT our staff.
Office Supplies from Lands End, BOSE, iTunes, [...]

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Posted on 2nd November 20095 Comments