Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Letters To The Editor

Abandoned Dogs

There are two reasons I moved to Prescott. One was to be closer to my job and the other was to buy a home in a nice, quiet, clean neighborhood. My home in Arkadelphia was in that same situation until The Neighbors' moved in. In six months' time their home and yard started to resemble the city dump  trash, cans, paper, etc. Now this is very frustrating when the other home owners on the block are trying to keep the neighborhood decent.

Now I find myself in the same trashy situation. This time the homeowner abandoned the home and also abandoned a dog. The most irritating thing about this is the dog raids trash containers all over the block trying to find food  remember he was abandoned  and then he drags it all back to the front and back yard  you name it, diapers, bags, bones, shoes, clothes, cans, just to name a few. The front and back yards are littered with garbage. The homeowner still lives in town and drives past this trash daily.

I have called the Chief of Police to remove or eradicate the abandon dog and have the homeowner to clean up. Nothing has happened yet. I wonder if this was next to his home, would it be handled? Everyone who comes down West Second North and the corner of Laurel Street has seen and made comments on this less than sight full house and yard. This is a direct slap in the face to the tax-paying citizens on this block. Animals running loose, property covered with trash, because of loose running animal and there is no city official who can or will do anything about it. Again, if this same situation was next to the Mayor's home, I am sure it would get handled very quickly. "Good People/Clean Town" think about it. Maybe it is time for a new label that tells it really like it is.

Dwight A. Dixon

Prescott

Publish Names

In the September 27 issue of the Nevada County Picayune, the following statement was made "Still the architects, job superintendent and board members couldn't understand why so few local contractors bid on the project."

This is a guess, but....Maybe the local contractors still have a sour taste in their mouths from previous dealings with the above mentioned architects and job superintendent and just don't want to have that taste in their mouth again. Could it be? Yes, it could be.

And a question for Mr. Ragsdale: "Are you going to satisfy your readers curiosity by printing those large delinquent electrical users since Mr. Pryor did rule such information as being available for public knowledge, or what? If you're going to raise a stink, sir, you should follow it all the way through. Enquiring minds want to know.

Phyllis A. Haynes

Registered Nevada County Voter

Making It Clear

In response to last week's article concerning the residency of Tommy Roebuck (candidate for District 36), I would like to clear up some false statements Roebuck made concerning me. Tommy Roebuck has publicly dragged me into the storm of allegations surrounding the residency issue.' The real issue is "Does Roebuck live in the district he wants to represent?"

Tommy Roebuck made the statement that "he would never have bought the house in Hot Springs had it not been for Eddie Arnold." This was a custom-built home, an estate for Roebuck; he did not just buy an existing home.

Another false statement was when Roebuck said, "The issue was taken to court with Roebuck winning a judgement." This is an outright lie! The case was dismissed. There never was a judgement issued.

Thirdly, Roebuck said, "If I had known that Arnold would break the contract I would never have bought the house in Hot Springs." Among the many factors involved in this contestation was the Reeder-gate issue that in effect made the contract null-and-void. He refused to resolve the conflict with Mr. Reeder over the alleged "confiscation" of Mr. Reeder's property.

A fourth misleading comment from Roebuck concerning his estate on Lake Hamilton was, "We don't live there. It's just an investment."If that is true, why do others and I regularly see Roebuck commuting back and forth from Hot Springs to Arkadelphia? The only times we have seen him at his Pine Street house was a month before the primary election in May and now a month before the November election.It is extremely interesting that Roebuck's gated estate home in Hot Sprigs has a stated valued of $750,000 and his unoccupied house on Ridged Creek in Arkadelphia is valued at $350,000, but yet he says he lives in a $50,000 house on Pine Street, Arkadelphia. Now why would he choose to live in the $50,000 house? And, furthermore, after even the slightest review of the situation the construction of a $750,000 house is hardly a prudent investment as Mr. Reeder pointed out in a previous article.

The law concerning residency is sufficiently vague to allow for problems of the nature we are experiencing with Mr. Roebuck. But the precedent of several large lawsuits and the ruling of the Attorney General make it clear that where one sleeps constitutes the lion's share of residency. And any disputed case is the jurisdiction of the courts to decide. Another disturbing observation is that the local Democratic Party has not looked into this situation closer given the possibility that Roebuck's candidacy could be proved illegal. Honesty and integrity are values that we should demand from our elected officials. In my opinion Roebuck does not deserve the consideration of the voters of District 36.

Eddie Arnold

Arkadelphia

Humane Society Formed

Early January 2000 I sent the necessary forms and fee to the Secretary of State requesting a non-profit status for an organization called Hempstead/Nevada Counties Humane Society. On January 13 the state granted the request.

Shortly after obtaining this status, probably sometime in early February, I called the mayor of Prescott, a Mr. Taylor, to inquire whether or not the city would be interested in joining and supporting this organization. His reply was, "We have no problems with dogs in Prescott. Oh, once in a while a family will move and leave an animal, but overall, we have no problems."

Something is very strange here. The mayor's saying no problem, but people who reside in Prescott are telling me an entirely different story. They claim stray dogs are everywhere and when they get into garbage or annoy people or whatever, they are shot by the police.

The main reason for this letter is to ask a question of the residents in Prescott. How many of you have actually seen the police shoot a dog? I'm not talking about rumors, I mean with your own eyes seen this?

If you have please call me at 870-899-2304 or write to the Hempstead/Nevada Counties Humane Society, RR 3 Box 181, Rosston, AR 71858. If you do not want to leave or use your name, that's fine. We just want the information.

Mary Ann Venegas

Bodcaw