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Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-86200895058474293222023-10-19T01:30:00.001-05:002023-10-19T01:49:26.552-05:00Fire Safety is a huge concern for people across the nation<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDCu3pJe6AJTDbEM_AVDeifoo3qZ9W9aqGOXgKGCvWiFodxy7b_BIGCS5PzW4scoestORJv4a-jMdltJ7cLusSi7MXUcF3FOIUoXccAz0Sl2WH-eKtvOtRf-zR1TDBhBWVDDp0sQFjZ0sRsuFM8C4QY4aBR6Zpp45sVgGaGvwfGHo58RL19_pS3eFbQ/s640/sign-g11a48b00f_640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDCu3pJe6AJTDbEM_AVDeifoo3qZ9W9aqGOXgKGCvWiFodxy7b_BIGCS5PzW4scoestORJv4a-jMdltJ7cLusSi7MXUcF3FOIUoXccAz0Sl2WH-eKtvOtRf-zR1TDBhBWVDDp0sQFjZ0sRsuFM8C4QY4aBR6Zpp45sVgGaGvwfGHo58RL19_pS3eFbQ/s320/sign-g11a48b00f_640.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #191b26; margin: initial; padding: initial;">Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/paulbr75-2938186/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1657425" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Paul Brennan</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1657425" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Pixabay</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Fire Safety</b> is a huge concern for people across the nation. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Whether one lives in a huge city with a fully staffed fire department or a small rural area with a minimum staff and a huge volunteer fire department, having the equipment plus training is an absolute necessity for everyone.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>The Arkansas Fire Training Academy</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">is the official fire training institution for the state of Arkansas. <a href="https://www.sautech.edu/arkansas-fire-training-academy/afta-training/" target="_blank">The main campus</a> is located on the grounds of Southern Arkansas University Tech in Camden, Arkansas. The Academy offers both in-house and remote training with certification for firefighters.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Small rural communities face challenges; Fire trucks fully equipped, trained personnel and water. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">In the small rural community of Holiday Island the fire department is operated by the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID). <br /><br />In 2023, the HISID board of commissioners (BOC) faced the challenge of a huge upgrade in its fleet of fire trucks and equipment. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Years of neglect or just "kick it down the road mentality" roared NOW!<br />A former Fire Chief was straight forward upon arrival accessing the inadequate department. The replacement Fire Chief had all his notes and presented the same conclusion. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">A preliminary evaluation for the upcoming end-of-the-year ISO rating drove the community to insist on taking action. <br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>"</span><a href="https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance/iso-fire-ratings/" target="_blank">An ISO fire rating is a score provided to fire departments</a><span> and insurance companies by the Insurance Services Office (ISO). The score reflects how prepared a community and area is for fires."</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://www.bankrate.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bank Rate</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Within six months, four fire trucks, new fire hoses plus equipment for each truck, necessary equipment for a water rescue boat, radios, tires, uniforms, etc. with a spending of nearly $300K in a six month time period. This was a necessary expense for the Health and Safety of not only the community but, the surrounding communities that depend on mutual aide.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Once the proper fire fighting vehicles and equipment were at the community fire stations, the recruitment began and continues.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The local community, Holiday Island Fire Department (HIFD) currently includes a Fire Chief and three shift commanders consisting of an Assistant Chief and two Lieutenants. All are certified Firefighter 2 (FF2) and interior firefighting qualified.<br /><br />The HIFD part-time firefighters consists of nine interior qualified firefighters, which is a significant increase of eight interior qualified firefighters in the last six months. <br /><br />The volunteer staff totals 25 personnel that includes two interior certified firefighters, two driver/operators, and 13 exterior firefighters and eight fire fighting support volunteers.<br /><br />When asked <b>How is the Health of the Fire Department currently?</b><br />District Manager Danny Presley replied, "<i>The overall health of the HIFD is good in many aspects, however, HIFD needs more volunteers who are willing and able to meet the physical demands and rigorous training required for interior firefighting. We understand the commitment that is required of volunteers but, without the participation of younger volunteers, our goals are more difficult to achieve.</i>"</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chief Ates contact info is located at the <a href="https://holidayisland.us/firedept/" target="_blank">HIFD website page</a>.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"As an elder, giving support to younger citizens places my stories into the position of the Mentor and Storyteller" <a href="https://littlemousevisionquest.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2022-09-04T11:22:00-05:00&max-results=1&start=1&by-date=false" target="_blank">Circle the Wagons</a> </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-18482430390394051332023-04-17T17:05:00.001-05:002023-04-17T20:44:58.759-05:00Infrastructure Water Problems are a Local and National Concern<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pcJv7rSmov4qDZhfB52pSOVAJqXvhvhIPx52vQIlCjhDLudbYxxOX3rCk-IjLB8ZqWYFqsrtNC8-5IRHf2GUCQ7ij-vOjP3luX6IsF6qkpjCRAorifmeiG8CiHkdYO0uUle-cY3DYLR3fbHghNADnr8dMduJIyHS3YEHElgBPpqgb8nfWrLC9Lw/s1280/drop-of-water-g73d34d611_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pcJv7rSmov4qDZhfB52pSOVAJqXvhvhIPx52vQIlCjhDLudbYxxOX3rCk-IjLB8ZqWYFqsrtNC8-5IRHf2GUCQ7ij-vOjP3luX6IsF6qkpjCRAorifmeiG8CiHkdYO0uUle-cY3DYLR3fbHghNADnr8dMduJIyHS3YEHElgBPpqgb8nfWrLC9Lw/w400-h266/drop-of-water-g73d34d611_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #191b26; margin: initial; padding: initial;">Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/ronymichaud-647623/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=578897" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">rony michaud</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=578897" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Pixabay</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Infrastructure water problems in older communities across the nation are a concern that both the Federal government and State governments are stepping-up to the plate to begin funding of major water projects in the United States.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="MercurySSm-Book-Pro_Web, serif" style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.agriculture.arkansas.gov/natural-resources/divisions/water-development/water-and-wastewater-funding/" target="_blank">Arkansas Natural Resources Commission</a> (ANRC)</span></span></li><li><span face="MercurySSm-Book-Pro_Web, serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a2458;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.epa.gov/infrastructure" target="_blank">Bipartisan Infrastructure Law</a> water funding</span></span></li><li><span face="MercurySSm-Book-Pro_Web, serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a2458;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.epa.gov/wifia" target="_blank">Water Infrastructure and Innovation Act</a> (WIFIA)</span></span></li></ol><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">Cities, communities, towns and counties are addressing the amount of water infrastructure problems. Some have created new positions to hire an in-house engineer or there is the standard contract labor for engineers.<br /><br />Hiring an in-house engineer is costly based on the professional salary and hiring availability.<br />An engineering firm with their own project managers that handle multiple areas is the normal means of getting needed work done. <br /><br />Either way, these are the professionals that understand the work, have the expertise to look for the funding and the knowledge needed for filling out the paperwork for projects needed.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">Over the past four months, CNj has submitted FOIA forms every month to obtain a copy of a contract between Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) and Engineering Services Inc. (ESI) Jeff Dehnhardt, P.E. (project engineer).</span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">CNj also includes an FOIA for all paid billing statements and invoices since October 2020 to date. (4/13/2023 last FOIA request.)</span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">The community of Holiday Island has known since January 2022 that the area has $1.4 Million in water infrastructure problems. <br /><br />The HISID board of directors (BOC) announced in December 2022, during final budget planning, that HISID did not receive the grant they had submitted for $1.4 Million. <br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">What is really being processed? All FOIA requests for the ESI contract and the paid billing / invoices from ESI from Oct. 2020 to April 13, 2023 return the answer every time that there are none.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">This is the schedule for applying for ANRC grants, which is what the district manager states is being processed.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-8SOaqHP3zaYyzW98CN5TwZvT0JZzreJV0Gp3RjJ9FQESdgg4F6r1XNPpBB7ZoAAN3Dm0pb5TD0r-5ynMarv2665I1tOM5Y7RVAy0cbmtxSwOR1CNkRcmTSNQTdEGB8PZZ4U87TUcx7vTffX5BsPuIE8KYHAOsM8yRvXD_hdFPEq1VuUIb0aVIU/s686/Opera%20Snapshot_2023-04-17_155433_www.agriculture.arkansas.gov.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="686" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-8SOaqHP3zaYyzW98CN5TwZvT0JZzreJV0Gp3RjJ9FQESdgg4F6r1XNPpBB7ZoAAN3Dm0pb5TD0r-5ynMarv2665I1tOM5Y7RVAy0cbmtxSwOR1CNkRcmTSNQTdEGB8PZZ4U87TUcx7vTffX5BsPuIE8KYHAOsM8yRvXD_hdFPEq1VuUIb0aVIU/w400-h211/Opera%20Snapshot_2023-04-17_155433_www.agriculture.arkansas.gov.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">CNj attended a Bid Opening on April 13, 2023 for PRVs at the HISID district office just to ask Jeff Dehnhardt in person if he had a contract. His answer was NO.<br /><br />The bid opening was short. There were NO bids to open.<br />There was NO district manager present either.<br /><br />A detailed advertisement was placed one time in both the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (March 12, 2023) and the Carroll County News (March 14, 2023). <br /><br />The last contract on file for ESI Jeff Dehnhardt, P.E. was in 2017.<br />The contract pricing six-years-ago had the rate for a small project like PRVs at $2000 to prepare and $500 to be present for the bid opening.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">Before leaving, this editor asked Jeff Dehnhardt for permission, which he granted, to ask HISID Chair Phyllis Sarratt to give this person a contract!</span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0a2458; font-size: medium;">Her response with a giggle, "we just tell people he likes us."<br />Mayor Dan Kees was also present. He was on the HISID BOC in 2017. The last year that a proper contract was written with former District Manager Lawrence Blood and ESI.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><p></p></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-84144877510047216242023-03-21T15:48:00.003-05:002023-03-21T20:22:32.553-05:00Holiday Island Needs a Fire Truck <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkRxKFfS-7fJIkDC2D-dMtE5wLElSBscKZeXUTWpr2j6cKybnokIY8Ai-LvXhZxhfT8A9D-K2BhQ73gFDNX2qgLg2aXlQc7LAa0Q4pauHJwluNTYpbjY2KQ8stt3H8BDf2r6u2z3D0vOVn1-YKN0WWBCsXLRHlhrX9VlMkSqsgKWjdbl4rrwYZ8o/s640/sign-g11a48b00f_640.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkRxKFfS-7fJIkDC2D-dMtE5wLElSBscKZeXUTWpr2j6cKybnokIY8Ai-LvXhZxhfT8A9D-K2BhQ73gFDNX2qgLg2aXlQc7LAa0Q4pauHJwluNTYpbjY2KQ8stt3H8BDf2r6u2z3D0vOVn1-YKN0WWBCsXLRHlhrX9VlMkSqsgKWjdbl4rrwYZ8o/s320/sign-g11a48b00f_640.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #191b26; margin: initial; padding: initial;">Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/paulbr75-2938186/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1657425" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Paul Brennan</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1657425" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Pixabay</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Arkansas does have one of the finest Open Meeting Laws in the Nation and yet, the community this article is concerning has years of difficulty understanding "How It Works."</span><p></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The previous article, <a href="https://creeksidenewsjournal.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2023-03-12T13:28:00-05:00&max-results=1" target="_blank">Smoke & Mirrors</a>, intros into a "Special Meeting" called by the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) board of commissioners (BOC) on Monday, March 20, 2023. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Creekside News Journal (CNj) received the mandatory two hour notification by phone for this Special Meeting. It was later that CNj became aware that HISID had sent email notifications to the public at large. Upon arrival to this meeting, the meeting had an agenda and was conducted as a "Regular Meeting."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">With a public comment section, one individual, new to the neighborhood, participated in this section to state interest in learning about the neighborhood.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This editor, also a resident, inquired about a line item printed on a submission included in the Tax Assessment Statement indicating a <b>pay-off </b>amount for <b>AOB</b>.<br /><br />The District Manager (Danny Presley) and the Chair (Pat Sarratt) stated they could not comment on that topic. <br /><br />So, for the record, CNj announced that this was a "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enwTxW2hBYE" target="_blank">Special Meeting</a>" being conducted as a regular session meeting. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Fire Chief Ates gave a short presentation about a <b><span style="color: red;">used</span> 2007 E-ONE Typhoon Fire Truck</b><br />that is offered <span style="color: red;"><b>For Sale</b></span> through Bradford Fire Apparatus.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There are exchanges between the Fire Chief and District Manager regarding email info. <br />The Fire Chief took a mechanic with him to view the truck. <br />(<i>CNj has receipts for that trip</i>.) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Discussion regarding how fortunate for the district that this truck is available that there are not other trucks available. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(<i>CNj does have a rather long list of other brokers selling this year and model truck</i>.)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The BOC spent approximately an hour talking about the fire department and insurance but NOT the specifics of the truck, which was to be the "Special Meeting" topic. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">CNj got a few questions in with answers during the second comment section.<br />The purchase of the truck will include an engine replacement.<br />Hoses not included.<br />The odometer reading was known but not the hours of service for this truck.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br />Some points CNj was not allowed time to ask due to a comment section time restraint:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The engine replacement, a Cummins but, some of these engines have been recalled by the government and there are other issues including a flow issue. Details?<br />Exactly whom is the One Year warranty with for this truck purchase?<br /><b>The truck is a Diesel</b>. <br />Will it take off-road diesel or need to go to the White Oak Station to be filled?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Will it fit there</b>?<br />One point that the Fire Chief questions: "<b>Will it fit in Station #1</b>?"<br />Why did he not know this?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">According to Bradford Fire Apparatus the measurements for a 2007 E-ONE Typhoon Fire Truck: Length 33' 4" Height 9' 4" Width 8' 4"</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The HISID BOC approved the purchase of this truck.<br />The HISID BOC canceled the regular business meeting for March 27, 2023, simply because the District Manager would be out of town. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-52763690262819268832023-03-12T13:28:00.000-05:002023-03-12T13:28:34.874-05:00Fancy This! ~ Another Timeline: blog posts | Editorial Opininon<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzbYoHQvgjHiCTGVPaDAQwPfrKuRsc-HwnUkdZ7tboVvg3h7uGDGnQAmH0RjUZjtnmVhA8qQRvUACKoNXTXXjM92IaGVe4tYg2SEHKXsdhAXLaRPsRZXFBH_CX4MKU9BoFiT4WYqi_yz81hFl74v-uN0YIvd3y-PbkbTxTDu1lxQF8cFk2iAc2Os/s390/Creekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="390" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzbYoHQvgjHiCTGVPaDAQwPfrKuRsc-HwnUkdZ7tboVvg3h7uGDGnQAmH0RjUZjtnmVhA8qQRvUACKoNXTXXjM92IaGVe4tYg2SEHKXsdhAXLaRPsRZXFBH_CX4MKU9BoFiT4WYqi_yz81hFl74v-uN0YIvd3y-PbkbTxTDu1lxQF8cFk2iAc2Os/s320/Creekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://creeksidenewsjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Creekside News Journal (CNj)</a><br /><br /></span><h2><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://creeksidenewsjournal.blogspot.com/2023/03/smoke-mirrors.html" target="_blank">Smoke & Mirrors</a></span></h2><span style="color: black;">Monday, March 6, 2023<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><h2><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Fancy This! ~ Another Timeline: blog posts | Editorial Opininon</span></a></h2><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">While this reporter waits for news worth reporting, here is a list of blog posts that I wrote over the years, that might assist in understanding this writer.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2022/08/this-dadaist-sorts-hats.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Editorial Opinion: This Dadaist Sorts Hats</span></a></div><br /></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2010/04/original-content-plagiarism-copyright.html" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Word For The Day: Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property</span></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2021/07/word-for-day-social-media-social-media.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Word for the Day: Social Media</span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2021/05/for-day-executive-session-arkansas-open.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Word for the Day: Executive Session</span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2021/05/word-for-day-special-meeting-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Word for the Day: Special Meeting</span></a></h3></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Note:</b> Creekside News Journal is the Press ### notification for the<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) special meetings </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><div><br /><br /></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-685495654785517462023-03-06T15:54:00.002-06:002023-03-10T01:54:57.393-06:00Smoke & Mirrors<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5Hvs41Y2TJzZNh3NcwAm95f-Y5P8X7ojNkV_kg4E8tu-0s5GUHTlmRDzyRsKjAqiiJojy3xOYR5MfO-oTRw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #191b26; font-weight: 400; margin: initial; padding: initial;">Video by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/attilapergel-17025299/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video&utm_content=99154" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Attila Pergel</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video&utm_content=99154" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: initial; outline: none; padding: initial;">Pixabay</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></div><br /></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>The Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District</u> (<b>HISID</b>) located in Northwest Arkansas is governed by five elected <u>board of commissioners</u> (<b>BOC</b>), whose oath of office binds them to uphold Federal, State and Local laws, which includes <a href="https://arkansasag.gov/arkansass-lawyer/opinions-department/arkansas-freedom-of-information-act/" target="_blank">Arkansas Open Meeting Laws</a>.<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>HISID meetings</u> are streamed Live on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hisidboc2862/streams" target="_blank">HISID's YouTube channel</a> and cataloged for future views / reference on their channel. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><u>Public records</u> of these meetings are kept along with approved minutes, financial statements, budgets, audits; all of this information is housed at the <u>District office</u> and on <a href="https://holidayisland.us/government/" target="_blank">HISID's government website page</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;">The public may submit an </span><b style="font-size: large;">FOIA</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> request for any document of any item referred in a meeting and all government records. The information can be provided as paper form copies or electronic returns.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;">By design, this type of transparency is a good thing for information and crediting information. <br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">What is astonishing?</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">These types of government meetings are open to the public and all of this factual information is available to view.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Why are discussions greater in social media groups where further diversion from the factual information is creating more and more discord and even delays in addressing what are immediate problems within the community, town and city?<br /><br /><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Communication technology moves society backwards.</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Fire Department has a new Fire Chief Randy Ates, who presented some straight forward truths regarding the condition of the fire department at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRrxW47XT8" target="_blank">Feb. 27, 2023 HISID meeting.</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The community has been in trouble with this lack of placing the Fire Department operations above recreational amenities. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />For some it came as a surprise, some acted surprised but, the former Fire Chief Chris Ledeker made a <a href="https://holidayisland.us/archieves/" target="_blank">Fire Presentation to the BOC in a public meeting on March 15, 2021</a> with the same information and now two years later, it is an even greater problem.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The community's Health and Safety is at risk. The risk can no longer be <i>swept under the carpet. </i>It took a letter from ISO to bring the topic to the forefront in social media conversations. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Along with the ISO letter and Chief Ates' report at the HISID meeting, Water came back to the forefront of the conversation. Fire hydrant water flow reports have not been submitted for several years.<br /><br />The District has $1.4M worth of water problems to fix, which includes two wells, #4 & #5.<br />These two wells are the mainland source for potable water.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Grants that the District keeps stating are being submitted have actually not been submitted or if they have then the answers to several FOIA requests are incorrect. <br /><br />The District states that ESI prepares the grants yet, CNj upon submitting several FOIA requests has received these answers:<br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">There is No current contract with ESI</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">There are No paid billing statements from ESI</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">There are No paid invoices from ESI</span></li></ol><div>There will be no further information available until the next <br /><a href="https://holidayisland.us/upcoming-meetings/" target="_blank">HISID BOC regular meeting scheduled for March 27, 2023 at 9.m. </a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #741b47; color: #660000;">_________________________________________________________________________</span></div><div><br /></div><div>While you wait | blogging from <a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Fancy This ~ Another Timeline</a></div><div><br /><a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2017/06/" target="_blank">Short Topic 1 - Legal</a> (June 14, 2017)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://billmoyers.com/content/special-report-kids-and-chemicals/#.VsKDdSOzpD4.blogger" target="_blank">Now with Bill Moyers | Special Report: Kids & Chemicals </a> (May 10, 2002)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-51994933116359136252022-09-01T02:02:00.001-05:002022-09-01T02:21:08.611-05:00Government Social Media Policy<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The usage of the Internet websites, tech knowledge and social media businesses changed the landscape for government entities. The DOT/GOV Act of 2020, was passed by the Federal Government for all government entities to utilize and give trust to being at an actual government location. Cybersecurity was also provided to DOT/GOV websites.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(<a href="https://creeksidenewsjournal.blogspot.com/2022_07_10_archive.html" target="_blank">blog archive July 16, 2022</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With the growing usage of social media, word definitions as well as recognizing the position or usage of these words is of the utmost importance. The DaDa art movement at the end of WWI grew out of the colliding times of politics. My blog article, <a href="https://graphicdesignerrebeccalea.blogspot.com/2022/08/this-dadaist-sorts-hats.html" target="_blank">This Dadaist Sorts Hats</a> defines these definitions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 2011, the FTC defined its first opinion / warning to professionals utilizing social media as a tool in their advertising and marketing campaigns: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Social media advertising is subject to the same rules and standards as traditional advertising. The FTC's focus is on the integrity of the communications from the marketer to the consumer - whether the communications are accurate, transparent and non-deceptive. In other words, brands must tell the truth, not exaggerate any claims and be transparent through the disclosures and disclaimers." <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/advertising-on-social-media-regulation-1638406/" target="_blank">Holland and Knight, LLP / JDSupra </a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Roughly eight years, professional advertising and marketing firms brainstorm and develop their programs to comply with the FTC warning for conducting business utilizing social media platforms. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As social media platforms multiply and expand more tools to the consumers to use on the internet, the FCC finds a need to become involved in monitoring whether the communications are accurate, transparent and non-deceptive. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By 2019, politicians form a bill that passes in congress as the <a href="https://www.nascio.org/press-releases/nascio-hails-passage-of-dotgov-act/">DOT/GOV Act 2020</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">During this same time period, the FCC and FTC suggested that government entities write their own Government Social media policy. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Elected officials should be held to the same policies as other government employees. Elected officials also need to make sure that their social media use complies with laws about campaigning and open meeting laws. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 1.3em;"><br /></h3></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-4886239740449719352022-08-29T23:24:00.004-05:002022-08-29T23:28:28.242-05:00Water: Climate Action <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.weforum.org/videos/fog-catchers-help-combat-water-shortages-in-morocco" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="535" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWteP-ddBwfqVY9THD1ksWxKUZTZNnbCOHA8paZuIbVcjRQWLhLL1cJqbqUTBVNb-FleRH78mzeqbv7K0EivFlBVWA7xcQHpZ2KeKj09rSGVDnz0a5apS0wXrsCAGuKCcptR1jFTDE384R9zRf81YSt5FPcreNFJ3oiiIYpvvKNMzmB11jbs0m9Zg/w640-h173/Opera%20Snapshot_2022-07-14_232639_twitter.com.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.weforum.org/videos/fog-catchers-help-combat-water-shortages-in-morocco" target="_blank">The World Economic Forum<br />Fog Catchers Help Combat Water Shortages in Morocco</a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">July 11, 2022</span></div></h2><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">German charity Wasserstiftung donates fog collectors to villagers. Water scarcity is being tackled one idea at at time, one location at a time. Click on the World Economic Forum link for the main article including photos and details.</div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h1><p></p>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-73644028382560895782022-07-16T12:24:00.007-05:002022-08-01T15:12:38.162-05:00The DOTGOV Act of 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DhCnlrFzMEFcz_lACGsvi3Q7v3NEQvWFPAgL6QcFt77vF_Flmc8waDjWgP09GXqaxDn_R_Zten16p8tB3XUTgreVShhaU4MyZK-3w8vRDsisWKn7An_rwcIfnsCJ6BvxEupX_jms1ThzgOsNAzdE1NVVVbpdIxfVaYQonjGrWHAz-bWMYTlvJvA/s320/sizeCreekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="320" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DhCnlrFzMEFcz_lACGsvi3Q7v3NEQvWFPAgL6QcFt77vF_Flmc8waDjWgP09GXqaxDn_R_Zten16p8tB3XUTgreVShhaU4MyZK-3w8vRDsisWKn7An_rwcIfnsCJ6BvxEupX_jms1ThzgOsNAzdE1NVVVbpdIxfVaYQonjGrWHAz-bWMYTlvJvA/s1600/sizeCreekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p></p><pre><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-116srpt192/html/CRPT-116srpt192.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">DOTGOV ONLINE TRUST
IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 2019
</span></b></a></pre><pre><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>A committee of U.S. legislatures worked
for years on what eventually
passes as the DOTGOV Act of 2020.</span></span></pre><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whether Federal, State or Local government, the Act was to help the public trust accessing online internet websites.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The public needed to know that (dot)gov was official and offered cybersecurity. </span> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The </span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b72af; text-decoration-line: none;">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> announced on<br /><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news/2021/03/08/cisa-announces-transfer-gov-top-level-domain-us-general-services-administration#:~:text=The%20DOTGOV%20Act%20of%202020,upon%20by%20millions%20of%20users%2C%20." target="_blank">March 08, 2021</a> that it would begin overseeing the .gov top-level domain (TLD) in April 2021.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">In Arkansas there is a suburban improvement district that is a local government group with five elected board of commissioners (BOC). The BOC writes regulations, oversee a tax budget of nearly $3 million to operate a water department, road department, fire department, recreation center, two golf courses and a marina.The office buildings, a clubhouse, plus a restaurant, and a campground. The website for the Holiday Island Suburban District (HISID) has not transitioned itself into the (dot)gov, even though it is a government entity that collects payments online.<br /><br />The same local area, as recent as January 2021 was additionally voted upon to become a City. Currently there is an elected seven member board that will increase to eight members in 2023 with the creation of Wards.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">"A momentous $200 million worth of federal cybersecurity grant money is slated to come to state and local governments this year, with another $800 million arriving over the next three years. Localities are to be the biggest recipients; with 80 percent of the funds promised to them." (<a href="https://www.governing.com/security/state-local-governments-anxiously-await-cybersecurity-grants">source</a>)</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Holiday Island (City of the 2nd class) did not create an online presence with a DOTGOV domain name. This government entity operates as volunteers. Those volunteers utilize free resources for an Internet presence as well as educating themselves on operations.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Back in 2021, when they held full ZOOM meetings during the pandemic, there were professionals attempting to get their attention, both tech firms and this reporter, that there was this new DOTGOV Act.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">At that time, it would have been perfect for a new start-up city or any new government entity. A one-year grace period for registration fees. Now, to get compliant will create more work and money lost from the grants. </span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Update Aug. 1, 2022</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Droid Serif";"><h1 class="Page-headline" style="--font: var(--font-headline); background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font,var(--font-1)); line-height: 1.11; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: left;"><div style="letter-spacing: -0.5px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.governing.com/security/cyber-insurance-price-hike-hits-local-governments-hard" target="_blank">Cyber Insurance Price Hike Hits Local Governments Hard</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px;">Some rates have more than doubled, and many insurers require<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px;">new security protections.</span></span><br /></div></h1></span></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-43982801335435501102022-06-25T04:07:00.046-05:002022-07-31T10:13:41.880-05:00Building a city takes time and money<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjC35lm9JuZxncuLymKnqXDkD7vAz0lhlKd2yqyA0JPteDz41LuAPntnFKJgY9qyhXwnAs_cEE8D-MH2MwIRq77CNDmW6nodRzUvRdHyt0QnaGvCSWbLU_dYuCfU7RAHXVLwOlqeQMF8oRbBeg7UuA9m52s7p4oQ6_UX2WxzW_Q1Ly7AbKJJhDXOw/s320/sizeCreekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="320" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjC35lm9JuZxncuLymKnqXDkD7vAz0lhlKd2yqyA0JPteDz41LuAPntnFKJgY9qyhXwnAs_cEE8D-MH2MwIRq77CNDmW6nodRzUvRdHyt0QnaGvCSWbLU_dYuCfU7RAHXVLwOlqeQMF8oRbBeg7UuA9m52s7p4oQ6_UX2WxzW_Q1Ly7AbKJJhDXOw/s1600/sizeCreekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />There is a demographic area in Arkansas that has the ability to now declare itself, "newest city" in the State.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The process hit many bumps along the way but, with the help of Arkansas State Senator Bob Ballinger the laws were re-written to accommodate. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Arkansas Decomocrat Gazette wrote this article, <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/dec/16/holiday-island-gets-ball-rolling-to-bec-1/" target="_blank"><b>Holiday Island gets ball rolling to become incorporated city</b></a>, in December 2019.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When it was approved to place on the 2020 General Election Ballot, many people later expressed their misunderstanding as to what they were actually signing. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then when it actually passes, the anticipated money "turnback funds" was not immediately available. Those are dispensed funds to entities based on the previous year and that would be tax money of 2019. <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The community receives some poor information. Some were told, If you vote to be a City then the SID goes away. That is false info. The second government entity is the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The City consists of resident property owners and renters. (voter's registration)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The SID is property owners both resident and non-resident. This group receives a Tax Assessment. It is not an HOA contrary to real-estate forms. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 2000, the Federal Government told all government groups to acquire a (dot) gov website for conducting government business. Everyone even received a one year grace on paying the (dot) gov fee. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The FCC and FTC also advised government groups to have a written "government social media policy." </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Social media businesses have established policies. There is a reason. Let you ponder this comment for a moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, I read in local social media groups, over and over that the communication is horrible for this new city. Don't disagree. I know where that info is but, not my job to keep directing people to a site that is not a (dot) gov. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I did watch the city's June meeting live online and again today as an archive.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__e2Xj9zhJigb-JaPYaIZFmXmuDQg05d-Ydn-XmG5FlVPn-jtxmvnvipn9MpdmjcZQ04jgXgZloHLqDRjR3hVlkiYV-xwsd5C1zbIrHfyM9uOHPs0qIfK-1gfgcV3comly3rAuBgai-QWRd-XomzodfFZE966P3_UVZMA5Focomyzk7sDj9QMvo4/s640/material-gd1ba48b34_640.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__e2Xj9zhJigb-JaPYaIZFmXmuDQg05d-Ydn-XmG5FlVPn-jtxmvnvipn9MpdmjcZQ04jgXgZloHLqDRjR3hVlkiYV-xwsd5C1zbIrHfyM9uOHPs0qIfK-1gfgcV3comly3rAuBgai-QWRd-XomzodfFZE966P3_UVZMA5Focomyzk7sDj9QMvo4/w320-h241/material-gd1ba48b34_640.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #191b26; margin: 0px;">Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/marcmanhart-2506999/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1874355" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none;">Marc Manhart</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1874355" style="color: #191b26; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none;">Pixabay</a></span><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Google Town</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Called to order. All board members present. Held up while phone numbers being exchanged; waiting for one person to join online. That person seems to be someone hired by contract to actually take the minutes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The position of Code Enforcer has a candidate that accepted the City's offer. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">An interview with one applicant for Building Inspector. No offer given yet.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Short term rentals discussed and still researching</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The Broadband Grant is not progressing.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sheriff contract is not progressing, at this time.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The City approves the interlocal contract between The City and the Suburban Improvement District. No details. Moves to The Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) board of commissioners (BOC) on their agenda for Monday, June 27,2022 for discussion and a vote. The contract agreement begins on July 1, 2022 and runs through December 31, 2022.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Mayor has no quotes for bag tags. His phone is filled with calls regarding the City's mandatory trash collection. He said, the City also needs a City dumpster. </span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">City planning commission repeatedly points out that zoning / planning ordinances and regulations are all under review by the City attorney.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">At this meeting, Lynn Dumas informs the Mayor and the Board that all plans from the planning commission <b>by law</b> have to be published in a newspaper for 15 days prior to a meeting. (Not just any newspaper; One with a circulation certificate)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>And: The planning commission is required by law to hold public hearings before an ordinance / regulation is approved</b>.<br /></span></li></ol></div><i><br /></i><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Back to the top</i>:<br /><b>Bryan King won the Republican Primary Run-off against Senator Bob Ballinger. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-86546234246808156432022-06-17T10:54:00.008-05:002022-06-30T00:49:21.027-05:00HISID BOC Cancels June Workshop<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p4xHtzJ9AuXLn4fAhPO3SvpyvD0MQscpANrVixpDwKPPGi5vaYt1VBsgl35ZjuP3fITWXyyxswLRW5wZ6NaQF2kTpLRGP-F0zmeyLAgQB2T0gRHl0_uQkto8m52TIC5P6touKRbYlCyUM5pDLwVaI8fdd_ikhxyBbBIG-G-jB_TS7tMlYzc7EKs/s390/Creekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="390" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p4xHtzJ9AuXLn4fAhPO3SvpyvD0MQscpANrVixpDwKPPGi5vaYt1VBsgl35ZjuP3fITWXyyxswLRW5wZ6NaQF2kTpLRGP-F0zmeyLAgQB2T0gRHl0_uQkto8m52TIC5P6touKRbYlCyUM5pDLwVaI8fdd_ikhxyBbBIG-G-jB_TS7tMlYzc7EKs/w200-h107/Creekside%20Mast%20Head.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rebecca L. Sherman June 17, 2022</span><br style="font-size: x-small;" /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Opinion</span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The reporting that I was expecting to write, hit a dead-end when my local government decided to cancel a workshop meeting slated for June 20, 2022. This particular workshop was to be held by the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) located in Northwest Arkansas. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The HISID BOC hires a District Manager to oversee all functions for maintaining the district that includes a Fire, Water / Sewer and Road departments. Every year this board sets the budget and issues the Tax Assessment due in October, while the district then operates on projected numbers collected from property owners; resident and non-resident.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two years ago, a social media platform was utilized to persuade residents to vote in favor of becoming a City. This voting group is different than a SID. A City is all residents. Property ownership is not what counts. Just a registered voter. <br /><br />The HISID BOC had invited the City elected officials to the table for this workshop session that was officially Canceled on June 16 (notification to the press.)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A HISID workshop meeting only requires two BOC officials to hold a workshop meeting and hear concerns and questions from the public. There is no actions to be taken by the BOC. In the past this area has utilized this open meeting format with great success. In these current times of social media chatter, a workshop would have a positive effect regarding information especially for a reporter.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Questions such as:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Rumor has it that the water levels are low in the fire hydrants? A fireman quit because of this? There are broken hydrants? The insurance fire rating has dropped?</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">HISID has assigned Stateline Road to the new City of Holiday Island? The City that has no road department, will the City pay the SID for maintaining this 911 roadway? When winter comes, Who plows it? Who pays for the equipment, employee salary and the chemicals needed? </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Follow-up question</u>: Will the HISID AOB be reduced on the next Tax Assessment?</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Why is HISID allowing all of the VRBO, AirB&B lodgings in what the covenants clearly state are residential ONLY areas? Is HISID collecting commercial rates on the tax assessment? Residents in the Blue Water Circle area have complained that they are paying commercial rates on residential living areas. When will the HISID planning commission address all of these concerns? Is there even an active HISID planning commission? This is not a City problem.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The Water Department is a HISID business. The rumor has it that the Federal Government has many grants for local Water Departments. Any HISID staff looking into this opportunity? Well #1 was just repaired under emergency actions. There are only two active potable wells, #4 and #5, that carry the water load for the greater Holiday Island area. These wells were not originally functioning as the sole wells to provide for drinking water to the residents of Holiday Island. Are you meandering the water from these wells in order to cover the mainland? </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Follow-up question</u>: The Water: With the fire department rurmor of low water pressure in the hydrants and only two active wells for both drinking water and hydrants: Why is the focus on the new swimming pool building? This expense appears as a cart before the horse type of thinking. It is a private pool. Even the thinking, "you have to spend money to make money," Residents are trying to speak-out and let it be heard that they want clean drinking water and a home that has a fire department with water to fight any type of fire.</span></li></ol><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Now, if the HISID BOC had not Canceled their scheduled workshop meeting for June 20, 2022, imagine how many other comments, questions and points-of-view might have been offered at a workshop for the community.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792119634665179339.post-69160164639936850622022-05-31T02:43:00.009-05:002022-07-31T10:26:44.098-05:00New Home for Creekside News Journal (CNj)<span style="font-size: medium;">I have and still write about local, national and World News. I earned a lifetime membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society and would like to reconnect with other global members.It is my opinion that one should be aware of their local happenings, as well as global issues.</span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> <br /></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I named my press website </span>Creekside News Journal (CNj) in 2007.<br /> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">A name that could always journey with me.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I am forever living near a creek and if that should ever change well, photographers and the World Wide Web keep me grounded. There is always a</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> forever canopy of stars, trees, creeks and oceans captured by photographers from around the world that share their images with those of us that surf the World Wide Web.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I have been scattered all over the internet and I thought I had finally started pulling all the parts of me back into one location but, not just yet.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><br /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I needed to find a new location once again for CNj.<br />I got older and wasn't keeping up with web designing and coding.<br />Dropped CNj off at Tumblr and now I am pulling away after years.<br />There is a technical reason for me but, I will keep an eye on the Tumblr photographers' community. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span><span face=""Open Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5e5e5e;">Many activities have taken place and this is my last attempt to catch-up.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-size: medium;">I am condensing my time spent. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Open Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5e5e5e;"><br /></span><span face=""Open Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5e5e5e;">For those of us that have been using Twitter since Jack Dorsey and his partners created the platform, it is not new to me to return to private ownership there.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-size: medium;">I read through all of Twitter's updated Terms of Service. They go into effect in June. No matter who you might be as a user of the Twitter platform, I suggest you read the new TOS.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium;"><u><b><span style="color: #990000;">New update</span></b></u><span style="color: #5e5e5e;">: Who Knows? Has Elon Musk completed the purchase of Twitter?</span></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium;">Keep an eye on this:<a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-right-demand-lower-fee-based-bot-fight-experts-say-2022-5?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"> <span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">Business Insider</span></a> and <a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/30/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-stock-market-rules-00034122" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">Politico</span></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Politico</b> </span><span>7/8/2022 </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/08/elon-musk-terminates-twitter-deal-00044831" target="_blank">Elon Musk quits Twitter deal roiling Trump world</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/30/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-stock-market-rules-00034122" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: inline; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;"><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></a></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><u>New update</u></b></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;">: "District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine <a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/23/23137967/dc-attorney-general-karl-racine-lawsuit-mark-zuckerberg-facebook" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">has sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg</span></a> over the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal."</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;"><br /></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;">All those share buttons that people insert on their websites need to catch-up with the current times. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;"><br /></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;">I find more and more individuals, organizations, local newspapers and governments that have not placed their websites into<a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.smartsites.com/blog/understanding-the-importance-of-https-compliance/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"> <span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">https compliance</span></a>.<br /></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;"> <br /></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;">Organizations, local newspapers and governments will find themselves loosing more and more of their identity and audience on the internet. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;"><br /></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;">Then there are government websites that will begin to realize why they needed to become <span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">.gov</span> websites two years ago. </span><br /><span style="color: #5e5e5e;">Remember? Government was told by the</span><span style="color: #5e5e5e;"> </span><a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.fcc.gov/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">FCC</span></a><span style="color: #5e5e5e;"> </span><span style="color: #5e5e5e;">&</span><span style="color: #5e5e5e;"> </span><a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.ftc.gov/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">FTC</span></a><span style="color: #5e5e5e;"> </span><span style="color: #5e5e5e;">to have a</span><span style="color: #5e5e5e;"> </span><a class="x-el x-el-a c2-29 c2-2a c2-53 c2-2c c2-2d c2-54 c2-j c2-55 c2-3 c2-2g c2-2h c2-2i c2-2j" href="https://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/guides/social_media_policy/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="x-el x-el-span c2-29 c2-2a c2-3 c2-4z c2-2k c2-3n c2-50" color="inherit" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-transform: inherit;">Government Social Media Policy</span></a><span style="color: #5e5e5e;">. </span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p>Rebecca Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837571870306990089noreply@blogger.com