MONDAY JUNE 22, 2009
11:10 AM

I attended the annual convention of the Arkansas Municipal League in Hot Springs last Wednesday through Friday. The convention was very good. The program included information that will aid me as I serve as mayor. We had very good speakers, the food was excellent, the concurrent workshops were very informative and we had a wide variety of vendors.

I also enjoyed visiting with my friends from around the state and discussing our mutual problems and solutions.

There was an excellent discussion about the laws that have been recently passed by the general assembly that the city must implement. Don and several members of the general assembly presented the program and it was very good.

This year marks the 75th year for the AML. One of the meal functions had as guest most of the living past presidents. Several of them made short presentations about the year they served as president of the league. The league also had a short video produced about the league and the highlights of the past 75 years. The video was very very good and the audience seemed to enjoy the film.