WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
6:45 PM

Last night Pat and I were in the living room when there was a knock at the back door. Pat answered the door (after getting Oscar under control). I could hear Pat talking to the people at the back door, I went to the back door and saw two young people talking to Pat. One of the young people at the back door was a young girl from our neighborhood. The other young person was a young boy that I did not recognize. Pat ask them if they would like to meet the Mayor. The young girl knows that I am the mayor. They answered that they would like to meet the mayor. I introduced myself to the young man and he told me his name and told me that he was in the process of moving to my neighborhood. He told me who his family was and I know his grandfather. I asked him to say hello to his grandfather for me. He then told me that he thought that the mayor lived in a big house not a small one like I live in. I told him that I was the mayor and that this was my home and that the house he was moving into was larger than my home.

We had more problems today with the residential garbage truck. A mechanic came from Little Rock and made the necessary repairs. I called Jerry about an hour ago and he told me that the mechanic had been riding with him since about two o'clock and that the truck had been working properly. He was planning to leave and go back to his shop. I hope that we now have all of the bugs worked out on this truck.

I had a meeting in Forrest City yesterday. I noticed that gas was $2.18 per gallon. I stopped and filled up. I had a meeting again in Forrest City today. I noticed today that the price had dropped to $2.17 per gallon. The lowest price of gas in Wynne today was $2.26 per gallon.