JP Coger's Washington County Update 3/3/24
THINGS TO KNOW AND THINGS TO DO: → I’m working with Arkansas Citizens for Transparency (ACT) to get an initiated act and a...
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Feb 254 min read
JP COGER'S WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS, UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS WEEK OF 2/25/24
THINGS TO KNOW AND THINGS TO DO: → Friends, if you can only attend one meeting this week, please make it this one. We need help to get...
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Feb 184 min read
JP Coger's Newsletter & County Update 2/18/24 (it was a sad week in Washington County for criminal justice reform and for our immigrant neighbors)
THINGS TO KNOW: → Watch last Thursday’s Quorum Court meeting here. https://www.youtube.com/live/A_jwMY9ICWo?si=7jCAfmb8KvPZaztG More...
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Feb 114 min read
JP Coger's Washington County Update 2/11/24
I love this statement that Judge Beaumont made at one of the last Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) meetings. It captures...
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Feb 44 min read
JP Coger's County News & Information Week of 2/4/24
THINGS TO KNOW: → No meetings were posted last week, so nothing to report there. → NEW: Washington County Buildings & Grounds is...
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Jan 285 min read
What's Happening, Washington County? Read here about some of the county "happenings."
THINGS TO KNOW: County Services Committee Meeting for Monday, 1/29/24, has been CANCELED! The county sent out notice Friday afternoon of...
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Jan 214 min read
Washington County News & UPdate 1/21/24
THINGS TO KNOW: Last Thursday’s regular Quorum Court meeting was adjourned around 6:25 due to a power outage. We waited until 7:00 PM...
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Jan 144 min read
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS & UPDATE WEEK OF 1/14/24 by JP Beth Coger
Stay safe, everyone, and watch out for those who might need some extra help with this bitterly cold weather, and don’t forget our furry...
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Jan 74 min read
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY THIS WEEK? BE INFORMED - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
COUNTY MEETINGS THIS WEEK: County Services Committee and Finance & Budget joint meeting this month on Tuesday, 1/9/24, 6:00 PM @...
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Dec 17, 20234 min read
JP BETH COGER'S WEEKLY COUNTY UPDATE 12/17/23
WASHINGTON COUNTY JUDGE PATRICK DEAKINS INTERFERS WITH LEGISLATOR’S RIGHT TO BRING LEGISLATION TO QUORUM COURT Should the county judge be...
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Dec 10, 20232 min read
WC Update 12/10/23 JP Coger's proposed Ordinances called "radical agenda," by WC Judge Deakins.
THINGS TO KNOW: I prepared and sent to Judge Deakins two ordinances to repeal the two 2022 ordinances from December last year which...
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Dec 3, 20232 min read
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS & UPDATES 12/3/23
THINGS TO KNOW: NO QUORUM COURT COMMITTEES MEET THIS WEEK. COUNTY SERVICES HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH FINANCE & BUDGET AND WILL BE HELD...
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Nov 19, 20231 min read
WASHINGTON COUNTY UPDATE 11/19/23
Regular meeting of the Washington County Quorum Court met 11/16/23. Watch the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/user/washcoar...
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Nov 12, 20233 min read
JP BETH COGER'S NEWSLETTER & COUNTY UPDATE 11/12/23
WC QUORUM COURT AGAIN REFUSES TO FUND NONPROFIT WITH ARPA MONEY (All Republican JPs voted NO! All Democratic JPs voted YES!) COURT...
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Nov 6, 20234 min read
BUDGET WEEK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY!
Washington County Update 11/5/2023 WASHINGTON COUNTY PROCEEDING WITH JAIL EXPANSION WITH ARPA FUNDS - RFQs OPENED FOR ARCHITECTURAL FIRM...
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Oct 29, 20233 min read
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS & HAPPENINGS
Washington County Update - October 29, 2023 THINGS TO KNoW: STILL NO NEWS ON COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE...
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Oct 22, 20234 min read
Fairness and democracy aren’t present in Washington County...
→ Judge Deakins appointed Jackie Perry Ryan to the Board of Equalization and Butch Barthelemew and Larry Walker to the Water Authority. ...
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Oct 15, 20233 min read
Judge Deakins directs Prosecutor Durrett to SUSPEND ALL CJCC meetings until further notice…
→ Prosecutor Matt Durrett, co-chair of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC), received a letter from County Judge Deakins...
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Oct 15, 20232 min read
Want to know how we went from a $97M budget to the proposed $112M budget (+15% year over year)!?
WC 2024 Budget information to consider after the October Finance & Budget meeting: This is the reason we’ve had a nice cushion in the...
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Oct 8, 20234 min read
AFOIA ordinance passes, No added data on Jail or CSU, Deakins plans to push the 2024 budget through
Here’s the play-by-play of what happened at the QC’s County Services Subcommittee meeting on 10/2: → Minute 22:37: JP Evelyn Rios...
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