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ISSUE 3: Supporters keep saying Issue 3 isn’t about taxes. Hear it for yourself. Again, from the bill’s co-sponsor, this time Sen. Dismang.
Lines 10–12 of Issue 3 say property inside an economic development district would be exempt from regular property taxes, including those that fund counties, cities, and schools. Except for taxes, assessments or other charges levied by the district itself.
At a legislative committee hearing on SJR15, Dismang was asked if that means the district can levy its own taxes.
The answer was yes.
How those districts would actually work hasn’t been written yet. If Issue 3 passes, the Legislature writes the rules afterward.
Vote against Issue 3. The polls are open now for early voting, and election day is Nov. 3.
#arpx #arleg #arnews #Issue3 #arkansas
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It took the Issue 3 co-sponsor a long time to say yes, but Rep. Ray had it right: under Issue 3, appointed, unelected boards could levy taxes on the people who live and shop inside an economic development district.
EDD bonds are explicity exempt from Amendments 62 and 65, which require voter approval before governments take on major debt. EDDs can borrow without limit —backed by your tax dollars — and the debt does not count against local debt ceilings. If an EDD can't repay its bonds, taxpayers are on the hook. It's YOUR money backing the debt.
Vote AGAINST Issue 3 on Nov. 3. #arnews #arpx #arleg #issue3 #arkansas
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Don’t tell me how much you want to cut taxes.
Show me how much you actually cut spending.
Need to learn more about Issue 3 before you vote? Conduit For Action has three speaking events this upcoming week where YOU can learn more about Issue 3.
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Today, the president of the Ag Council of Arkansas submitted a letter to the Arkansas Public Service Commission on behalf of our members expressing concern for proposed rates for @EntergyArk customers in a rate case filing pending before the commission.
In addition to the rate case pending, we also have serious concerns for how Entergy is implementing new utility bill riders under the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act of 2025 (GAJA).
To frustrate us even more, farmers are seeing these increased costs taxed at the state and local levels while data center customers of Entergy get special rates, avoid taxes on electricity, and capture renewable energy credits and other benefits in their dealings with Entergy.
We have concerns that farmers will also be forced to pick up the tab for Entergy's future needs to purchase power to meet demand for data center companies.
We encourage actions to provide relief to Arkansas farmers!
More: agcouncil.net/news/ag-counci…
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If we don’t stop looking to the U.S. government to solve every problem, it will suffocate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—the very things it’s designed to protect.
The U.S. government’s authority is limited.
We ignore its limitations at our own peril.
It took the Issue 3 co-sponsor a long time to say yes, but Rep. Ray had it right: under Issue 3, appointed, unelected boards could levy taxes on the people who live and shop inside an economic development district.
EDD bonds are explicity exempt from Amendments 62 and 65, which require voter approval before governments take on major debt. EDDs can borrow without limit —backed by your tax dollars — and the debt does not count against local debt ceilings. If an EDD can't repay its bonds, taxpayers are on the hook. It's YOUR money backing the debt.
Vote AGAINST Issue 3 on Nov. 3. #arnews #arpx #arleg #issue3 #arkansas
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1. The government creates a problem.
2. The government creates fear resulting from the problem.
3. The government demands more power to fix the problem they created.
4. The government never returns the power.
Fin.
NEW: “Government needs to get out of the business of ‘economic development’ and leave that to those who know how to do business in Arkansas,” Taylor said in an email. “Economic development should be encouraged by supporting the businesses already in our state, not by taking their tax dollars to subsidize their competition.”
Read the latest on Issue 3 from the @ArkAdvocate. ow.ly/L0PJ5100BMT
#arpx #arleg #arnews #Issue3 #CorporateWelfare
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“Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.”
— Milton Friedman
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The October Weekly-ISH is out: budget hearings ahead of 2027, my visit with Rogers Public Schools, ATLAS results showing LEARNS is working, why I'm voting against Issue 3, and the history of the War Eagle Craft Fair. britmckenzie.com/post/weekly…
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Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, once went through the major U.S. government departments and said which ones should stay and which should go:
• Department of Agriculture: Abolish
• Department of Commerce: Abolish
• Department of Defense: Keep
• Department of Education: Abolish
• Department of Energy: Abolish (move the nuclear/military piece under Defense)
• Department of Health and Human Services: Cut in half (limited public health role only)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development: Abolish
• Department of the Interior: Sell off most government land, and abolish
• Department of Justice: Keep
• Department of Labor: Abolish
• Department of State: Keep
• Department of Transportation: Abolish
• Department of Treasury: Keep (to collect taxes)
• Department of Veterans Affairs: Pay veterans off, and abolish
Result: roughly 14 departments down to about 4–5.
Government’s real jobs, he said: defend the country, keep the peace, and protect people from being coerced by others. Everything else is outside its proper role.
ISSUE 3: Conservatives who abandon limited government whenever a developer arrives should retire the speeches. Constitutional restraint is not a slogan to display when convenient. It is a test of whether anyone in power is willing to say “no.”
Read our latest op-ed, "'Economic Development' Two Words That Settle Nothing." ow.ly/tSft5100ccv
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“The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power—whether that person is a government official, a trade union official, or a business executive.”
— Milton Friedman
“I owe it to the taxpayer to get the best person in there.”
Tim Shepard, Republican nominee for Washington County Judge, sat down with Conduit News to talk transparency, rural infrastructure, and his plans for county government.
Early voting is underway ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Watch the full interview here: ow.ly/4W565100aAw
#arpx #arnews #election2026
