File #: RES-20:159    Version: 1 Name: A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS IN SUPPORT OF RESTORING FREEDOM,CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, AND GOVERNANCE BACK TO LOCAL AND STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS
Type: Resolution Status: Denied
File created: 9/24/2020 In control: Public Safety Council Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/20/2020
Title: A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS IN SUPPORT OF RESTORING FREEDOM,CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, AND GOVERNANCE BACK TO LOCAL AND STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS
Attachments: 1. Freedom Resolution, 2. Email Request to be placed on Agenda, 3. 1Responses to RES-20-159
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A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS IN SUPPORT OF RESTORING FREEDOM,CHOICE, OPPORTUNITY, AND GOVERNANCE BACK TO LOCAL AND STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS
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WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro Arkansas is a thriving city responsibly enacting ordinances and affirming resolutions for the safety, prosperity, and wellbeing of its citizens, visitors, and businesses; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Jonesboro Arkansas have elected local officials in a Mayor and City Alderman to lead our city; and

WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro Arkansas has demonstrated the ability to lead in trying times and in difficult circumstances, by hearing from experts, business leaders, and citizens; and

WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro Arkansas has demonstrated its ability to create a civil environment that is attractive, an economic atmosphere that is conducive to success, and a diversity of industry that is
growing providing our citizens a wide range of employment opportunities; and

WHEREAS, our local businesses have demonstrated tremendous courage, perseverance, restraint, and outstanding decision-making capabilities; and

WHEREAS, the citizens and businesses of the City of Jonesboro Arkansas have suffered and continue to suffer undue damage and harm resulting from the diminishment of personal responsibility and the freedom to engage in commerce and live, move, and have our being as a result of an exercise of excessive and inconsistent State control and power over local governments, businesses, and schools
beyond what is reasonable, right, and true; and

WHEREAS, being in a state of emergency since March 2020, the citizens and businesses of the City of Jonesboro Arkansas feel the perpetual extension of a state of emergency by means of the Emergency Services Act is an overreach of the spirit of the law and a main contributor to the said damage and harm;

THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED THIS ___________ DAY OF _________ IN THE YEAR 2020 THAT THE CITY OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS supports ...

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