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Sent on behalf of Tommy May, Chairman of Go Forward Pine Bluff in response to questions sent by Byron Tate on 9/22/23.

For the second time in less than a year, voters in Pine Bluff will soon weigh in on a set of proposed sales taxes.

Editors note: This is the second of a two-part series examining El Dorados improvement of its quality of life as Pine Bluff approaches a sales tax election.

A text message sent by NAACP president and former council member Ivan Whitfield to Pine Bluff officials says the shooting death of Maurice Taggart "started with the Go Forward movement."

All four ordinances related to a potential November election to approve or reject the existing five-eighths-cent general-use sales tax and a three-eighths-cent tax for first responders were pulled from the agenda of Mondays regular City Council meeting.

Improving the community has been a focus for the City of Pine Bluff over the last few years, and now it's becoming a reality with the start of some major projects.

Two sales taxes that Pine Bluff residents voted down less than three months ago will be back in the hands of voters for a November special election, pending full City Council approval.

Two sales taxes that Pine Bluff residents voted down less than three months ago will be back in the hands of the voters for a November special election, pending full City Council approval.

John Lawson, who has been questioned about a vote he cast regarding Go Forward Pine Bluff, resigned from the Advertising and Promotion Commission on Thursday, citing personal issues.