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Downtown property owners left the council chambers dissatisfied after the Pine Bluff City Council voted 5-3 to authorize the exercise of eminent domain to acquire property for the Delta Rhythm and Bayous Cultural District Project on Monday.
Tuesday s regular Pine Bluff City Council meeting was moving at a rapid pace when the issue of limiting "small box discount stores" in Ward 1 threw a speed bump.
Pine Bluff City Council member LaTisha Brunson, who has been a faithful supporter of Go Forward Pine Bluff, surprised onlookers at Monday night s council meeting when she blocked a quick second reading of two sales tax proposals that Go Forward officials are hoping to get on a special election ballot in November.