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With a short agenda Monday during the Pine Bluff City Council meeting, with one item pulled and three resolutions, the majority of the meeting was spent with public comment.
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.
Former Pine Bluff Alderwoman Thelma Walker, 82, served on the Pine Bluff City Council for 13 years and was a candidate for mayor in 2012.
This is the first of a two-part series.
