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A series of stories in The Commercial recently by reporter Eplunus Colvin on the "what s next" aspect of the failed Go Forward Pine Bluff-sponsored sales tax shows even a lesser extent of transparency than initially thought. In that sense, we believe more firmly that the voters thumbs down on the five-eighths-cent tax was well deserved. ....
Go Forward CEO Ryan Watley had a salary in 2021 of close to $170,000, far exceeding what is paid to any of Pine Bluff s public officials, according to IRS filings and city financial figures. ....