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'''Nora Harris''' is a well-known tax activist and president of [[Empower Arkansas]]. In 1998 she appeared in the news reporting the controversy surrounding the funding of the [[Clinton Library]]. To pay for the land as promised for Clinton's library, the city officials issued a $16.4 million improvement bond, but this quickly came under scrutiny as unconstitutional, according to Harris, since it was not put to a citywide vote. Pulaski County Chancellor [[Alice Gray]] ruled to continue funding the Clinton Library because the use of bonds was entirely constitutional.
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'''Nora Harris''' is a well-known tax activist and president of [[Empower Arkansas]].
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In 1998 she became embroiled in the controversy surrounding the funding of the [[Clinton Library]], filing suit against the [[City of Little Rock]]. To pay for the land as promised for Clinton's library, city officials had issued $16.4 million in [[park revenue bonds]]. Harris complained that the improvement bond issue had not been put to a citywide vote.  
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Pulaski County Chancellor [[Alice Gray]] ruled against Harris in the summer of 1999.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Suzi Parker, "Clinton's Latest Legal Hurdle: A Library Site for His Legacy," ''Christian Science Monitor,'' August 16, 1999.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
 
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Revision as of 22:28, 7 February 2008

Nora Harris is a well-known tax activist and president of Empower Arkansas.

In 1998 she became embroiled in the controversy surrounding the funding of the Clinton Library, filing suit against the City of Little Rock. To pay for the land as promised for Clinton's library, city officials had issued $16.4 million in park revenue bonds. Harris complained that the improvement bond issue had not been put to a citywide vote.

Pulaski County Chancellor Alice Gray ruled against Harris in the summer of 1999.

References

  • Suzi Parker, "Clinton's Latest Legal Hurdle: A Library Site for His Legacy," Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 1999.

External links