Jonesboro is not the only municipality that will be hosting a sales tax election November 10th. The city of Brookland is also holding an election, which would ask voters to support a two-cent sales tax increase. Brookland Mayor Kenneth Jones says the funds would go toward a new water tank and well for the city. Jones tells the Sun newspaper Brookland’s population continues to grow, which he says puts a strain on the current water system. He says if the tax passes, the city would enter into a 30-year, $4.7 million bond, which will be used to construct a 450-thousand gallon tank. Jones says he hopes the bond will be paid off in 15 years.
Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.