Headquarters, we present a live presentation. The arkansas governors debate. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. I am actually. Ashley. We are coming to you live, and what happens next could decide who is the governor of arkansas. In the democrat stay Governors Mansion with mike ross, or will it be a republican transition with hutchinson . Is november 4. Tonights debate will look a little different. There will be no podiums and the time limits will be flexible. The goal is to get to the heart of major issues. Join us on twitter and let us know who is making an impression or who isnt. Argov. Us at we will take you to our moderators to get things started. Thank you very much. We are joined by the candidates or governor. Thank you very much. Also, capitol hill political reporter david. Our goal for the next 60 minutes is to cut through the clutter, and get to the issues that matter the most for the next governor of the state of arkansas. Each candidate will be afforded two
Place in five cities across the United States with hopes by the administration of Building Community trust. For the first warty five minutes this morning we will learn more about this. But we want to get your thoughts on the Justice Departments efforts overall and looking at racial bias in Law Enforcement. Here is how you can weigh in this morning. For democrats host we have a mind set aside for those of you in Law Enforcement host this was announced last week by the Justice Department. Eric holder, holding a press conference to talk about it. Here is the ap headline feds launch police bias study. They talked a bit about what was involved in it, including bringing up what happened in ferguson, missouri. Here is a little bit from the announcement last week. We cannot allow tensions present in so many neighborhoods across america. Not just in ferguson, but in many neighborhoods across this country, we cant allow these tensions, policies, and issues to go unresolved. We each have an essen
Taxes are too high for the middle class and the working poor. I never thought i would see the day when a republican candidate in congressman hutchinson here would criticize me for wanting to cut peoples taxes too much. I subscribe to the governor beebee model. This is a similar debate to what they had eight years ago, when the governor said we will save on the sales tax on groceries because we can afford that. Anderson hutchinson said it was an empty promise. Fastforward, 80 of the tax has been taken off and the law has passed to take the remaining 20 off. I subscribe to the same model. My plan is this, we will balance the budget first, Fund Education and public safety. With Revenue Growth we will in the let my plan for lower and fair taxes. You have manufacturers, prek, and a third one that escapes me. A threepronged approach. Which one takes precedence . Here is what i think is important, and his campaign, i have said here are my priorities. Here is my vision. Here is what i want to
In Public Service will always come from the contributions of those who served either under my command in the marine corps or on my staff. Our country has heard and will continue to hear from these talented men and women wherever they go and however they choose to serve, and a good number of them have made the trek over here the during a busy workweek to join us today. We did great things during those six years. They continue to show us that they are allstars in a multitude of endeavors, and id be praised if they would stand or wave and be recognized right now. [applause] there have been a lot of things going on in the last couple of days, and im sure im going to be get questions about them, but what im ready like to talk about in my opening remarks is whats going on in our country and what we can do to make things better. And let me begin by stealing a quote by gore vidal, one of the most irascible minds of the postworld war ii era. He once wrote you never know when you are happy, you