Opponents of the Go Forward Pine Bluff-sponsored tax measures on the ballot for the Nov. 14 special election accused the nonprofit of buying votes from students at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
The Pine Bluff branch of the NAACP has filed a complaint with the State Board Of Election Commissioners and Arkansas Ethics Commission against Go Forward Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff is not foreign to Judge Joe Brown, best known for his nationally syndicated television show. During the Pine Bluff Branch of the NAACP s 31st annual Dove Freedom Fund Banquet, he shared that he spoke at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 15 years ago.
The Society of St. Tammany was the name given to a powerful political machine that essentially ran New York City throughout much of the 19th century. The organization reached a peak of notoriety in the decade following the Civil War when it harbored "The Ring," the corrupted political organization of Boss Tweed.