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Public commenter alleges district concealed painting contracts, cites Arkansas tampering statutes
Summary
At the Nashville School District meeting a public commenter, DJ Hibbert, said public-records requests showed painting contracts despite earlier denials and cited Arkansas statutes on tampering with public records, telling a district official 'You, sir, are under arrest.' The board did not provide an on-the-record response in the transcript.
During the public-comment portion of the Nashville School District board meeting DJ Hibbert (public commenter, S4) said he made a July 16 public-records request for painting contracts covering the last five fiscal years and initially received a response he interpreted as saying the district had no painting contracts. Hibbert said that when he then requested records tied to a specific contractor in August, he found documents he believes are contracts bearing a signature he identified as Doug Graham's.
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