Clark overcomes downfalls, runs for city mayor
Miles Bryant
Issue date: 10/6/08 Section: News
Another issue frequently discussed in the election is the park system in Fayetteville.
"What we don't have is a regional park, and we need one," he said. Clark's vision is to use this regional park to host tournaments such as little league soccer or baseball. But he does not see the parks use for solely sporting areas. "Parks are about recreation, not about sports.
"As mayor you can issue a proclamation, and I want to proclaim Fayetteville 'the city of champions,'" he said. "As we build all these trails, every time we commemorate a champion, let's plant a tree in that champions honor and put their name on it. I wasn't a champion athlete, but I've been a champion in other things in life, and that's what I want Fayetteville to be known as; not just the home of the UA, but the city of champions."
The environment is also an issue at hand in this election season.
"Going green is not just about recycling. It really is about making decisions, and about repackaging how we live. It's about what do we choose to make important in life?" Clark said.
"Being green is about waste reduction. What is it you're doing that is wasteful? That's in energy, materials and life chooses," Clark said.
While Clark's resume includes several prominent positions in the state of Arkansas, he has had his fair share of troubles.
"The bottom came in 1990 when I was charged with misuse of the state credit card that had been issued to me as attorney general. A jury found me guilty of misusing that card by purchasing food and alcoholic beverages costing, at a minimum $200 but not more than $2,500, over a five-year period," said Clark on his campaign Web site. "I paid a $10,000 fine and court costs, resigned from office and surrendered my Arkansas law license. I went from 'Who's Who' to 'Who's He?' overnight. It was a very painful time in my life and was brought about by my own actions. I was deservedly punished. In 2004, Gov. Mike Huckabee granted me a pardon and my record was expunged."
"I applied for 70 or 80 jobs. I couldn't even get an interview. I wound up working in a bookstore, $6.50 an hour. Shelved books, sold books, in a used book store, and I love books so that was fun in one sense, but it's a long way from the White House to a used bookstore," Clark said. "There's something about the dignity of work; I was very proud of that. All that being said, if there's anything my life stands for, is that you can begin again no matter how much adversity you've had, self imposed or otherwise, if you don't quit."
"What we don't have is a regional park, and we need one," he said. Clark's vision is to use this regional park to host tournaments such as little league soccer or baseball. But he does not see the parks use for solely sporting areas. "Parks are about recreation, not about sports.
"As mayor you can issue a proclamation, and I want to proclaim Fayetteville 'the city of champions,'" he said. "As we build all these trails, every time we commemorate a champion, let's plant a tree in that champions honor and put their name on it. I wasn't a champion athlete, but I've been a champion in other things in life, and that's what I want Fayetteville to be known as; not just the home of the UA, but the city of champions."
The environment is also an issue at hand in this election season.
"Going green is not just about recycling. It really is about making decisions, and about repackaging how we live. It's about what do we choose to make important in life?" Clark said.
"Being green is about waste reduction. What is it you're doing that is wasteful? That's in energy, materials and life chooses," Clark said.
While Clark's resume includes several prominent positions in the state of Arkansas, he has had his fair share of troubles.
"The bottom came in 1990 when I was charged with misuse of the state credit card that had been issued to me as attorney general. A jury found me guilty of misusing that card by purchasing food and alcoholic beverages costing, at a minimum $200 but not more than $2,500, over a five-year period," said Clark on his campaign Web site. "I paid a $10,000 fine and court costs, resigned from office and surrendered my Arkansas law license. I went from 'Who's Who' to 'Who's He?' overnight. It was a very painful time in my life and was brought about by my own actions. I was deservedly punished. In 2004, Gov. Mike Huckabee granted me a pardon and my record was expunged."
"I applied for 70 or 80 jobs. I couldn't even get an interview. I wound up working in a bookstore, $6.50 an hour. Shelved books, sold books, in a used book store, and I love books so that was fun in one sense, but it's a long way from the White House to a used bookstore," Clark said. "There's something about the dignity of work; I was very proud of that. All that being said, if there's anything my life stands for, is that you can begin again no matter how much adversity you've had, self imposed or otherwise, if you don't quit."
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