Arkansas Blog

Former AEDC Director Grant Tennille: "We are watching a re-run."

TENNILLE: "if we're going to create an Arkansas that is vibrant and growing, we must wake up, live up to the promise of our motto, 'The Land of Opportunity,' and stop allowing the unevolved and ignorant among us to dominate the discourse."

In an open letter, Grant Tennille, former Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, stated that after the passage of HB 1288 "Arkansas finds itself, once again on the wrong side of history." During his tenure at AEDC, Tennille argued that the state's gay marriage ban made it more difficult to encourage companies to come to Arkansas because it suggested an atmosphere of intolerance. Here's his letter in full:

As we enter the final days of the legislativeAiko Meeting Jinnotachi

Flying across the Earth to see if there was anything wrong his scouter detected an power level near the wasteland.''Hmm I wonder who it could..'' He muttered to himself as he landed onto the wasteland. He slowly walked looking left and right to see if there was anybody there.

Jinno was emerging from his tomb-like home that he was created and raised in. He felt around an expansion and found only one powerlevel nearby that he would not be able to defeat at least not be able to do so well or easily. Jinno liked the world that he came out and saw. So he continued to scan the world with his ability to sense energy. Waiting....for something or someone to come by him rather than he