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TexasTowelie

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Mon Aug 20, 2018, 11:12 PM Aug 2018

Socialist activist makes bid for Fayetteville City Council

FAYETTEVILLE -- A musician and community activist wants to bring a sense of socialism to the City Council.

Martin Bemberg, 30, filed Friday to run for Ward 2. Mark Kinion has held the seat since 2010 and is running for re-election. Raymond Douglass Burks also filed as a candidate for the seat.

Ward 2 includes the Dickson Street entertainment area and downtown square. Other notable landmarks include Wilson Park, the historic Washington-Willow neighborhood, Lewis Park, Woodland Junior High and the University of Arkansas campus east of Garland Avenue.

Bemberg was born and raised in Ward 2. He graduated from Fayetteville High School in 2006 and has senior standing at the University of Arkansas. Bemberg said although he has enough hours to graduate, he's taken an extended sabbatical from his education. His majors are in Spanish and German.

Read more: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/18/socialist-activist-makes-bid-for-fayett/

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Socialist activist makes bid for Fayetteville City Council (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP
My ward, but I adore Mark Kinion. He's the only alderman I've sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #1
Ha ha. It looks like I'm closing in on you. TexasTowelie Aug 2018 #2

sinkingfeeling

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1. My ward, but I adore Mark Kinion. He's the only alderman I've
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 11:20 PM
Aug 2018

had that responded to letters, emails, or phone calls.

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