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Does anyone know what’s going on with the old Sharks (used to be Mrs. Winners) It would be good to get a real restaurant around here instead of just fast food or chain restaurants for once. [Editor’s Note: Well, it seems to be a game of musical chairs, as from what I’ve been told, Wendy’s is moving down the street and they are building a new one there. Just for nostalgia purposes, longtime residents might remember that before it was Shark’s, it was indeed a Mrs. Winners. And before that, it was a Bojangles. And before that it was, no really, a wig shop for a little while, and even before that, it was a Waffle House. I bet I’m forgetting a couple of others as well. But yes, it is going to be the new Wendy’s, to go along with the new Taco Bell. On that note, I swear, if they don’t fix the one-way “trap” at the Taco Bell drive-through I’m going to boycott (not really… I love Taco Bell). As for your hope for a “real” restaurant, I think we have some decent options around here. No, it’s not Downtown Memphis, but hey, Downtown Memphis is only like 15 minutes away. Opening a restaurant from scratch (as in, not a chain) is a very risky proposition. I saw an article about opening new restaurants a while back and it said like 80 percent of them fail in the first year. In a separate article, I read that opening a restaurant is one of the popular things for lottery winners to do with their newfound wealth and they almost always fail too, so I would also like more dining options but I also understand the reluctance for entrepreneurs to take the plunge around here] The plan to forgive some student loan debt will not cost taxpayers $2,000 each as some are claiming. The cost is actually about $160 each. Compare this to the 8 trillion-dollar increase in the federal deficit shoved down the throats of hard working Arkansans by Cotton, Crawford and Boozman during the 4-year Trump administration. This debt increase cost each taxpayer about $5,333.33. Republicans all over the place are complaining about government loan forgiveness. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-GA, criticized the plan as government overreach while at the same time accepting loan forgiveness of about $180,000 for money she borrowed from the government. Some Republican lawmakers got millions of debt forgiveness but complain about loan forgiveness for others. Sarah Sanders said “the people of Arkansas want the government out of their life.” She also believes in “Government mandated forced motherhood” for children, teenagers, young women and older women who are raped and impregnated. She wants the government to violate these females right to privacy with “Government mandated forced motherhood.” She wants women to “know your role” and “do what you’re told.” She wants women to submit to government control. You won’t find the government standing between a man and his doctor. But for women, it’s a different story. In Arkansas, a group of mostly old white men are destroying the right to privacy for Arkansas women. Let the people of Arkansas vote on the privacy rights of women. [Editor’s Note: Wow, that was the reading version of whiplash the way you rocketed from student loan forgiveness to abortion rights. On the student loan thing, I know it seems like we’re basically rewarding bad decision making with the student loan forgiveness thing, but honestly, I can’t think of a better solution. But I think college should be free, so maybe I’m biased. On the abortion issue, if the overturning of Roe v. Wade was intended, as was stated, to turn the issue back to the individual states, then yes, I 100 percent agree with you. Let’s put it on the ballot and let the voters decide. As to whether abortion should be decided even at the state level rather than a personal decision made by the individual, that’s another debate for another day]