Press Release: 02/18/2010

Today, former Searcy City Councilman, Kyle Reeves, announces his intention to run for Mayor of Searcy.

As a long time resident of Searcy, Reeves has been actively involved in his community of Searcy. He served 2 years as a conservative Republican on the Searcy City Council, creating and pushing through legislation that requires the city to provide voter notification of special elections that raise taxes.

“I believe that voters should always have the right to vote on tax increases. When I was on the City Council, I introduced and passed an ordinance to stop City Hall from sneaking in new taxes through special elections where fewer people will turn out to vote. This legislation has forced the current Mayor and Council to send out notifications to all registered voters in Searcy informing them of the upcoming vote on the A&P Tax on April 13^th.”

“One of the main reasons I am running for Mayor is to bring more transparency to City Hall and stop these manipulations of Democracy from destroying our city. In an attempt to get the A&P tax passed, the Current Mayor and Council have chosen to have a special election on April 13,^th at the cost of thousands of dollars to the tax payers, when they could have waited one month and spent only $250. It is obvious, that a political game to force ‘tax and spend’ agendas is being played at City Hall!”

“One of the other issues is long term budgeting based on our short term revenues from the ‘Gas Boom’. This will not last forever and we will need jobs when the ‘Boom’ is over. We should use this increased tax revenue to help bring in new jobs that are not related to the Gas industry. A Boom is temporary, and strapping the City with an inflated budget now could cost a lot of jobs and increased taxes later just to support it.”

Reeves Graduated from Harding University with a Bachelors Degree in Communication (1987) and a Masters Degree in Education (1989). In 1988, Reeves toured with Country singer Ricky Skaggs and then went on to work for Post Newsweek Stations where he received many awards including 3 Emmy nominations in television. Reeves returned to Searcy in 1992 to work in the Communications Department at Harding University before starting My Town TV which aired on local channel 6.

Reeves built the first All Digital LPTV station in the United States and served as President of the Community Broadcasters Association, as well as being recently nominated to serve on the Federal Communications Commission in Washington by Senator Mark Pryor and Congressman John Boozeman.

Kyle and his Wife Christy live in Searcy with their four children Kaitlyn, 13, Canon, 11, Christian, 9, and Kendra, 3. His wife, Christy, is currently the elementary principal in Kensett. Both Christy and Kyle's parents live in Searcy as well. Together, Kyle and his family attend the Downtown Church of Christ on Main Street.