Mayor Jackie Sikes just disappeared from her job in Fairfield Bay today.
The City Council held an “emergency meeting” today to discuss REMOVING Mayor Jackie’s horrid “tollbooth” going into the Fairfield Bay Marina. The emergency meeting was called after multiple lawsuit threats were reported by law firms involving Mayor Jackie’s tollbooth going into the Marina. Not only did Mayor Jackie Sikes SKIP the meeting, but she even admitted later it was intentional! Her Chief Advisor publicly attacked the City Council and the media, claiming the meeting was somehow illegal!
Mayor Jackie Skips “Emergency Meeting”
City Council Member Ruth Krotz called an emergency meeting of the City Council several days ago. Mayor Jackie Sikes suddenly decided not to show up!
Here’s what happened…
Two law firms said Fairfield Bay might get sued over the Mayor’s new tollbooth going to the Fairfield Bay Marina. Two letters were received by the city.
The concerns were raised after emails were released showing Mayor Jackie Sikes has been lying to us about the Corps of Engineers telling her a tollbooth is required going into the Fairfield Bay Marina.
The mayor’s controversial tollbooth has led to privacy concerns and complaints to the Arkansas Corps of Engineers.
We recently reported that a video was released showing people struggling to leave the Marina under Jackie’s new tollbooth “exit” rules. Some tourists even left the Marina after traffic jams caused by confusion over Jackie’s new rules!
Not only did Mayor Jackie Sikes fail to respond to the invitation to the meeting for days, but she intentionally skipped the event altogether. Her reason? She said she wanted to “welcome visitors” to the campground instead of doing her job!
She probably wasn’t as “busy” as she claimed. Definitely not busy enough to skip out on doing her job! Considering there aren’t that many campspots at the campground to begin with.
Although Mayor Jackie Sikes didn’t attend the meeting, her Chief Advisor Martin Bailey was there. He claimed the meeting was somehow illegal and even made allegations targeting Lake Area Weekly Editor Dan Feuer.
You can watch what happened below. It’s a continuous circus.
Sadly, this is exactly what we’ve come to expect from our city’s mayor. Enough is enough:
If that isn’t bad enough, Mayor Jackie posted pictures of herself on social media showing her alone while claiming to be “too busy” to work:
PLEASE NOTE: A movement has launched to recall Mayor Jackie Sikes by a group called “We (the MAJORITY of) the People of Fairfield Bay” to remove Jackie Sikes. Many other scandals and issues can be read about here.