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Trepidation. "It has crossed my mind," Nathan Winters told the Independent Record from the floor of the Republican Convention in Cleveland on Monday. Winters is one of three Hot Springs men to serve as national delegates this week and in the run up to politic's biggest event in decades, he's heard a lot of talk about the potential for violence in the streets. But the First Baptist Church Minister and House District 28 Representative took a thoughtful pause to find the words. "The thing is, that...
This is only my second time in Cleveland so the neighborhood I picked for lodging, while covering the Republican National Convention, was a crap shoot. I got lucky. Tremont is about a mile due south of the convention center and I had planned on just renting a bicycle, thinking it would be easier pedaling in and out of the downtown area than taking a cab or Uber. I was wrong. On Sunday, friend, wife and I decided to do some reconnaissance in the hope that my internet-mapped route would be as easy as it looked but as Sunday wore on, the police,...
When State Committeeman and Delegate to the GOP National Convention Jim Collins broke away to speak with the Independent Record, a little trouble was brewing on the convention floor. "I think it's been quite exciting. They've been having a rules fight and they need, I think six or seven states to have a majority sign-off, so I'm looking forward to seeing how the Party handles adversity." It was his first day as a delegate and within an hour the final push to change the rules had failed. After a...
