Arkansas Has a Corruption Problem
From a long list of supposed public servants in our state who have gone to jail to the current abuses we’re seeing by Governor Sarah...
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I was born in the little town of Wynne, right in the middle of the Arkansas Delta and at the foot of Crowley’s Ridge. My dad was third in a line of tow boat captains, my grandma on my mom’s side was a teacher, and my granddad was a Baptist deacon who taught Sunday school every week and a veteran who had stood guard over Nazi POWs at Camp Robinson. My parents split up when I was six, we moved around a lot as kids and our family life wasn’t always healthy and happy, but I was blessed to have my grandfather’s lessons and example, a good public school to give me the tools I needed to succeed in life, and people that cared about me and made sure I could make something of myself, including my high school librarian who made sure I got my first scholarship.
Because of that, I was able to come to Jonesboro and ASU, where I was the second person in my family to get a college degree after my grandfather had done so on the GI Bill. And not only did Jonesboro give me the benefit of higher education, but this community is where I met my spouse, Roby, bought a home, and started my career as a paralegal at a local law firm. Were it not for a public school system and a public university, for family and fellow Arkansans who cared for me, I wouldn’t be where I am today. So I know I have to give back.
My name is David McAvoy.
I was born and raised in Arkansas by working folks.
Right now politicians in Little Rock are hurting our state while they enrich themselves and their wealthy campaign contributors. I can’t let that happen without a fight.
That’s why I’m running for the Arkansas House of Representatives - District 32 in Jonesboro.
Some of my past community involvement includes:
Serving on the board of Fisher Street Community in Action (FSCIA), a non profit serving the Fisher Street area in north Jonesboro. Through FSCIA, I’ve worked in the local community gardens, helped with neighborhood clean ups, block parties for National Night Out, toy drives for kids at Christmas, and neighborhood fish fries.
Creating ProtectARVoices in 2019 in response to the 2020 Petition Killer Amendment placed on the ballot by the General Assembly. I worked with people across the political spectrum to defeat that attack on the initiative and referendum process that gave Arkansas a better minimum wage and medical marijuana. Our efforts were successful.
Graduating from Jonesboro's first Citizens Police Academy class in 2015. I remained active in the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association from 2015-2019 until the pandemic.
Working with Northeast Arkansans for Animals. I have participated in presentations at after school and summer programs in Jonesboro to teach kids about wildlife.
Founding Jonesboro ForWard in 2021 to pass an initiative changing half the city council seats in Jonesboro from at-large to ward elections. That initiative passed with 83 percent of the vote in 2022.
Helping organize the effort to fight censorship and book banning at our local library from 2021 to present.
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