THANKS IN PART TO BRYAN DAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LR PORT AUTHORITY USING THE ASHLEY MADISON WEBSITE, ARKANSAS NETS $52,830 IN SETTLEMENT

The owner of dating site Ashley Madison has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation and state charges related to the 2015 data breach, the FTC announced Wednesday.

Twelve states, including Arkansas and the District of Columbia, were part of the settlement. Arkansas will receive $52,830 as part of the deal, according to the attorney general's office.

"While I do not condone the activities of those who joined the Ashley Madison website, it is my job as Attorney General to take action when Arkansans' data is breached," Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statement Wednesday. "The false actions taken by this corporation were wrong and exposed countless members to potential fraud."

The Ashley Madison hack was notable in part because the site aimed to help people discretely cheat on their significant others, yet the data breach left personal information about its users exposed. Hackers who called themselves the Impact Group posted a large cache of data stolen from the site online, which was quickly turned into a searchable database that wreaked havoc on some users' lives.

Thanks to the hackers, we learned that  Bryan Day, Executive Director of the Little Rock Port Authority was listed in the hacked data as being a member.

BRYAN DAY - REVEALED AS AN ASHLEY MADISON MEMBER

According to a spokesman for the AG's office the funds will be used for consumer education.

Be sure and thank Day for helping us get this windfall!

BTW - Turns out most all of the female profiles on Ashley Madison were fake. A fool and his money are soon parted. LMAO

http://gizmodo.com/almost-none-of-the-women-in-the-ashley-madison-database-1725558944

https://www.eteknix.com/99-women-profiles-ashley-madison-fake/

LR BOARD OF DIRECTOR JOAN ADCOCK LONE DISSENTING VOTE IN RESOLUTION TO REMOVE ROBERT E. LEE HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE - "KEEP MY NAME OFF IT" SAYS ADCOCK

In keeping with her support of southern heritage (some say racist beliefs), Little Rock Board of Director Joan Adcock was the only board member to refuse to support a resolution to ask Arkansas legislators to repeal the state's dual celebration of Martin Luther King and Robert E. Lee and only keep the King holiday observance on the third Monday in January.

Adcock also voted against changing the name of Confederate Boulevard last year.

The resolution from the Little Rock Board of Directors, passed 8-1, requests that the Little Rock delegation try again during this year's legislative session.

City Director Joan Adcock was the only director to vote against the resolution and made a special request that any letter sent to the legislature did not include her name. Her excuse, as reported in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette was, "I feel like we have enough problems in the city without trying to tell the state what to do. I don't feel like we need to tell them what to do. ... I feel like we need to solve the problems of Little Rock."

Not to let Director Adcock spoil the effect of the resolution, it was cleverly drafted so that a casual reading of it gives the appearance that the entire board was fully behind the resolution.

 CLICK TO VIEW THE RESOLUTION

We suggest that Director Adcock do the only honorable thing and immediately resign her position to show that she is truly a daughter of the South.

This would remove the old fart from the board and give a fresh new face a chance to improve the city and be a step to remove those with racist and divisive attitudes from city government.