Odds and ends to end an odd week.
Maybe “Natural State Compact”? You might have heard about a dispute between Arkansas State University and the Bill Halter campaign over the use of the phrase “Arkansas Promise.” Long story short, as part of his platform, Halter has started talking about the…
Imagine that you are a proselytizing, woman hating, obliquely racist, Bob Wills-wannabe of a state Senator. In your prior campaign, you used a P.O. Box associated with your
Let’s do a little quick recap of some laws.
Per the Arkansas Constitution, Article 6, section 21, one of the duties of the Secretary of State is to “keep a full and accurate record of all the official acts...
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The picture to the left is a screenshot from Pat Lynch’s Facebook page on May 17. In response to Pat’s Democrat-Gazette column from May 16, entitled “Arrows Are Flying,” the commenter “Grizz Lee Bear” wrote:
Pat, I was...
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So, the Secretary of State’s Office’s official explanation for the car stuff is, basically, that there are rules in place, and everyone, including Mark Martin and Doug Matayo, follows the rules to the letter?
You may recall that Matayo ran...
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There was a lot of stuff to unpack in Thursday’s D-G article about the Secretary of State’s use of state cars. The biggest thing, however, was the misleading (at best) nature of Alice Stewart’s comments and...
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Maybe I shouldn’t at this point, but I continue to find it absolutely hilarious how many Republicans on Twitter will lose their collective mind at the drop of hat without thinking through an entire issue.1
The Senate prevents a...
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[Author's note: The post kind of piggybacks Alison Slider's article in the D-G today. One slight correction to that article, however; it was a current employee who tipped me off about the improper car use, not a...
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I love the word “logomachy,” primarily because it sounds cool when you say it, but, also, because it amuses me to think that there’s a word for a battle over words. (I am similarly entertained by “lethologica,”...
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our own Jeff Woodmansee, who received his Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science yesterday from the University of North Texas. With two daughters, ages 1 and 2, and a full-time job, getting his degree was certainly no...
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Maybe Jason Rapert Needs Some (IRS) Probing Of His Own:
Imagine that you are a proselytizing, woman hating,... 0 comment(s) | 216 view(s) | posted on 05/15/2013 
Friday Gallimaufry: Odds and ends to end an odd week.
Maybe "Natural Sta... 0 comment(s) | 85 view(s) | posted on 05/17/2013 
Marky's On A Vacation Far Away . . . . :
Let's do a little quick recap of some laws.
Per ... 3 comment(s) | 37 view(s) | posted on 05/06/2013 
Dumbo: The picture to the left is a screenshot from Pat Lynch'... 1 comment(s) | 11 view(s) | posted on 05/24/2011 
On Reimbursements & Ironic Outcomes: If you’ve read Arkansas Blog even semi-regularly over... 1 comment(s) | 9 view(s) | posted on 05/01/2013 
