I don’t know what it is about Secretary of State Mark Martin (and the horde of retread Republicans who work for him) that constantly brings Hunter S. Thompson to mind. My guess is that it has to do with the…
Month: April 2011
Questions raised with new Arkansas House video, audio rules
[Editor’s note: The following story is a collaborative effort among Roby Brock (Talk Business), Matt Campbell (Blue Hog Report), Michael Tilley (The City Wire), and Jason Tolbert (The Tolbert Report).] A communications policy adopted by the Arkansas House of Representatives…
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth
[Author’s note: I started writing this over the weekend, only to find on Monday that King & Spaulding backed out of the deal yesterday. Either way, the broader point in this still stands.] Last week, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory…
Arkansas Election Line: Looking Ahead
With the legislative session finished, Congressional redistricting done (sans Finger), and only state legislative redistricting and whatever drama it brings still on the table, the Arkansas Election Line — a joint project of BHR, Talk Business, and The Tolbert Report…
Up Next On BHR TVLand!
Just sit right back, and you’ll hear a tale A tale of some rightward twits Who threw a party serving tea Aboard a flound’ring ship The mate was a vocal Birtherman The skipper a greedy rube If the passengers should…
We were somewhere around Little Rock, on the edge of the Delta, when the pain of the election began to take hold.
The late, great Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.” Even if he wasn’t talking specifically about the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office, his words are nonetheless on…
I Shot A Man In Chicot, Just To Watch Him Die
Question: When is a constituent not a constituent? Answer: When he or she is counted as part of a legislative district, despite not technically being a resident and not being able to vote at all. Let me explain. Due to…
We're Gettin' The Band Back Together!
And, by “band,” I mean “Arkansas Election Line.” Content partner and King Of All Media Roby Brock had me and Jason Tolbert on Talk Business last night, where we listed the bills we were happy to see fail — UNSHOCKING…
Movable Object Meets A Stoppable Force
Last night in Faulkner County, Deputy Secretary of State Alice Stewart spoke to a local Tea Party group about the just-completed legislative session and about her view of the rise of the Tea Party. The Log Cabin Democrat has the…
Hyperphacosorbitomyopicosis
Yesterday, someone who I thought understood the reimbursement issue fairly well said to me, in attempting to sum up the entire series of posts, “The issue is the hypocrisy, not just the bogus reimbursements.” I was taken aback by the…