Alt-title: “What Is Mark Martin Spending Money On THIS Time?” Earlier today, Arkansas Blog quoted a reader, who noted the double-barreled ridiculousness of Secretary of State Mark Martin asking the Attorney General’s office for an Official Opinion on the effective date…
Month: May 2013
Joint Address & Removing Martha Shoffner From Office
The indictment pie served to Martha Shoffner over the past few days, and the impeachment talk that has followed, brings up an interesting wrinkle of Arkansas constitutional law: the two procedures for removal of a sitting constitutional officer. Under Arkansas…
Friday Gallimaufry
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…
Maybe Jason Rapert Needs Some (IRS) Probing Of His Own
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 home in Bigelow. Now you are running for reelection and, because a large…
Marky's On A Vacation Far Away . . . .
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 and…