Mark Martin was told that he could not hire outside counsel without approval from the Attorney General and Governor. Either because he doesn’t understand the law or he doesn’t care, he has started hiring outside counsel again. I’m as unshocked as you, I suppose.
Author: bhr_iat2rz
Guest Post: Who and What is Behind @ARTermLimits ?
By: Bradley Phillips As far as my political ideology, I suppose I’m somewhat ambiguous, lying in some sort of moderate/libertarian limbo. I am neither blue, nor a hog, and seeing as there was not a “Purple Wolf Report” anywhere, Mr…
Fisking Mark Darr
One of my New Year’s resolutions was not to write about Lt. Gov. Mark Darr in 2014. When I made that resolution, however, I assumed that he would resign. Which is to say, I assumed that he would not release…
Anti-Racist is a Code Word for Love
I write all of the following as legal counsel for Mr. Chad Watkins. None of the information in this post is privileged, of course. Rather, it is information that needs to be known so that anyone who cares about this…
Irony, Presented Without Comment
No Way Around It: Mark Darr Is A Liar
If you are the type of person who follows such things — or if you have even the most tangential social-media relationship with me — you’ve likely already heard about Lt. Gov. Mark Darr’s acceptance of the settlement offer proposed…
Hard Work Never Killed Anyone, But Mark Darr Doesn't Want To Risk It
Despite how Mark Darr “views” his elected office, it is not a part-time job. Unless you think part-time jobs in Arkansas pay $41k per year, have four full-time employees working under them, and receive nearly as much in operating and travel funds as full-time positions.
Oh, My Darr-ling, Libertine
A run-down of the specific violations that the Ethics investigator found probable cause for against Mark Darr. Complete with totals and details and other fun stuff.
Augustine Goes "Quack" (What Does The Fox Say?)
Seeing Martha Adcock and A.J. Kelly preen like they’d shown some amount of legal acumen and had personally accomplished something on Tuesday, you would assume that Judge Tim Fox’s ruling, dismissing my AFOIA suit with prejudice, rested on some serious legal analysis. You sure wouldn’t guess that, instead, Augustine had stammered through all of five words and had been the lucky recipient of an unsupportable and tremendously flawed ruling.
12/6/13 Gallimaufry: Snow-Day Edition (UPDATED: 12/7/13)
Legislative Audit’s Report on Mark Darr, Mark Martin’s FOIA hearing, Mark Darr’s Ethics hearing, and Chad Niell’s huge waste of money. Good times!