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Category: Ethics
The Same, But Different. And, By "Different," I Mean "Worse."
When I wrote the last post about Lt. Gov. Mark Darr and his questionable[foot]Read: illegal[/foot] mileage reimbursements, I focused only on mileage in 2012 and 2013. This was not because 2011 did not have the same improper reimbursements, however. Far…
He Makes His Livin' Off Other People's Taxes: Mark Darr Takes The Money And Runs
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed over the past four years, it’s that reimbursements and access to money for gas seem to give Arkansas politicians an absurd amount of trouble. For many, including Tea Party types who ran on “smaller government . . . more accountability“[foot]Choice…
Brief Thoughts On The End Of A Brief Campaign
So, Lt. Gov. Mark Darr dropped out of the Fourth Congressional District race this morning, just over a week after the first tales of his questionable campaign spending broke on someone’s “personal blog.”[foot]I love Brummy, so I am only needling…
Fixing the Campaign-Finance Problems: A High-Tech Proposal
Last Friday, shortly after I filed an ethics complaint against Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, I saw his public comments regarding the entire fiasco. Suffice it to say, I don’t think that, “this was my first race for public office, [so]…
Mark Darr is Down With OPP (Other People's Pennies)
Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Lt. Gov./AR04 candidate Mark Darr’s explanation for his seemingly profligate spending of campaign funds on personal expenses and personal purchases is, as Brummett suggests, “sloppiness” in record keeping and CC&E reporting. Let’s…
Hit the line! Hit the line! Keep fundraising!
When last we left Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, we were neck deep in what appeared to be repeated improper uses of campaign funds for personal expenses. I ended that post by suggesting that Part 2 was forthcoming. That was…
Mark Darr Has A Problem With His TPS CC&E Reports
Let’s start with what this post is not: it is not, in any way, a minimization or excuse for what Sen. Paul Bookout did. Quite the opposite, in fact; this is a post showing how use of campaign funds for…
Thoughts & Observations About Campbell v. Martin
As Secretary of State Mark Martin continues to waste tax dollars by appealing yesterday’s disqualification of his hired attorneys, rather than simply letting his in-house attorneys or the Attorney General’s office handle something as straightforward as a FOIA lawsuit, I…
A Funny Thing About Mark Martin's Hiring Of Outside Counsel….
There are any number of reasons that a person might find himself in a lawsuit against the Arkansas Secretary of State. Maybe he wants to have his name on a ballot. Maybe he wants to have an issue placed on…