[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…
Category: Law
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…
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…
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…
Princella Smith (Allegedly) Has No Need For Your Silly Traffic Laws
Princella Smith has worn many hats over the last year. First she tried (and failed) to win the GOP nomination in AR-1, despite getting an endorsement from the Newt Who Would Be King President. More recently, she has been the…
An Open Reply To Dan Greenberg
Late last week, I received an email from former state representative Dan Greenberg, in which he politely took issue with some of the statements made and conclusions reached in the Reimbursementgate discussions. Boiled down, Dan’s argument is that legitimate expenses…
Now My Advice For Those Who Die: Declare The Pennies On Your Eyes
The reaction to my reporting on Reimbursementgate — which, yes, has now been given a proper name, ending in “-gate,” in keeping with the rule that requires all political scandals to end that way – has made a few things…
A Timeout For The Fab Five
We interrupt our regularly scheduled exposing of the absurdity of “reimbursements” to bring you a bit of positive news. Following last Wednesday’s first post on statutory expense payments, I requested updated records from both the House and Senate, which I…