Hyperbole? Hardly! I mean, just look at this series of events: On April 12, 2011, Princella Smith was arrested and booked in Wynne, Arkansas, at 12:36pm on charges of driving without proof of insurance, driving without a state-issued license, and…
Tag: AR-Sec. State
"Even the politicians have learned – but, as usual, the politicians are much slower than the people they want to lead."
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…
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…
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…
Talk Business: "Fireworks" Likely In Redistricting Debate
With Arkansas’s 2010 Census data in, the process of redrawing Arkansas’s state and federal congressional districts is soon to begin. Content partner Roby Brock takes a look at some of the underlying issues and notes that, either due to or…
AR-Sec. State: About Those PAC Filings, Mark
During the race for Secretary of State, an issue arose with some improperly formed PACs that had donated to Mark Martin’s campaign. Being the helpful guy that I am, I contacted the Martin campaign and let them know about the…
AR-Sec. State: Martin Disputes Ad Buys
I was perusing content partner Roby Brock‘s post about the post-election debts, donations, and disparities in certain constitutional office races, when I noticed this little gem: Republican Mark Martin raised $69,380 in his successful bid for Secretary of State. He…
AR-Sec. State: Martin Gives Pink Slips 10 Days Before Christmas
From what we are hearing, twenty-two employees of the Secretary of State’s office were told by incoming Grinch Secretary Mark Martin that their services would not be needed come the new year. UPDATE (8:45pm): I have not been able to…
AR-Sec. State: Umm…yeah.
Facebook apparently doesn’t take certain things into account when deciding who to suggest to you. For example, they don’t seem to figure in whether you have spent thousands of words ripping someone apart, suggesting that he is guilty of campaign-rule…
AR-Sec. State: A van down by the river
Thoughts, reactions, and (mainly) unnecessarily sarcastic comments regarding Seth Blomeley’s fluffy Democrat-Gazette feature on Secretary of State-elect Mark Martin from last Sunday. “I had the opportunity to deliver checks from the committee to the politicians here in Arkansas,” Martin said.…