A week ago, Secretary of State candidate Pat O’Brien released a statement pointing out that “for just the year 2009[,] [Representative Mark] Martin had charged taxpayers $56,290.00 for reimbursements in addition to his legislative salary.” O’Brien further “charged that Rep.…
Tag: Mark Martin (R)
AR-Sec. State: Irony
Well this is rather bizarre. That’s a screenshot from Mark Martin’s website, and the underlined text reads: He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Coalition. Yep, the guy who crafted…
AR-Sec. State: A Brief Lesson In Grammar, Punctuation, & Syntax For Rep. Mark Martin
After Pat O’Brien suggested that Mark Martin owed the public a full accounting of the expenses and mileage for which Martin was reimbursed, especially with respect to Martin being reimbursed for attending meetings that were apparently optional (i.e. Martin was…
Arkansas Election Line: Constitutional Officers
Back in June, after the primary and run-off elections (or partisan primary and general primary, if you want be specific about such things), the Election Line rated all of the constitutional offices that featured both a Republican and a Democrat. …
We're Getting The Band Back Together!
Beth Anne Rankin’s recent foray into the world of lyrics and digital synthesizers gave me an idea for a post. Namely, if all the important candidates were going to compile a double-CD release of songs that best define their campaigns,…
AR-Sec. State: From Fearmongering To Foolish Hypocrisy
Following up on Jeff’s post, today’s Arkansas “Democrat”-Gazette had an interesting piece in the Voices section regarding Mark Martin’s attacks on Pat O’Brien. Long story short, in the wake of Autogate, O’Brien offered a seven-point plan for how he would…
AR Sec. State: Intelligent Design And Unintelligent Legislation
When Robbie Wills launched his attack against Joyce Elliott’s voting record in the days leading up the runoff, I wrote a post explaining why it was foolish to fault Elliott for voting against a bill that was, without a doubt,…
AR-Sec. State: Mark Martin Loses Control Of Rant, Slides Into Wall Of Truth In Turn Four
In his post a while back about Secretary of State candidate Mark Martin’s lack of a coherent platform, Jeff linked to Martin’s “Off The Marble” blog. The linked post, entitled “Tax Creep, Liberal Creeps, and the Arkansas Middle Class,” was…