With early voting for the June 8 preferential primary runoff election starting today and BP’s profits-over-protection methods still in the news, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at Monty Davenport’s record of putting himself and his…
Tag: Monty Davenport (D)
AR-Land Comm: Davenport Keeps Talking, Keeps Being Wrong. I Sense A Pattern.
[Author’s note: Shortly after I first posted this, I got an email from commenter “jayzee,” who said, [R]egardless of the L[and] C[ommissioner] budget thing, I think the questions in the middle part of the post [are] what’s important. It’s easy…
AR-Land Comm: Davenport Apparently Unfamiliar With Provisions Of Bill He Voted For
Monty Davenport has a response for L.J. Bryant and the Democrat-Gazette. Let’s just re-print it in its entirety before we parse the message. According to Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette, L.J. Bryant said he favors using aerial image of property statewide…
AR-Land Comm: When Rhetorical Questions Attack!
In yesterday’s Democrat-Gazette, Michael R. Wickline had a column comparing and contrasting L.J. Bryant and Monty Davenport. (The paper also endorsed Bryant…again.) The full text of the column is after the jump, and it is well worth a read, but…
AR-Land Comm: Maybe "Luddite" Wasn't Strong Enough
For whatever reason, I found myself telling an out-of-state friend about the Arkansas Land Commissioner’s race yesterday. Specifically, I was describing the marked difference between L.J. Bryant and Monty Davenport, and I mentioned Davenport’s statement: “I would rather not be…
AR-Land Comm: Baxter Bulletin Reports On Race … Sorta
If you were a newspaper writer in Marion County who was writing an article on the outcomes of county- and state-wide races in Tuesday’s primary, it is not impossible to think that you might tailor your message slightly to appeal…
Thoughts From Last Night
Three watch parties, about 100 shaken hands, one photo with Lt. Gov. Halter, and some 12:30am chocolate chip cookies later, here we are. If my pounding head and the 140 emails I’ve received since 7:00pm are any indication, last night…
AR-Sen, et al.: Final Arkansas Election Line ratings
Via Talk Business, here are the final Arkansas Election Line ratings: For the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress and statewide constitutional offices, here are our final thoughts: U.S. Senate – Leans GOP GOP Primary – Safe Boozman Dem Primary – Toss…
AR-Land Comm: Bryant 2.0
Discussing Democratic candidate for Land Commissioner L.J. Bryant’s commercial a couple days ago, I wrote: I like the commercial; it’s straight-forward, well-done, does not mention Bryant’s opponents by name, and takes a stance on something that most voters would naturally…
AR-Land Comm: Bryant Releases Ad
I like the commercial; it’s straight-forward, well-done, does not mention Bryant’s opponents by name, and takes a stance on something that most voters would naturally agree with. The “Transparency” and “Advanced Technology” graphics were well-placed, too, in my opinion. The…