When I wrote the first post about Rep. Justin Harris and his daycare, Growing God’s Kingdom (“GGK”), I purposefully kept the post focused entirely on the money received and not the propriety of the money itself. As the story has…
Tag: Right-Wing Conspiracy
Forget The Numbers, Or Why HB 1002 Violates The Dormant Commerce Clause
In what should come as no surprise to anyone who has read BHR for more than about two days, my legal background tends to be the prism through which I view 99% of policy questions. The 1% of the time…
Rep. Hubbard, Your Village Is On Line 2. They Miss You.
You know that old saw about how “it’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt”? Representative Jon Hubbard (R-Jonesboro) doesn’t buy into that idea one bit. Today, during the discussions on…
Econ 101: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Rep. Ed Garner’s hypothesis, plainly stated, is this: we will encourage more companies to come here and create more jobs, making everyone’s life better in the long run, if we just remove the capital gains tax on new investments. Implicit…
Econ 101: Incorrect Statements In Video Form, by Ed Garner
Rep. Ed Garner’s HB 1002, his effort to remove Arkansas’s already preferential capital gains rate, is due to be discussed in the House Revenue & Tax Committee today. I’ve written extensively about this measure, both in the abstract and in…
Science: Snow As A Byproduct of Global Warming
I really hoped I would get through this snowstorm without having to write this post. Honestly, I did. But, having just read the 4,552,395th snarky comment about “global warming” and the snow, I feel like someone needs to attempt to…
Republicans, Megalomania, and You
If nothing else, your modern Republican is modest. Well, modest in the way that Liberace was a modest dresser. Whether it’s a new-found ability to channel the Founding Fathers in a way that meets your own myopic viewpoint or the…
AR-House Dist. 47: Meeks Qua Consultant?
I was poking around on the Secretary of State’s website today (because that’s the kind of nerd I am, I suppose), when I happened upon this: Corporation Name: STELLAR POLITICAL CONSULTING LLC Filing # 800192191 Filing Type Limited Liability Company…
AR-House Dist. 87: Harris Against Gov't Spending … Unless It Comes To Him?
It must be something about District 87. Whether Mark Martin or recently elected Representative Justin Harris, the holder of that seat seems drawn to government cash like a fat kid to cake. Sweet, delicious, tax-payer funded cake. I am not…
HB 1205: "Do you know what 'beat-down' means?"
I never got around to doing a legislative preview of HB 1205, the Water Additive Accountability Act proposed by former hate group chairman Loy Mauch (R-Crazydelphia), possibly at the behest of nuttier-than-squirrel-turds Jeannie Burlsworth and Secure Arkansas. The bill was…