Last week, I noted that Rep. Mark Martin had illegally accepted a donation from an improperly formed Political Action Committee (PAC), the Twin Lakes Republican Women’s Club. Well, predictably (because PACs generally donate to a bunch of candidates, not just…
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AR-Sec. State: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
It’s a funny thing, being really obsessive about fact-checking and following leads. For example, most people who were reviewing a list of donors to a campaign would not take the time to verify that those PACs were properly formed. I…
AR-Sec. State: A lie has speed, but truth has endurance
Two days ago, when writing about Representative Mark Martin’s assertion that he had his district office (for which he is reimbursed by the state) at 9310 Wagon Wheel Rd. in Springdale, which is where he also claimed that his company,…
AR-Sec. State: Tangled Up In Blue Hog Report
Alt-title: Oh, what a tangled world-wide web we weave… Last night, when I scheduled today’s 9 a.m. post about Rep. Mark Martin’s apparent abuse of state reimbursements and possible ethics violations, I was pretty sure that one post would not…
AR-Sec. State: Oh, Look, There's More
For background, read this post first. In it, I wrote Nor is a little confusion about overlapping address use the only issue here. Consider, too, Martin’s phone. The above invoice lists M3‘s phone number as (479) 466-7386, and the company’s…
AR-Sec. State: Martin Does His Best Gordon Gekko Impression
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.…
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-House 46: Left-to-right, top-to-bottom, take Tylenol for any headaches, Midol for any cramps
I thought that I was done talking about David Meeks and the constant stream of misinformed ignorance that he spews on Twitter. I mean, that was my plan anyway. Then I see the following: RT @DuncanBaird Avg middle-income Ark family…
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 House 46: Two Daves Unsurprisingly Not Better Than One
I don’t know the exact number of times I’ve listened to Dave Elswick’s show, but it is certainly less than ten. Which is to say that Elswick has had a guest I was interested in hearing fewer than ten times,…