Friday, September 3, 2010

Light bulb moment — and a Beebe party

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:08 PM

No wonder it's so slow. Somebody just reminded me it's Labor Day weekend. I'm of a mind to leave it with you now.

BUT: In case you weren't on the various mailing lists combined for this invite, here's an invitation to a coming fund-raiser ($25 variety) for Gov. Mike Beebe. You'll find mostly state government managers on the host list, including DFA Director Richard Weiss, ADEQ Director Teresa Marks, Parks director Richard Davies and Workforce Director Bill Walker, among many more. River Market, Sept. 14, 5 p.m.

You know the drill. If it's done outside work and not distributed by state means, state employees may engage in politics. Does the name of an agency head on an invite amount to undue pressure on a public employee to cough up? I honestly think the answer is: It depends. On the manager. The agency. The contribution requested. And so on. Better not to do it? Yes. As corrosive as corporate contributions under multiple identities of the same giver? Not nearly.

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UALR is a ghost town.

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Posted by hugh mann on September 3, 2010 at 3:26 PM

Ditto the LR Athletic Club.

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Posted by Durango on September 3, 2010 at 3:29 PM

Since it's still early, and this might or might not be the overnight social thread, I felt I wasn't too out of bounds to ask this: If Keet loses, will he return to Florida?

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Posted by 70%er on September 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM

If you have a few minutes, this is amazing to watch--sand animation--better than it sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo…

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Posted by zebedee duda on September 3, 2010 at 6:37 PM

More interestingly may be noting who is not a sponsor. In Arkansas, all good high level agency directors are incumbent-crats

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Posted by Pygface on September 3, 2010 at 6:50 PM
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