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Thursday, October 21, 2010

GOP candidate challenged

Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:59 AM

A lawsuit has been filed in Pulaski County by a Crawford County resident seeking to have the name of House District 83 Republican candidate Tom Fite removed from the ballot because of a 1984 federal conviction for aiding and abetting Medicaid bribery. A news release explains.

The record of the case indicates Fite pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and received probation after a trial on a felony charge ended in a mistrial. The Constitution bars office to people convicted of embezzlement of public funds, bribery or other "infamous" crimes.

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

GOP candidate challenged

Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:59 AM

Comments (17)

More by Max Brantley

A sad day for Jason Rapert, who's luxuriating in attention over his leadership of the war on women's medical rights.

The Log Cabin Democrat has the rundown on a letter ExxonMobil has sent residents of the Mayflower subdivision where a pipeline ruptured and spilled thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude from Alberta tar sands.

Event Calendar

Re: Jarod Varner picked to lead Central Arkansas Transit

Re: The guns and Bass Pro Shops open line

Re: Martha Shoffner resigns as Arkansas state treasurer

Officers with North Little Rock police responded to a call about a shooting at Verizon Arena this morning around 11 a.m. and found two people shot.

I hinted earlier that evidence was mounting that the securities salesman who provided confidential information to the FBI was Steele Stephens, the broker who began enjoying a huge share of Treasurer Martha Shoffner's bond business in 2010.

The University of Arkansas president recommends that campuses remain gun-free. Bass Pro Shops is under construction in Otter Creek.

Debbie Rogers, chief deputy state treasurer, said Treasurer Martha Shoffner will not be at work today, but otherwise it was "business as usual" at the treasurer's office.

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, injured in a bicycle accident last week near his home, sent me an update this morning from his iPad.

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For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.

Our news partner Channel 4 has a news story that deserves repetition in full. More national headlines for the small people of Arkansas should follow directly.

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin might want to reconsider his earlier decision not to include Republican Rep. Loy Mauch on the list of Republican candidates he'd asked not to use his campaign contributions, having read some of what they'd written.