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@Ms. Taylor .... Thank You for writing. Every story needs some balance. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

@Drew .... Does anyone even listen to him now or ever. I think an endorsement from him says volumes.
Posted by MEnLR]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:55:07 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by clay pigeon]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:31 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by coda70]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:36 -0500 Arkansas Times Unless it's a rapist, murderer or someone who has been fleeing arrest, it ought to be a law that the FBI and cops rarely arrest someone on the weekend. The FBI and the cops 144most of the time know where their suspects live. If nothing else, the arrest of people Martha's age just turns the public against the FBI and cops. 0
Posted by ok72076]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:45:49 -0500 Arkansas Times Unless it's a rapist, murderer or someone who has been fleeing arrest, it ought to be a law that the FBI and cops rarely arrest someone on the weekend. The FBI and the cops most of the time know where their suspects live. If nothing else, the arrest of people Martha's age just turns the public against the FBI and cops.
Posted by ok72076]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:40 -0500 Arkansas Times Unless it's a rapist, murderer or someone who has been fleeing arrest, it ought to be a law that the FBI and cops rarely arrest someone on the weekend. The FBI and the cops most of the time know where their suspects live. If nothing else, the arrest of people Martha's age just turns the public against the FBI and cops.
Posted by ok72076]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:38:09 -0500 Arkansas Times
Posted by Cedarvillan]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:23:38 -0500 Arkansas Times
The gyros were dried out and small, the size of a small taco. The pita was so overwarmed, it was crunchy. And the greek salad was mostly iceberg lettuce mix that costs $.99 at the local grocery store. There was practically no flavor in anything. Definitely the worst $30 I've spent on food in a long time. Everyone in my family wished we'd just gone to Layla's instead, where for less than $5, we always get way overstuffed gyros sandwiches, and for less than $7, a greek salad that is the real thing.
Posted by nolaguy]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:15:29 -0500 Arkansas Times
* Let's forget about due process.

* Let's forget about innocent until proven (in a court of law) guilty.

* Let's forget if she is guilty, there's due process.

No like the decadent ancient Romans we need our pound of flesh. The more we viscerate people here in this forum. Ironic the name, huh?

You know the charges, I often know the people. I know this to be a good, a kind, a compassionate woman. I know this to be someone who cared for her ailing mother often sacrificing her life, her career, for her mother. I know that she was a strong fighter in the state legislature on issues that mattered to poor folks.

She may have done what she was accused of, or there might be more to the story. The point is, all these cries of corruption, and she had it coming to her, or Cord Rapert, or whatever are NOT matters of any substance.

Today a lot of people who know her are worried about the person. If she is convicted, what will be done will be done.
Posted by Drew Pritt]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:44 -0500 Arkansas Times
First off, I have no idea or info on the strength or weakness of case against Ms Shoffner. This is just generic questioning raised by reports and indicate info I will be attempting to glean from future reports.

Was Ms Shoffner a flight risk? Or was there an indication of future actions that hamper the case against her?

The reason that popped into my mind first is that a late Saturday arrest and booking is significant. Compounded exponentially by the fact that the arrestee is going to be held instead of bonded out.

Possible reasons for picking her up outside of 8-5, M-F resulting in 36 hours locked up.


-Flight risk.
-Give her a 2 night taste of what prison will feel like.
-Shock her into plea bargain.
-Shock her into implicating others.
-Shock and startle co-conspirators.
-Inhibit her ability to coerce co-conspirators.
-Inhibit her ability to conspire with co-conspirators.


It has been often proposed that white collar criminals that stole money are most fearful of loss of freedom and shame of serving time, then monetary penalties.

These are what I will be reading between the lines to find out.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:33:27 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:21:59 -0500 Arkansas Times
Anyone who has a problem with bitumen dispersal should not blame just the tea party... when it was the D party in AR who voted 100 percent for all of this.
Posted by Eureka Springs]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:21:21 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Herr Dieter]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:21:05 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:47 -0500 Arkansas Times
"The outrage that Washington should be talking about is how the Citizens United decision has unleashed a flood of secret spending in US elections that the IRS and other regulatory agencies in Washington, like the Federal Election Commission, have been unwilling or unable to stem."
http://bit.ly/17ZJJOJ
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"AFP (Americans for Prosperity) has turned in its tax returns every year, just as the law requires, reporting that it did not spend a dime on politics — an answer that seems implausible from a common-sense perspective, but one that the IRS appears to have accepted as consistent with its vague and ambiguous definition of political activity."
http://politi.co/13yIIIM
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It’s ludicrous for groups like Crossroads GPS—which spent at least $70 million during the last election—to claim that its primary purpose is not political activity. Only the likes of Karl Rove would believe that running attack ads against President Obama qualifies as "social welfare."
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"The IRS’s tea party scandal, however, could hinder the agency’s willingness to ensure politically active nonprofits obey the law. The IRS will likely operate on this front with even more caution, taking pains not to appear biased or too aggressive. That in turn could cause the agency to shy away from uncovering 501(c)(4) organizations that do in fact abuse their tax-exempt status by focusing primarily on politics."
http://bit.ly/18HKpcS
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Feeling their oats, the fallout from this incident will be even more blatant political campaigning from these secret tax-exempt groups in future election cycles. Truly, elections will be elAuctions. The winning bidder will not be the voters.
Posted by YossarianMinderbinder]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 08:29:03 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 08:18:30 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 08:15:31 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by John A Arkansawyer]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 08:09:58 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Cato]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:49 -0500 Arkansas Times
I don't care if they are Rep, Dem or Indy!

No wait, I take that back.

I take personal offense if they are Democratic because I have a higher standard for the party that wants my support.

Any support of Shoffner beyond the "innocnet till proven" or "fair trial" is support for corruption and decay in our gov't.

After a fair trial, if proven guilty then ALL THOSE SHOWN TO HAVE KNOWN OF ANY OF THE DEEDS should be-

1st Forced to resign
2nd Charged with any and all possible crimes

If 2nd step, ANY of those are convicted - Return to 1st step and repeat!

I Login under name Citizen1, because 1st I am a citizen, then all else follows.

If Ms Shoffner is shown to have done what she is charged with, she has done that to Citizen1 AND all citizens.

Anyone that spouted Huckabee blah blah blah, or Nick Wilson blah blah blah, is part of the problem.

In "Art of War" by Sun Tsu, much is made about losing the "Moral Authority" in a cause. That loss undermines success horribly.

1 It hands massive propaganda advantage to the adversary.
2 It kills morale within your own ranks.

To simultaneously weaken your cause AND strengthening your adversary is a double threat. Those are the ones not only beheaded but hoisted for display.

The Democratic Party needs to be seen as the one to disinfect its own ranks to demonstrate that it can be trusted put citizens above party.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 07:23:08 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by radical centrist]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 02:16:55 -0500 Arkansas Times
Shoffner also has many close ties to Republicans. Steve Campbell (married to Witt Stephens daughter) was a big supporter. His Republican son worked for Shoffner in the Treasurer's office. That is till she fired him after the last election. Seems to me Shoffner has pissed off a lot of people recently.

But if she's guilty she's guilty. Only time will tell.
Posted by Luke Farmer]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 00:29:59 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Eddie-Kara Sue Taylor]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 00:26:02 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by T Rasico]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:10 -0500 Arkansas Times
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/up…
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 23:25:55 -0500 Arkansas Times