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Posted by norgi]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:50:43 -0500 Arkansas Times
Justthefactsplease, you consider an African-American voting FOR the grocery tax cut to be heavy lifting, do you? My, my, my.

And this: "He has never sponsored a bill for Flake ... ". I suspect you already know that when bills are filed, they include the language in the bill, legislative sponsors/co-sponsors names, etc., but never the name(s) of those on whose behalf said bills are filed. You do know that, yes?

You're six for six- 100% of your career ArkTimes posts are on this thread. Makes me think you are a paid worker for the Allen campaign. Nothing wrong with that if you disclose. It's called honesty and transparency.
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:22:11 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Max Brantley]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:18:18 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Justthefactsplease]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:17:27 -0500 Arkansas Times
You don't see candidates and their backers constantly hawking their Judaism, their Jewish "values." Or their Islamic values. Or their Scientologist values.

Just Christianists.

They're all Mel Gibsons, under the skin. Hear them roar.
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:38:32 -0500 Arkansas Times
Allen has yet to demonstrate he departs in any significant ways from the outlook of his sponsors, who are anti-union, anti-tax, anti-health care reform, anti-environmental regulation. This is what the chamber stands for, check their website; this is what it lobbies for. He thinks tort reform needs another look. I don't. I expect him to vote as his sponsors wish on school "reform" issues, until he declares otherwise. His campaign treasurer has established a record as being part of a publicly financed agency that has neither been fully transparent nor fully accountable to the public. It also has not been particularly respectful of people whose homes are in jeopardy of late. I trust Joyce Elliott to look out for people in the district on this issue more than Dickson Flake, Allen's campaign treasurer of long standing; or Jackson T. Stephens or Jim Walton. By extensioni of that support, it raises natural questions about where he'll stand.

Personally, Allen is a fine fellow. Extraordinarily, spectacularly nice. In a race against Joyce Elliott -- where issues and not personality (and certainly not church membership) are the deciding factors -- she's the choice from my philosophical point of view.
Posted by Max Brantley]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:26:11 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by wannabee conservative]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:47:18 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Justthefactsplease]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:32:22 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Max Brantley]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:58:12 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by MarcKyle1964]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:53:44 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Justthefactsplease]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:45:27 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Max Brantley]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:31:00 -0500 Arkansas Times
Dickson Flake was the treasurer of Allen's campaign six years ago, when the Arkansas Times (you) endorsed Allen the first time he ran for State Representative. Check out your endorsement then. Allen is still the same person you endorsed then. The only thing that's changed is the fact that he's running against Elliott.
Posted by Justthefactsplease]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:08:28 -0500 Arkansas Times
You earlier reported one candidate (Elliott) had approximately $70,000 while the other (Allen) had approximately $75,000, suggesting that somehow Allen was better financed than Elliott, which is not true.

Allen's response to the financial disclosure issue was given to the D-G, as was his response to their question about tort reform, where he responded the issue "needs to be revisited." He also told them he had no problem with Elliott's suggestions for changing state law for the technology authority. To say he is the corporate candidate is simply not true. He has been active in his community supporting the interests of the people in District 33. He is unapologetically a Christian. Did you ever consider that the reason the urologists gave him money could be because of his fight to make sure insurance companies were required to provide prostate cancer screening for men over the age of 40 or because Allen, who is a prostate cancer survivor, has been a strong proponent of making sure all Arkansans have access to quality health care? Doesn't sound like a corporate man to me! His record in the General Assembly speaks for itself. To say Allen is Flake or the COC's puppet is untrue, unfair and grossly misrepresents the facts.
Posted by Justthefactsplease]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:01:29 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:53:59 -0500 Arkansas Times
You left out one critical fact. Dickson Flake is campaign chair/treasurer of the Allen campaign.

Also, by all means compare the financial reports filed by Elliott and Allen. I reported earlier that their money on hand was comparable. But go to the secretary of state and compare the sources: Individual contributions for Elliott, including from the district she currently represents, in the most recent report; some notable lobby and corporate names on the Allen list, including a bundle of contributions from Jackson T. Stephens Jr. interests (to go along with earlier money from Jim Walton and Arvest) as I noted when I wrote about this before.

http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/filing_search/…

One candidate is, demonstrably, the corporate candidate. One is not. Lots of people prefer the corporate variety, of course. We'll see if Allen's elected if he follows through on that open government support, given in response to a question from an advocacy group that favors disclosure. Members of the Authority Board haven't exactly whooped up the idea so far. He has volunteered without being asked, however, to work on tort reform. On THAT, I'm confident he'll follow through.
Posted by Max Brantley]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:34:09 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Jake da Snake]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:29:40 -0500 Arkansas Times
You just wasted your time and I sure as hell am not gonna waste mine on a snipe hunt led by yours truly.

Anyway, you best summed up the D-G's attack piece with these words from another topic you commented on: "The contradiction only arises through misstatement and conflating the position....."

Unless, of course, you want to contradict this contradiction with more misstatements and conflations.

ARGUMENT REFUTED!! HOORAY!!
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Posted by West Little Rock]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:47:14 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by West Little Rock]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:44:08 -0500 Arkansas Times
(And now, a la Mr WLR, let me vigorously pat myself on the back, smirk a bit, and take another peek in the mirror of admiration that sits by my computer.)
Posted by Jake da Snake]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:32:06 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Justthefactsplease]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:07:44 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Bill]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:52:34 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Max Brantley]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:08:25 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Sound Policy]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:30:10 -0500 Arkansas Times