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Friday, August 31, 2007 - 17:08:12
It's the weekend
No more labor for now. But an open line for all.Legal filings
The Arkansas Supreme Court today granted the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's request to unseal the briefs in the appeal of the FOI case over Pulaski County e-mails. They'd been routinely sealed by the clerk because they included some of the material being contested. That material will remain sealed.
Also in the legal realm, if unrelated, is the ACLU's response to the state's motion to dismiss the lawsuit attempting to open the full execution process to public view.
Mike Huckabee's record
I tried a while back to use that new program, the Wikipedia scanner, to track who's made changes to Wikipedia entries, including the Mike Huckabee page. I didn't dig deep enough. Gnomes have been at work cleansing his entry of unflattering references. (This is now a better, more detailed link.) On state computers! Mike Beebe has had some cleanup, too.
As a public service against this kind of dastardly activity, I send out for handy Google search reference a link to our prize-winning story on Mike Huckabee's push to release the rapist and killer Wayne Dumond from prison, one of the things the scanner shows has been tampered with (though it's there now, but expressed in a form more favorable to Huckabee, without a reference to his famous letter saying he supported Dumond's release and including a reference to his book's account, which makes factual errors about Dumond's subsequent murder conviction in Missouri.). And here's a link with multiple sources to debunk the "fair tax" espoused by Mike Huckabee. Here's Ernest Dumas' primer on the governors' record. Here's a link to our blog post that broke open the gift registry story. Here's one when the Society of Professional Journalists asked him to reconsider his denial of press services to this newspaper. Here's just one of many articles and comments on his overuse of the state airplane, another touchy subject judging by Wikipedia edits. Since we've had a website change, we'll have to go back and repost our groundbreaking reporting on his expense account abuses at the Governor's Mansion early in his tenure. But we'll do that, so they too can be referenced easily, no matter who edits what from Wikipedia. Somebody would do well to dig up articles rounding up his many trips before the Ethics Commission, too. And an epic catalogue of the gifts he accepted until tighter ethics rules forced an end to the gift grab.
Steak news
A couple of steak lovers have written that they'd seen private club drink permit notices today for the Ruth's Chris steak house soon to open in Rogers. Good location for these guys. This is the overpriced Rush Limbaugh- and Sean Hannity-endorsed chain with roots in New Orleans that jerked its corporate headquarters from New Orleans after Katrina and also refused to reopen its mid-city restaurant there. I'll stick with Doe's, thanks.What's a few bullets among friends?
I guess if the surge wasn't working insurgent arms fire would have brought down the Air Force plane carrying congressmen. The Republicans on board told Fox later that the attack on their plane didn't shake their optimism about the situation in Iraq.Same-sex marriage ban struck
The Iowa law banning same-sex marriage was struck down by a state trial judge there. Arkansas's ban is enshrined in its constitution, so it's impervious to a similar argument here.Why we not have?
Floaty is making fun of KLRT and KARK for covering a big high school beer bust in Saline County that could cause some cheerleader/player suspensions at tonight's Salt Bowl between Benton and Bryant. I say bring it on. Where's the film of the bust?