Friday, March 18, 2016
Ethics Commission clears attorney general, treasurer on Huckabee campaigning
Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 2:45 PM
The officials said they took personal leave to campaign. Campbell argued that there's no provision for personal leave for constitutional offices.
I always thought this was a stretch. The Constitution doesn't require the attorney general or treasurer to work. They can get elected, be paid and never go to the office, though it helps if they have assistants to actually get assigned tasks of their offices completed.
The Ethics Commission dismissed the complaint for a specific reason, however, apart from what constitutes required work. It said the prohibition on campaigning for a candidate for office applies, by terms of another statute, only to offices in Arkansas, not federal offices.
Campaigning for Mike Huckabee is the real offense, without need of Ethics Commission adjudication.
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