I keep hearing that Gov. Mike Beebe is near a 75-vote count in the House for his severance tax proposal, if you count leaners. I know. This isn’t horseshoes.

But this is something. (Link fixed.) A letter from lawmakers in the heart of the Fayetteville Shale belt endorsing the tax proposal. It’s going out to all House members.

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Naysayer Republican Rep. Aaron Burkes on the jump.

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