I wrote earlier about Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's petulant whining to state auditors after they finally caught him bilking taxpayers by expense claims to which he was not entitled.
I chatted with Dan Greenberg, the Little Rock lawyer and former legislator who represented Lt. Gov. Mark Darr today in his closed-door meeting with the state Ethics Commission.
Some of the details will remain shrouded for a time in the lengthy state Ethics Commission review procedure, but the agency heard a staff report today that Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Darr had improperly spend more than $44,000 in campaign and public expense account money.
Matt Campbell of Blue Hog Report has done some further digging into Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's official expense account, following a trail first suggested by his flawed campaign finance reports.
A Facebook page dedicated to the spill of Canadian tar sands oil from the ExxonMobil pipeline break in Mayflower has posted several photos taken Saturday of new excavation work in the Northwood subdivision where the rupture occurred.
*PROJECT LOON: Internet-beaming, giant helium balloons: Google's plan to get the entire planet online. *DARR FOR THE COURSE: Our current lieutenant governor joins candidate Dianne Curry (that's two n's) in condemning John Burkhalter for not attending the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival.
Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who Friday took advantage of the governor's absence to go to D.C. and signed a bill that would have been law anyway on Monday, saying he felt legislators "deserved that respect to have the signature on it and for it to go into effect immediately,” [subscription required] said his move was not political, though he made sure to have his picture made with the sponsors.
All sorts of big legal and legislative developments that could dramatically alter public education in the state, gun craziness, terrible bills in the General Assembly and the latest on the U.S. Senate race—all covered on this week's podcast.