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Mike Maggio's money trail: Money from nursing home owner who benefited from a key court ruling

I've reported before on both Circuit Judge Mike Maggio's shocking reduction of a $5.2 million verdict against a nursing home to $1 million and the heavy contribution nursing home sources made in his initial campaign finance filing for Arkansas Court of Appeals. Blue Hog Report has a lot more today.
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The It's All Over But the Shoutin' Edition

The end of the fiscal session, including passage of the private option; the end of Circuit Judge Mike Maggio’s campaign for Court of Appeals, the political landscape for the Arkansas House after Monday’s filing deadline and some rumblings in the lieutenant governor's race — all covered on this week's podcast.
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The Thursday night line: Maggio withdraws; maternal instinct vs. slot machines

The line is open. News roundup: Mike Maggio formally withdraws from Court of Appeals race and two moms arrested for leaving kids in frigid cars in the Oaklawn parking lot while they fed the slot machines inside.

Maggio: unfit for the bench

Blue Hog Report's Matt Campbell this week uncovered Circuit Judge Mike Maggio's prolific posting under the pseudonym "geauxjudge" on an LSU fan website, Tiger Droppings. Maggio gave away his identity with personal references. Much of his writing was juvenile. It was sexist, racist, homophobic and outlandishly scornful of Arkansas, too.
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Judge Mike Maggio withdraws from Court of Appeals race; acknowledges web postings

In an e-mail, Circuit Judge Mike Maggio has announced with his withdrawal from the Arkansas Court of Appeals race after disclosure ofhis injudicious commentary on Tiger Droppings, an LSU fan website. He acknowledged the comments and, while saying he took "full responsibility" nonetheless invoked the "politics of personal destruction."

Maggio issues a no-comment on judicial investigation; his campaign consultant drops him

Circuit Judge Mike Maggio of Conway, under investigation by a judicial ethics panel for comments on a website that included release of confidential adoption information, finally issued a statement on the matter today. It amounted to a no comment. His failure to quit the race prompted his campaign consultant to quit him.
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The open line: Good judge, bad judge

The line is open. The evening roundup includes progress on a judicial nomination from Arkansas and the identification of the syndrome that got Judge Mike Maggio in so much trouble.

Statement expected today from court candidate Mike Maggio over web postings

Circuit Judge Mike Maggio, a candidate for Arkansas Court of Appeals, has still not issued a public statement about his investigation by a judicial ethics agency for comments made on an LSU fan website. Under a pseudonym Maggio apparently made dozens of provocative comments and also revealed a confidential adoption proceeding in his court by the famous actress, Charlize Theron.
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UPDATE: Internet postings point to Judge Mike Maggio as source of provocative comments and remarks on confidential adoption proceeding involving Charlize Theron; judicial agency reviewing

Blue Hog Report has just posted an extensive report on a story I expected today. In it, he cites voluminous web comments that include personal information pointing toward Circuit Judge Mike Maggio, a candidate for Arkansas Court of Appeals, as the source. The comments range from sharply political or sexual in nature to comments about the confidential adoption proceeding of actress Charlize Theron.

Race develops for Court of Appeals, Bart Virden to challenge Mike Maggio

Bart Virden, a Conway County district court judge in Morrilton, filed today for the District 2, Position 1 seat on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Circuit Judge Mike Maggio of Conway had filed earlier for the position.
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Gilbert Baker, nursing homes, tort reform and the money trail in Arkansas politics

I was interested to hear over the weekend that former Republican Sen. Gilbert Baker was a key money man in several political races this year.

The influence of money on judicial elections; voters are wary

The rising influence of special interest money in judicial elections, particularly to state supreme courts, is the subject of a new report, The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2011-12: How New Waves of Special Interest Spending Raised the Stakes for Fair Courts.
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