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2006-10-20 10:20:00
NEW MOVIE ON THE WAY...WHAT IS IT?Not sure what type of beast this is. Is it a documentary? Is a mock-u-mentary? I'd watch it just for the background scenes shot at the RNC. I'm a big fan of films like "The War Room" which I just watched again last week. Here's a clip, and here's a blurb from the company making "Conventioneers"... Shooting entirely in New York, director Mora Stephens and producer Joel Viertel utilizes the 2004 Republican National Convention by incorporating events of the RNC into the storyline of the film. The film blends actors with real events and real activists from both sides of the aisle, and features breaK through performances by actors Mathew Mabe and Woodwvn Koons as the two star-crossed lovers and Alex Friedman as the interpreter, all of whom must choose between their political ideas and their personal desires during the tumultuous days of the convention. Again, interested, but not sure. My call for "the movie" to watch would be "The Death of a Pre



2006-10-20 10:00:00
CANDIDATE EDITORIALS (AND AIRTIME) -- AN INVITATIONMs. R. Kennedy's pic -- she's the Green AG candidate, and the reason for this post.OK, I think Green Party AG candidate Rebekah Kennedy sparked this thought with me. After I listened to her speak about the various issues the other night at a sparsely attended candidate forum at the U of A, she took issue with a headline I wrote in the morning news briefing. She said it could mislead the public as to her party's stance on immigration issues. Fair enough, but I haven't changed it yet -- I'm kind of short on space. Read down to the story in the Thursday morning briefing, and send me notes if you think the headline is misleading.That said, I extended an invitation to her to write an editorial for us here -- and yes, I think we'll extend that to our friends on a couple of other blogs, like the one we do on the Arktimes.com site, "Up North." If you're running for statewide office, and you'd like to pen a standard editorial, no



2006-10-20 09:43:00
WHOLE LOTTA HOLT GOIN' ONThe major party candidates for the Lt. Gov's office have been slapping each other around again. Ready for a round of "he said - he said?" Let's start. First, Bill Halter abuses Holt for voting against stopping abusers... Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Bill Halter on Thursday criticized opponent Jim Holt for voting against increased funding for battered women's shelters, a criticism that Holt's campaign dismissed as using domestic violence for political gain. Halter's campaign criticized Holt, a state senator from Springdale, for voting against legislation in 2003 that would have increased funding for battered women's shelters by increasing the marriage license fee. "Jim Holt's legislative record shows a disregard for the most vulnerable Arkansans," Halter campaign manager Michael Cook said. Holt spokesman Dan Noble said Holt's mother was a battered wife from one of her ex-husbands and said Holt has counseled abused women through his church



2006-10-20 09:40:00
WORST POLITICAL AD OF ALL TIMEGotta hand it to whoever in the Democratic Party braintrust came up with this -- if you were looking for a way to shoot down all those poll gains and all the momentum you've managed to see as a result of Foleygate, this would be the single way to do it. You play this on-air, you lose. You play this on-air, and we'll vote Republican. Please -- don't let this out of the can. It's painful...



2006-10-20 09:36:00
WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE...Couldn't pass this one up. Is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff feeling well? There's loyalty, and then -- there's absolute insanity. Don't get us wrong, we respect the military, but this goes too far, especially if you are a churchgoer... MIAMI (AFP) - The top US general defended the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying it is inspired by God. "He leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our country," said Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Rumsfeld is "a man whose patriotism focus, energy, drive, is exceeded by no one else I know ... quite simply, he works harder than anybody else in our building," Pace said at a ceremony at the Southern Command (Southcom) in Miami. We believe Mr. Rumsfeld is inspired, but we're not certain that inspiration comes from above. Perhaps the other direction? You know -- down the street on Pennsylvania Avenue...(get it?)



2006-10-20 09:33:00
MORE HABEAS CORPUS, OR LACK THEREOFI meant what I said in my "In Focus" column, and apparently, so do thefolks at "Editor and Publisher" on the death of one of the longest standing legal rights in America, and the ascension to full dictatorship of the current White House with the signing of the military tribunal law. However, the Washington Post apparently didn't think too much of the whole thing - apparently no big deal to them. By James Bovard (October 18, 2006) -- How will we know when a dictatorship has arrived? Not from reading the Washington Post. The Post's story today -- "Bush Signs Terrorism Measure" -- looks like just another routine report on the approval of a piece of legislation, accompanied by the usual "he said/ she said" balancing quotes. The Military Commissions Act is widely seen as legalizing torture, but the article avoids any such mention of the T-word. Though the act revolutionizes American jurisprudence by permitting the use of tortured confession



2006-10-20 09:24:00
THOSE DAMN BLOGGERS!Yep, the BIG GIANT HEAD (or "Bill-O" as KO calls him) has some very strong things to say about all of us damned bloggers. Oh, yes, and none of you out there at work are reading the blogs, so don't forget that. Annnnnd, Mr. Bush not only doesn't read the newspapers, he doesn't know much about the internet either...this little tidbit from "Think Progress" is the transcript of a recent program wherein Mr. Orally says he'd handle all of us bloggers the old fashioned way -- with violence... Transcript: SABATO: It's very personal. And you've mentioned the blogs earlier. O'REILLY: Oh, it was off the chart. LARRY SABATO: Well, we both have experienced this. The blogs on left and right, and I mean way left and way right, the things they come up with daily, the vitriol, the vile nature of the comments. And then they have hundreds and hundreds of people e-mailing. O'REILLY: I know for a fact that President Bush doesn't know what's going on in the Internet.



2006-10-19 15:00:00
THURSDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFINGMy thanks to the "Campus Greens" at the U of A for inviting me to moderate their candidate forum last night. Thumbs up to Rep. Lindsley Smith and her class for participating. And, my apologies to Jim Lendall for making him say he'd cast a ballot for Beebe if he (Lendall) wasn't running in the race. Here's your morning headlines... WAL-MART AND UNIONS REACH OUT TO WORKERS WAL-MART AND UNION-BACKED CRITICS HAVE BOTH DECIDED TO GO AFTER THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES - AT LEAST THE BALLOTS OF THOSE WORKERS. THIS SUMMER, THE WORLD'S LARGEST RETAILER SENT A LETTER TO WORKERS IN IOWA LISTING POLITICIANS WHO HAD PUBLICLY OPPOSED THE COMPANY. NOW, UNION OFFICIALS ALSO PLAN TO REACH OUT TO WAL-MART WORKERS. BOTH THE COMPANY AND IT'S CRITICS SAY THEY DON'T ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATES, AND SAY THEY AIM TO REMAIN NON-PARTISAN. WAL-MART DRUG PROGRAM EXPANDS WAL-MART ALSO PLANS A SERIES OF NEWS CONFERENCES TODAY IN 14 STATES. SOURCES SAY THOSE NEWS CONFEREN



2006-10-18 15:02:00
WEDNESDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFINGThe final formal debate in the Gov's race happened last night at the Clinton School, and Mssrs. Holt and DeLay ended their two-day long anti-immigration tour, generating love and understanding wherever they went...wonder if they had a skinhead band open for them...here's your news... FINAL GOV'S DEBATE IN LR LAST NIGHT IN LITTLE ROCK, THE CANDIDATES FROM THE MAJOR PARTYS RUNNING FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE MET IN THEIR THIRD AND FINAL FORMAL TELEVISED DEBATE. REPUBLICAN ASA HUTCHINSON AND DEMOCRAT MIKE BEEBE TALKED ABOUT THEIR DIFFERENCES ON IMMIGRATION, INCLUDING WHETHER STATE POLICE SHOULD RECEIVE TRAINING TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS. BOTH ALSO DIFFERED ON THE ISSUE OF COVENANT MARRIAGE, WHICH BEEBE VOTED AGAINST, AND HUTCHINSON SUPPORTS. INDEP. CANDIDATE FAILS IN COURT ONCE AGAIN, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ROD BRYAN AND GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JIM LENDALL FOUND THEMSELVES SHUT OUT OF LAST NIGHT'S POLITICAL CONVERSATION. HOWEVER, THIS TIME, BRYAN D



2006-10-18 09:08:00
DEMGAZ - RIGHT AND WRONG(maybe they were thinking about this guy -- Matt Drudge of the notoriously inaccurate, but still entertaining "Drudge Report") - I just couldn't resist a thumbs up and thumbs down to yesterday's op-ed section in the DemGaz. They should get the freakin' Darwin Award for their main editorial on newspapers yesterday. Doesn't everyone know the newspapers aren't going away? Print media will live on, so don't worry. But this attempt at comedy? Lame, my friends, simply lame, and wrong as well. Take a gander… Paper Guy: The newspaper has these folks called columnists—see ? Like this, with the photo of the gal. And it's got editorial writers—they write here, where it says Editorials. And their stuff, the opinion stuff, is kept out of the news stories. Computer Guy: Weird. Separation of news and opinion ? Paper Guy: It gets weirder. The blog— er, columnists aren't X-rated. Computer Guy: No dirty words in an opinion column ? You mean I can



2006-10-18 07:07:00
IN FOCUSDon Elkins, EditorOctober 17, 2006Has the President Gone Too Far his pursuit of Terrorists? The truly "Big Story" of this Month (The author would like to thank everyone for patience as he crawls out from under the rock under which he has hidden for several weeks - how many lashes for failing to post original content? Not sure…) I have a challenge for some of you. This slap of the ol' gauntlet goes out across the faces of the "militia types" in greater Washington County. You know…the "here come the black helicopters!" types who enjoy a fantasy life lived in Para-military organizations, the same kind of people who bestow upon themselves military ranks without a warrant from Congress, the selfsame people who like to scream to high heaven about the gub'mint stealing their land after that U.S. Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain. Remember, they think that decision violates the founding principals of our nation, and some even think it's part of a nefario



2006-10-17 14:34:00
TUESDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFING More happening today, including a lot of politcial news on the fundraising front. Also, another poll from a college shows Mike Beebe ahead of Asa Hutchinson by more than ten points. Here's the news... MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN FAYETTEVILLE A JURY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY YESTERDAY CONVICTED A 21 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NASHVILLE ARKANSAS ON A CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. BRANDON SANDERS WILL GO TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS FOR THE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND RENETTA LOVE IN SEPTEMBER 2005. THE JURY TOOK EIGHT HOURS TO ARRIVE AT A VERDICT, AND ABOUT TWO HOURS TO DECIDE THE SENTENCE IN THE CASE. SANDERS' ATTORNEYS SAY THEY PLAN TO APPEAL. STABBING/SHOOTING IN FAYETTEVILLE POLICE IN FAYETTEVILLE SAY A MAN WHO LIVES AT THE STARFIRE APARTMENTS ENDED UP AT WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER YESTERDAY, SUFFERING EITHER STAB WOUNDS OR A GUNSHOT. POLICE WOULDN'T IDENTIFY THE MAN, AND HAVEN'T SAID HOW IT HAPPENED. NEIGHBORS REPORTED HIM STAGGERING AROUND BLEEDING O



2006-10-16 15:25:00
MONDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFINGHope you had a refreshing weekend, albeit a wet one. Here's the news.... SPRINGDALE "GANG" FIGHTS? A BUSY WEEKEND FOR POLICE IN SPRINGDALE. OFFICERS SAY THEY HAD TO BREAK UP A FIGHT INVOLVING SOME 30 PEOPLE AT A LOCAL HOTEL. POLICE SAY THEY HAD TO STOP THOSE PEOPLE, DESCRIBED AS HISPANIC - AND AS POSSIBLE GANG MEMBERS - FROM FIGHTING WITH SWORDS AND GUNS. YESTERDAY MORNING, POLICE SAY ANOTHER FIGHT HAPPENED, THIS TIME AT A NIGHT CLUB. THREE PEOPLE SUSTAINED STAB WOUNDS IN THAT FIGHT. ONE MAN RECEIVED TREATMENT, ANOTHER SUFFERED A PUNCTURED LUNG, AND ANOTHER HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY. POLICE SAY THEY HAVEN'T ARRESTED ANYONE IN THAT CASE. COURT CONSOLIDATION BENTON COUNTY INTENDS TO CONSOLIDATE IT'S COURT SYSTEM UNDER A STATE PILOT PROGRAM, PENDING APPROVAL FROM LAWMAKERS. THE PROGRAM WOULD MERGE EIGHT CITY COURTS INTO THE DISTRICT COURT SSYTEM. THE COUNTY'S FOUR DISTRICT JUDGES HAVE AGREED TO JOIN THE PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD MAKE ALL JUDGES FU



2006-10-13 14:25:00
FRIDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFINGSorry about yesterday morning, but blogger was down long enough that I simply gave up. That happens occasionally if you use the service (yep, bitch, moan...why don't we just use wordpress or something?) so you have some idea what we went through. We'll stay slow on posts for a while -- still unpacking, and still doing our best to keep up until things are settled...here's the news... MURDER TRIAL IN FAYETTEVILLE IN FAYETTEVILLE YESTERDAY, THE MURDER TRIAL OF A 20 YEAR OLD MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS STUDENT CONTINUED. WITNESSES TESTIFIED THAT BRANDON SANDERS WAS STILL IN TOWN A DAY OR SO AFTER HE SAYS HE LEFT TOWN AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH RENETTA LOVE, HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THE VICTIM IN THE CASE. THE JURY ALSO SAW PICTURES OF LOVE'S BODY. THE TRIAL CONTINUES TODAY - SANDERS FACES A CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. LT. GOV'S DEBATE -- PART TWO THE CANDIDATES IN THE LT. GOVERNOR'S RACE MET FOR THEIR SECOND DEBATE LAST NIGHT IN CO



2006-10-11 15:01:00
MORE DEBATESI've had a very busy political season so far, with quite a few debates to moderate. Things have slowed down just a bit, but I have another debate to moderate in the next week or so. Here's the info... FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Campus Greens to Host Candidate Forum Oct. 18 A candidate forum for the three statewide offices will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the Arkansas Union Theater. This forum is inclusive of all candidates in each of the three races. Don Elkins will moderate the event. There will be a reception afterwards to meet the candidates. For more information, contact greens@uark.edu. Ought to be an interesting evening -- I expect at least two Governor's candidates that evening.



2006-10-11 14:20:00
WEDNESDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFINGJeannie, yes, I appreciate the comments, and I promise to post more often. Been moving, still unpacking, and it sucks to sit on a box and write for the net. OK, it just sucks to sit on a box, OK? Anyway, here are the morning headlines...ELECTION RESULTS IN WASHCO. COUPLE OF ELECTIONS YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. VOTERS APPEAR TO HAVE PASSED ANNEXATIONS IN BOTH FAYETTEVILLE AND PRAIRIE GROVE, ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL RESULTS. 65 PERCENT OF VOTERS APPROVED ANNEXING MORE THAN 14 HUNDRED ACRES INTO THE CITY. IN PRAIRIE GROVE - THE MARGIN WAS CLOSER...THERE, 169 VOTERS APPROVED THE MEASURE, 101 OPPOSED IT. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY REPORTED A DISCREPANCY - MORE VOTERS THAN BALLOTS - A RECOUNT SHOULD TAKE PLACE TODAY, AND THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE PRAIRIE GROVE OUTCOME. DELAP WINS SCHOOL BOARD VOTERS ALSO APPARENTLY HAVE CHOSEN FORMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JOHN DELAP OVER RETIRED SCHOOLTEACHER JEANNIE HILL IN THE RACE FOR THE AT-LARGE POSITION ON THE FAYETTEV



2006-10-23 08:39:00
MORE POLL NUMBERS...Our friend Roby Brock checks in this morning with his final polling figures on the statewide races, without too many suprises. We start early balloting today (Monday) in the general election, so head out to your county clerk's office when you have some time and cast a ballot in the race. Here are polling results... Our third and final Constituent Dynamics poll indicates solid leads for Democrats Mike Beebe and Dustin McDaniel, but the biggest movement shows Democrat Bill Halter opening up a lead on Republican Jim Holt. In our two previous polls, Halter led Holt by four points. Today, Halter has extended that lead to 50%-39% with 11% undecided. Our final Constituent Dynamics poll surveyed 999 likely Arkansas voters. The poll was conducted on October 16-18 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1%. Democrat Mike Beebe leads Republican Asa Hutchinson 52%-39%. Green Party candidate Jim Lendall and Independent Rod Bryan are polling 2% each. 5% remain undecided. The



2006-10-23 15:07:00
MONDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFINGEarly voting starts today, so you've officially entered the combat zone. Here's the news... EARLY BALLOTING STARTS TODAY YOU CAN START CASTING EARLY BALLOTS IN THE NOVEMBER 7TH GENERAL ELECTION TODAY. IF YOU WONDER WHERE TO DO THAT, YOU CAN USUALLY CAST BALLOTS AT YOUR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE - GOOD IDEA TO CONTACT THE COUNTY FIRST AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE TO CAST THOSE BALLOTS. ON THE BALLOT THIS TIME - THE GOVERNOR'S RACE BETWEEN DEMOCRAT MIKE BEEBE AND REPUBLICAN ASA HUTCHINSON - YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE NAMES OF GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JIM LENDALL AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ROD BRYAN. VOTERS WILL ALSO HAVE TO DECIDE ON WHETHER CHARITIES CAN HOLD BINGO GAMES TO RAISE MONEY, AND WHETHER THE STATE CAN SELL BONDS TO BENEFIT PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. REPUBLICAN HOT-BUTTON STRATEGY AND, AS WE GET CLOSER TO NOVEMBER 7TH, YOU'LL NOTICE THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE. TWO CANDIDATES FROM THE PARTY WENT ON A STATEWIDE T



2006-10-25 02:09:00
CYBERMOUTH HERE'S YOUR SIGN Do politicians and pundits really think the people of Arkansas are just brain-dead stupid? I mean, I know a lot of people up north think that, just because they bought in to the whole "Arkansas Traveller" thing and they've never been here themselves. But these guys are supposed to be natives. Take Lt. Governor candidate Jim Holt, for example. His sophomoric campaign signs had to be designed to appeal to the absolute lowest common denominator. For starters, he's got the little fish symbol up in the corner, announcing that he's a Christian - AS IF our great state electing, say, a Jewish LG would result in making Yiddish the official state language (rather than Spanish), and forced circumcision of every newborn male child. Silly? Of course. That would never happen. Lt. Governors don't have anything to do with what happens to babies or what language we speak. Or do they? Holt also has boldly printed signs displaying things like â€



2006-10-25 08:07:00
BAD MOVE WITH THE KIDS IN THE ADS...We agree with George Sand over at ArkansasPolitics about the newest Asa ad, and think, by George, the venerable writer has a point about honesty in the papers. Here's a touch of what GS has to say... The problem with being a newspaperman in NWA is that you have to understand where you live. Today an Editorial entitled "An Innocent ad" starts out talking about hypothetical Candidates A and B - now the piece basically takes off on the Hutchinson (Candidate A) camp for the repulsive use of children to attack Mike Beebe (Candidate B). The author does a dandy job of straddling the picket fence. First, no name candidates, then the good cop, bad cop back and forth on the good bad and slightly ugly (maybe) of the ad. There's no doubt the kiddies ad is over the top. There's no doubt it is a sizeable blunder by the campaign, who are outsiders, and obviously don't have a clue what an Arkansan voter finds acceptable. There's no doubt that this wi



2006-10-25 08:31:00
NEW LOOK FOR HALLOWEENOn the suggestion of an old friend, we've changed up (just a bit) the look of our masthead. I've taken down my pic, and in my place is actor Peter Finch as "Howard Beale" the mad prophet of the airwaves. Hope it suits you.


A FEW WORDS ON JIM HOLT...
2006-10-29 11:28:00
This doesn't have much to do with partisan politics -- it's simply an expression of concern for someone I like, someone I consider a person with a lot of potential, but whose behavior concerns me nonetheless David Koon at the Arkansas Times wrote a piece this past week on the Lt. Governor's race, and yours truly makes a comment or two on the character of Springdale Senator Jim Holt. First, Jim Holt and I are not golfing buddies, we don't spend quality time together, and we don't know each other too much outside the political sphere. However, in the time I've known him, I can say good things about him -- I just can't say I agree with his politics or philosphical views on a number of issues. Oddly enough though, I think we do share some values and some views on other things -- we just express those ideas with different language. Mr. Holt has always seemed honest in his dealings with me, and he's always seemed like he truly believes WHAT he believes. I'm not Solomon, but a n


WOW, WHAT HAS WAL-MART DONE NOW?
2006-10-29 10:47:00
Things can get complicated when you have the largest anything. Wal-Mart knows that, and knows no matter what the company does, it'll irritate some people. The company has taken steps to become more diverse, more environmentally friendly and a host of other measures intended to bring the company into the 21st century. But some people just don't want things to change. Some of the same people who most loudly defended the company have turned on it, saying they'll no longer shop at the neighborhood Supercenter because of a partnership with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce reported in August. Now, here's a website that should truly bring a chill to your spine. This group says it plans to "proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ" in as many Wal-Mart stores as possible next month, on November 24th -- part of a plan to get the company to stop selling the Plan B contraceptive and perhaps to get the company to take back the $25,000 membership fee it paid to join the Gay and


FRIDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFING
2006-10-27 14:34:00
Wow, what a contentious Friday rundown. Looks like Rogers Mayor Steve Womack has had it with illegal immigrants. Who knows what he'll do, but he'll sure get flack for it. Also, interesting piece about whether the state's attempt at regulating abortions in based on faulty information. Let the gnashing of teeth begin...here's your Friday news... FETAL PAIN LAW FLAWED? A STATE LAW HAS COME UNDER FIRE, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY FAULTY INFORMATION. THE NON-PROFIT ALAN GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE ISSUED A REPORT CRITICAL OF SO-CALLED "FETAL" PAIN LAWS IN SEVERAL STATES, INCLUDING ARKANSAS. STATE LAWMAKERS PASSED THE LAW IN 2005 - IT REQUIRES DOCTORS TO TELL WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS THAT THE FETUS MAY FEEL PAIN. AN ARKANSAS RESEARCHER DISAGREES, AND SAYS THE LAW MAY REFLECT REALITY. TASK FORCE: WATCH OUT FOR RACE PROFILING A STATE TASK FORCE SAYS A RISING HISPANIC POPULATION IN ARKANSAS MEANS POLICE NEED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION NOT TO "RACIALLY PROFILE


WAL-MART FAMILY VALUES?
2006-10-26 15:49:00
Interesting piece in the New York Observer today. Writer Nicholas Van Hoffman asks the question "who cares about kids" in terms of Wal-Mart's recent change in employment policy. Here's an excerpt… In addition, the giant retail chain is ordering its workers to be available for duty anytime, day or night, at its nearly 2,000 24-hour-a-day stores. The company wants to have people on tap for the evenings and weekends, when shopping is heaviest, but in the interest of complete manpower flexibility doesn't want to provide its employees with a set work schedule. They are to be available whenever the phone rings. Since Wal-Mart has more than a million and a quarter workers, what it does has ramifications. The havoc this must cause in families with children needs no elaboration. How do you arrange for childcare or after-school supervision if you must wait to be told when you're going to be working? This is not a problem that Sam Walton's five heirs are likely to face. One i


THURSDAY MORNING NEWS BRIEFING
2006-10-26 14:28:00
Big story today is the annual Arkansas Poll, which, if you believe it, spells the end of the campaign this year for a number of Republican campaign efforts. It also has some interesting things to say about gay foster parents...here's the news... ARKANSAS POLL NUMBERS OUT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL "ARKANSAS POLL" THE NUMBERS, FROM THE SCHOOLS POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, TAKE THE TEMPERATURS OF VOTERS STATEWIDE ON ELECTIONS AND ISSUES. THIS YEAR, THE POLL SHOWS 51 PERCENT OF LIKELY VOTERS SAY THEY'LL CAST BALLOTS FOR DEMOCRAT MIKE BEEBE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, VERSUS 38 PERCENT WHO SAY THEY'LL VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN ASA HUTCHINSON. THE NUMBERS SHOW A SIZEABLE IMPROVMENT FOR BEEBE SINCE THE LAST POLL WAS CONDUCTED. MORE POLL RESULTS SAY... ON OTHER ISSUES, THAT POLL SHOWS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW CHARITABLE BINGO IN ARKANSAS AND FOR A 250 MILLION DOLLAR BOND PROPOSAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. HOWEVER, NUMBERS SHOW ARKANSANS HAVEN
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