"I don't want to seem ungrateful, but if you wanted to take my name off that terrible commission, that'd be OK."
Sin of Commission: The useless and dysfunctional Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission is being eyed for an overhaul. Notes one legislator: “We’re really trying to make sure our colleagues know the role the commission has played and can play in this state.” Sadly, nobody has any idea what that might be. (AP)
Housekeeping: Story reports that GOP lawmakers are unhappy with paltry committee chair assignments, but does not name or quote any of the complainers. So, uh, OK, there you have it. (Arkansas News Bureau)
Global Warning: Hey, remember all those posts I did on the ARGOCOGLOWARM last week? And then I just kind of stopped. What was up with that? Really took my eye off the ball there, huh? This really is the worst blog in the world. Anyway, here we are, like five days later, and this is what happened. The End. (Arkansas News Bureau)
Big Money: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publishes annual list of state employees making over $100K, about half of whom are associated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. I wanted in on that action, so I applied to UAMS, but they wanted someone with actual medical qualifications and degrees and stuff. So it turns out that getting that “The Doctor Is In” mural airbrushed on the side of my van wasn’t any help at all. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
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