Trammel and Beebe: My way or the highway.
Rainbow’s End: State faces pinch on highway funding. Why, it’s gotten so bad that Gov. Mike Beebe recently warned highway commissioner Dick Trammel that they might have to tap his secret pot of gold. (AP) Big Ross Man: Columnist David Sanders has warm words of appreciation for Democratic Rep. Mike Ross for standing up to House Dems on health care reform. (Arkansas News Bureau)
Con Air: Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is under fire for using state prison plane to fly to events where he’s the guest speaker. In a related story, how disappointed would you be to have to attend any event where Dustin McDaniel was the keynote speaker? (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Pandemic: New case of swine flu diagnosed in Saline Co. on Friday, and this time we really really really mean it. So never mind all those other times, NOW is the time to panic. (Arkansas News Bureau)
Senatorial: A talk with GOP Rep. Jonathan Dismang about his possible run for Arkansas Senate. (Arkansas Leader)
Ars Poetica: Read Mike Huckabee‘s poetic ode to Nancy Pelosi, and weep. (Politico)
According to Doyle: Now there’s Arkansas GOP chair Doyle Webb, rilin’ up the gays. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
No Retreat: In which John Brummett and I find ourselves in agreement: Staff retreats are perhaps the worst invention of the modern workplace management industry. Nothing good ever came out of a damn retreat. (Arkansas News Bureau)
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