I was a panelist for a segment on “Arkansas Week” last Friday on Arkansas PBS. It came one day after the Arkansas Supreme Court said voters can consider a proposal on the November ballot to legalize recreational marijuana. The state Board of Election Commissioners had rejected the proposed amendment suggesting the ballot title didn’t fully explain the impact it would have. But the court overturned that decision, saying all of the possible ramifications can’t be detailed in the ballot language.
I also previewed Tuesday’s meeting of the Arkansas Senate to consider a recommendation that Sen. Alan Clark be sanctioned for making what was determined to be a frivolous complaint against another lawmaker. I had covered three of the hearings by the Senate Ethics Committee, including the final one on the matter when members announced the complaint against Sen. Stephanie Flowers was without merit. They also recommended that Clark be punished for making was said to be a retaliatory filing after being punished himself in July for a separate issue and vowing “to burn the house down.”
Director of Public Affairs at Arkansas PBS, 36-year broadcasting veteran, photographer, interested in radio, TV and railroad history, author and host of the book and podcast series Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas.
