It looks like if we want someone to criticize King Beebe, then we are going to have to rely on Democrat candidates to do it. The RPA and Republican candidates certainly aren't going to do it.
The ArkJournal Thugs have found a story about a candidate unhappy about Beebe selling out farmers in favor of draconian animal cruelty legislation. We found another Democrat unhappy with Beebe:
Mark Horoda (D), a lawyer, is running against Rep. Tracy Pennartz (D) for House District 65 on the north side of Fort Smith. He has plenty of rip on Beebe about as well. I disagree with him on casinos, but I like his style. I especially like his statement about taxes. I wish our Republican legislators and candidates would throw down like this.
Among other reasons, Horoda said he chose to run because Pennartz “betrayed” District 64 by not supporting a proposed casino development along the Arkansas River.[Link]
“She refused to take a stand on that because [Gov. Mike Beebe] was opposed to it,” Horoda said, referring to a proposal by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians to win federal government approval for a casino.
She said the planned U. S. Marshals Museum will be the anchor of the riverfront development, a way to develop the property in a “very positive, family friendly way.” She and other members of the Fort Smith legislative delegation secured $ 2 million from Beebe’s distribution of state surplus funds as part of the seed money to start the museum project.
Horoda said he thinks they could have gotten more from Beebe if they’d pushed for it, and he said development along the river won’t come as fast as it would if the casino had been the anchor.
“Where’s the development?” Horoda said. “It’s nice to say that, but Fort Smith can’t wait 50 or 100 years.” He also faults Pennartz for voting in favor of the recent increase in the state’s severance tax on natural gas.
Pennartz said voting for the tax increase “was the right thing to do” because Arkansas wasn’t getting a fair amount for the natural resource. She agreed with Beebe, market experts and the gas companies that the tax won’t be passed along to Arkansans because the price of gas is set on a national scale.
“If it had been passed on to the consumer, I would have voted against it, absolutely,” Pennartz said. Horoda said he doesn’t buy it. “Every tax gets passed down to the consumer,” he said.
This cat must not have gotten the memo from Democrat Party chairman Bill Gwatney either. He, like the guy the ArkJournal mentioned, is unaware of the fact that dissension is not allowed in the Democrat ranks.
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