Via the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Over $197,000 is unaccounted for and a former employee went on a spending spree with a department credit card (that the department didn't know about).
The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee on Thursday questioned the director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs about audit findings of $200,000 in missing or unaccounted equipment and lax budgetary oversight across his agency.
The Legislative Audit Division found four areas where lack of oversight by Veterans Affairs Director Dave Fletcher and his deputies over the past two years resulted in illegal use of an improperly acquired state credit card, lost inventory and untracked expenditures that contributed to recently discovered budget shortfalls at the Little Rock Veterans Home.
Over the past couple of weeks we've tweeted about this year's No Climate Tax Pledge signees. In case you're not on Twitter or haven't checked out our online newsroom, please see below for individuals that have made a pledge to protect your family's pocket book. We will update the list as more people sign the pledge.
State Senators
Sen. Bruce Holland
Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson
Sen. Bill Pritchard
State Represenatives
Rep. Linda Collins-Smith
Candidates for state and local offices
Mike Akin
Randy Alexander
Bob Ballinger
Rogers Delffs
Charles Fuqua
Blake Johnson
Rocky Lawrence
Josh Mesker
Micah Neal
Jim Sorvillo
The Arkansas chapter of the grassroots free market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-AR) today applauded State Representative Jon Woods (93rd District) for signing the group’s No Climate Tax pledge. Woods joins more than 600 bipartisan lawmakers and candidates on the federal, state and local levels pledging to “oppose legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue.”
“The one thing elected officials should be able to agree on is that global warming shouldn’t be used as an excuse to hike taxes on citizens and businesses,” said AFP-AR State Director Teresa Oelke. “We encourage all of Arkansas’ elected officials and candidates for elected office to sign the pledge.”
Arkansas signers include: U.S. Senator John Boozman; U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, Tim Griffin and Steve Womack; well as numerous state lawmakers and candidates for office.
Today Americans for Prosperity – Arkansas expressed grave concern in response to the Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC) voting in favor of spending well over $7 million to implement key components of the President Obama's Healthcare Bill.
Two weeks ago the Council's PEER sub-committee denied this funding request from Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford. Never-the-less the matter was brought before the ALC for review.
“It is disappointing that Governor Beebe, Commissioner Bradford and members of the state legislature are pushing such a liberal agenda from Washington DC that Arkansans have so clearly rejected." said AFP-Arkansas Director Teresa Oelke.
"Arkansas will have no control of the decisions, we have no idea how much a HIE will cost or how we will pay for it. This is Washington style spending that disgusts the hardworking taxpayers of Arkansas."
The Arkansas chapter of the grassroots free market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-AR) today applauded State Senator Bruce Holland (6th District) for signing the group’s No Climate Tax pledge. Holland joins more than 600 bipartisan lawmakers and candidates on the federal, state and local levels pledging to “oppose legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue.”
“The one thing elected officials should be able to agree on is that global warming shouldn’t be used as an excuse to hike taxes on citizens and businesses,” said AFP-AR State Director Teresa Oelke. “We encourage all of Arkansas’ elected officials and candidates for elected office to sign the pledge.”
Arkansas signers include: U.S. Senator John Boozman; U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford, Tim Griffin and Steve Womack; well as numerous state lawmakers and candidates for office.
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