Sarah Huckabee Sanders rose to national prominence in part during her time at the lectern as White House press secretary, but the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for the Arkansas governor is undergoing scrutiny and prompting claims that records about it have been altered.
A legislative panel next week will take up a lawmaker’s request for an audit to review the purchase of the lectern, which was bought in June for $19,029.25 with a state credit card. The Arkansas Republican Party reimbursed the state last month for the wood-paneled and blue lectern, which the state received in August.
“From my experience, where we’re at with this particular thing is we need to allow legislative audit go in,” Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey, who requested the audit, said. “Everyone knows them, they do their work, they’re very thorough and then they produce a detailed report that comes to the Legislature through an open committee.”
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Fellow Arkansan here. I love to get in on that Arkansas gossip.
Hold the fuck up, you can’t just call yourself an “Arkansan” when your ass backwards state is pronounced “Arc-en-saw.”
Oh I sure can! There is a reason we reside near the bottom in education. Leave us be.
It’s pronounced “Arc-en-sawn”
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Well because they represent more than half the population realistically.
Word on the street is that there are some rich jerks in Bentonville
I’m a mountain biker and people are always gushing over that place like it’s some eden.
First off, I’m sure the terrain has nothing on the PNW, but also it would feel trained given that it’s some resort paid for with blood money
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This makes the most sense. I was wondering why so many people care about wood.
The republican state government blew 19 THOUSAND dollars on it, thats why people care. Its bullshit.
Even shitty states like Arkansas have budgets in the tens of billions of dollars; $19k is a rounding error. Nobody cares about $19k, unless it turns out to be a crime, which this might be.
Well that’s the issue. A podium like that normally costs a few hundred dollars max. So why was this one so expensive? Fraud is a crime.
That’s not to mention that podiums are mostly pointless anyways. You could just stand and talk just as easily without one.
If you paid taxes and are struggling to pay all your bills I could see why that would be infuriating
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Hickey was pushed out as state Senate leader, he has an axe to grind and isn’t afraid of a primary.
I’ve been slacking… I should’ve posted this over in /c/arkansas long ago.
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