Janet and Mike Huckabee registered as "a couple" to get gifts.

[Botany]

http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=66831ec8-ba1c-40e9-87fd-8868ec1f8b07



Of course they was married in 1974 .... they registered in 2006

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Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife, Janet, are registered for home furnishing gifts at Target and Dillard’s department stores as they prepare to leave the Governor’s Mansion in January and move into a house they recently purchased in North Little Rock.

Gifts requested at Dillard’s for Janet and Mike Huckabee include 24 place settings of Lenox “Holiday Nouveau” china and stemware (from $14 to $40 a piece), Biddeford bed linens (king and queen bed skirts from $89 to $99), an oval pot rack ($60), an asparagus pot ($30), a KitchenAid mixer ($300) and a Jack LaLanne power juicer ($100).

The Jack LaLanne juicer is also on the Target list, along with a Kitchen Essentials 12-piece cookware set ($250) and cookie sheet ($20), Fieldcrest bed linens (from $30 to $144), rugs (from $25 to $150), and table linens, potholders and kitchen towels (from $2 to $13) and more.

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Arkansas law prohibits public officials from receiving gifts worth more than $100, unless the office-holder can prove that the gift came via a relationship “independent of his or her official status.” To ascertain the nature of the relationship, the Arkansas Ethics Commission may examine “such factors as when the relationship began (i.e., before or after the public servant obtained his or her office or position), the prior history of gift giving between the individuals, whether the gift was given in connection with a holiday or other special occasion, and whether the same gift was given to other public servants.”

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One of the 17 exceptions to the gift ban is “wedding presents and engagement gifts.”

[Stephanie]

1. That's classy.

[tanyev]

2. I hope she registered for a new popcorn popper.

They don't last as long when you use them for cooking squirrel.

[bigbrother05]

3. Guess they gave away the stuff from the parsonage

He went from being the local TV preacher in Texarkana, AR (1st Baptist) to the Lt Gov residence in Little Rock, then the Gov's mansion when Jim Guy Tucker was busted. During his initial election (special election to fill the Lt Gov slot after Clinton's election), there was a lot of talk about how his wife was being paid to produce ads for the campaign. It was paid to the TV production company they jointly owned (think local TV preacher), so was technically legal, but pretty dubious. Guess that was keeping food on the family while he was politicking.