Republicans Upset About Makeup Of Lottery Officials (Affirmative action for Republicans?)

[ChoralScholar]

In case you haven't heard, Arkansas voted in a state lottery, and it has been acrimonious at every turn.

From the (Northwest Arkansas) Morning News

http://nwaonline.com/articles/2009/09/06/news/090609fzstackeddeck.txt

State Republican leaders are upset about a lack of representation in the formation and oversight of the Arkansas lottery.

The Lottery Oversight Committee, composed of six House members and six Senate members, contains one Republican.

The remaining members of the commission, picked by Gov. Mike Beebe, House Speaker Robbie Wills and Senate President Pro Tempore Bob Johnson are also Democrats or have Democratic ties.

While Republicans concede that the party in power usually makes selections along party lines, they would have liked to see more parity, they said.

“When people saw the way they were setting up the lottery system for the benefit of the good old boys, they said stop,” said State Rep. Brian King, R-Green Forest, the House minority leader. “The people on the commission weren’t going to do anything to stop it.

http://nwaonline.com/articles/2009/09/06/news/090609fzstackeddeck.txt

[rfranklin]

1. Goddamn fucking whiney crybaby asshole Republicans...

Jesus H Christ, it's like dealing with kindergartners at naptime!

[zbdent]

2. so they want a fairness doctrine for the lottery oversight committee?

someone call the whaaaaaambulance ...

[ChoralScholar]

3. I'll bump it once for the evening crew

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