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Pastor Baldwin exposes Huckabee

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MORE REASONS TO BEWARE
OF MIKE HUCKABEE

 

 

By Pastor Chuck Baldwin

November 27, 2007

NewsWithViews.com

Many Christian
conservatives see Mike Huckabee as the best candidate to deliver the GOP from
an impending pro-abortion presidential nomination of either Rudy Giuliani or
Mitt Romney. Huckabee is doing especially well in Iowa, particularly among
evangelicals. Is Mike Huckabee worthy of this support, however? The facts say
no.

I have already
attempted to warn my evangelical brethren as to the dangers of supporting Mike
Huckabee. See
here. However, that first column was just the tip of the proverbial
iceberg. Here are more reasons to beware of Mike Huckabee.

Robert Novak
recently wrote a column about Mike Huckabee entitled, “The
False Conservative.” In the column he said, “Huckabee is
campaigning as a conservative, but serious Republicans know that he is a
high-tax, protectionist, big-government advocate of a strong hand in the Oval
Office directing the lives of Americans.”

Novak also
said, “There is no doubt about Huckabee’s record during a decade in Little
Rock as governor. . . He increased the Arkansas tax burden by 47 percent,
boosting the levies on gasoline and cigarettes.”

Novak continued
saying, “Quin Hillyer, a former Arkansas journalist writing in the
conservative American Spectator, called Huckabee ‘a guy with a thin skin, a
nasty vindictive streak.’ Huckabee’s retort was to attack Hillyer’s
journalistic procedures, fitting a mean-spirited image when he responds to
conservative criticism.”

Calling
Huckabee a proponent of big-government is an understatement. “If you
listen closely, all the things he supports increase the size, power and cost of
government. From subsidies for energy research to increasing money for health
care and government housing, the size, power, and cost of government will not
shrink under a President Mike Huckabee; they will increase . . . Mr. Huckabee
swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution when he became governor, yet
many of his proposals are clearly unconstitutional.” (Source: David
Ulrich, Letter of the Week, World Net Daily, 10/26/07)

In addition,
Dr. Jerome Corsi reports that “Financial inducements arranged by former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to establish a Mexican consular office in Little
Rock may have violated state law, according to an Arkansas attorney.”

Writing for
World Net Daily, Dr. Corsi exposed the fact that Mike Huckabee “worked
with some of the state’s most prominent and politically powerful businesses to
establish the [Mexican] consulate as a magnet for drawing illegal immigrants to
the state to accept low-paying jobs.”

Corsi goes on
to report that “Arkansas attorney Chip Sexton provided WND a written legal
brief arguing the state government’s sublease to Mexico of office space for the
consulate was illegal under Arkansas law. Sexton contended the deal raised
questions about the appropriateness of private citizens and corporations in
Arkansas providing financial incentives for the government of Mexico to locate
a consulate office in Little Rock.”

Corsi also
writes that “Robert Trevino, commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation
Services, told WND he and Huckabee helped arrange state and private financial
support to induce Mexico to establish the consulate as a business development
‘quid pro quo.’

“Trevino
signed on July 7, 2006, a ‘Facilities Use Agreement’ with Mexican consular
officials to rent state government office space for $1 a year on the second
floor of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services building at 26 Corporate Hills in
Little Rock.”

According to
Sexton, not only did subleasing state government offices to Mexico violate
Arkansas state law under Ark. Code Ann. 22-2-114(C)(i) which provides:
“After July 1, 1975, no state agency shall enter into or renew or
otherwise negotiate a lease between itself as lessor or lessee and a
nongovernmental or other government lessor or lessee,” but it was even
more offensive in that “there was nothing in the lease or other agreements
that would have prevented the Mexican consulate from providing legal assistance
to illegal aliens.”

In addition,
Corsi also exposed the fact that Mike Huckabee worked with Mexican President
Vicente Fox to help provide cheap Mexican labor for Tyson foods and other large
Arkansas corporations. According to Corsi, “Trevino confirmed he was state
director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, also known as LULAC,
an activist group strongly advocating for the rights of Hispanic immigrants in
the U.S., when on Oct. 3, 2003, he accompanied Huckabee in a state airplane to
visit [President Vicente] Fox in Mexico.”

There is more.

The American
Spectator reported that “Fourteen times, the ethics commission–a
respected body, not a partisan witch-hunt group–investigated claims against
Huckabee. Five of those times, it officially reprimanded him. And as only MSNBC
among the big national media has reported at an real length, there were lots of
other mini-scandals and embarrassments along the way.”

Plus, writing
for The Washington Times, Greg Pierce quoted Hillyer as saying,
“[Huckabee] used public money for family restaurant meals, boat expenses,
and other personal uses. He tried to claim as his own some $70,000 of furniture
donated to the governor’s mansion. He repeatedly, and obstinately, against the
pleadings even from conservative columnists and editorials, refused to divulge
the names of donors to a ‘charitable’ organization he set up while lieutenant
governor–an outfit whose main charitable purpose seemed to be to pay Huckabee
to make speeches. Then, as a kicker, he misreported the income itself from the
suspicious ‘charity.'”

Mike Huckabee’s
beliefs and actions even border on the bizarre. According to David Keene,
Chairman of the American Conservative Union, “GOP presidential wannabe
Mike Huckabee suggested that as president he would, for the good of the people,
support a federal anti-smoking law. You see, as governor, Huckabee supported
such laws because, well, he doesn’t like smoking and doesn’t think folks should
indulge in so heath-threatening an activity. If he could move on up to the
presidency, he would continue his abolitionist crusade at the national level
without giving much, if any, thought to the question of whether the
Constitution or anything else would legitimize a federal ban on smoking.”

I have yet one
more word of warning for those evangelicals supporting Huckabee because he is
pro-life: Mike Huckabee will most definitely support Rudy Giuliani should
Giuliani obtain the Republican nomination. Count on it.

I ask you, how
could a committed “pro-life” conservative support a pro-abortion,
pro-gay rights, pro-gun control liberal such as Rudy Giuliani? He couldn’t.

At the end of
the day, however, there is absolutely no question that Huckabee will support
Giuliani (or any other pro-abortion Republican), because, when all is said and
done, Huckabee and his fellow big-government Republicans have no real
commitment to the life issue or to any other conservative principle.

Let’s say it
plainly: Mike Huckabee is just another big-government, establishment politician
who will do nothing to stem the tide of socialism or fascism (pick your poison)
emanating from Washington, D.C., these days.

Dear Christian
friend, don’t be duped by Mike Huckabee.

 

Huckabee illegal Consulate

Legality of Huckabee’s Mexican consulate deal questioned

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ELECTION 2008

Legality of Huckabee’s Mexican consulate deal questioned

Critics say Arkansas citizens, businesses financed office to draw illegal workers

Posted: November 1, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern





By Jerome R. Corsi




© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com







Robert Trevino

Financial inducements arranged by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to establish a Mexican consular office in Little Rock may have violated state law, according to an Arkansas attorney.

As WND reported yesterday,
critics in Arkansas charge Huckabee, who lately has enjoyed a surge in
his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, worked with some of
the state’s most prominent and politically powerful businesses to
establish the consulate as a magnet for drawing illegal immigrants to
the state to accept low-paying jobs.

Huckabee, in an interview with WND, strongly denied the allegations.

Arkansas
attorney Chip Sexton provided WND a written legal brief arguing the
state government’s sublease to Mexico of office space for the consulate
was illegal under Arkansas law. Sexton contended the deal raised
questions about the appropriateness of private citizens and
corporations in Arkansas providing financial incentives for the
government of Mexico to locate a consulate office in Little Rock.

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“This
arrangement to bring a Mexican consulate to Little Rock and the manner
in which it occurred amounts to a ‘consul-gate,'” Sexton told WND. “I’m
an Arkansas citizen, why doesn’t the state lease me some property and
furniture for $1 per year?”

Robert Trevino, commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services,
told WND he and Huckabee helped arrange state and private financial
support to induce Mexico to establish the consulate as a business
development “quid pro quo.”


Trevino signed on July 7, 2006, a “Facilities Use Agreement” with
Mexican consular officials to rent state government office space for $1
a year on the second floor of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
building at 26 Corporate Hills in Little Rock.

Sexton
points to Arkansas law, which appears to prohibit state agencies,
including Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, from sub-leasing government
space.

Ark.
Code Ann. § 22-2-114(C)(i) provides: “After July 1, 1975, no state
agency shall enter into or renew or otherwise negotiate a lease between
itself as lessor or lessee and a nongovernmental or other government
lessor or lessee.”

“Even
more offensive, there was nothing in the lease or other agreements that
would have prevented the Mexican consulate from providing legal
assistance to illegal aliens,” Sexton told WND. “We have information
that the Mexican consulate operating out of the Arkansas Rehabilitation
Facility was providing legal assistance even to Mexican illegal aliens
who were accused of committing violent crimes in Arkansas.”

Sexton
said he and other critics have “called on the Arkansas attorney
general’s office to set the lease aside and recover the value of the
lease.”

A
memo Trevino wrote July 21, 2006, indicating the mortgage for the land
to build a new, permanent Mexican consulate in Little Rock was arranged
by Arkansas commercial real estate developer Bob Burrow and that the $7,500 mortgage would be paid by Arkansas corporations to support the Mexican consular presence for three years.

WND
also has also obtained copies of invoices from Arkansas construction
contractor Baldwin & Shell charging $60,000 for building the new
consulate at 3500 South University Park in Little Rock.

A
copy of a check from the city of Little Rock, dated June 1, indicates
contractor Baldwin & Shell was paid $60,000 as requested.

Trevino,
in the WND interview, did not dispute the documentary record, but he
argued the state government and the sponsoring Arkansas businesses did
expect to receive financial returns, in the form of expanded exports to
Mexico.

“I
executed that lease agreement as part of the former governor’s
agreement to provide certain assistance to Mexican officials once they
located to Little Rock, because their offices wouldn’t be ready for
some time,” Trevino said.

Trevino
explained that the counsel general of Mexico, Carlos Garcia de Alba, on
behalf of the Mexican government, had asked for Huckabee’s
consideration.

“So,
the sublease agreement was in fulfillment of Governor Huckabee’s
agreement to assist them as they moved to Little Rock,” he said.

Trevino further explained the written sublease agreement came only on the insistence of the Arkansas Building Authority.

“The
request from the Mexicans was strictly to allow their officials to use
their computers, to have a seat and a chair, to be able to plug their
computers in to do business,” Trevino said. “It wasn’t ever envisioned
to be a long-term agreement. It was just a temporary opportunity for
them.”

Trevino said Mexican officials estimated their permanent office would be available within a few months.

“We
had some office space that we weren’t using but the state was paying
for anyhow,” he explained. “We would not be able to use that office
space, because the furniture which was adapted for people with
disabilities and our staff wouldn’t be available until November.”

Trevino said Arkansas officials felt, therefore, “it was cost-effective for us to kill two birds with one stone.”

“It
was a quid pro quo in that the Mexican government was already helping
Arkansas businesses to compete selling their products in Mexico,” he
said. “We had already realized some benefit, so it was basically a good
natured gesture – an expression of a mutual working relationship with
regard to promoting Arkansas products in Mexico.”

The
State Building Authority, which regulates the buildings, he said, then
recommended Arkansas “put something in writing, because oftentimes for
contingencies and liabilities we would be at least underscore that we
were establishing them to allow to work from that office for a short
period of time.”

Essentially, Trevino argued, “we were covering the state’s interest. We were making official an informal agreement.”

Trevino argued that the temporary space provided the Mexican consulate was not used to conduct official consular business.

“They
weren’t even empowered to conduct official duties at that time,” he
said. “They had only two staff members, including the current consul in
Little Rock. They felt like because of the time frame was so
abbreviated because of their need, they just needed someplace to put
their computer, as I mentioned.”

Arkansas
private investigator Michael Hardy disagreed, arguing in a July 25,
2006, investigative report, a copy of which has been provided to WND,
that Arkansas receptionists were taking messages for the Mexican
consulate at 26 Cooperate Hills.

“On
July 25, 2006, I went to 26 Cooperate Hills,” Hardy told WND in
telephone interview yesterday, “and Stephanie, the receptionist on duty
when you first enter the building told me that the two Mexicans were
not there that day, but she was instructed to take messages for them
when they were not present.”

Hardy left a message for Consul Andres Chao, but never received a return call.

Trevino
confirmed that Arkansas business leaders and corporations arranged the
land purchase and paid the mortgage on the Mexican consulate’s new
building.

“Mr.
Burrow had developed not only a friendship but a business interest in
Mexico,” Trevino told WND. “He had offered to the Mexican government to
sponsor and facilitate their location to Arkansas, and that was an
agreement made between Mr. Burrow and the Mexican government, which
you’ll have to speak to them (about). That was beyond my authority and
my official duties.”

WND placed a second phone call yesterday to Burrow’s Jonesboro office but received no return call.

“With
regard to the other companies,” Trevino continued, “there were some
companies that came to our attention that we conveyed over to the
Mexican government, companies that had said they were interested in
sponsoring the Mexican government.”

Trevino told WND he could not recall which Arkansas companies were involved in sponsoring the Mexican companies.

“A
number of companies, particularly ones who do business internationally,
were very excited about the prospect of a Mexican consulate
establishing a presence in the state, which was for the reasons I
stated earlier – for enhanced business development opportunities for
Arkansas companies,” Trevino explained.

“If
you have spent any time in Arkansas, you know people are very generous
and hospitable here,” he continued. “So that was, from my perspective,
that was their intent – to demonstrate to the people of Mexico who were
in part their consumers, that they welcomed an opportunity to
strengthen business opportunities between our state and their economy
in Mexico.

“These
companies had discussions with the Mexican government that they would
sponsor the Mexican government to entice them, if you will,” he said.
“I should point out that this was the last consulate appointed under
the presidency of Vicente Fox, and the competition among states was
very keen from what they said. Other states wanted Mexico to establish
a Mexican consulate, as I mentioned, because a lot of trade
opportunities come with these consulates.”

Trevino
emphasized: “It never was our intent to get involved in the immigration
issue or to aid illegal immigration, that’s a federal issue. Our
interest and emphasis was and is strictly business development.”

He pointed to the many Arkansas companies, including Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods, that “do a good deal of business in Mexico,”

“So
the more we can facilitate better trade with that country for our
companies located here in Arkansas, we have a duty to do that as
officials,” he said.

Arkansas
attorney Sexton disagreed, insisting, “This whole scheme to get a
Mexican consulate to locate in Little Rock appears to be nothing more
than a veiled invitation for illegal immigrants to come to Arkansas to
work for the Arkansas corporations who want cheap labor.”
“The package is enhanced by social welfare benefits provided by the
state of Arkansas and financing assistance to support the Mexican
consulate’s presence in the state,” Sexton said.

Trevino
confirmed he was state director of the League of United Latin American
Citizens, also known as LULAC, an activist group strongly advocating
for rights of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S., when on Oct. 3, 2003, he
accompanied Huckabee in a state airplane to visit Fox in Mexico.

In 2003, Trevino was Huckabee’s economic development policy adviser.

In October 2005, Trevino was appointed by Huckabee to his current position as commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.

Sexton is a partner in McCutchen, Sexton, Strunks, a Fort Smith, Ark., law firm.

Sexton
represented long-time activist Joe McCutchen in multiple Freedom of
Information Act requests that produced the documents discussed in this
story.

Joey McCutchen II, Sexton’s partner in the Fort Smith law firm, is the son of activist Joe McCutchen, who was quoted previously by WND.


Huckabee illegal Consulate

Mexican consulate deal dogs Huckabee

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ELECTION 2008

Mexican consulate deal dogs Huckabee campaign

Critics charge he established ‘magnet’ for illegals financed by citizens, U.S. businesses

Posted: October 31, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern





By Jerome R. Corsi




© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com








Former Gov. Mike Huckabee

A lingering controversy over the role former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
played in establishing a Mexican consulate office in Little Rock
financed by taxpayers and local businesses continues to follow the
Republican presidential candidate’s campaign, even as he enjoys a surge
in polls.

Critics
in Arkansas contend Huckabee worked with some of the state’s most
prominent and politically powerful businesses to draw illegal
immigrants to the state to accept low-paying jobs.

Huckabee strongly denied the charges in a telephone interview with WND yesterday.

This week, as WND reported,
Rasmussen Reports added Huckabee to its daily tracking of top tier GOP
presidential candidates following a surge that pushed him past former
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with the support of 13 percent of likely
voters nationwide. In Iowa, a University of Iowa poll released Monday
showed Huckabee surging to a virtual tie for second place in the key
primary state with Rudy Giuliani at 13 percent.

(Story continues below)

One
of Huckabee’s Arkansas critics, long-time border-security activist Joe
McCutchen, told WND that Freedom of Information Act documents he
obtained show unusual business practices and possible improprieties in
a 2006 Huckabee decision to attract a Mexican consulate to Little Rock.

Space
in an Arkansas government facility was leased for $1 a year to the
Mexican government to establish the Mexican consulate until a permanent
Mexican consulate facility could be built, at the expense of Arkansas
citizens and corporations.

McCutchen
charges that Huckabee made the deal with Mexico in order to attract
illegal immigrants into the state to work in politically connected
Arkansas businesses seeking to exploit low-cost immigrant workers.

“Huckabee
is an open borders multi-culturalist who put the will and needs of
Arkansas corporations before the needs of Arkansas citizens and
taxpayers,” McCutchen charged.

In
his telephone interview with WND, Huckabee insisted his major goal in
establishing a Mexican consulate office in Little Rock was to assist
Arkansas companies in export-import business with Mexico.

He
also contended the Mexican consulate in Little Rock would make it
easier for Arkansas to determine that immigrants had legal status to
work in the state.

“Wal-Mart
is the largest private sector employer in Mexico,” Huckabee told WND.
“We also have a lot of small manufacturing companies you’ve never heard
of that make things that are then used in Mexico in manufacturing in
Mexico.”

Huckabee explained that there were two basic reasons his administration wanted the Mexican consulate office in Little Rock.

“First,
we wanted to accommodate the business that was increasing between
Arkansas businesses and Mexican businesses,” he said. “Second, if
people were going to come to Arkansas, we wanted them to follow legal
processes, rather than just be illegal. We wanted people to come to
Arkansas and get the proper paper work and do things with a work permit
and a visa. It’s so much easier to do that if you have a consulate
where people can go to get proper documentation, rather than just
accommodating people illegally.”

McCutchen’s
accusations trace back to an Oct. 3, 2003, trip Huckabee, as governor,
took with economic development adviser Robert Trevino in a state
airplane to visit with Mexico’s president at the time, Vicente Fox.

During the trip, Huckabee and Trevino explored with Fox the possibility of establishing a Mexican consulate in Little Rock.

Trevino
served from 200-2004 as district president of the League of United
Latin American Citizens, also known as LULAC, an activist group
strongly advocating for rights of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S. In
2004, he was appointed commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation
Services, the state agency that subleased the space for the Mexican
consulate.

McCutchen’s
claims regarding the financial arrangements of establishing the Mexican
consulate in Little Rock are backed up by Arkansas government documents
he has obtained in numerous Freedom of Information requests. He
provided copies to WND for examination.

A “Use of Facilities” agreement signed July 7, 2006,
obtained in the FOIA request and posted on McCutchen’s website shows
the Mexican consulate subleased at the cost of $1 per year a facility
in an Arkansas Rehabilitation Services building designated as,
“Administrative office space for limited purpose.”

A
July 21, 2006, memo from Trevino’s office also documents that a
consortium of Arkansas corporations had agreed to “support the consular
presence” during the first three years, including what appears to be
the costs of building for Mexico a permanent consular facility in
Little Rock.

The
Trevino July 21, 2006, memo specifies that Mexico would not pick up the
full costs of staffing the consulate and the mortgage on the new
facility until the beginning of the fourth year, in 2010.

The
memo explains the cost of purchasing the site and building the Mexican
consulate would be sponsored by an unnamed group of Arkansas
corporations which “have expressed an interest in supporting the
consular presence during the first three years.”

WND has obtained a copy of a memo detailing a letter Arkansas Assistant Attorney General Bishop Woosley sent to McCutchen’s attorney filling in the blanks of the redacted paragraphs of Trevino’s July 21, 2006, memo.

Woosley’s
letter indicated the mortgage payment for the Mexican consulate was
$7,500 per month, arranged by Arkansas real estate developer Bruce
Burrow.

Burrow is the chairman of the board of Burrow Halsey Realty Group, Inc. and a principle in MBC-Holdings, in Jonesboro, Ark.

WND
also has obtained copies of invoices from Arkansas construction
contractor Baldwin & Shell charging $60,000 for building the new
Mexican consulate at 3500 South University Avenue in Little Rock.

WND
also has a copy of a check from the city of Little Rock, dated June 1,
indicating Baldwin and Shell were paid $60,000 as requested.

Reporting
by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette backs up McCutchen’s claims and adds
further details to the FOIA documents WND has examined.

On
Oct. 18, 2006, the newspaper reported the $1-a-year lease offered by
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, commenting, “The Huckabee
administration is giving virtually free temporary office space in
Little Rock to Mexican consular officials while the Mexican government
prepares to move into a permanent facility this fall.”

The
newspaper noted the Arkansas Building Authority, which handles leases
for state agencies, valued the temporary office space at $572 per
month.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported the opening of the newly built consulate office
at 3500 South University Ave. in Little Rock on April 25 in a ceremony
that included the signing of a sister-city agreement with Pachuca, in
the Mexican state of Hidalgo.

When
asked about the business arrangements, Huckabee told WND he did not
dispute any of the details regarding the Mexican consulate sublease or
the private financing of the construction of the Mexican consulate’s
new building.

A legal analysis on McCutchen’s website
suggests Huckabee violated Arkansas law in permitting the Arkansas
Rehabilitation Services to sublease its property to the Mexican
consulate.

Huckabee told WND the sublease was legal “under the auspices of economic development.”

“There
was nothing untoward or secretive about the sublease,” Huckabee said.
“We are proud of the efforts, because we were doing two things we
thought were important – building economic capacity in the state,
helping our businesses have economic opportunities and at the same time
helping curb illegal immigration by making sure people had a greater
level of access to get legal status.”

Prominent
Arkansas journalists in background briefings with WND painted a
different picture, arguing Huckabee put out a subtle, but clear message
to illegal immigrants from Mexico, “We wish you no ill in Arkansas. You
are welcome to come here to live and to work.”

Huckabee’s message was not hard to understand, an Arkansas source explained.

“Arkansas
has a lot of low-skilled jobs, including a lot of chicken slaughter
houses, and the employers wanted low-pay workers,” the source said.

McCutchen put it more bluntly.

“When he was governor of Arkansas, Huckabee ran what amounted to a sanctuary state,” he told WND.

“Huckabee’s
real goal was to create the Mexican consulate as a magnet to bring
illegal alien workers into the state,” McCutchen said, “to benefit
companies like Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart, OK Foods, Simmons Foods, George’s Farms, Inc. and a host of smaller operations who wanted to employ the illegals for their cheap labor.”

Border-security activist Kenny John Wallis, who runs the Arkansas blog Keep Arkansas Legal, agrees with McCutchen.

“Huckabee
wanted to attract the illegal immigrants for the employers in the state
like Tysons Foods that wanted cheap labor,” Wallis told WND.

“In
a nutshell, Huckabee went to Mexico a little over three years ago to
create a Mexican consulate,” Wallis said. “He then had his deputy Bob
Trevino work out a deal where the Mexican Consulate was allowed office
space at the Arkansas Rehabilitation Center for $1 a year. The Mexican
Consulate also had mobile consulates where Mexican officials in vans
went across the state helping illegal immigrants stay and work in the
state.”

Huckabee denied that his goal was to attract illegal alien workers to Arkansas.

“It’s
simply untrue,” Huckabee told WND. “I know for a fact that John Tyson
and others diligently tried to make sure that there was legal status to
their employees. That doesn’t mean that there weren’t illegal
immigrants working there, often with false documents.

“Just
common sense tells you a multi-billion dollar multi-national company,
whether it’s Wal-Mart or Tyson Foods, is not going to intentionally
hire illegals and potentially have the kinds of problems they are going
to have from it, just to have somebody picking the feathers off
chickens,” Huckabee told WND.

Still,
in May, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported federal immigration
agents arrested 21 illegal aliens during a raid on an Arkansas Mexican
restaurant chain.

That
followed federal immigration operations two weeks earlier that arrested
more than 100 illegal aliens working at a George’s Farms poultry
processing plant in Butterfield, Mo., just north of the Arkansas state
line in Barry County, Mo.

Earlier
this month, seven employees of George’s Farms in Missouri were arrested
on federal charges of hiring illegal immigrants at the processing plant
in Barry County.

George’s Farms is headquartered in Springdale, Ark.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
Arkansas had a 2006 population of about 2.8 million people, including
some 131,000 Hispanics, about half of whom were estimated to be illegal
immigrants.

McCutchen estimates the number of illegal aliens currently in Arkansas is over 200,000.

“Arkansas
has been known for low-skilled businesses, including animal slaughter
houses,” McCutchen said, “businesses that tend to attract Hispanic
illegal immigrants with low educational levels, willing to work for
minimal pay and virtually no benefits.”

Huckabee faced criticism as governor for supporting
pre-natal care for pregnant illegal immigrants and a proposal to allow
illegal aliens who graduate from Arkansas high schools to apply for
state college scholarships.

Huckabee
defended the effort, telling WND, “Amendment 65 to the Arkansas
constitution says that life begins at conception, and it is the duty
and responsibility of the state to do everything possible to protect
and preserve human life from conception until its natural conclusion.”

“I
took an oath to uphold the state constitution,” Huckabee continued. “In
addition to the civil obligation, I feel I have a moral obligation as a
pro-life person to protect all life from the moment of conception.

“Besides,
on a practical standpoint, we could give pre-natal care without regard
to immigration status to virtually every unborn child in the state
cheaper than we could afford the cost of taking care of one child born
with serious birth complications,” Huckabee argued. “So for us, it was
both a constitutional matter as well as a practical matter. We don’t
punish children for the sins of their parents.”

In 2005, Huckabee called un-Christian, un-American and irresponsible a bill introduced by state Sen. Jim Holt
that would have denied state benefits to illegal immigrants and would
have required valid proof of citizenship to register to vote.

Huckabee
told WND the senator’s legislation was unnecessary, because “Holt
couldn’t point to illegal aliens in Arkansas who were getting benefits.
It’s already against state law, and we could already prosecute any
illegal aliens getting state benefits that Holt could point to.”

In
June 2005, addressing the 76th annual LULAC convention in Little Rock
as keynote speaker, Huckabee told the 10,000 political, community and
business leaders in attendance, “Pretty soon, Southern white guys like
me may be in the minority.”

Huckabee told LULAC
that having their 2005 annual convention in Little Rock was important,
because Arkansas had one of the fastest growing populations in the
nation, and “Arkansas needs to make the transition from a traditional
Southern state to one that recognizes and cherishes diversity ‘in
culture, in language and in population.'”

McCutchen acknowledged Huckabee declares on his website that he now calls for closing the borders.

“But
that’s 180 degrees from what he did as governor of Arkansas,” McCutchen
said. “Huckabee will say anything that he thinks is acceptable. He is a
dangerous man.”

McCutchen agrees with Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly’s view of Huckabee, cited last week by John Fund of the Wall Street Journal.
Schlafly said Huckabee has “destroyed the conservative movement in
Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles. Yet some of the
same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a ‘compassionate
conservative’ are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee.”

“My
overall feeling is that Huckabee is a traitor to Arkansas citizens,”
McCutchen stressed. “He’s a multi-culturalist who has done more to
damage this state than any other governor of Arkansas. During
Huckabee’s tenure, we’ve had 150,000 bankruptcies, more than all
previous governors put together. We’ve lost somewhere in the
neighborhood of 10,000 manufacturing jobs. He has almost doubled the
size of state government in his tenure and he is not a man of the
people.”

Huckabee’s campaign website lists his “number one immigration priority” as “to secure America’s border.”

Huckabee
says on his website, “We need to create a process to allow people to
come here to do the jobs – plucking chickens, tarring roofs, picking
fruits – that are going unfilled by our citizens.”

“There’s
nothing I’m ashamed of at all,” Huckabee continued. “I would be happy
to accommodate the Dutch government. I went to South Korea, Taiwan and
Japan to pursue trade opportunities. Any time we can bring good paying
jobs to the state, or when we can help keep jobs in our state that are
doing business with companies in other countries, that’s what I assumed
a governor was supposed to do.”

WND
asked Huckabee if he had exerted similar efforts to get consulate
offices established for China or any other country with which Arkansas
was doing business. He could not cite any other similar efforts.

WND contacted Burrow’s Jonesboro office for comment but received no reply.

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Governor Huckabee’s radio address re his trip to Mexico/Consulate (p.1)

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Governor Huckabee’s
Radio Address November 8, 2003

Subj: Mexico



Hello, this is Governor Mike Huckabee with this week’s
comment from my corner of the Capitol.

One
of the highlights of the year occurred for me when I led a delegation of
elected officials from across the country on a trade mission to Mexico. I
headed the delegation in my capacity as the president of the Council of State
Governments. The CSG is the nation’s only organization serving every elected
and appointed official in all three branches of state government. Founded in
1933 on the premise that states are the best sources of insight and innovation, the CSG provides a network for state
leaders to share ideas. I also was honored to lead the CSG’s annual
State Trends and Leadership Forum last month in Pittsburgh.

On the trip to Mexico, I was accompanied by Jim Pickens,
the director of our state Department of Economic Development. Our visit reminded
us that the American dream is alive and well. I spent time in places ranging
from Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world, to tiny Mexican villages. Everywhere I went, I was
reminded that people around the world still look to this country as a
place of great opportunity. They understand it’s possible to come to the United States with little more than the clothes
on your back and build a better life through hard work. They appreciate the
things for which our nation stands. In many ways, these people are like
our own ancestors, who came to America in search of a better life.

Since I became governor
more than seven years ago, I’ve meet hundreds of Mexican natives
who’ve
migrated to Arkansas towns such as Danville, Decatur and De Queen.
Percentagewise,  Arkansas has the fastest-growing Hispanic
population in the country.

Arkansas
industries, especially our burgeoning poultry industry, have offered jobs that often
are filled by immigrants from Mexico. The rapid growth of our state’s
Hispanic population has “ledTo complex social issues. Heavy migration
can increase the demand for state services. But most of   those who’ve moved to the state in recent years
are hard-working people with strong family ties. They’ve made a contribution to
our economy and revitalized parts of numerous Arkansas towns that previously
were dying. I was reminded again during the trip to Mexico of how proud I am of
the way the majority of Arkansans have received these Hispanic immigrants. We
respect hard work in Arkansas. We respect those who want to provide a better life
for their children and grandchildren. For decades, we treated our state’s
African-America population poorly. The Hispanic influx gives us a second chance
to prove what kind of people we really are.

I looked into the eyes of rural Mexican children, and my
heart was moved. These children often don’t have enough to eat, don’t have good
clothes and don’t have a dry place to sleep at night. They have little
chance of ever breaking out of the cycle of poverty. I was humbled at the
thought of how much Americans have. And I was reminded we can give something
back by



http://www.arkansas.gov/govemor/media/radio/text/rl 1082003.html



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Governor Huckabee’s radio address re his trip to Mexico/Consulate (p.2)

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offering a helping hand to those who follow the American
dream along Interstate 30 and Interstate 40 into Arkansas. I also was reminded
of the global impact our small state and the companies based
here have had. I was traveling with our delegation along a dusty road in the
state of Hidalgo when we suddenly came upon a new Wal-Mart Supercenter. There
are almost 150 Arkansas companies now exporting $250 million worth
of goods annually to Mexico. Arkansas’ exports to Mexico have almost tripled
since before the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in
1994. Wal-Mart entered into a joint venture with Cifra with the opening
of a Sam’s Club in Mexico City in 1991. Mexico became the first country in the
company’s international division. Wal-Mart acquired a majority position in
Cifra in 1997. In February 2000, the name of the company was changed to
Wal-Mart de Mexico. Wal-Mart now operates more than 600
units with annual sales of $10.1 billion. The Wal-Mart stock is the second
most traded stock on the Mexican stock exchange. The Bentonville Company is
represented in 31 of the 36 Mexican states. Tyson Foods of Springdale,
meanwhile, began operating in Mexico in 1994 through a joint venture.-
Tyson now processes millions of chickens and turkeys annually in
the country. The company has almost 4,900 employees in Mexico and has invested more
than $50 million there during the past three years.

Companies such as Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods
cause Mexicans and others around the world to realize Arkansas
truly is the Land of Opportunity. These companies began in small Arkansas
towns and became global leaders in changing how people shop, eat and live. I
also had a chance to spend time with representatives from a
number of smaller Arkansas-based businesses that sell
their products and services in Mexico. We’re doing everything possible to expand the market for
Arkansas products in other countries.

Until next week, this
is Gov. Mike Huckabee.



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Huckabee hypocrite at work

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I
was researching the CSIS (Center for Strategic & International
Affairs) website . . . an globalist insider think tank in Washington
DC for information about the planned 2025 Report to Congress (WHICH DOES NOT
APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE SITE) when I found the following coverage on your
‘best bud’ Huckabee:

 

http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1388/

 

Transcript
(N=24 pages):  http://www.csis.org/media/csis/events/070928_huckabee.pdf 

 

Video: 
http://media.csis.org/csistv/?070928_huckabee

 

Audio: 
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1388/

 

It
is clear to me that he is part of the One World Monopolist cabal which explains
loudly his pro-Mexican, anti-American open borders and promoter of Mexican
consulates, etc., and believer in ‘work force education’.  Having been a
former Baptist minister I also would now consider believing, as some
have said, that the Baptist Church hierarchy is infiltrated with One World
Monopolists. 

 

Take
a look at their Board of Trustees and Counselors:  http://www.csis.org/about/trustees/ 

 

Daneen
G. Peterson, Ph.D.  Founder and Author
http://www.StopTheNorthAmericanUnion.com
a/k/a – http://www.StopTheSPP.com

 

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Huckabee, Beebe, McDaniel, illegal Mexican, et al protection racket

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Citizens:
Question.                                                               September
8, 2007

Why do the individuals we
elect and appoint to protect the Constitution, our sovereignty, the rule of
law, and our various treasures turn to criminality and sell us out?  All governments are either criminal or
complicit in the destruction of middleclass America.

 

An example, an Arkansas
microcosm.

 

Former Arkansas Governor
and now presidential candidate, Michael Huckabee and his Mexican shill Robert
Trevino flew to Mexico City, courtesy of the taxpayers, October 2003, and
engaged in an arrangement with then Mexican President Vicente Fox to create a
Mexican Consulate in Little Rock, Arkansas—a criminal violation as stated in
the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 10, which defers the making of
treaties, compacts, agreements with foreign entities to the U.S. Congress.  Huckabee made this arrangement without the
knowledge of the Ark. State Legislature or the citizenry.  Huckabee’s creation of the illegal Mexican
Consulate has exponentially increased the illegal Mexican magnet 100 fold.

 

Numerous F.O.I. requests
have provided very little specific information dealing with the financing and
detailed functions of the Little Rock Consulate.  We do know that since its inception some 3
months ago, the Consulate has issued over 4,000 Matricula Consular cards which
serve as I.D. for illegal Mexican nationals.   The Consulate in actuality serves as a clearinghouse
for the dispersal of illegals into the workforce.

 

August, 2006, then
Attorney General Mike Beebe was made aware of Huckabee’s constitutionally criminal
act and stated (get this) that he, Beebe only represented Government
entities.  Apparently Beebe in one of his
unintelligible pronouncements conveyed the idea Huckabee was not a part of
Arkansas state government.  Remember,
Gov. Beebe is the Unctuous One.  I
personally contacted him on 2 other occasions and he offered up similar foolish
answers. (To see more of his unstatesman-like utterances, log on to arkansasfreedom.net)

 

Mike Beebe is now Governor
of our state and has shown himself to be a puppet of Wal-Mart, Tyson’s,
Chambers of Commerce, Mexico, big government, and religion.

 

Oklahoma has passed fairly
stringent illegal immigration legislation, along with Tennessee. Missouri
Governor Mike Blunt is also proposing stringent legislation against the
illegals. Arkansas is the recipient of another massive invasion from the 3
states mentioned, also California for benefits not provided for our own
citizenry, due to failure of enforcement of U.S. immigration laws, creating a
sanctuary environment.    Free prenatal
care for illegals, compliments of presidential candidate Huckabee and the
feckless Arkansas Legislature are in the thousands, while producing untold
numbers of anchor babies.  The Ark. Dept.
of Human Services is over 1 ½ years behind in their tallying of illegal Mexican
and OTM women utilizing the free prenatal and ancillary services, and the
numbers of their offspring.  The cost
since implementation in July, 2005 is in the millions and the numbers are in
the tens of thousands, plus the anchor babies. The invaders from the 4 states
mentioned are giving motels and other similar places as their official places
of residence.  I faxed Gov. Beebe and
suggested he call Missouri Gov. Blunt for possible collaboration in fashioning
new legislation dealing with illegals or enforcing current U.S. immigration
laws.  No response.

 

It should be said here that
with the criminal destruction unleashed on the middleclass by Huckabee, and
being continued by Beebe,  Huckabee now
bloviates in the presidential debates that we must seal our border contiguous
with Mexico and continue the criminal assaults on Iraq and Afghanistan to “salvage
our honor”….Huckabee speaks of honor?  He
also championed scholarships & in-state tuition for illegals, fortunately
those were defeated.

 

Rogers, Arkansas Mayor
Steve Womack and the uninvited Mexican conquistador Andres Chao, residing in
the Mexican Consulate subsidized by Arkansas taxpayers, compliments of Huckabee
and the Little Rock city government, but not limited to, met September 7, 2007
in Rogers regarding Mayor Womack’s policy of training city police to enforce
Federal Immigration laws.  Mayor Womack
is a patriot of stature, courage, and substance.  Chao keeps blathering about Mexican rights
and racial profiling.  It is indeed
troubling that the mayor would be subjected to such outrageous demands from a
foreign entity.

 

Advadago Chao said “the Mexican
community worries about the situation”. 
He said, including fear that they’ll be targeted.  To Senor Chao, why shouldn’t they be
targeted?  Most are illegal and those
that are not will have no problems. Chao further states “I understand the role
of the Mayor is to defend and protect PEOPLE who live in Rogers”   No Andres, he is charged to protect and
defend American citizens who live in Rogers.  
Further he says, (this sounds like it came from Gov. Beebe’s playbook) “I
understand that my role is to protect and defend Mexican nationals living in
Rogers”.   Defend from what Chao?  If Mexican nationals are naturalized American
citizens they submit their complaints to appropriate American officials.  Illegal Mexican nationals deserve no protection
and you have no judicial authority in this state or any other state.

 

Not a word pertaining to
the illegals or those hiring them from Gov. Beebe,  Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, Federal
Prosecutor Robert Balfe III, county sheriffs, city police chiefs—they all owe
their soul to the “company store”, i.e. they are bought and paid for. Then
there is the matter of the vicious Mexican, Salvadoran, & Oriental gangs…and
still no action. Kudos to state Representatives Rick Green , Jon Woods and Senator
Ruth Whitaker for their 2nd scheduled hearing at the state capitol
Sept. 18, 2007, delving into the cost and criminal activities foisted upon the
citizenry by the illegal Mexican and OTM invasion, exploited by criminal
Americans ‘ who hire, aid, abet, transport, & house them.

 

It has come to our attention
that Gov. Beebe has installed an 800# line into his office for Spanish speaking
people.  Naturalized citizens are required
to speak English; therefore the governor is involved in illegal activity and
the question begs to be asked, what part is he and his office playing in the
betrayal of Arkansas citizens?

 

In a news story published
today in the Fort Smith Times Record regarding chicken waste polluting the
streams of Arkansas & Oklahoma, John Brummett, a columnist & reporter
for Stephens Media, stated “you can’t hold statewide political office in
Arkansas without defending the poultry industry”.  This says it all.

 

As the guillotine drops,
know ye have been warned.   Elected
officialdom and appointees at all levels, with few exceptions, are corrupt to
the core and pathetic cowardly specimens.  This conduct is not peculiar to Arkansas; it
reigns supreme throughout our once vaunted Republic.

 

Log on arkansasfreedom.net

 

Kindest regards,

 

Joe McCutchen

 

 

 

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More Huckabee dirt

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Huckabee’s
pro illegal alien agenda unbelievable!

Below are excerpts from  three articles that indicate how
strongly  Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has promoted the illegal
alien agenda. In one of the earlier Presidential debates, Huckabee’s rhetoric
would have convinced voters that he was actually tough on illegal aliens, but
his actions have proved otherwise.  We have found this information to
be  shocking to the majority of Republicans who have not closely followed
Huckabee’s actions,  especially  when they discover how Huckabee
worked directly with the Mexican President to establish a Mexican consulate in
Little Rock which is basically used as a conduit for illegals.  In the
short time the Consulate has been in business, they have issued 4,000 ID cards
to Mexicans.  It doesn’t take much  deductive reasoning to realize
that most of those would have to be illegal.  See this link for that
article. http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/08/28/news/082907arhispbank.txt

Federal law 8 USC Section 1324 says
that “Any person who encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or  reside in the United States,”  shall be
“fined” or “imprisoned not more than 5 years or
both.”  Then how could it be legal or ethical for a Governor
to help establish a Mexican Consulate to help Mexican illegal aliens
reside  in this country when even a citizen of the US can be imprisoned
for such action?  http://law.onecle.com/uscode/8/1324.html

This should remind all of us to look behind the words and find the actions
of all who run for office. We understand that only 40% of Republicans even know
that Rudy Giuliani is pro abortion.  We need to stay informed!

Excerpts from following article – quoting Presidential Candidate
Mike Huckabee

Huckabee:
‘Race-baiting ’ behind immigration bill

BY DAVID HAMMER THE ASSOCIATED PRES
This story was published Friday, January 28, 2005

Excerpts

“Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that a bill to deny state government
benefits and voting rights to illegal immigrants is “inflammatory…
race-baiting and demagoguery.” He challenged the Christian values of its
main sponsor.
   
 “Holt often talks of his strong Christian beliefs, but Huckabee
singled him out, ! saying, “I drink a different kind of Jesus juice. My
faith says don’t make false accusations against somebody. In the Bible, it’s
called ‘Don’t bear false witness.’”

 “The governor said Holt’s plan to deny prenatal care to illegal
immigrants goes against their shared anti-abortion principles — that unborn
fetuses should have a citizen’s right to life.

  ” Illegal immigrants “can’t vote, can’t collect Social
Security benefits,” Huckabee said. “They don’t get a tax refund, but
they pay sales tax, gasoline tax, and property tax when they pay their rent. We
don’t let them vote. They don’t get welfare benefits. And they don’t get
unemploym! ent benefits.”

  “Huckabee has proposed that the state allow undocumented
immigrants who complete their public education in Arkansas to eligible for
college scholarships.”

 Huckabee promotes
‘open door’ policy at LULAC convention

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/06/30/News/323746.html
Thursday,
Jun 30, 2005

By Wesley
Brown
Arkansas News Bureau

Excerpts
LITTLE ROCK – In a impassioned speech before hundreds of influential
Hispanic civil rights leaders from across the nation, Gov. Mike Huckabee told a
captive audience Wednesday that America is great because it has always opened
it doors up to people seeking a better way of life.

“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” Huckabee said,
citing the Golden Rule. “I have tried to govern that way and it stands to
reason that I really do believe that what made this great country so great and
so unique is that it has always been a place for people to run to – and not run
from.

 Huckabee said as the largely Hispanic audience gave him a standing
ovation.

Huckabee was the keynote speaker, along with Tyson Foods Inc. Chairman and CEO
John Tyson, at a noon luncheon of the League of United Latin American Citizens,
which is holding its 76th annual convention in Little Rock.

He told the LULAC delegates that their presence in the state’s capital city was
very important because Arkansas has one of the fastest growing Hispanic
populations in the nation.

Senate Bill 206, which died in the Senate, would have required proof of
citizenship to register to vote and also force state agencies to report
suspected cases of people living in the country illegally. Holt, R-Springdale,
replied later to Huckabee’s comments that Christian charity does not include
turning a blind eye to lawbreaking.

The Republican governor, who many believe will run for president in 2008, also
backed legislation that would have opened the door for illegal immigrants in
Arkansas to receive college scholarships.

House Bill 1525 by Rep. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, was approved by the House
but eventually failed in the Senate. Huckabee reiterated Wednesday that he
believes every child, regardless of their parent’s immigration status, should
have an opportunity to receive an education in the U.S.

Tyson also credited LULAC leaders for pushing the company to add Hispanics to
the Tyson board and promote more Latinos to upper management and executive
positions.

He also said in that last 15 years, the number of Hispanics that work for the
Arkansas company has increased significantly.

“I am proud to tell you that more than 40,000 of our workers are
Latinos,” Tyson said of the company’s 114,000 employees. “We are
learning, growing and benefiting from that diversity.”  For entire
article, go to this link:  http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/06/30/News/323746.html

This time Huckabee counts wins 

Governor 19-for-21 in bills he pushed

BY SETH BLOMELEY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE – April 15, 05
Excerpts
ILLEGAL ALIENS
   
“Huckabee also supported a bill to make illegal aliens eligible for
state-financed college scholarships and in-state tuition. Opponents said it
would reward people for breaking the law, that it would violate a federal law
and that it could require the state to eliminate the higher out-of-state
tuition rates.
“The bill passed the House. While pending in the Senate, critics raised
questions about whether such a law would be legal. Huckabee insisted it would
be. Attorney General Mike Beebe issued an opinion questioning its legality. The
Senate rejected the bill twice.
“Wednesday, Huckabee again defended the proposal, saying, “We never
stopped working for that bill. I don’t under! stand the opposition to it. As a
society and as a people, we’re bigger than that. It hurts me we’re still
debating issues that I thought were set aside in the 1960s.”


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Huckabee history…the ugly truth

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Published from VDARE.COM

July 10, 2007

Memo From Oklahoma, By Allan Wall

Cashing In On Illegal Immigration In The Sooner State

Currently I’m visiting my home state of Oklahoma. On a trip to Oklahoma City, I picked up a free Hispanic newspaper in a restaurant. The Spanish-language periodical is known as “El Nacional de Oklahoma“. The free paper bills itself as “Oklahoma Owned. Hispanic Owned.” The copy I picked up was dated July 5th, 2007.

Looking over this paper can give one a good idea of what is important to the Oklahoma City Mexican immigrant community and who is profiting from high Mexican immigration into the city.

Naturally, immigration was an important topic in El Nacional’s July 5th, 2007 issue. On the national level, the defeat of the Bush/ Kennedy Amnesty/Immigration Surge bill was bemoaned. On the state level, the passage of Oklahoma’s HB1804 was criticized. In fact, Oklahoma Hispanic leaders are considering a boycott against state businesses which supported the recently-enacted legislation or who don’t support the amnesty agenda.

The front page, above-the-fold article was dedicated to an article about the Mexican consul Andres Chao, who recently visited Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Oklahoma does not (yet) have a Mexican consulate/illegal immigration encouragement station. But Chao is consul in the nearby state of Arkansas, in the new Little Rock consulate So, being next door to the Sooner State, he can still do some damage. [El Nacional July 5, 2007–México abre nuevo consulado en EU]

Consul Chao visited Oklahoma, and got together with members of the Mexican colonies of Tulsa and Oklahoma City. In the latter, Chao met with 300 Mexicans in a Mexican restaurant. He was asked to send a mobile consulate (used for dispensing matricula consular cards to illegal aliens) to Oklahoma every three months.

Chao said he couldn’t arrange to send the mobile consulate every three months but would try to visit a few times in 2008. However, the consul did point out that the new Mexican consulate in Little Rock is there because the Arkansas state government (Mike Huckabee, governor) actually requested its establishment. So Chao suggested that the governor of Oklahoma could make the same request.

Attorney Giovanni Perry, chair  of Governor Henry’s “Advisory Council on Latin American and Hispanic Affairs” said that would be the goal of her organization.

One of the Mexicans present at the meeting used the occasion to bellyache about Oklahoma’s new 1804 law, scheduled to take effect November 1st:: “Everything I do I do for my family, but I feel fear because of the new law”.

Boo hoo. If he were legal, why would he feel fear?

Consul Chao also bemoaned the failure of the recent Senate Sellout: “Disgracefully, the reform [Senate Sell-out] died and it’s sad for the Mexican government that the compromise was not accomplished. For us it is a double worry because we know that they [emigrants] left Mexico for the lack of opportunities and therefore we want to create jobs there [in Mexico].“

Mexican politicians say that sort of thing a lot, so how about some action?

You can also learn a lot from the ads in El Nacional. It’s a free paper, so it depends 100% on advertising. The business community would not be spending money on ads if they didn’t expect a return on their investment.

In fact, the ads in the newspaper advertise for a great variety of products and services, suggesting that the Oklahoma City Mexican community has a fair amount of disposable income.

Unsurprisingly, law firms are disproportionately represented.

The ad for the Bumgarner & Goodwin firm tells readers that “Legal o illegal, usted merece tener un buen abogado” (Legal or illegal, you deserve to have a good lawyer). Bumgarner & Goodwin advertises its criminal law expertise, defending clients from DUI charges, drug charges, domestic abuse, theft and assault charges.

Winningham and Stein calls itself Oklahoma’s oldest and most experienced law firm. Just so you know what they’re up to, the firm’s website is called legalizacioneeuu.com.

Other firms raking in the dough from Oklahoma’s demographic transition are Tuan A. Khuu which deals with both immigration law and accidents,

Bryan & Robinson and  Scott & Standefer who can defend folks from DUI and criminal charges as well as take on auto accident, personal injury and workers compensation cases.

Then there are Olivarez & Looper   Brian E. Powley ,and Michael S. Johnson Isaac S. Funderburk IV is a criminal lawyer who “fights for you” i.e, fights for the criminal. Other ads are placed by immigration law specialists Stump & Associates and the aforementioned Mexican government-connected Giovanni Perry [VDARE.COM note: Perry doesn’t seem to have a website, but a fawning Oklahoma Journal Record profile (September 15 2006) indicates her favorite vacation spot is Bora Bora, Tahiti.]

So what’s wrong with that, isn’t this what lawyers do?

Well, yes. But in any sort of real debate over immigration, the fact that many lawyers profit heavily from it ought to be pointed out again and again—along with the fact that many ordinary Americans are hurt by immigration.

El Nacional de Oklahoma also has automobile ads galore, as well as one placed by “Byron’s Liquor Warehouse”. That combination ensures there will still be a need for ambulance-chasing Okie lawyers to make some more money off auto accident and personal injury cases.

No wonder the usual suspects are incensed over the new Oklahoma law.

It could potentially cut into their profits.

American citizen Allan Wall (email him) resides in Mexico, with a legal permit issued him by the Mexican government. Allan recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard. His VDARE.COM articles are archived here; his FRONTPAGEMAG.COM articles are archived here his “Dispatches from Iraq” are archived here his website is here.

Huckabee illegal Consulate

FOI Response From Arkansas AG Dustin McDaniel Regarding AG Duties And Act 534, HB 1327 (APPROVED: 3/28/2007)

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Dear Friends,

Former Attorney General mike Beebe, now Gov. Beebe, told me that the only function of the AG was to defend state government. He lied to me on 3 separate occasions a year ago regarding his responsibility and involvement in the illegal Mexican Consulate shenanigans.  AG Dustin McDaniel indicates a different response as you can see by his reply and the source document text of Act 534 of the Regular Session, HOUSE BILL 1327 as approved of the 3/28/2007 Arkansas 86th General Assembly below.

Joe Hutchinson

================================================

From: Office of Attorney General [mailto:oag@arkansasag.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:02 AM
To: Joe Hutchinson
Subject: Response to your inquiry

 

Mr. McCutchen,

 

I am in receipt of your letter dated July 17, 2007 and your subsequent letter dated August 10, 2007.  I write to respond.

 

First, to the extent you feel like your July 17 letter has been ignored, please be advised that this office receives many letters on a daily basis.  It takes time to review and respond to them.  Nevertheless, I apologize for the delay and now write to respond to the inquiries contained in the above-referenced letters.

 

I am enclosing for your review a copy of Act 534 of 2007.  This Act passed by the General Assembly sets forth the budget for the office of the Attorney General for the fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.  With regard to your specific inquiry, the Act sets forth all attorney positions in this office, as well as other non-attorney positions, and the maximum annual salary for each.

 

Turning to your request for a description of my duties, the Attorney General is charged with many responsibilities under Arkansas law.  However, I would list the broad categories as follows:  1) Legal representation of most state agencies, boards and commissions; 2) advocate for consumers of the State of Arkansas with regards to issues of environment, utilities, antitrust and consumer protection; 3) provide opinions on legal issues presented by legislators, prosecutors and heads of state agencies; 4) pursue civil remedies on behalf of the Arkansas Medicaid Program for fraud and neglect; and 5) handle all criminal appeals and habeas corpus matters on behalf of the State.  Additionally, the Attorney General administers the state’s crime victims program and undertakes efforts to educate Arkansans on legal issues relevant to them and their family.

 

As I have previously indicated, in response to your concerns about the enforcement of existing immigration laws, I have no law enforcement or prosecutorial authority.  Nor do I have supervisory authority over those who do.  I share many of your concerns and frustrations with regard to this issue but I, like you, am left to raise those concerns with members of the Arkansas General Assembly, Arkansas’ congressional delegation and those with authority to enforce immigration law, which primarily falls on the shoulders of the federal government.

 

I hope the foregoing proves to be of assistance to you.

 

(Text of Act 534 of the Regular Session, HOUSE BILL 1327 as approved of the 3/28/2007 Arkansas 86th General Assembly follows.)

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Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the law as it existed
prior to this session of the General Assembly.
Act 534 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
As Engrossed: H2/16/07 H2/22/07

2 86th General Assembly
A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2007

HOUSE BILL 1327
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5 By: Joint Budget Committee
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For An Act To Be Entitled
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AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL
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SERVICES AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE OFFICE OF
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ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE BIENNIAL PERIOD ENDING
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JUNE 30, 2009; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Subtitle
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AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY
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GENERAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2007-2009
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BIENNIUM.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES – OPERATIONS. There is hereby established for
24 the Office of Attorney General for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following
25 maximum number of regular employees whose salaries shall be governed by the
26 provisions of the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act (Arkansas Code
27 §§21-5-201 et seq.), or its successor, and all laws amendatory thereto.
28 Provided, however, that any position to which a specific maximum annual
29 salary is set out herein in dollars, shall be exempt from the provisions of
30 said Uniform Classification and Compensation Act. All persons occupying
31 positions authorized herein are hereby governed by the provisions of the
32 Regular Salaries Procedures and Restrictions Act (Arkansas Code §21-5-101),
33 or its successor.
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35 Maximum Annual
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1 Maximum Salary Rate
2 Item Class No. of Fiscal Years
3 No. Code Title Employees 2007-2008 2008-2009
4 (1) ATTORNEY GENERAL I 2 $107,907 $110,065
5 (2) ATTORNEY GENERAL II 9 $98,627 $100,599
6 (3) ATTORNEY GENERAL III 9 $90,535 $92,345
7 (4) ATTORNEY GENERAL IV 5 $85,786 $87,501
8 (5) CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER 1 $78,280 $79,845
9 (6) ATTORNEY GENERAL V 9 $77,801 $79,357
10 (7) NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR 1 $74,572 $76,063
11 (8) ATTORNEY GENERAL VI 11 $73,377 $74,844
12 (9) COMM RELATIONS DIRECTOR 1 $70,000 $71,400
13 (10) ATTORNEY GENERAL VII 14 $68,737 $70,111
14 (11) PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER 1 $66,000 $67,320
15 (12) COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER 1 $61,494 $62,724
16 (13) LOGISTICS DIRECTOR 1 $60,000 $61,200
17 (14) FISCAL SPECIALIST I 1 $59,740 $60,934
18 (15) ATTORNEY GENERAL VIII 4 $56,543 $57,673
19 (16) OMBUDSMAN 1 $56,517 $57,647
20 (17) HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR 1 $55,260 $56,365
21 (18) INVESTIGATOR II 2 $54,399 $55,486
22 (19) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIST I 1 $54,047 $55,127
23 (20) LEGAL ASSISTANT 1 $52,530 $53,581
24 (21) LAW ED DIRECTOR 1 $51,000 $52,020
25 (22) EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 $50,799 $51,814
26 (23) LAW ED INSTRUCTOR I 2 $50,000 $51,000
27 (24) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 1 $48,822 $49,798
28 (25) NETWORK SPECIALIST I 1 $47,277 $48,222
29 (26) LIBRARIAN 1 $43,642 $44,514
30 (27) FISCAL SPECIALIST II 1 $43,448 $44,316
31 (28) INVESTIGATOR IV 2 $43,226 $44,090
32 (29) NETWORK SPECIALIST II 1 $43,226 $44,090
33 (30) SECRETARY I 6 $42,050 $42,891
34 (31) LAW ED INSTRUCTOR II 1 $40,984 $41,803
35 (32) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II 3 $40,984 $41,803
36 (33) PARALEGAL I 2 $40,202 $41,006

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1 (34) INVESTIGATOR V 5 $40,154 $40,957
2 (35) SECRETARY II 3 $39,812 $40,608
3 (36) ASSIST LOGISTICS DIRECTOR 1 $38,760 $39,535
4 (37) CONSUMER COUNSELOR 4 $36,072 $36,793
5 (38) SECRETARY III 10 $35,128 $35,830
6 (39) COURIER I 1 $35,128 $35,830
7 (40) RECEPTIONIST I 2 $33,840 $34,516
8 (41) COURIER II 1 $32,447 $33,095
9 (42) COURIER III 1 $24,701 $25,195
10 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 127
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12 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP – OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for the
13 Office of Attorney General for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following maximum
14 number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as “Extra Help”,
15 payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: eight (8)
16 temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed
17 those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its
18 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification.
19
20 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION – OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to
21 the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from the State Central Services
22 Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Office of Attorney
23 General for the biennial period ending June 30, 2009, the following:
24
25 ITEM FISCAL YEARS
26 NO. 2007-2008 2008-2009
27 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $ 7,866,082 $ 8,023,344
28 (02) EXTRA HELP 36,000 36,000
29 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,514,874 2,565,153
30 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
31 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,748,462 1,801,104
32 ( CONF. & TRAVEL 94,530 96,873
33 (C) PROF. FEES 539,429 557,609
34 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 95,800 98,000
35 (E) DATA PROC. 0 0
36 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $ 12,895,177 $ 13,178,083

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2 SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES – CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM. There is
3 hereby established for the Office of Attorney General – Crime Victims
4 Reparations Program for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following maximum number
5 of regular employees whose salaries shall be governed by the provisions of
6 the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act (Arkansas Code §§21-5-201 et
7 seq.), or its successor, and all laws amendatory thereto. Provided, however,
8 that any position to which a specific maximum annual salary is set out herein
9 in dollars, shall be exempt from the provisions of said Uniform
10 Classification and Compensation Act. All persons occupying positions
11 authorized herein are hereby governed by the provisions of the Regular
12 Salaries Procedures and Restrictions Act (Arkansas Code §21-5-101), or its
13 successor.
14
15 Maximum Annual
16 Maximum Salary Rate
17 Item Class No. of Fiscal Years
18 No. Code Title Employees 2007-2008 2008-2009
19 (1) 9842 ATTORNEY GENERAL VII 1 $68,737 $70,111
20 (2) 7903 CRIME VICTIM ADMINISTRATOR 1 $47,289 $48,243
21 (3) 9843 FISCAL SPECIALIST II 1 $43,448 $44,316
22 (4) INVESTIGATOR V 8 $40,154 $40,957
23 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 11
24
25 SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP – CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM. There is
26 hereby authorized, for the Office of Attorney General – Crime Victims
27 Reparations Program for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following maximum number
28 of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as “Extra Help”, payable
29 from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary or part-
30 time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in
31 the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this
32 act for the appropriate classification.
33
34 SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION – CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM. There is
35 hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from
36 the Crime Victims Reparations Revolving Fund, for personal services,

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1 operating expenses and the payment of claims by the Office of Attorney
2 General – Crime Victims Reparations Program for the biennial period ending
3 June 30, 2009, the following:
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5 ITEM FISCAL YEARS
6 NO. 2007-2008 2008-2009
7 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $ 480,715 $ 490,326
8 (02) EXTRA HELP 10,000 10,000
9 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 153,828 156,904
10 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
11 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 73,801 75,999
12 ( CONF. & TRAVEL 15,600 16,000
13 (C) PROF. FEES 10,300 10,600
14 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 0
15 (E) DATA PROC. 0 0
16 (05) CLAIMS 3,082,750 3,077,986
17 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $ 3,826,994 $ 3,837,815
18
19 SECTION 7. REGULAR SALARIES – CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM – FEDERAL.
20 There is hereby established for the Office of Attorney General – Crime
21 Victims Reparations Program – Federal for the 2007-2009 biennium, the
22 following maximum number of regular employees whose salaries shall be
23 governed by the provisions of the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act
24 (Arkansas Code §§21-5-201 et seq.), or its successor, and all laws amendatory
25 thereto. Provided, however, that any position to which a specific maximum
26 annual salary is set out herein in dollars, shall be exempt from the
27 provisions of said Uniform Classification and Compensation Act. All persons
28 occupying positions authorized herein are hereby governed by the provisions
29 of the Regular Salaries Procedures and Restrictions Act (Arkansas Code §21-5-
30 101), or its successor.
31
32 Maximum Annual
33 Maximum Salary Rate
34 Item Class No. of Fiscal Years
35 No. Code Title Employees 2007-2008 2008-2009
36 (1) 7331 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III 1 $28,233 $28,797

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2
3 SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION – CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS PROGRAM – FEDERAL.
4 There is hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be
5 payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of
6 the State, for personal services, operating expenses and the payment of
7 claims by the Office of Attorney General – Crime Victims Reparations Program
8 – Federal for the biennial period ending June 30, 2009, the following:
9
10 ITEM FISCAL YEARS
11 NO. 2007-2008 2008-2009
12 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $ 28,233 $ 28,797
13 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 9,967 10,083
14 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
15 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 26,900 26,900
16 ( CONF. & TRAVEL 0 0
17 (C) PROF. FEES 0 0
18 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 0
19 (E) DATA PROC. 0 0
20 (04) CLAIMS 1,413,799 1,413,799
21 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $ 1,478,899 $ 1,479,579
22
23 SECTION 9. REGULAR SALARIES – MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION – STATE. There is
24 hereby established for the Office of Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud
25 Division – State for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following maximum number of
26 regular employees whose salaries shall be governed by the provisions of the
27 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act (Arkansas Code §§21-5-201 et
28 seq.), or its successor, and all laws amendatory thereto. Provided, however,
29 that any position to which a specific maximum annual salary is set out herein
30 in dollars, shall be exempt from the provisions of said Uniform
31 Classification and Compensation Act. All persons occupying positions
32 authorized herein are hereby governed by the provisions of the Regular
33 Salaries Procedures and Restrictions Act (Arkansas Code §21-5-101), or its
34 successor.
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36 Maximum Annual

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1 Maximum Salary Rate
2 Item Class No. of Fiscal Years
3 No. Code Title Employees 2007-2008 2008-2009
4 (1) 9839 ATTORNEY GENERAL II 1 $98,627 $100,599
5 (2) 9840 ATTORNEY GENERAL VI 2 $73,377 $74,844
6 (3) 9449 AUDITOR 1 $66,973 $68,312
7 (4) 7329 SECRETARY III 1 $35,128 $35,830
8 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 5
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10 SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION – MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION – STATE. There is
11 hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from
12 the State Central Services Fund, for personal services and operating expenses
13 of the Office of Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud Division – State for the
14 biennial period ending June 30, 2009, the following:
15
16 ITEM FISCAL YEARS
17 NO. 2007-2008 2008-2009
18 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $ 347,482 $ 354,429
19 (02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 91,990 93,408
20 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
21 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 63,300 65,200
22 ( CONF. & TRAVEL 11,199 11,500
23 (C) PROF. FEES 7,400 7,500
24 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 6,700 7,000
25 (E) DATA PROC. 0 0
26 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $ 528,071 $ 539,037
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28 SECTION 11. REGULAR SALARIES – MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION – FEDERAL. There
29 is hereby established for the Office of Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud
30 Division – Federal for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following maximum number
31 of regular employees whose salaries shall be governed by the provisions of
32 the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act (Arkansas Code §§21-5-201 et
33 seq.), or its successor, and all laws amendatory thereto. Provided, however,
34 that any position to which a specific maximum annual salary is set out herein
35 in dollars, shall be exempt from the provisions of said Uniform
36 Classification and Compensation Act. All persons occupying positions

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1 authorized herein are hereby governed by the provisions of the Regular
2 Salaries Procedures and Restrictions Act (Arkansas Code §21-5-101), or its
3 successor.
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5 Maximum Annual
6 Maximum Salary Rate
7 Item Class No. of Fiscal Years
8 No. Code Title Employees 2007-2008 2008-2009
9 (1) MEDICAID DIRECTOR 1 $90,809 $92,625
10 (2) ATTORNEY GENERAL IV 1 $85,786 $87,501
11 (3) ATTORNEY GENERAL V 1 $77,801 $79,357
12 (4) CHIEF INVESTIGATOR 1 $77,735 $79,289
13 (5) INVESTIGATOR I 2 $59,112 $60,294
14 (6) INVESTIGATOR III 5 $53,912 $54,990
15 (7) NURSE ANALYST 2 $53,912 $54,990
16 (8) ANALYST 1 $46,764 $47,699
17 (9) PARALEGAL I 1 $40,202 $41,006
18 (10) SECRETARY II 1 $39,812 $40,608
19 (11) CASE COORDINATOR 1 $37,471 $38,220
20 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 17
21
22 SECTION 12. EXTRA HELP – MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION – FEDERAL. There is
23 hereby authorized, for the Office of Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud
24 Division – Federal for the 2007-2009 biennium, the following maximum number
25 of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as “Extra Help”, payable
26 from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary or part-
27 time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in
28 the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this
29 act for the appropriate classification.
30
31 SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION – MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION – FEDERAL. There is
32 hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from
33 the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for
34 personal services and operating expenses of the Office of Attorney General –
35 Medicaid Fraud Division – Federal for the biennial period ending June 30,
36 2009, the following:

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2 ITEM FISCAL YEARS
3 NO. 2007-2008 2008-2009
4 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $ 991,988 $ 1,011,823
5 (02) EXTRA HELP 25,000 25,000
6 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 317,436 323,783
7 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
8 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 185,291 190,841
9 ( CONF. & TRAVEL 34,000 35,100
10 (C) PROF. FEES 22,800 23,450
11 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 25,500 26,000
12 (E) DATA PROC. 0 0
13 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $ 1,602,015 $ 1,635,997
14
15 SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION – MEDICAID FRAUD DIVISION – INDIRECT COSTS.
16 There is hereby appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be
17 payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of
18 the State, for operating expenses of the Office of Attorney General –
19 Medicaid Fraud Division – Indirect Costs for the biennial period ending June
20 30, 2009, the following:
21
22 ITEM FISCAL YEARS
23 NO. 2007-2008 2008-2009
24 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION
25 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $ 215,000 $ 215,000
26 ( CONF. & TRAVEL 0 0
27 (C) PROF. FEES 50,000 50,000
28 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 25,000 25,000
29 (E) DATA PROC. 0 0
30 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $ 290,000 $ 290,000
31
32 SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION – SPYWARE MONITORING. There is hereby
33 appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from the
34 Spyware Monitoring Fund, for administrative expenses and other associated
35 expenses for the enforcement activities and monitoring of spyware by the
36 Office of Attorney General ­ Spyware Monitoring for the biennial period

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1 ending June 30, 2009, the sum of ……………………………..$100,000.
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3 SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION – SPYWARE MONITORING – STATE. There is hereby
4 appropriated, to the Office of Attorney General, to be payable from the
5 Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for administrative expenses and other
6 associated expenses for the enforcement activities and monitoring of spyware
7 by the Office of Attorney General ­ Spyware Monitoring – State for the
8 biennial period ending June 30, 2009, the sum of ……………….$100,000.
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10 SECTION 17. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
11 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ATTORNEY
12 FEES. The disbursing officer of the appropriations provided for herein,
13 shall deposit all monies received by the Office of Attorney General as
14 attorney fees in the State Central Services Fund as direct revenues.
15 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2005
16 2007 through June 30, 2007 2009.
17
18 SECTION 18. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS CODE
19 NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. CARRY FORWARD.
20 Any unexpended balance of appropriation provided in this Act, excluding
21 Regular Salaries, which remains at the close of the fiscal year ending June
22 30, 2008, shall be carried forward and made available for the same purpose
23 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
24 Any carry forward of unexpended balance of appropriation and/or funding as
25 authorized herein, may be carried forward under the following conditions:
26 (1) Prior to June 30, 2008 the Agency shall by written statement set forth
27 its reason(s) for the need to carry forward said appropriation and/or funding
28 to the Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget;
29 (2) The Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget shall
30 report to the Arkansas Legislative Council all amounts carried forward from
31 the first fiscal year of the biennium to the second fiscal year of the
32 biennium by the September Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget
33 Committee meeting in the second fiscal year of the biennial period which
34 report shall include the name of the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution
35 and the amount of the appropriation and/or funding carried forward from the
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1 the funding source of that appropriation and a copy of the written request
2 set forth in (1) above;
3 (3) Each Agency, Board, Commission or Institution shall provide a written
4 report to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee
5 containing all information set forth in item (2) above, along with a written
6 statement as to the current status of the project, contract, purpose etc. for
7 which the carry forward was originally requested no later than thirty (30)
8 days prior to the time the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution presents
9 its budget request to the Arkansas Legislative Council/Joint Budget
10 Committee; and
11 (4) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall include
12 all information obtained in item (3) above in the biennial budget manuals
13 and/or a statement of non-compliance by the Agency, Board, Commission or
14 Institution.
15 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2007
16 through June 30, 2009.
17
18 SECTION 19. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS CODE
19 NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER
20 PROVISION. After receiving approval from the Chief Fiscal Officer of the
21 State, and prior review by the Arkansas Legislative Council, the Office of
22 Attorney General is authorized to transfer appropriation from any line item
23 authorized in Section 3 Appropriation – Operations of the Office of Attorney
24 General in this Act to any other line item authorized in Section 3.
25 The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2007
26 through June 30, 2009.
27
28 SECTION
20. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds authorized
29 by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency and funds
30 made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and the
31 restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
32 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
33 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
34 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
35 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
36 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.

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2 SECTION
21. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly
3 that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained
4 in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act
5 was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive Recommendations
6 and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget manuals prepared by
7 the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or summarized oral
8 testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative Council or
9 Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
10
11 SECTION
22. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
12 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the
13 appropriation of funds for more than a two (2) year period; that the
14 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2007 is essential to the operation of
15 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in
16 the event of an extension of the Regular Session, the delay in the effective
17 date of this Act beyond July 1, 2007 could work irreparable harm upon the
18 proper administration and provision of essential governmental programs.
19 Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being
20 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
21 safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2007.
22
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/s/ Joint Budget Committee
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3/28/2007
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