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style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>July 28, 2009<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Reported in Arkansas papers today we find a perfect exampleof the arrogance, malfeasance, misfeasance, and outright criminality permeatingArkansas state government.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The lack ofmorals, ethics, honesty &amp; conscience is breathtaking.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Many government employees are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153double dipping\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>They are above the rules set for us meremortals.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>They not only are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153retiring\u00e2\u20ac\u009d inorder to receive retirement pay but continuing in their positions in order tosteal their usual paychecks.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>What is even more stunning is that the rapacious harpies inthe legislature passed bills that made it possible for the slugs to steal fromthe taxpayers with impunity.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Now the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153officials\u00e2\u20ac\u009dare making pitiful excuses for such crooked, rotten behavior.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Gov. Beebe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This was a way to retain them and not give theman incentive to just go away\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>PREPOSTEROUS! <span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>He also said hehopes to determine if officials misunderstood the law or deliberately abused it\u00e2\u20ac\u009dIMBECILIC!<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Gail Stone, Executive Director of APERS (Retirement agency)said she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the authority or staff to make sure retirees haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122treturned to their jobs.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>ABSURD!<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Eddie Jones, Association of Arkansas Counties executivedirector, said he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think county officials should be punished for what \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hasbeen a fairly common practice since 1999\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They did so in \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgood faith\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>UNSCRUPULOUS!<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Now the Weasel (A.G. McDaniel) will investigate the HenHouse.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>You know, the Weasel who ignores our immigration laws, and testified in favor of La Raza\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite affirmativeaction Judge Sotomayor.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Doncha feel all better now taxpayers?<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>At least we can thank one legislator, AllenKerr for being honest enough to make this complicit criminality (pro<br \/>\ntectionracket) public.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>~Barbara McCutchen<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Fort Smith<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>646-8261<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"black\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ProtectionRacket Reigns Supreme&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;July 28, 2009 Reported in Arkansas papers today we find a perfect exampleof the arrogance, malfeasance, misfeasance, and outright criminality permeatingArkansas state government.&nbsp; The lack ofmorals, ethics, honesty &amp; conscience is breathtaking. Many government employees are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153double dipping\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.&nbsp; They are above the rules set for us meremortals.&nbsp; They not only are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153retiring\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=460\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The protection racket reigns supreme&#8230;part 3<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-government-offenses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}