Snarky Media Report

We posted yesterday about a Freedom of Information lawsuit that alleges the Prosecuting Attorney for the 20th Judicial District, Cody Hiland, flat out violated the law no less than five time over a six month period. It will be interesting to see how the judicial system views a prosecutor that deliberately violated an important state law. A posting on Hiland's webpage from his failed run for a position on the appellate court is ironical and an utter falsehood.  In other words, a lie. What could be more important to Hiland than a commitment to the rule of law?  His legacy as a prosecutor.  If the truth comes to light that he had a Brady Officer , none other that tainted ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet, Jr.,   working cases for him and he failed to disclose that fact to criminal defendants...well a shitstorm would  develop ( Brady Violations ). BRADY INFORMATION All the cases that Hamlet Jr. had touched could be subject to a likely reversal of a conviction or a new trial. That i

CODY HILAND A lawsuit has been filed against Cody Hiland, the 20th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney and former boss of tainted ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet, Jr. for his blatant refusal to comply with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Also named as a co-defendant is Hiland's office administrator, Sirena Moix.  MOIX (ON RIGHT) The lawsuit covers five FOI requests made from July 12, 2015 through January 7, 2016 that Hiland refused to provide a response.  The FOI requests mostly dealt with information relating to or connected with Boyce Hamlet, Jr., a former employee of Hiland. All of the information requested is releasable under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act and Hiland has placed himself in a dangerous position by refusing to comply with the law. Failure to respond to a FOI request can result in criminal charges and jail time .  CLICK TO VIEW FOI COMPLAINT

LATOYNA AUSTIN - FORMER DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR LITTLE ROCK A circuit judge fined Little Rock $10,000 Monday for not being ready for trial in the case of a former police officer suing the city and for failing to follow the judge's scheduling order. Judge Tim Fox issued the fine after Latonya Austin , the attorney for Little Rock, filed several motions for continuance of a jury trial that was set to begin next week. Fox took issue with the city only assigning one attorney to what he described as a "complex" case. Austin resigned after the fine was assessed. It isn't the first time a court has said Austin didn't follow rules, leading to the city having to pay out money. City Attorney Tom Carpenter said in an emailed statement Monday that he understands the court's frustration, but that he doesn't believe the fine is appropriate. The city is reviewing the matter and may challenge it, he said. Fox chastised the city throughout his written order issuing the fi

The   Arkansas Ethics Commission has set June 17, 2016 as the date they will consider the recently filed complaint about tainted ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet, Jr. before the Commission. CLICK TO VIEW ETHICS COMMISSION LETTER As the allegations in the complaint are self-evident, Junior will have a difficult time explaining them away.   We wonder if he will break down and cry like he did during the Arkansas State Police Investigation that he, AG Leslie Rutledge and the Hutchinson administration attempted to keep hidden from the public? We urge Governor Hutchinson to remove Hamlet as a step to restore the public trust in his administration.

Tainted ABC Enforcement Director, Boyce Hamlet, Jr. has added to his list of lies. In a recent television interview Junior claimed that there had been an increase in violations because of changes he has implemented since his questionable appointment as director.   IS HAMLET A COMPULSIVE LIAR OR JUST AN IDIOT?   It's a crock-o-shit as the number of new permits issued have exponentially increased in the last year as Saline County turned wet and new permits issued in NW Arkansas have been steady since three counties there went wet back in 2012. You can look at data on the ABC webpage and see that each and every month there are new permits being issued.  Increase permits and you expect an increase in violations.   Our review of their data revealed that from April 2015 through March 2016 approximately 323 new permits were issued by the ABC. Hamlet may be hampered by his mental condition/learning disability.  If he can't understand algebra formulas you know he can't understand si

TAINTED ABC ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR BOYCE HAMLET, JR. A complaint has been filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission concerning violations of Arkansas Law by tainted ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet, Jr. Hamlet Jr. is accused of failing to file a required Statement of Financial Interest Form within 30 days of his questionable appointment as ABC Enforcement Director. Additional accusations consist of Junior's failure to disclose his refusal to pay taxes, which is considered by Arkansas Law to be a felony.  CLICK FOR THE FULL COMPLAINT WITH EXHIBITS Hamlet, Jr.'s refusal to pay his state income taxes resulted in a lien being placed against him by his employer the Department of Finance & Administration. This is the third complaint in the last two years that has been filed concerning ABC employees.  Hamlet Jr. is not the first ABC employee to have a lien placed against them for refusing to pay their state income taxes. The first complaint  dealt with the now former Deputy D

A recent tweet by tainted ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet, Jr. expresses how what's good for him is bad for everyone else. Hamlet Jr. himself was the recipient of a considerable state subsidy.  His college education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was paid for by the taxpayers.  This was due to his diagnosed mental disability of Dyscalculia. What this means in simple terms is that Junior can't even balance a checkbook much less a department budget. EXCERPT FROM HAMLET'S STATEMENT TO ASP INVESTIGATORS - THE FILE THAT HE, ATTORNEY GENERAL LESLIE RUTLEDGE AND THE HUTCHINSON ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO KEEP SECRET. Hamlet Jr. not only received a subsidized education, he couldn't even meet the basic requirements to graduate and pulled the retarded card to get his degree from prestigious UAPB. Hamlet Jr. is a dim-witted pussy that is not man enough to take responsibility for his misdeeds and lying. He is such a coward that he won't answer questions put to h

A week ago we reported a serious error by the ABC that damaged the reputation and impacted the economic situation of two Jonesboro restaurants. We a happy to report that the ABC has corrected the egregious blunder of elderly and soon to retire (or be fired) ABC employee Karen Blagg . BLAGG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATION NOTICES, ORDERS & REPORTS As we reported, in March 2016 Blagg goofed up and uploaded a five year old report from March 2011 instead of the March 2016 report. SCREENSHOT OF THE ABC WEBSITE ON APRIL 8, 2016 SCREENSHOT OF THE ABC WEBSITE ON APRIL 15, 2016 Apparently Blagg must have royally screwed the pooch as you can see by looking at the two images above, the February 2016 report was not listed on their page when we made a screenshot last week, but is there when we made a screenshot this week. Perhaps she actually uploaded the February report on February 24th, but forgot to "publish" it.   If you click on the report you find that the March 2016 report replac

According to documents we obtained, ABC employees prefer pan pizza style over thin or hand tossed styles. Supreme is their favorite topping followed by Meat Lovers, Pepperoni Lovers and Hawaiian Luau. We suspect that the Hawaiian Luau was ordered for ABC Enforcement Agent Kenny Heroman.   HEROMAN FAVORS THE ISLAND STYLE A local TV station has been looking into state agencies frivolous spending for meals for employees. Maybe they will be looking at the ABC as they have some  spending shenanigans  of their own. 

On March 18 , 2016 the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control agency royally screwed up and posted incorrect information rega rding violation rep orts in mid March.  CLICK TO VIEW ABC'S GRIEVOUS ERROR   The 2011 document was still posted incorrectly as the March 2016 violation report at the time we published this story. One of their sharp cleri cal employees posted a  five year old document in stead of the current month's  violation report. We bel ieve that ABC employee that posted the old information was Karen Blagg. BLAGG (ON RIGHT) SPENDS EVERY AVAILABLE MINUTE POSTING CRAP ON FACEBOOK Blagg is a terrible speller and documents she types often have numerous errors. One attorney for the ABC, Milton Luken, accused her of botching up a transcript in a legal proceeding . I know they are glad she is retiring. So, on March 21, 2016 Jonesboro television KAIT staff checked the ABC website to see if any area establishments had been found to have violated an ABC rule or regulation.  

THE ABC MADE THE LIST LAST YEAR The ABC had unclaimed funds from a credit card account with Citibank and did not know about it until another DFA department sent them an email in November 2015. Each November 1st of each year, holders with unclaimed property must file a report with the Auditor of State and remit all property outstanding for one to five years on their books as of June 30 of that year. The auditor then has three years in which to attempt to locate the rightful owner before the funds are deposited into the State General Fund where they continue to be held for the benefit of the rightful owner. As the current ABC main office staff has been there since Moby Dick was a minnow someone must have overpaid a credit card bill for funds to be held by Citibank.   Hint to ABC staff: You have to review statements and pay attention to what you are doing with public funds.