The newly surfaced memo sheds fresh light on the extent to which the governor and her staff have insisted on controlling communications with the press and the public since Sanders first took office.
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Does it matter if the Arkansas governor’s office meddled in podiumgate FOIA responses?
Despite Sanders and company’s insistence that the furor around the $19,029.25 expenditure of public money arose from a mere accounting error, podiumgate includes serious accusations that the state’s government transparency law was flouted.
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Screenshots show governor’s office vetted release of podium records, whistleblower says
“We have e-files of documents showing the deletion of and improper redaction of documents by the [governor’s office],” Attorney Tom Mars told the Arkansas Times.
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Whistleblower says governor’s office illegally altered, withheld records related to podium purchase
Attorney Tom Mars said his client can prove that someone in Sanders’ office altered and withheld documents that were requested through the Arkansas FOIA.
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‘Podiumgate,’ ‘Lecterngate’: No matter what you call it, it’s a questionable mess
It’s easier to dismiss inconvenient facts that come from an opposing political philosophy than deal with the facts themselves.
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The Sanders platform: Social media erupts over photo of governor’s $19k lectern
Keyboard warriors are bringing their A game to solve the mysteries of #podiumgate.
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Secrecy, gadflies and sausage: Winners and losers of the 2023 special session
The biscuit at 500 Grill: 1, Rep. David Ray: 0.
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Just what does that $19,000 podium for the governor look like, anyway?
Has anyone seen it? Show us the lectern!
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Sanders retreats on FOIA rollback, endorses more limited ‘security’ exemption
The retreat and redirect comes after a rancorous five-hour committee hearing that saw Republican legislators squabbling with both progressive and conservative activists over the FOIA rollback.
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Who was on those plane flights that led the governor to enter panic mode? Matt Campbell has answers.
The passenger names on Sanders’ plane flight logs have been revealed, no thanks to the governor or the state police.