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Arkansas House members will meet August Fifth to consider a new rule aimed at blocking a former lawmaker's return to the seat he resigned three years ago to settle a felony sexual assault.
House Speaker Benny Petrus says the House will convene and vote on a rule banning anyone who has resigned from public office as part of a plea bargain to avoid felony prosecution from being seated as a member. The proposed rule was filed with the House Wednesday.
The proposal is aimed at barring former Representative Dwayne Dobbins' return to the state House. The state Democratic Party on Saturday refused to certify Dobbins' name as a party nominee after its state committee passed a similar rule that prohibits the ballot certification of anyone who vacated a legislative position as part of a felony plea agreement.
In 2005, Dobbins resigned from his legislative seat and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment in a plea bargain reached after he was arrested on a felony sexual assault charge. Prosecutors accused Dobbins of fondling a 17-year-old girl at his home.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Both of you knew about this dip-brain's sick way of getting his jollys shortly after the incident originally hit the gossip train. His loving and forgiving wife filled his seat and he legislated by proxy (if you don't believe that I have a genuine alien spaceship I'd like to sell you) during her tenure. Now that her seat is coming up for re-election, he filed to run and no-one did squat until the media made the public aware of this.
So tell me something, why'd you and Gwatney wait until the media opened the smelly can of stupid to do something? And what other stuff are you and Gwatney sitting on and keeping quiet hoping the media won't find out?
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