ALECworks/Archive/2017/April 2017

This is an archive of ALECworks Fark threads for the month of April, 2017 Click this link for the current month, or here for the rest of the archive.

=General ALECrap=

Constitutional Convention


=Known ALECrap=

Friendly ALECrap


=Possible ALECrap= This section will cover basically any state shenanigans discussed in a Fark thread since ALEC treats every state like their very own libertarian experiment

Chris Sevier
aka Mark Sevier, aka Chris Severe

Dianne Bentley
former First Lady of Alabama, don't put up with nothing from nobody

Roy Moore
former Chief Justice of the Alabama state Supreme Court

Lori Wing-Heier
Director of the Alaska Division of Insurance

Alaska State Capitol
at the corner of East 4th Street and Main Street, Juneau

US District Judge Neil V. Wake
Senior Judge of the US District Court for the District of Arizona

Sacramento County Republican Party
Betsy Mahan, chair

Elaine M. Howle
California state auditor

Florida state (DBPR)
Department of Business and Professional Regulation performs restaurant inspections

Janine Eveler
Director, Cobb County Elections

Official State Crap
each individually decided by a vote in the General Assembly

Kim Weaver
to challenge Steve King for the 4th House District

Kansas’s 4th District Special Election
incumbent Mike Pompeo, now Director of the CIA
 * Candidates
 * Kansas state GOP Treasurer Ron Estes
 * Democrat James Thompson
 * Libertarian Chris Rockhold

Tim Nolan
former judge; current member Campbell County School Board, district 5; Tea Party supporter; indicted sexual predator

Maryland General Assembly
HB0177 allows beekeepers to shoot black bears, without a hunting license, if their hives are threatened by one Maryland
 * state Senator Robert Zirkin chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee
 * state Delegate David Moon
 * state Delegate Brett Wilson
 * state Delegate Joseph Vallario Jr.
 * state Senator William Smith
 * state Senator Michael Hough

state Senator Bruce Tarr (R, MA, 1st EM)
state Senate Minority Leader

Don Petrini
trustee candidate for Great Falls Public Schools Board, Great Falls, Montana

Nebraska Public Service Commission
an elected board with independent authority over TransCanada's proposed route

Gold Butte National Monument
federal lands in Nevada near Bundy Ranch

Brian McDowell
former "The Apprentice" contestant, GOP candidate New Jersey General Assembly, district 1

Donald J. Trump, Jr.
possible candidate for governor

Bo Dietl
former New York City detective, candidate for mayor of NYC

Judge Doug McCullough
state Court of Appeals, retired

Judge John Arrowood
state Court of Appeals, new

state House of Representatives
'Rev. Lori Walke, pastor of Mayflower Congregational Church

Somewhere in America
presumably, since not one news source--not even the one that posted his obituary--deigned to provide this information

Sheri Few
candidate for 5th district of South Carolina, previously held by Mick Mulvaney who is now the director of the Office of Management and Budget

state House of Representatives
sponsor Rep. Dennis Powers (R, TN, 36th)

US District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos
District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Tahirih Justice Center
US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides pro bono direct legal services and social and medical service referrals to immigrant women and girls who are fleeing from gender-based violence and persecution

Nearby state legislatures
Okkahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota

Corey Stewart
chairman, Board of Supervisors of Prince William County, Virginia; carpetbagging candidate for Governor originally from Minnesota

West Virginia
West Virginia legislature