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Arkansas lieutenant governor resigns over ethics violations
Source: Reuters
Arkansas lieutenant governor resigns over ethics violations
BY STEVE BARNES
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:04pm EST
(Reuters) - Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr, under political siege from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats after admitting to numerous violations of state ethics laws, announced on Friday that he would resign effective February 1.
"Politics can be a toxic business. I will no longer subject my family to its hard lessons," Darr said in a statement. Darr continued to insist that he was guilty only of "mistakes, but not one with malicious intent."
"I have been honest, forthright and acted with integrity," said Darr.
In December, Darr agreed to an $11,000 fine imposed by the Arkansas Ethics Commission and accepted its finding of 11 breaches of regulations and statutes including converting campaign funds to personal use and receiving improper expense reimbursements from taxpayer funds. The questioned sums involved about $40,000.
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BY STEVE BARNES
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:04pm EST
(Reuters) - Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr, under political siege from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats after admitting to numerous violations of state ethics laws, announced on Friday that he would resign effective February 1.
"Politics can be a toxic business. I will no longer subject my family to its hard lessons," Darr said in a statement. Darr continued to insist that he was guilty only of "mistakes, but not one with malicious intent."
"I have been honest, forthright and acted with integrity," said Darr.
In December, Darr agreed to an $11,000 fine imposed by the Arkansas Ethics Commission and accepted its finding of 11 breaches of regulations and statutes including converting campaign funds to personal use and receiving improper expense reimbursements from taxpayer funds. The questioned sums involved about $40,000.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/11/us-usa-arkansas-ethics-idUSBREA0A03720140111
