As I wrote yesterday, today at 2 p.m, the members of the House and Senate State Agencies Committees met to talk about repealing the enabling legislation that set up Arkansas’ state-run lottery. Despite no legislative action being taken (there weren’t enough lawmakers present), I thought the meeting went very well.
At 2 p.m. on Wednesday the members of the House and Senate State Agencies Committees will meet to talk about repealing the enabling legislation that set up state-run lottery. What goes on in Room 151 of the State Capitol in Little Rock isn’t likely to do anything to restrain Arkansas’ “out of control” State Lottery Commission—because they can’t. Why? Because last spring the Arkansas Legislature gave away its control of the lottery when they unanimously approved legislation to implement state-run lotteries.
My two favorite football teams are Arkansas and whoever beats LSU.
Last weekend, I watched LSU go toe-to-toe with Ole Miss. By now, you’ve probably seen the same outrageous replays from the game: With only 1 second left, LSU tried to down the ball instead of kicking a field goal. For that matter, they could have even tried passing or running the ball, but instead they just seemed to spike it, practically handing Ole Miss a 25-23 victory.
One of the critical mistakes LSU made was letting the clock run for a full 17 seconds before calling timeout after the third-down. If they had called timeout sooner, they might have had more time to formulate a plan—or at least get their field goal team ready for the final play. As it was, however, they made a lot of mistakes and failed to get their act together.
Right now, it feels like Congress is doing the same thing. They’re lined up to throw long-range passes when a simple field goal will do the trick.