Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
Judge Baker used county-provided email system for electioneering?
The Arkansas Ethics Commission has completed its work on the electioneering complaint FCR filed last November against Faulkner County Judge Jim Baker for using taxpayer-funded email for campaigning for re-election in 2018. Finding that...
On November 9, 2018 we filed a complaint with the Arkansas Ethics Commission against Faulkner County Judge Jim Baker for electioneering, after our email review discovered several instances where he used his government-provided email...
As part of our project addressing Judge Baker’s use of county resources (email system) for electioneering, we submitted a FOIA request for his email records; however, the County didn’t respond within the allowed legal...
What & Why We were given a screenprint of a portion of a recent email from County Judge Jim Baker that caused us to question his appropriate use of county resources. On October 24,...
