Cook: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Calls For Mark Darr’s Resignation Or Impeachment

The drumbeat sound of those calling for Lt. Governor Mark Darr to leave office is becoming louder and louder.

Over the weekend, the editorial page for the state’s only statewide newspaper called for Mark Darr to either resign or face impeachment proceedings if he refuses to leave.

From Saturday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial (subscription required):

“Mark Darr should have re­signed as the state’s lieu­tenant gov­er­nor af­ter this scan­dal first broke—just out of respect for the state’s tax­pay­ers. And sim­ple de­cency. But he’s still hold­ing on to the of­fice he’s so abused. It’s not enough that he’s been an em­bar­rass­ment in pub­lic of­fice; now he threat­ens to be­come a con­tin­u­ing embarrass­ment. As long as he stays lieu­tenant gov­er­nor.

If he hasn’t re­signed as the state’s No. 2 of­fice­holder by the time the Leg­is­la­ture con­venes next month, that would be the ideal time to be­gin im­peach­ment pro­ceed­ings — and to com­plete them. They needn’t take long, not with all this ev­i­dence.”

Lt. Governor Mark Darr should do the honorable thing and resign. After all of his unethical shenanigans, there’s no reason why he should remain in office. Someone who has publicly admitted to using taxpayer money for his own personal benefit should not be a heartbeat away from the Governor’s Mansion.

It’s time for Mark Darr to resign.