The Arkansas Times reports that former Gov. Mike Huckabee could have problem under Arkansas ethics laws. Speaking fees and a salary of $40,000 from a communications business he created to manage his book sales were not disclosed his statement of financial interest filed February 2007 with the Ark. Secretary of State.
Neither financial form reports the value of the June 2, 2006, flight Huckabee, his wife and daughter made to North Carolina on the private jet of Ted Suhl, whose Christian youth ranch received more than $8 million in state business during the Huckabee administration.
The GOP presidential candidate has received money from various sources since he left Ark. governor’s mansion
…In the first four and a half months of private life, between Jan. 1 and May 13, 2007, Huckabee received $88,000 in for seven speeches and $40,000 in consulting fees from the National Association of Music
Manufacturers.
…reported receiving two payments worth a total of $35,000 for two speeches on March 12 and March 30 from pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. Novo Nordisk announced in May it was giving away 35,000 copies of Huckabee’s diet book, “Quit Digging Your Grave with your Knife and Fork.â€