The Song That Never Ends
One thing that would really inform the present debate about what kind of fiscal shape state government is in would be to put all state government checkbooks online.
Where are all you good government types on this?
The House Democrats should have all kinds of motivation for supporting this. Jody Richards was out there this past week blaming the state shortfall on the national economy, for heaven's sake. If his much hoped for recession doesn't materialize -- or even doesn't materialize soon enough to lend some credibility to his ridiculous assertion -- what will he do?
Face it, big spenders, the cat is out of the bag. Citizen awareness and communication will soon demolish the old way of running Frankfort. Soon Rep. Harry Moberly (Mr. Government Secrecy and Mr. Conflict of Interest) will be the last one operating in the shadows.
Other legislators with better motives had better make sure there is no confusion about which side they are on in this most important battle.
posted by Kentucky Progress @ 12/30/2007 03:06:00 PM
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Placing all of the state accounts on line would be great. The only issue then is to get the blow hards in Frankfort to actual do it. The elected buffoons tend to talk a great game and then collapse and quit just when the game gets interesting and tough.
If this ever came about the accounts would need to be in an entry that the average tax payer can understand instead of a forensic accountant.
To have a transparent state accounting practice will go a great deal of the way to improve the financial planning that is required to move this state forward and not backward.
Come on Governor Beshear, sign onto to this and show all of Kentuckians that you can act in a fiscal responsible manner. Yea right when pigs fly and the truth comes out of the elected officials in Frankfort
Beshear won't sign on. He ia a career politician who owes his job to this very darkness.
Free is right. As a matter of fact, such a Bill will never get to Gov. Beshear, House Democrat Leadership will kill it in committee, maybe without even having discussion.
Killing this bill would be a sad mistake. It is time that the people who actual vote, educate themselves as to what bills their elected officials are sending off to the political hell that is called a sub-committee.
If this state wants to compete it has to get over the back room politics and get into the 21st century
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