Saturday, March 31, 2007

Does Jonathan Miller Want To Unionize Toyota?

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I was reading this story about Kentucky Jobs With Justice offering to support the UAW infiltration of Toyota, and couldn't help noticin...

Please, Democratic Friends, Nominate This Guy

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"Miller has Kentucky's pre-paid college plan, health care for our veterans, protecting our pensions." Say what?

These Ten Bills Could Have Made It Worse

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You have heard that watching people make laws can be like watching people make sausage. This year in Kentucky, it has been uglier than that...
Friday, March 30, 2007

What Billy Harper Should Do Next

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With the news that his campaign manager quit , Billy Harper has to see the handwriting on the wall. He has a great opportunity to take a ve...

Retirement Party For Julian Carroll

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With his support for Bruce Lunsford and Greg Stumbo, Sen. Julian Carroll has apparently earned himself a primary opponent (or two) in 2008. ...

Don't Just Sit There, Write New Laws!!!

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The overblown subprime lender controversy has some folks hyperventilating . It is unfortunately likely to result in a wave of new governme...

A Simple Idea To Improve Frankfort Performance

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We have talked about this before, but now would be a great time to really start pushing for moving the candidate filing deadline from the e...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Driving The Anti-War Left Absolutely Batty, For Fun And Possibly A Whole Lot More

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Could this be how Mitch McConnell becomes Senate Majority Leader?

Jody Richards Shoots Own Foot Again

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In the aftermath of the General Assembly session, Speaker Jody Richards does his gubernatorial campaign no favors : Richards noted that Hous...

One Teeny Tiny Little Question For Lawmakers

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In 2000, Frankfort politicians somehow sold us on the idea that if we just gave them annual sessions we wouldn't have to deal with bring...

Dems, GOP Right To Fear KY Club For Growth

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Looks like at least one liberal blogger is figuring out what's up with the Kentucky Club for Growth. Big-government Republicans have ju...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Counting The Ways Dems Might Raise Taxes

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They told us during the campaign they were not going to raise our taxes, so why are we even having this conversation? Republicans should sm...

One Last Question From General Assembly Session

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As the regular General Assembly session ends in partisan bickering and a slew of sidelined spending projects, I have just one question: If, ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Liberals On Warpath: I Think This Bit Of Anti-American Propaganda Will Backfire On Them

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The End Is Near

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The House just attached the Boni Bill to SB 59, one of the Senate re-organization bills. This should just about wrap it up. 8:47 Update: t...

Next Up: Special Session

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The legislature is basically just running out the clock, leaving a lot of spending undone. Governor Fletcher will call them back into sessi...

Last Day Of The Session; Good Gridlock

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Don't be surprised if the Senate attaches the Kentucky Horse Park and Wolf Creek Dam projects to HB 362 The Boni Bill in order to get t...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Think About What You Are Saying

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Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Kelly today tried and failed to pass an amendment promoting secrecy in the legislative process saying -- si...

Another Out-Of-State Pundit Misses The Mark

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You have to read this to the very end to get to the punch line.

Senate Thwarted One More Time

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It's pretty sick when the best news we get is bad legislation being killed, but the Senate A&R committee deserves kudos for turning ...