Wednesday, November 07, 2007

The Casino Bills Are Coming!

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Senator David Boswell has filed SB 19 and SB 20 to make Kentucky a casino gambling state.

First Word On 2008 Budget

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Well, it's not quite as bad as "I don't have a clue," but Governor-elect Steve Beshear's first crack at comment on his...

Shutting Down Treasurer's Office Still Good Idea

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If the idea of shutting down the Treasurer's office hadn't been presented as a deathbed conversion three months into a four-way prim...

Still Good For Wrapping Fish

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The Louisville Courier Journal went all in for the Louisville Library Tax Increase and got hammered by a two-to-one margin. What's next...
Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Best New Rumor On Election Night

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Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer may file to run against Congressman Ben Chandler next year.

Congrats To Steve Beshear

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Steve Beshear ran the race he needed to run to win. And he won big. Those of us who have seen the great hopes we had four years ago dashed a...

Changing The Subject? You Bet...

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Ron Paul is raising enough money get some serious attention and Fred Thompson is on the air someplace. Wonder how much money the candidates ...

One Overlooked Indicator Of Changing Winds

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On his campaign blog, Senator Mitch McConnell has links to several blogs under the heading "Recommended Reading." Included in the ...

Happy New Media Day!

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The first time I ever read a political blog was less than four years ago. Then I started this one in the spring of 2005. Now they are everyw...
Monday, November 05, 2007

Ho-Ho-Ho-Hosed!

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Another fine Christmas present for Fayette County taxpayers will be the soaking they get from a wage abuse class action lawsuit stemming fro...

Tax-For-Hacks Showdown Tomorrow

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The Club for Growth has picked up on the Louisville Library Tax increase. The city's big taxers found a loophole in the law against usi...

Hillary Clinton Freaks Too Early

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Now might be a great time to ask Hillary Clinton how she is going to handle the terrorist threats:
Sunday, November 04, 2007

Huckabee For Breakfast

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Before Mike Huckabee can be taken seriously as the "God candidate," he should stop lying about the Club for Growth .

Is Kentucky Moving To The Left?

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Al Cross said this : This election is almost entirely about Fletcher and his record, so Beshear should be careful about claiming any sort of...
Saturday, November 03, 2007

Courier Journal Exposes Self On Education

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... and the Bluegrass Institute is there to shine the light .

Pimping My Ride

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We are working on some major improvements to the Kentucky Votes website. Tuesday night, win or lose, the next item of business will be limit...

Playing Politics With Education Accountability

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Steve Beshear's spokeswoman is in full, last days of the campaign "We're ahead in the polls, so we aren't returning calls t...
Friday, November 02, 2007

Friends Don't Give Friends Pass When Wrong

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The school voucher debate will certainly return to Kentucky soon as more bills have been promised to address the issue of poor Kentucky chil...

Naked, At The Jail, And Going To Prison?

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The crazy scandal at the Fayette County Detention Center took yet another odd turn with an expansion of a sexual harassment investigation tu...

Should Have Done Earmark Reform Last Year

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Republicans have only themselves to blame for this : But critics say McConnell is propping up a company that apparently can't compete wi...