Monday, December 31, 2007

2007 Kaypee Awards

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Probably should have thought about this a week ago, but I was inspired today by Bluegrass Roots' Rooties and came up with a name for a ...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Eyes On Arizona

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Starting Tuesday, Arizona starts cracking down on employers of illegal aliens. Kentucky has a bill that would do the same thing here.

The Song That Never Ends

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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 gover...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Oklahoma!

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The great state of Oklahoma leads the way on government transparency and Kentucky would do very to follow them. Did I mention we already ha...

Saving State Health Dollars

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We all agree that having more affordable health insurance would be a good thing. What should be clear, but apparently isn't, is that mor...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Cut Spending, Have More Money

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If we only cut the level of executive branch employment to the legal limit , stopped advertising the Kentucky Lottery , stopped the coal-to-...

Beshear's Campaign Promises Dropping Like Flies

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In his weekly column, Bluegrass Institute's Jim Waters says if we really want to lower healthcare costs we will push to allow people to...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Anybody Up For A Media Appearance?

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I will be a guest on the Leland Conway Show tomorrow with guest host Jim Waters. It's on 630 AM or www.wlap.com from nine to noon.

Skippy Miller, Gambling Man

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Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Jonathan Miller met with the State Tax Increment Financing Commission this afternoon to discuss...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Your State Needs More Than Your Mouth

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As the General Assembly warms up for its 2008 session, the big spenders really don't have a good reason not to create a " Tax Me Mo...

Kentucky's Education Odd Couple That Isn't

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There is an interesting story in the Baltimore Sun about the Democratic governor in Maryland trying to run off the Republican state superin...
Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas

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It has been a good year writing on this blog. I really appreciate the comments, criticisms, emails, and news tips. The way we get and share ...

Help For The Dentally-Challenged

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You may have heard about the New York Times/IHT article discussing tooth loss in Kentucky. Quoted in the article is a Corbin man who illega...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

Getting Benefits Right Another Beshear Opportunity

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The Louisville Courier Journal's David Hawpe gets it right this morning when he calls the effort by the Fletcher administration on publ...
Friday, December 21, 2007

For Mayor Jim Newberry's Eyes Only

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The meltdown at the the Fayette County jail includes a sexual harassment lawsuit whose mishandling is indicative of the leadership failure i...

Pinching Pennies

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If Governor Steve Beshear is looking for new ways to save money -- and he'd better be -- he should get rid of the law that requires gove...

Dissenting Comments On A Blog Make It Better

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I don't know when the Louisville Courier Journal will start deleting unfriendly blog comments like some other newspaper's political ...

McCain Is Not Going To Win KY Primary

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SurveyUSA did a presidential poll but left off Fred Thompson.
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Highlighting A Good Gun Bill

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Theres's a lively discussion on Kentucky Votes about Rep. Bob Damron's new gun bill .

Ben "Tax Man" Chandler Strikes Again

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Rep. Ben Chander voted late yesterday joined 63 hardy tax-raisers in the U.S. House of Representatives in voting against the commonsense Al...