Saturday, January 31, 2009

Some hope for Kentucky public education

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In a surprising Friday afternoon move, Kentucky's education bureaucracy gave House Democrats permission to vote for higher math standard...

Day five of Newberry videotape scandal

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Still no word from the city of Lexington about where they hid the thirty minutes of embarrassing video of Fayette County Detention Center Di...

Ohio Gov. Strickland: move to Kentucky

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Funny quote about proposed education reforms by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in yesterday's Cincinnati.com : "Earlier in the day, Stric...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Wonder how much this job pays?

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The image below shows site reader data of this blog captured from a Lexington city government computer. I think I liked Lexington Mayor Jim ...

Will Democrats be "racists" now?

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The Republican National Committee appears to be about to elect Michael Steele to a two-year term as chairman. Democrats will be dismissive a...

Pull down one charade, put up another

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Remember last November when the Louisville Courier Journal sent three reporters out to find substantial support in the Kentucky Senate for ...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Tape erasing scandal belongs to Newberry

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A full 24 hours since a report surfaced of erased videotape testimony in the ongoing Fayette County Detention Center scandals ( here , here...

Lessons about Rocky Mountain moochers

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A report on Colorado's health insurance market suggests the much-repeated claim about government health insurance lowering healthcare co...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Didn't Richard Nixon try erasing tapes, too?

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Online viewers eager to see Lexington Councilman Ed Lane blister Fayette County Detention Center Director Ron Bishop for his bad audit yes...

Jack Conway's predatory rhetoric

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Gov. Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway had a big time last fall calling gasoline retailers nasty names when worldwide oil dema...

Prichard should get out of the kitchen

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The last thing Kentucky can afford now is clinging to the status quo, especially in cases where it has proven to be ineffective and counter...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

They really don't have a clue, do they?

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The following email just arrived from someone trying to help Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) run us into the ground even faster. Read it. ...

God bless Jim Bunning.

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If Sen. Mitch McConnell is upset with Sen. Jim Bunning for being right about the federal bailouts, he should say so. From the Lexington Hera...

Rightsizing Knoxville

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One Knox County, Tennessee commissioner has the right idea. Knox County and Knoxville are facing growing pension deficits and County Commiss...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Why Beshear might make Obama mad

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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich famously embarrassed President Barack Obama, so Obama had him written out of the state bailout plan. Here is t...

Can Edye Dabney dance?

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Lexington's joint airport strippers and jail phone account scandals may be about to grow a third leg now that the Fayette County Detent...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

More proof Kentucky turning into France

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This should help make the case for cutting out state welfare for Kentucky newspapers. Specifically, Kentucky must immediately stop forcing ...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Dead Chinese student roils Lexington jail

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Federal investigators appear to be digging deeply into Fayette County Detention Center Corporal Charlotte Trotter's role in the suspicio...

Are Beshear and Newberry on same page?

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The World Equestrian Games is shaping up to be a massive taxpayer soaking . Even if the 2010 event in Lexington goes well, it will be much m...

Finally, an optimist!

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Don't let them fool you: opportunities are plentiful in a recession. Fortunes will be made buying distressed assets from distressed owne...