She’s doing it again. Former Rep. Anne Northup isn’t ruling out a future run for political office. No idea what on earth she’d run for next. Senate? Governor? Agriculture Commissioner? State house? She could follow David Williams’ lead and try to run for everything with every party. [Mark Hebert]
Resolution on the way. Maybe. Governor-elect Steve Beshear steps in with WV governor to resolve ARH nursing strike in eastern Kentucky. Something about demands and compromise. Blah blah. Make it stop already. [PolWatchers]
Bluegrass Depot snafu? What? Why be upset? It’s just a little leak OF A FRICKING NERVE AGENT. P.S. When will these newspaper sites stop sucking with all of their terrible advertising pop-behinds and weird text ads? [H-L]
Northern Kentucky seems a mess these days. Restricting political activity in Covington is the name of the game. Seems a little, um, restrictive to us. [Crowley's Blog]
Is he serious? UK sophomore Daniel Burton, a Democrat, plans to run for Lexington’s Urban County Council open seat in District 3. Admirable, yes, but is he serious? [H-L]
Too little too late. Campaign finance fraud goes to the grand jury in Frankfort. Testimony from several individuals who gave “unlikely” campaign contributions to people like Steve Henry and Ernie Fletcher was given. Laundering campaign money, if you didn’t know, is woah illegal. [C-J]
Shameful thievery. A bronze statue of a little girl was stolen from park in Berea. And we’re left with the imagery of some meth head thinking they can pawn the statue or sell the bronze for oxy or whatever. Or maybe even put it in their front yard in the middle of Berea. [H-L]
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1 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) // Dec 7, 2007 at 9:19 am
Well, according to Republicans, the job of housewife is a prestigious profession for women — perhaps she could finally take those cooking and cleaning lessons, and get started? I think I smell cookies baking already. :)
Seriously, I am kind of surprised that she doesn’t now “pull a Sodrel” (or is that “pull a Hill”?) and run for her 3rd District congressional seat again. After all, who’s going to vote for the what’s-his-name currently running on the GOP side?
2 Ted Jackson // Dec 7, 2007 at 10:21 am
Ha, that Northup quip is funny. She’s gone from respectable Congresswoman to complete joke in just under a year.
3 Jeff Noble // Dec 7, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Three cheers for UK sophomore Burton. I do not know his politics, but if they are the least bit acceptable, I hope he wins.
It isn’t unheard of. Twenty-five years ago people like Gene Tichenor, Bill Renner, and Bob Babbage got started by using their UKSG connections to win seats on the LFUCG.
4 CWash // Dec 7, 2007 at 1:52 pm
I ask again, IF MITCH IS SO DAMN POWERFUL WHY HAS HE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS NERVE GAS? Why is Ky. 5 years behind other states. Why does he wait for an election to start talking about what should have been done?
It’s all politics with Mitch.
Dec 7, 12:51 PM EST
Army: Disposal of sarin containers to begin next spring
By JEFFREY McMURRAY
Associated Press Writer
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Army officials said Friday they expect to begin work next spring to destroy three tanks of deadly nerve agent at Blue Grass Army Depot – including one that leaked a gallon of liquid in August.
Kevin Flamm, program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, said the process of neutralizing the nerve agent with chemicals would take 80 days and likely conclude in May. The federal government will pay for the operation, which he expects to cost $1.7 million.
It will be the first time the Army has used a mobile unit based in Aberdeen, Md., known as a chemical agent transfer system to neutralize chemical weapons stored at a stockpile. The other weapons stored at Blue Grass must be destroyed by 2017 to comply with an international treaty.
A community advisory board will hear the proposal Friday afternoon in Richmond. Flamm said the Army determined the proposal was safer than another one that would have required using explosives to destroy the agent.
During a media briefing Friday morning, Lt. Col. Tom Closs, commander of the chemical destruction program at the depot, said he had no reason to believe any sarin vapor was released from the igloo, even though both vents were open at the time of the Aug. 27 leak.
“There’s absolutely no way, no indication whatsoever any agent escaped,” Closs said.
He said he based those conclusions on the lack of any reported health problems for workers who might have been exposed and a model that projected the likely air flow after the leak.
There was no air monitoring system outside the igloo at the time, but Closs said that isn’t necessary because of the sophisticated monitoring inside.
5 Bimbeau // Dec 9, 2007 at 6:55 pm
About the statue —
Think maybe Joe Sixpak took it, planning to leave it on a former mountain to allow the hollow Republican claim that coal mining leaves beauty behind.
Well … that’s Joe Sixpak for you.
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