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Tuesday Dept of Us Hearting Mountains

February 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Public Service Commission has extended telecommunications surcharges to wireless phones. Two cents per line, per month, for the Telecommunications Access Program. [Business First]

Allow? Are you effing kidding me? Terri is fired up over Jack Westwood’s abortion bill. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Like we told you yesterday, the cigarette tax wasn’t raised to a level that would curb smoking because the tobacco lobby has a stranglehold on Frankfort. [C-J]

Show opponents this graph and ask them to explain it. [Huffington Post]

Probable latent homosexual David Edmunds is all upset over the gays adopting children. He and Martin Cothran are gay homo married, forever, the end. [Mark Hebert]

Jon Draud’s car. Remember it? We just lost $6,500 on it. $6,500! And that old coot, who resigned because of a “stroke”… is now saying he wants to run for Judge-Executive. What a hack. [C-J]

Today is I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort. Congressman John Yarmuth has been added to the agenda as a speaker. So go rally in Frankfort in support of Senate Bill 100 and House Bill 104 to stop the dumping of toxic mining wastes into Kentucky streams and to end mountaintop removal. [Page One]

Who really expects Mitch McConnell to keep his eye out for constituents? The Herald-Leader editorial board is daydreaming. [H-L]

Tags: Corruption · Discrimination · Economy · Education · Environment · FEAR! · Health Care · John Yarmuth · Mitch McConnell · Taxes · The Gays · Wasted Money

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  • 1 David Adams // Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10 am

    There is also more to the story about the $40,000 separation agreement. HB 470 from 2008 already gave him that money. He could have taken another $40,000, put I think his pockets were too full anyway.

  • 2 David Adams // Feb 17, 2009 at 10:11 am

    but

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