Jennifer Moore is telling people that she’s leaving the helm of the Kentucky Democratic Party to run for Secretary of State. So… Who is salivating for THAT race? Hilarity shall ensue.

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Appears that our pal Teresa Isaac is running for Lexington Mayor again. From Bluegrass Politics: On Tuesday, Isaac mailed a letter to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance informing the registry of her intention to begin fund-raising for the mayoral race. The registry received the letter Thursday. Isaac was Lexington’s mayor from 2003 to 2006. [...]

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Got a ton of stuff to do this afternoon… like review this fancy DVD of State Senate proceedings on March 11, 2004. In the meantime, click some clickies: This rail system is a nice daydream. It makes us excited. Too bad it’ll never happen. [DOT] 20/20 is returning to eastern Kentucky for a follow-up report. [...]

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We hear that Senate Bill 68 is close to being tabled in Senate Judiciary. A number of Republican Senators we’ve spoken with over the past two days are outraged at the bill and its sponsor, Gary Tapp Tapp Tapp. We also hear that Bob Stivers is surprised and less-than-happy with having to waste time on [...]

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We’ve got some questions about the Governor’s 7-point energy plan. Click here for a copy. Page 57 says: 3. Establish an escalating renewable fuel standard (RFS) for the state vehicle fleet. The state will establish an initial renewable fuel standard of 10 percent, or 560,000 gallons (10 percent of an estimated 5.6 million gallons consumed [...]

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Famous red shoe-wearing State Representative Joni Jenkins has some fancy legislation we want to bring to your attention. She’s got a bill currently being considered by the House that would require any anti-freeze containing at least 10% ethylene gylcol sold in Kentucky on or after January 1, 2011 to contain a bittering agent in a [...]

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What is it with Young Republicans? First that Murphy guy in Indiana who accidentally blew some other guy in his sleep and now widespread voter fraud? Nice. [Politico] Exciting! The U.S. Mint has unveiled four new Abe Lincoln pennies! [LA Times] Tom Eblen has video of Ashley Judd at I Love Mountains Day. [Bluegrass Politics] [...]

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All right, let’s talk about this other elephant in the political room these days: the faux fairness “organization” called Kentucky Equality Federation. Read about KEF and it’s questionable leader/founder, Jordan Palmer, here, here and here. Anyway, we heard through our Homo Mafia Gayvine [TM] that the Kentucky Equality Federation was under investigation by the Office [...]

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An aerial shot from I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort: Credit: Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

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The hot rumor floating around Louisville political circles these days is that former Metro Councilcritter Julie Raque Adams is toying with a run for mayor of the state’s largest city. How exciting would that be? She stands squarely in the middle, supported the library tax (we stood against it because it was a joke, but [...]

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