Not only is the Mongiardo Campaign skirting campaign finance law and FEC regulation left and right, they’re now trying to paint Jack Conway as light in the loafers. What short memories Daniel Mongiardo’s supporters have. Check this comment left in response to yesterday’s story about Mongiardo’s latest campaign finance problem: Tony Rogers // Mar 24, [...]

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Daniel Mongiardo, the FEC, Keith Hall shirking his duties, Frankfort being a hot mess, media shenanigans in the big city, major newspaper layoffs, yadda yadda yadda. Check it out.

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With all the buzz about the legislature not considering any more bills this week, we thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at at the back story. Here’s an email from Ed Worley’s aide, Becky Barnes, to State Senate Democrats: From: “Barnes, Becky” Subject: Update Date: March 23, 2009 5:34:24 PM EDT [...]

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Congratulations to John Cheves on the new baby boy! Cheves wasn’t one of the 50+ people cut yesterday at the Lexington Herald-Leader. [Mark Hebert] Attention Governor Steve Beshear: 1,500 people gathered in Louisville last night to back a crackdown on payday loan sharks. You know, the industry that’s in your back pocket. [C-J] More from [...]

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We’re taking a road trip from Kentucky to San Diego (will be flying back) in a week to work on a project. But thanks to modern mobile technology (darn it!) we won’t be missing any work. Isn’t that lovely? Get to take a nice trip and still have to work. Anyone driven 2,100 miles through [...]

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Making coal cleaner will take years, despite what some legislators in Kentucky would have you believe. Efforts to cut emissions are ambitions, expensive and primarily failures. U.S. News & World Report this week has a great story on coal: America runs on coal. It’s cheap, plentiful (at least for another 100 years or so), and [...]

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Ten press releases per day from Daniel Mongiardo announcing which way the wind is blowing apparently isn’t enough. Earlier we mentioned that Mongiardo’s U.S. Senate campaign was not just working desperately to raise money by sending fundraising letters to non-supporters but also spamming tons of people via email. Something major slipped by us as we [...]

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Not sure how we missed this, but check out Sarah Palin expert, John Yarmuth friend and scandalous former Louisville radio host John Ziegler making a fool of himself on a dating show. From Political Carnival: All right for Darcie Davita flashbacks! He’s worse than US on a bad day. ABSOLUTE HILARITY!

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The Appalachian News-Express has hit State Rep. Keith Hall again. This time in a scathing editorial about shirking his elected responsibilities and duties to watch basketball games in Florida. Choice excerpts: If a vote is cast in Florida, will anyone hear it? W. Keith Hall has dropped the ball, and in a big way. After [...]

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The Lexington Newspaper Guild has responded to the latest Herald-Leader layoffs. Rather than foam at the mouth, as we’re apt to do, it’s probably best just to excerpt from the Guild’s release: Since the acquisition, Herald-Leader employees have seen their wages and pensions frozen, 401(k) match suspended, insurance rates rise, disability benefits reduced and more. [...]

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