Comments on: Wednesday Dept of Not Getting New Jobs

By: Conservative

Conservative — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:58:32 +0000

The problem is not gouging, it’s collusion. When every station in a certain area has the same price, or the prices are within a penny or two of each other … and more importantly, when one raises its price all the rest follow suit in a matter of minutes … then something is fishy. Not all these companies are buying gas from the same supplier. And not all the suppliers are buying oil from the same sources. I’m not a fan of Jack Conway, I think he’s a lightweight, but I’d be more impressed with him if he’d quit talking about gouging and do an honest investigation into collusion. Or at least someone give a reasonable, honest and believeable explanation of why all the gas stations on one strip have nearly-identical prices, and all raise them at practically the same time.

C’mon, Jack, here’s your chance to impress a Republican who probably won’t vote for his party’s Senate nominee next fall, be it Bunning, Grayson or Paul.

By: Thunder Storm

Thunder Storm — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:20:01 +0000

Jake – Did you notice Jerry Johnson in the Williams Stumbo WYMT video. Its at the 1:14 mark. I wonder if he is stumping for his wife to get a big job in the Beshear administration. I forget, he doesn’t have to, she already has it.

By: Thunder Storm

Thunder Storm — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:12:11 +0000

Biff – Have you noticed Richie Farmer has removed the date from the fuel pump inspection sticker. It used to have the moths and year listed and the month part was punched when that pump was inspected. Not there now.

It’s because they are supposed to inspect them annually but don’t even get close to it. More of the ineptness from Richie Farmer and the Agriculture Dept.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:42:48 +0000

If Cathy Bailey is trying to dry up Bunning’s fundraising, why did she co-sponsor his Louisville fundraiser? I’m so confused.

By: Bruce Maples

Bruce Maples — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:01:34 +0000

If this state took the money it gives away in tax incentives and put it into college scholarships, we’d be able to raise our standard of living AND our tax base within a decade.

We throw money at companies with no hope of getting it back. As long as we’re going to use bribery, we at least ought to demand something in return.

By: JasonL

JasonL — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:00:52 +0000

Doesn’t matter if there’s an investigation on gas prices. Nothing will come of it. Nothing ever does. Any fines assessed will just be a small portion of the profits the companies are getting.
Just pay and thank them for the reaming you’re getting.
It’s beginning to be ri-goddamn-diculous

By: Biff Horowitz

Biff Horowitz — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:53:17 +0000

Our gas is special, Mike. It’s blue grass filtered, quality checked by unicorns and then Richie Farmer’s cousins taste test it every three years or so.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:02:07 +0000

I was in Missouri Monday on I55 around Hayti gas was $1.76 when i got back to Ky the gas was $2.16. shouldn’t be $.40 cents higher ,what gives

By: James P. Benassi

James P. Benassi — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:51:20 +0000

David Adams is right. Also, this “competitiveness” is the cause of Ky’s budget deficit. What Ky does not give away thru the tax code it gives away thru the Ky Econ Develop Cab which is run by private groups.

Look at the median family incomes of Site Selections Top Ten States http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_med_fam_inc-economy-median-family-income :
Above average (barely):
Michigan 19
Below average
Pennsylvania 22
Indiana 26
Ohio 27
Texas 37
South Carolina 39
Tennessee 40
North Carolina 41
Alabama 43
Kentucky 46

Kentucky cannot afford this kind of “competitiveness.”

By: David Adams

David Adams — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:47:50 +0000

There is no reason to be puzzled by the Site Selection corporate welfare listing. It’s a listing of “competitiveness” of “economic development agencies,” not states. With Kentucky’s lack of economic competitiveness, the state has to depend very heavily on tax incentive packages to attract investment. The fact that we have to do so much of it speaks to our lack of competitiveness and is nothing to be proud of, much less reason for self-congratulatory press releases.