Why has the Kentucky Association of Counties spent $200,000 in two years for advertising during UK basketball games? WTF kind of waste is THAT? Every day we learn something new that makes us hope KACo is dissolved entirely. What a g.d. farce. That money really would be better spent on hookers and coke. And maybe a house boy or two. Jesus. [Ryan Alessi]
Darrel Brock, former head of the Republican Party of Kentucky, and a former commissioner in Ernie Fletcher’s office, paid a $1,000 settlement with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. Brock was charged with violating personnel hiring laws by making decisions based on political registration. All right for a Friday evening news dump. [H-L & C-J]
First blood diamonds, now blood computers? Ugh. [TIME Magazine]
Mitch McConnell is now accusing President Barack Obama of tampering with the Congressional Budget Office. We still haven’t seen McConnell’s alternative health care plan. Because it doesn’t exist. Because it will never exist. Because he just wants to be an obstructionist. A hypocrite. A rich man pretending he has a clue about living life as an everyday American. [Politico]
A study has linked exposure to pollution with kids’ lower IQ. Eastern Kentucky much? [More TIME]
Betty Sue Whitaker admitted to falsifying mine reports and failing to do other parts of her job. But here’s the kicker: she only had to resign and was only required to pay a $1,500 fine to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. $1,500 after probably wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars and risking countless lives. [Tom Loftus]
Peep the rest after the jump…
Wait, Florida’s closet case governor/U.S. Senate candidate praised a Nazi film and then tucked his dainty little tail when confronted about it? [HuffPo]
Chris Thieneman, in his hilarious push to get Dan Seum to run for Mayor, violated the law by excluding ‘paid-for-by’ language on his robocall. It’s not a gray area. It takes two seconds. [The 'Ville Voice]
You won’t believe how crazy Bill Caylor’s friends have gone. They’re of high school age, of course, suggesting that it’s so mean of anyone to talk about the hypocritical trouble Caylor’s found himself in lately. [We Get Comments]
More than 100 Jim Bunning contributors have jumped to Trey Grayson’s team. Funny that all of these Bunning supporters decline to say whether or not he can be re-elected. Even more funny that anyone is pretending that Bunning is still in this race. [Joe Gerth]
You know the far right is going to work up a smear campaign or two this election cycle. The August 25th special election in eastern Kentucky is a perfect example. An early look at redistricting, too. [Larry Dale Keeling]
Wow. We’ll be taking a collection to send lubricant in the general direction of Brad Cummings. Turns out Bill Stone (is it THE Bill Stone? Or another one?) ripped him a new one in a letter published in Sunday’s C-J. [Ruh Ro]
7 responses so far ↓
1 E // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:03 am
For what it’s worth, even the major news outlets and former CBO officials have also made the point publicly, that the face time with the Pres…especially so shortly after the CBO issued it’s health care report…was pretty much unprecedented, and looks inappropriate.
2 Terri // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:10 am
It really irks me when people say that domestic violence is a private issue, such as in the comments re: Bill Caylor. The fact that so many think it should be private and not discussed in the public sphere is a contributing factor as to why it is so pervasive.
3 AB // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:21 am
I don’t know how McConnell was wrong to call out Obama for what was at best a very inappropriately timed meeting and more likely a pressure tactic to cook the books so he can bury our country even farther in crushing debt.
By the way, I still don’t get your double standard. Why is a conservative bad because he is rich, but being rich isn’t an issue for liberals like Yarmuth? This schtick is really tired.
4 jake // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:25 am
If you’d ever bothered to read the more than 3,000 stories here, you’d understand that we point out all hypocrisy – not just the hypocrisy of rich Republicans.
But nice spin.
5 E // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:40 am
[A hypocrite. A rich man pretending he has a clue about living life as an everyday American. ]
Pretty much applies to every prominent politician hailing from Louisville eh?
The only differences are whether they inherited it or made it…and if they made it, did they make it before, during, or after “public service” (I just love how it’s still called “public service”…but only by the rich politicians)
6 jake // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:52 am
Not true. The majority of politicians – both Democratic and Republican – are not wealthy.
Maybe for some of those Washington folks that’s true. But on the state and local level, Jefferson County’s representation isn’t wealthy.
Most politicians from Louisville don’t have McConnell-caliber money. He and Elaine raked in, what, a fancy gift worth millions upon millions of dollars just a few months ago? They’ve got mega bucks.
7 E // Jul 27, 2009 at 10:29 am
I should have clarified…Yes…I was making reference to the DC political class….but I did say prominent.
Yarmuth is no pauper….neither was Northup.
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