We’ve pieced together a list of state legislators attending the NCSL in Philadelphia this week. And we’ve named those who aren’t bothering to show up to meetings and business sessions. All right for wasting tax dollars. [Page One] While this Sweeney guy seems nice, why is he wasting his time and getting unaware peoples’ hopes [...]

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Daniel Mongiardo’s campaign finance report finally hit the Federal Election Commission’s website. We took an in-depth look at it. Lots of interesting discoveries that surely made a sphincter or two clench up in Frankfort this morning. [Page One] KACo finally decided to take away credit cards and call for a review. Spencer County Judge-Executive David [...]

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You know, Robin Webb didn’t voluntarily open up about her past issues in life. She was forced to do so. But we still applaud her for being honest sharing embarrassing details about her past. Opposition researchers (they contacted us a few days ago, but were vague, wouldn’t provide details) tipped several reporters off about where [...]

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Of the 62 Kentucky legislators currently attending the National Conference of State Legislatures in Philadelphia, only 22 showed up to vote during a business meeting on health care. 22! (It passed 38 to 14) The meeting was the culmination of all committee work from the conference and was the time for states to vote on [...]

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The Chronicle of Higher Education has absolutely raked the University of Louisville over the hot, hot coals of criticism: … the University of Louisville, where I first got tenure, purported to be a Carnegie Research-1 institution, largely on the basis of work in the medical school, but had a six-year graduation rate hovering around 30%. [...]

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8664 today released polling data indicating strong community support for an east end bridge in Louisville. The poll of 500 Jefferson County registered voters was conducted January 21 – 24, 2008 by FREDERICKpolls of Arlington, Virginia and has a margin of error of +/- 4.3%. “Despite what you might read in the Courier-Journal’s Forum section, [...]

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Crit Luallen has released the 2008 audit of Wayne County Clerk Melissa Turpin. She’s referred a $53,000 deficit and other findings to the state Attorney General and Kentucky State Police. The $53K deficit brings the total to nearly $140,000 over a two-year period. In December 2008, as part of the 2007 audit, Luallen referred an [...]

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Rand Paul continues to play coy, telling the press he’s still trying to make his mind up about running for the U.S. Senate. As recently as yesterday, he told members of the media that he’d have an announcement within two weeks. If he plans to make his intentions known within two weeks, then this Tweet [...]

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Yesterday Joe Sonka got an early look at Daniel Mongiardo’s second quarterly report to the Federal Election Commission. But we finally got our hands on the end result and have a few observations. The receipt highlights: Of the $302,000 reported, only $36K came in as unitemized contributions. That means only 11% of contributions were in [...]

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Motorcycle deaths in Kentucky have more than tripled since the 1998 repeal of the state’s mandatory helmet law. The situation has a former governor calling for reinstatement of the statute. Tony McVeigh takes an in-depth look at the issue. Give it a read/listen. [Kentucky Public Radio] Joe got his hands on Daniel Mongiardo’s FEC report [...]

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