NOTE: You won’t want to miss the audio recordings of Daniel Mongiardo attacking Governor Steve Beshear, maligning the U.S. Senate and cursing. [CLICK HERE]
Is David Williams right? Is Bill Farish misleading Kentucky when it comes to slot machines at race tracks? [Joe Arnold]
Jim King is hiring all kinds of consultants for his mayoral campaign. Mark Riddle, Denise Bentley, Larry O’Bryan, Mike Ward, Ellen Call and Larry Bisig. [Joe Gerth]
Bob Stivers is correct that it’s wrong to assume what happened in the Clay County death of a U.S. Census worker. But he’s flat-out lying when he says the region has made economic progress. It’s eastern Kentucky legislators like him – including all the Democrats – who are part of the problem of keeping the region down. [C-J]
Rand Paul is in eastern Kentucky today. He’ll also be a guest on Neil Middleton’s Issues and Answers tonight at 7:00 P.M. on WYMT in Hazard. [Ro… Rand Paul]
Now the Courier-Journal is encouraging a deep conversation about domestic violence. [Here & Here]
The home where Daniel Boone died in Missouri is now open for tours. Now we have a reason to visit MO. [STL Today]
Louisville’s International Festival of Film kicks off October 1 and runs through October 1. [Clicky Clicky]
You in Paducah? The Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Charitable Gaming will share a proposal to modernize its operations with accounting software tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6:00 P.M. St. Mary’s High Commons, 1234 Elmdale. [Press Release]
The green economy produces jobs – but how many? [Fast Company]
Just discovered one of my favorite Kentucky-borne authors is a writer for Weeds and other amazing programs! [Check It]
Churchill Downs is lighting up. According to a release this afternoon, the historic track will install a permanent lighting system. Looks like the experiment during the Spring Meet turned out pretty swell. [Press Release]
The first thin-film solar panels have been installed in Kentucky. And a local Louisville business is behind it all. [The 'Ville Voice]
6 responses so far ↓
1 Austin Brenneman // Sep 28, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Jake, I find your “Ro… Rand Paul” tidbit incredibly annoying and childish.
… Or, I used to, rather. Now I can’t help but chuckle every time I see it. =D
2 Conservative // Sep 28, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Care to explain your statement about Robert Stivers?
3 jake // Sep 28, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Clay Co has one of the lowest per capitas in the country.
4 Conservative // Sep 29, 2009 at 9:07 am
But how is that the fault of Stivers or the rest of the state Senate?
5 jake // Sep 29, 2009 at 9:17 am
Let’s re examine what I said:
It’s the fault of eastern Kentucky legislators because they all – Republican and Democratic – work to line their own pockets. See: Hall. See: Rogers. And the pockets of their brethren. They vote against the interests of eastern Kentucky. And they never work for toward true progress.
Tell me something Walter Blevins has ever done for his district. Something that really benefited the district.
6 Mark H (Not Hebert) // Sep 29, 2009 at 9:28 am
Many of these politicians are like the race-baiters in the African-American community. They gain their power from victimizing their constituencies and not doing anything to lift them up and make the self-dependent.
Vote for me and I will give you handouts that you need to survive. Vote for me and I’ll bring some pork-barrel road construction projects to my district so we can build Interstate highways to nowhere, instead of concentrating on the core problems with these communities. The tow biggest obstacles are geographical isolation and lack of education.
Now, you can either tell them to move to where the jobs are, which they likely are not going to do because they love their communities and have very strong ties to their roots, or you can bring jobs in that do not require logistical ease of egress an ingress.
We have too many “do you know you my daddy is?” politicians in the rural counties of Kentucky. The corruption has thrown the people living there under the bus.
Our state politicians should be concentrating on bring jobs like call centers, data processing, and other industries to these communities. Industries that do not require shipping people of goods physically in or out of the these communities. There is no reason that when I call to get computer assistance, that I should get “Bob” in India instead of Bob in Harlan or Annie in Prestonsburg.
Instead, our corrupt politicians would rather strike a deal with some construction firm to build a bridge to nowhere and extend social benefits.
It’s time our state takes a honest look at our poorer states and quit making excused for why they are in the state that they are in, and instead, do something to change the conditions.
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