Really? Tapping school reserve funds in the upcoming budget crisis? This is why Kentuckians remain uneducated. This is why Appalachia remains poverty-stricken and beaten down. This is why Kentucky does not move forward. Because our elected officials think education is optional. Maybe Greg Stumbo should wake up once in a while and recognize that money could be saved by stopping the subsidies for coal? Or maybe we could save money by pushing real tax reform? Yeah, lost causes. [Tom Loftus]
Looks like Glendale has lost its hope for a battery plant. Optimism is apparently low. [The News-Enterprise]
Tom Burch has put the brakes on new youth psychiatric centers. Frankfort is abuzz with rumors that Beshear is using the facilities as payback. [Bluegrass Politics]
Lt. Dan made a momentary appearance at a KDP gathering in Lexington on Saturday and refused to discuss the smack he’s talked on tape. [Joe Gerth]
Wendell Ford says Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning are “dummies.” It’s a shame he didn’t also refer to Ben Chandler as a p-word. [Jack Brammer]
Reading this Q&A with General Wesley Clark for some reason reminded me of stuck in the past Kentucky Democrats are. Not sure why. [More Jack Brammer]
I really hope the carpet was paid for (surely somebody will get the joke) on the Belle of Louisville before it crashed into a parked barge. Shoo. [C-J]
This Idea Festival sidewalk art is mind-blowing! [Gabe Bullard]
Ethics laws really do need to be tightened. Because nothing ever happens to corrupt legislators in Frankfort. [John Cheves]
Oooh, yeah. Let’s cut that budget so our social workers are vulnerable to violence. That makes tons of sense. Let’s do it. [Debby Yetter]
The story of the balloon boy hoax comes to life. The crazy dad and some dude cooked up plans months ago. [Gawker]
Can Rand Paul win the U.S. Senate race? Not if he continues to talk around questions. Definitely not if he can’t get more support inside Kentucky. [Joe Gerth]
5 responses so far ↓
1 E // Oct 19, 2009 at 10:05 am
The real question is…can the other Senate candidates win if they don’t talk about any of the issues?
Seems as though all they can talk about is their feelings about fellow representatives or their fund raising successes and failures (not that that’s not entertaining).
2 tookookyforkentucky // Oct 19, 2009 at 11:32 am
Rand Paul is wrong for Kentucky. In fact when it comes to his political beliefs, he’s just Too Kooky for Kentucky.
3 Thunder Storm // Oct 19, 2009 at 11:44 am
How is the world do politician like Greg Stumbo and David Williams keep getting re-elected?
Why doesn’t the opposing party of Stumbo and Williams find, any candidate or a box of rocks for that matter, someone to run against them and pour tons of money into those county races to defeat them.
Is there a secret agreement between each party’s leadership to not take out each other out? Or are the people in Stumbo’s and Williams districts totally stupid and cannot see what is going on in this state and their region.
Both are from eastern Kentucky and nothing improves for their areas so why do they keep voting them into office?????
4 curtis morrison // Oct 19, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Does anyone know why the Governor is so hell-bent on going around the proper procedures for opening those hospitals?
I’m always told I need to “choose my battles.” This one just seems like it’s a red herring.
5 Tanker six // Oct 19, 2009 at 8:41 pm
schools hiding away taxpayer dollars for so-called rainy day funds is bad policy. while administrations collect interest they make already struggling moms and dads, foster parents and others buy supplies and other things too often wasted. tax dollars are for today’s real needs and not for hording. this money belongs to the hardworking earner until real need. it doesn’t belong to a bunch of stupid superintendents and rubber stamp school boards. no wonder this state sucks hind tit in jsut about everything.
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