The Kentucky Democratic Party released this ad in an email blast for Jodie Haydon today:
In a money ask, the KDP said the election of Haydon will “significantly change the way business is done in Frankfort. He faces a group of well-financed Republican leaders who will stop at nothing to protect their slim majority in the State Senate.”
Reality is, however, that nothing will change the way Frankfort does business. Steve Beshear’s merely recycling people from the 70s on an almost daily basis. And our legislature couldn’t be more corrupt and wasteful.
Didn’t the Democrat outraise the Republican? And don’t the horse and casino lobbies plan to spend significantly more money than the Republicans could ever dream of?
I’m not an advocate of Republicans in this state – nor Democrats, for the most part, since they’re all corrupt – but can’t we at least be honest in a campaign? Maybe once? Is it really so impossible to win a tiny special election with a bit of honesty and transparency here and there? Frankfort is not going to be all puppies and rainbows if expanded gambling is somehow legalized and the Democrats need to own up to that reality.
We’ve fallen so far since 2007. A far cry from the days when Beshear said gambling was the answer to all our ills – that there was no need for another plan because gambling would win. Now every prominent Democrat I encounter rolls their eyes when I mention the governor or KDP.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Thunder Storm // Nov 11, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Frankfort is not “stuck” as the ad implies, Frankfort is corrupt and egotistical and full of school yard bullies that want to win for their party regardless of what it means to the citizens of this Commonwealth.
These legislators we keep re-electing year after year DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to make Kentucky better.
In national statistics, economic, health, and education, we are ALWAYS in the bottom 4 of every category.
I think our state budget is over $17,000,000,000 every year and this doesn’t count all the other monies that come in from the Feds. I’ve read Kentucky is a welfare state. We get $1.58 federal for every $1.00 federal we send to Washington D.C.
Yet this Commonwealth NEVER EVER improves. Continually we are in deficit mode, continually the legislators cry and blame the other parties, never coming up with solution FOR the citizens.
Already I’ve read legislators are whining to the Governor about not being able to being projects back to their home county’s or districts. Its not about making an area better, its about getting re-elected.
I’ve got a solution, Lets divide the state into thirds. Starting in Western Kentucky, focus 100% of road dollars to fix their roads. Should take 2 years with all the road builders moving west to fix tham all at once. After that two years, go to eastern Kentucky, move the road builders east, build CONCRETE roads for the coal trucks to drive on, that could take three years, then to central Ky, our roads are in good shape so they should hold up for 5 years fairly easily.
Do the same with schools, build in the east first, west next then central. if teachers drop union protection, start each at $75,000, fire the bad ones, keep the good ones. Empower the teachers to drop students who are disruptive, bullies, trouble makers so the kids who want to learn can learn in peace.
These two things will finally fix our roads, fix our schools and maybe in 20 years Kentucky will reap the benefits of smarter kids who bring jobs to this state.
Its time for radical ideas but nothing new will EVER be done for this state as long as we keep the same crop of legislators in office.
I don’t care who runs for re-election but if you are an incumbent, you cannot win my vote.
2 James R. // Nov 11, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I would like to salute Jodie Haydon on Veterans Day for serving in Vietnam. He is among the group in Bardstown that came home when many of his fellow men from Bardstown did not. Thanks Jodie.
3 John // Nov 11, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Casinos are opposing Haydon. They want to protect their nearby casinos and get no share of Ky expanded gaming.
4 Marco // Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Well, if the nearby casinos are afraid of the slots issue, that means it is right. It will add competition to them. It will also add the jobs and revenue for Kentucky. Let’s make sure taht no matter what, we get the slots.
5 Jessica // Nov 13, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I agree. Whenever you scare a competitor it means that the business is doing something right. So slots at the tracks sound like it would benefit us over on this side of the line instead of Ohio. I really hope that they pass this.
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