Ah, that John Cheves. He is so mean to Keith Hall with his facts and such.

State Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, has failed for seven years to disclose to a state ethics panel that his wife holds a part-time salaried position with the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts.

Stephanie Hall is paid $7,200 a year, according to the AOC. As one of three trial commissioners in Pike District Court, Stephanie Hall is sometimes asked to sign paperwork — such as warrants or protective orders — if one of the two judges cannot easily be reached. She is not a lawyer.

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The omission was not intentional, Keith Hall said in an interview. Until the Herald-Leader inquired, he said, it did not occur to him to disclose it.

“I just don’t have no answer for that,” he said. “It might have just been an oversight that I need to correct.”

Later, Keith Hall issued a formal statement apologizing for his error and pledging to file an amended report that includes his wife’s state job.

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Keith Hall’s financial disclosure reports in the past year have raised a number of questions about possible conflicts of interest in his legislative actions.

Click here to read the rest from Cheves.

When will it end? When will Keith Hall stop taking people for a ride? How many times can he blame his “mistakes” and “oversights” on us mean libruls in the golden triangle (who are actually from his neck of the woods)? How many excuses are there?

Eastern Kentucky can’t tolerate this sort of behavior much longer. The people won’t stand for it – regardless of political affiliation.