Comments on: Tuesday Morning Dept of Polling & Political Failure http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/12/15/tuesday-morning-dept-of-polling-political-failure/ an informed, savvy take on media & politics in Kentucky Thu, 24 May 2012 21:46:07 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Larry West http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/12/15/tuesday-morning-dept-of-polling-political-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-71188 Larry West Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:21:14 +0000 http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/12/15/tuesday-morning-dept-of-polling-political-failure/#comment-71188 I favor the local-option election for casinos. I think casinos passed in Harrison County only because everyone knew it would be in the corner away from their homes. It failed in Floyd County because the casino would have been out in the open at the downtown riverfront. The immediate neighbors should have a say. But has KEEP really thought this through? If this is treated like a “wet/dry vote,” then Churchill Down will NOT get slots. Why? Because the county made Churchill Downs its own precinct without any voters so that their neighbors couldn’t vote the racetrack dry. Since there are no voters, there can’t be a petition for a slots vote. Hence, no slot machines for Churchill. I favor the local-option election for casinos. I think casinos passed in Harrison County only because everyone knew it would be in the corner away from their homes. It failed in Floyd County because the casino would have been out in the open at the downtown riverfront. The immediate neighbors should have a say.
But has KEEP really thought this through?
If this is treated like a “wet/dry vote,” then Churchill Down will NOT get slots. Why? Because the county made Churchill Downs its own precinct without any voters so that their neighbors couldn’t vote the racetrack dry. Since there are no voters, there can’t be a petition for a slots vote. Hence, no slot machines for Churchill.

]]> By: BHG http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/12/15/tuesday-morning-dept-of-polling-political-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-71091 BHG Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:38:46 +0000 http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/12/15/tuesday-morning-dept-of-polling-political-failure/#comment-71091 Note this key passage in the Loftus article: "Mills was a non-merit appointee of Beshear, and such workers can be fired without cause. However, non-merit employees can challenge the reason for their firing — if they are given a reason. Mills was not given a cause in the letter notifying him that he had been fired. However, in interviews Peters said he alone decided to fire Mills because he lacked required management skills." I had wondered if the Peters interview would give Mills grounds to appeal. So was the interview a calculated move to risk a personnel board appeal in order to stem the negative press? Or was it a simple blunder? Note this key passage in the Loftus article: “Mills was a non-merit appointee of Beshear, and such workers can be fired without cause. However, non-merit employees can challenge the reason for their firing — if they are given a reason. Mills was not given a cause in the letter notifying him that he had been fired. However, in interviews Peters said he alone decided to fire Mills because he lacked required management skills.”

I had wondered if the Peters interview would give Mills grounds to appeal. So was the interview a calculated move to risk a personnel board appeal in order to stem the negative press? Or was it a simple blunder?

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