Monday, Jeb! Bush held a gigantic fundraiser for Rand Paul in an exclusive gated community in Louisville. But what’d Rand have to say to the Bluegrass Institute on March 19, 2009? “People say, well, they can punch around George Bush for one election, but now he’s gone, but what’s left from the George Bush Administration [...]

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Billy Ray Wilson, an independent of London, just filed as a write-in candidate for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race. He’s written a book (a couple books, actually), run for congress as a Republican and he’s got a fancy campaign website, on which he writes about being a deist and hating religion. My favorite part of his [...]

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New Republican KDP chair Daniel Logsdon is attending a Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce event on Friday (sponsored by Duke Energy and Fidelity Investments) to discuss his take on the 2010 election cycle. Unfortunately, Logsdon didn’t bother notifying Northern Kentucky Democrats or county chairpeople. Do the Democrats really want to lose Northern Kentucky this year? [...]

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Peep the top two search phrases on Page One this week: Maybe has something to do with claiming something was non-profit and then, you know, personally profiting from it? Only time will tell.

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HEY! YOU! Don’t forget to nominate someone for yesterday’s Golden Poo Awards category! [Page One] Jeb Bush only raised $100,000 for Rand Paul? You’d think the Jesus of Florida could bring in billions or whatever. [Joe Arnold] Whaaat? Jim Newberry’s campaign staff had special city government access in Lexington? Surely not! [Bluegrass Politics] I particularly [...]

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Lt. Dan will appear at Churchill Downs tomorrow at 6:00 P.M. to hang out with the ladies and ladydudes at the National Conference of State Legislatures (it’s not “Legislators,” Miss Val). The entirety of the press corps better be there to terrorize him with questions. [Press Release] Jim Newberry is the king of violating the [...]

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A Kentucky-made movie, executive produced by Gill Holland, produced and written by Jeff Day and Tom Lockridge, debuts in Lexington today at Amstar Theatres. It’s called Unrequited. Check out the trailer for the film: “UNREQUITED is proof that quality films can be shot and produced in Kentucky,” added M. Todd Cassidy, executive director of the [...]

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HAHA oh god: Chandler is disliked on the left for his opposition to health reform, and this might not help matters: In a conversation with a constituent, Chandler appeared to talk approvingly about bartering chickens for health care. In an interesting twist, I’m told that Republicans are going to make an issue of it to [...]

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Welcome to day 2 of the Second Annual Golden Poo Awards in honor of our third anniversary. Ten lucky winners will receive a fancy pile of golden poo. And you, our terrific readers, are going to help give the awards. See how great the poo is? Everybody wants it, just because, amen. Which elected/public officials, [...]

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That’s right. I said it. Todd Hollenbach is finished. Remember when he fired Mary John Celletti due to “budget constraints“? And then altered her time sheets? Well, not only has Todd denied all of Celletti’s comp time, he changed it to regular time, according to a source within his office. Something for which he’ll have [...]

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