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Newspaper’s Special Relationship With Beshear

August 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Just in case you needed proof Steve Beshear and his top administration officials spend considerable amounts of time wooing the Courier-Journal editorial board, here you go:


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Yep – State Budget Director Mary Lassiter forwarding around a January 22, 2010 editorial in support of Steve Beshear’s failed gambling budget.

And Major General Edward Tonini essentially confirming in a response to Lassiter that there was an effort to sell the ed board.

This isn’t a ding at Tonini but a nice look at how Beshear’s top brass operate.

Tags: Budget · Gambling · Mainstream · Steve Beshear

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  • 1 Elihu smails // Aug 9, 2011 at 12:11 am

    One suggestion for cuts might be to end Maey Lassiter’s double dipping…that’s likely one less slot machine we’ll need.

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