Is the plan to use slot machine revenue to repair or rebuild run-down schools in Kentucky really a big surprise to the Governor and others?
Gov. Steve Beshear said Wednesday he has no immediate objection to House Speaker Greg Stumbo’s proposal to use revenue from video-lottery terminals to improve or replace rundown schools.
Beshear said he has […]
Entries Tagged as 'Adam Edelen'
Is Slots-to-School Funding Really a Surprise?
June 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Adam Edelen · Education · Gambling · Flashback
Oh Snap Monday! Special Legislatin’ Starts Today
June 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Jack Conway plans to release his legal opinion on casino gambling at 10:00 A.M. today. Wanna place hypothetical bets on what he’ll say?
Adam Edelen and several others assured me on Saturday night that there are enough votes for gambling to pass. Then several lobbyists and big whigs from organized labor told me that […]
Tags: Discrimination · Dan Mongiardo · Hypocrisy · Senate · Barack Obama · Adam Edelen · The Gays · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mitch McConnell · Gambling · Jim Bunning · Mainstream · Journalism · Steve Beshear
Your Regular Frankfort Rumor Mill Post
April 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Hear hear through the grapevine that Adam Edelen, Chuck Geveden, Jeff Belcher and others from Governor Steve Beshear’s office were guests of Bruton Smith at the NASCAR race in Bristol. Smith owns a pretty major skybox on millionaire’s row.
Mr. Smith, you’ll recall, also happens to own the Kentucky Speedway, which is in the throes […]
Tags: Rumor · Adam Edelen · Spotted · Taxes · Kentucky Business · Steve Beshear
Beshear Endorses Mongiardo for U.S. Senate
March 27th, 2009 · 14 Comments
Governor Steve Beshear’s office just released a statement in support of Daniel Mongiardo’s Senate candidacy:
“Our country and our Commonwealth face unprecedented economic challenges. Now, more than ever, we need strong representatives in Washington D.C. to give voice to Kentucky priorities and values. I believe that my Lieutenant Governor, Daniel Mongiardo, can be that voice and […]
Tags: Adam Edelen · Senate · Dan Mongiardo · Steve Beshear
Bashing KDP Or Why Kentucky Is Still Screwed
February 9th, 2009 · 22 Comments
Your Regular KDP-Bashing Post on a Monday
The now-disgraced Kentucky Democratic Party chairwoman is, indeed, stepping down on February 28th. Despite what she tells the Courier-Journal’s Joe Gerth, she is not recommending a replacement. The Governor’s head staffers tell us that’s just not true.
No replacement for Moore has been named. But she had said […]
Tags: Frustration · KDP · Adam Edelen · Embarrassing · Hypocrisy · Mainstream Mistake · Special Election · Steve Beshear
Friday Afternoon Dept of Taker Easy
January 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Jefferson Poole is sorry he didn’t write anything while he was in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration– he just doesn’t care that much. Even though he traveled 600 miles and apparently went out of his way to be there. He thinks Clarence Thomas got booed because people are racist and not because […]
Tags: Brad Cummings · Barack Obama · Adam Edelen · Frustration · Humor · Embarrassing · Jobs
Interesting Gambling Tidbit We All Overlooked
January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Throughout the Adam Edelen snafu last week, something important went basically overlooked.
Bob Babbage has a huge client that manufactures slot machines, International Game Technology:
Babbage’s clients include major contractors, including Palmer Engineering, which has received more than $1.2 million in state payments since Beshear took office in 2007. (A state contracts data base does not provide […]
Tags: Adam Edelen · Gambling · Kentucky Business · Flashback
Thursday Morning Dept of Warming Up
January 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Beshear administration must not have a clue about that fancy thing called the internets. Protecting Kentucky citizens from illegal internet gambling operations? Hahaha. Beshear plans to appeal the online gambling ruling, further proving just how disconnected from reality he wants to appear to the general public. Adam? You reading? […]
Tags: Hypocrisy · Dan Mongiardo · Senate · Embarrassing · Adam Edelen · Trey Grayson · Jack Conway · Geoff Davis · Mitch McConnell · Gambling · Jim Bunning · Greg Stumbo · Steve Beshear
Thursday Afternoon Dept of Beshear Headaches
January 15th, 2009 · 5 Comments
The Herald-Leader editorial board detailed Adam Edelen’s current situation this morning and we hope he takes our suggestion to do something, immediately. [Page One]
Because Francene ripped him a new one on 84WHAS radio this morning. Now the entire press corp is hot on the story, watching the Beshear Administration’s every move, anticipating every […]
Tags: Economy · Frustration · Adam Edelen · The Gays · First Amendment · Wasted Money · Kentucky Business · Eastern Kentucky · Steve Beshear
More Headaches for Edelen and Beshear
January 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments
This story isn’t going to disappear.
From Francene (paraphrased) just now:
The Governor told me that he wasn’t aware of Coldiron’s $20,000 salary increase. So who DID know?
I bet Adam doesn’t make the same kind of time for all lobbyists in the Govenor’s office.
It does seem like something untoward is going on in the Governor’s office. […]
Tags: Adam Edelen · Embarrassing · Mainstream · Steve Beshear
