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Entries Tagged as 'Crit Luallen'

Do You Think Frankfort Is A Disaster This Year?

January 30th, 2012 · 6 Comments

Let’s get one thing straight: no “deal” was struck to extend the filing deadline for congressional candidates. The House and Senate just couldn’t get their shiz together to resolve their biterness so they were forced to push things back a week for more bickering. [H-L] How hilarious would it be to watch Jerry Abramson get [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Corruption · Crit Luallen · Discrimination · Economy · Flashback · Humor · Jobs · Mainstream Mistake · Mitch McConnell · Presidential Race · Taxes · Wasted Money

Adam Edelen Goes Along With Big Budget Cuts

January 25th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Here’s what Adam Edelen had to say to the House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance and Public Protection about a proposed 8.4% cut to his office’s budget: “In a time when dollars are so scarce, the need is so great, I can’t in good conscience get in here and make a statement that [...]

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Tags: Adam Edelen · Crit Luallen · Wasted Money

Crit Luallen’s Tenure As Auditor Changed Kentucky

January 18th, 2012 · 2 Comments

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Crit Luallen. She’s one of the most honest and competent political figures in Kentucky history. Crit really us a corruption fighter by Kentucky standards. But that’s a really low bar by any other standard. Either way, it’s a good idea to read her op-ed from Sunday: As [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Crit Luallen · Mainstream

Accountability? At MSD? For Gerald Neal & Crew?

January 9th, 2012 · No Comments

Seems the MSD board has finally decided that it’s a good idea to reconsider those investments with Enhanced Financial Solutions. The audit said the financial firm invested MSD money in government securities but used a proprietary buying-and-selling tactic based on interest rate changes — and that board members were largely in the dark about it. [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Crit Luallen · Flashback · Investigation · Wasted Money

Crit Says She Isn’t Running Against McConnell

December 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments

Does anyone in the Louisville metro area have warehouse space they’d be interested in providing to No Kill Louisville for its food bank? If so, please get in touch with Jake. [Contact Jake] Is 2012 going to be a bumpy ride? Ronnie Ellis thinks so and he explains why. [Ashland Independent] Ron Paul finally manned [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Crit Luallen · Eastern Kentucky · Gambling · Giving Back · Greg Stumbo · Health Care · Humor · Jack Conway · Journalism · Presidential Race · The Gays · UofL

How Is Burch Escaping Responsibility For This?

December 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Some anti-mountaintop removal folks took a bunch of coal to Steve Beshear. He then gave it to his coal buddies, to sell, because why not. [WFPL] This is an actual headline: “Barney Frank’s Nipples Steal The Show During House Address”. [HuffPo] Julie Denton says Janie Miller should resign. Tom Burch says there’s nothing to see [...]

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Tags: Congress · Corruption · Crit Luallen · Eastern Kentucky · Environment · FEAR! · Giving Back · Jack Conway · Mitch McConnell · Presidential Race · Senate · Steve Beshear · Taxes

What Crit’s Big MSD Audit Doesn’t Tell You

December 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Wondering what Crit Luallen’s audit of Louisville’s Metro Sewer District doesn’t tell you? It doesn’t tell you that Patricia Poprick/First American Municipals was the “Investment Management Firm” that was paid $7.1 million. See page 68 (Warning: External PDF Link) of the audit. The audit also doesn’t tell you that the firm is just a one [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Crit Luallen · Investigation · Wasted Money

Karma Really Is A Big Bitch In The Commonwealth

December 16th, 2011 · No Comments

One of the people who spent the most time trashing Leslie Holland and myself when we worked to help prosecute Steve Henry’s corruption was Larry Zielke. Today, he got his rear end handed to him by Crit Luallen. Your new lieutenant governor is mostly responsible for all of this corruption. [Crit Luallen] And just like [...]

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Tags: Corruption · Crit Luallen · Economy · Education · Flashback · Journalism · Kentucky Tourism · Presidential Race · Steve Beshear · Steve Henry · The Gays

Joe Meyer Named Bill Riggs Deputy Secretary

December 16th, 2011 · No Comments

Joe Meyer named Bill Riggs the deputy secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet today. Here’s the release: Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Secretary Joseph U. Meyer today announced the appointment of Joseph William “Bill” Riggs as deputy secretary of the cabinet. Riggs has spent the last four years in the Finance and [...]

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Tags: Crit Luallen · Education · Rumor

Let’s Gossip About Some Frankfort Rumors

November 15th, 2011 · No Comments

The rumor mill is hot this week because the Beshear crew fear that Alison Lundergan Grimes will try to run for governor in four years. So what’s the solution? They’re hyping that Crit Luallen will run for the office with Jack Conway as her running mate. Will it happen? Of course not. Crit loves to [...]

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Tags: Bruce Lunsford · Crit Luallen · Jack Conway · Mitch McConnell · Rumor