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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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