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Entries Tagged as 'Eastern Kentucky'

TGIF! We’re Super-Glad Session’s Ending Soon!

March 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments

What the heck is wrong with you people in Ashland? [H-L]
Will Kentucky’s primary be moved from May to August and filing deadline from January to April? The Senate passed a bill making such a move to the House, where it is likely to die. [Loftus & Gerth]
SCARY NEW YORK JEWS ALERT! […]

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Tags: Discrimination · Dan Mongiardo · Spotted · Environment · Senate · Trey Grayson · Jack Conway · Eastern Kentucky · Congress · The Gays · Humor · Ben Chandler

Some Things Just Never Change In Kentucky

March 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Former stripper and failed former booze-free bar owner Mica Sims is no stranger to making shiz up. She’s dumb enough to be good at it. Unfortunately for her, Lexington police - and even people in the employ of Rand Paul - tell me only about 15 or so Paul supporters showed up, not […]

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Tags: Humor · Trey Grayson · Hypocrisy · Senate · The Gays · Campaign Finance · Eastern Kentucky · Budget · Corruption · Mainstream Mistake

Rand Paul: Out-of-Touch With Reality

March 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

How can anyone in the entirety of the Commonwealth of Kentucky not know that water in coal fields is flipping disgusting?
Bowling Green ophthalmologist Rand Paul, in an interview, said environmental issues are best handled at the local level, not by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which has tried to slow or halt mountaintop mining in […]

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Tags: Senate · Environment · Hypocrisy · Eastern Kentucky

TGIF! Kentucky’s Legislature Ruins Everything Nice

March 12th, 2010 · 13 Comments

Kentucky Democratic Party By-Laws Question: When did the by-laws get an update to allow party chairmen/officers to endorse candidates? Anybody know the year? Has this always been the case? Can’t remember. [Just Wondering]
Cletus Maricle says he bought votes– but 20 years ago. Who in Eastern Kentucky HASN’T bought […]

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Tags: Investigation · Trey Grayson · Humor · Hypocrisy · Polling · Barack Obama · KDP · Senate · Corruption · Budget · Health Care · Wasted Money · Mitch McConnell · Gambling · UofL · Crit Luallen · Eastern Kentucky · Steve Beshear

Jobs? What Jobs? Kentucky’s Got No Jobs!

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Got questions for Louisville’s mayoral candidates? Chime in. [The ‘Ville Voice]
Kentucky’s jobless rate jumped to 10.7% in January. That’s up from 9.1% in January 2009. Isn’t that just lovely? [Press Release]
This week Fairdale Bigfoot’s got some advice for a single mother. [Consuming Louisville]
Jim Bunning did a great job costing […]

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Tags: Jobs · Greg Stumbo · Polling · Senate · Economy · Corruption · Jim Bunning · Steve Beshear · Wasted Money · Eastern Kentucky · Budget · Stats

Wednesday Morning Dept of Bunning Gummed It

March 10th, 2010 · 6 Comments

What’s with Rand Paul and David Adams flip-flopping 24/7? What happened to the debate anywhere, any time mantra? Hypocrisy, thy name is Ro… Rand. [Page One]
If Jonathan Miller can’t raise money for Beshear on his own free time, then McConnell’s staff shouldn’t get to raise money for him. Trey’s staff shouldn’t […]

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Tags: Taxes · Jonathan Miller · Hypocrisy · Environment · RPK · Senate · FEAR! · Campaign Finance · Ben Chandler · Mitch McConnell · Kentucky Business · Eastern Kentucky · Corruption · Jim Bunning · Steve Beshear

TeeVee Series Set In Harlan Starts Soon

March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

“Justified” starts March 16th on FX.
JUSTIFIED is the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal RAYLAN GIVENS (Timothy Olyphant), a true-blue hero and something of a throwback, given to wearing a Stetson and cowboy boots, carrying his sidearm in a hip holster – a weapon he only draws when he has to, and when he does, he […]

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Tags: Spotted · Eastern Kentucky

The Weekend Can’t Come Soon Enough

March 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Robert Felner’s co-conspirator is being treated like a king. [The ‘Ville Voice]
Licking Valley RECC customers are none too happy with their electricity bills. [WTVQ]
Ben Chandler’s district could be where the SCOTUS campaign finance decision is tested. That means unlimited spending. Central Kentucky is going to be overwhelmed. [CQ Politics]
Oh, lookit, […]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · John Yarmuth · Corruption · Congress · Humor · Robert Felner · KY-3 · Jim Bunning · Eastern Kentucky · Ben Chandler · Mitch McConnell · Wasted Money · Mainstream Mistake · UofL · Education · Steve Beshear

Whitley County Sheriff Hodge Finally Speaks

March 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Oh, this is ripe.
A couple weeks ago, news broke that the ATF and other federal authorities took over a break-in investigation at the Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge’s office.
On February 25th, State Auditor Crit Luallen’s office released two reports detailing major corruption and hundreds of thousands of dollars gone missing in that same sheriff’s office. […]

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Tags: Investigation · Law Enforcement · Corruption · Crit Luallen · Eastern Kentucky · Wasted Money

It’s Monday Evening & Everybody Hates Bunning

March 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Come on, Eastern Kentucky! Could you stop embarrassing us? This Big Sandy jail scandal is taking the coconut cake. [H-L]
Really? This is news in the U.S. Senate race? [WHAS11]
State House leaders blurring lines and facts on merit and non-merit government employees? Imagine that. Maybe we can start talking […]

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Tags: Hypocrisy · David L. Williams · Senate · Embarrassing · Greg Fischer · Economy · Jobs · Greg Stumbo · Eastern Kentucky · Education · Jim Bunning · Corruption · Poverty · Mainstream Mistake