So… Steve Nunn was on sugardaddie.com and Craigslist. With, um, interesting photographs. Seriously. The scandal that keeps on giving. Stephenie Steitzer and Dale Emmons were on Nancy Grace last night. Juicy details regarding Nunn’s headstone order. [Page One]
Kentucky agencies are required to comply with open records requests – with [...]

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In Joe Gerth’s story today, he brings up a campaign finance mystery leveled on Kentuckians when Terry McAuliffe published a book two years ago.
Turns out the mystery man may actually be Larry Townsend, someone I have experience working with… or, to be honest, not working with. Because last year he was one slick [...]

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Don’t you love it when Republicans just make stuff up? [KY Progress]
Finally! The charges against Otis Hensley were dropped! [PolWatchers]
Readers reacted to the Courier-Journal feature on Robert Felner. Naturally, the paper published a letter praising it for its background on Felner, never noting that the paper wasn’t the first to have [...]

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OMG. Otis solicited the two young ladies at a grocery store in Harlan.
But it was just a joke.
According to Hensley, he approached a woman at Don’s Super Savers in Harlan who was near the two girls.
“Everybody knows me and I just walked up and said to this woman – I thought she knew who [...]

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Mark Hebert just reported that the Henry investigation is on hold.
WHAS has learned of new developments in the criminal investigation of former Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry.
The 16 month investigation has stalled because the part-time prosecutor says he doesn’t have the time or staff to review the findings.
Meanwhile, Henry continues to insist he has done nothing [...]

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More than a YEAR has passed and Todd Hollenbach has finally renounced Frank Simon’s endorsement! This comes after more than a year of Joe Sonka and myself constantly pressuring Todd in person to do so. We told you about this letter last year. It’s wonderful that Todd finally grew some balls and [...]

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The Republican Party of Kentucky filed a complaint with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance against the Bluegrass Freedom Fund and the Beshear-Mongiardo gubernatorial campaign for allegedly violating Kentucky’s campaign finance laws.
From the RPK’s press release:
“As various news organizations have brought to light the facts surrounding the Bluegrass Freedom Fund and its million dollar contribution [...]

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Pat Crowley harps on Steve Beshear’s win in November and paints the realistic picture that Beshear’s victory was merely a mandate for ousting Ernie Fletcher. He says, to say the least, that Beshear & crew are misreading the tea leaves and overstepping the anti-Ernie mandate. [Enquirer]
Republicans and earmarks? What? Yeah. [...]

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Ryan Alessi wrote a detailed story about the money infamous 527 group Bluegrass Freedom Fund raised in 2007. The story didn’t mention the names of any staff members or affiliates, which surprised us quite a bit as they’re relevant to the story. BFF is headed by Achim Bergmann– Bruce Lunsford’s main advisor [...]

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Remember it? Money laundering and various shady crap in the gubernatorial primary? Go back to read about it if you don’t.
Elmo Greer & Sons, a London road contractor, will pay $250,000 to “defray costs of an investigation” while Phillip Dufour plead guilty to violating campaign finance laws and will pay a $10,000 fine.
Dufour [...]

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