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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It’s 12:01 A.M. and time to refer to Steve Beshear as Governor (the 61st) and Daniel Mongiardo as Lt. Governor.
The Fletcher Misadministration is officially over.
Enjoy your inauguration, Frankfort.
To an interesting four years ahead!

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Wow. The flood of information we have received since November 5 is overwhelming. Dozens of you wrote in to complain about the disgusting and homophobic robocalls falsely claiming to be from the Fairness Campaign. Most speculate that the calls have Frank Simon’s fingerprints all over them, as they use language Simon utilized […]

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This week Jim gives advice to Steve Beshear and wonders aloud if he’ll put ideas and talk into action. We’re not sure where the St. Ronnie stuff comes from or why it’s relevant, but the rest makes sense.

Mine eyes have not seen the glory, but I’ve heard about it
By Jim Waters
Now that Steve Beshear […]

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Was Steve Beshear’s win a mandate for a casino vote? Obviously not. Democrats won because of Ernie Fletcher’s incompetence and voters’ absolute disappointment in corruption.
Beshear has been more than hinting that he believes the vote was a gambling mandate. Larry Dale Keeling takes issue with that and tries to bring all the […]

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The RPK, Ernie, Uncle Mitch, et al are trying their level best to spin the monumental Republican loss on November 6 as a positive. Wouldn’t be wise for anyone to believe being a Republican in 2008 is a good thing, what, with Trey having to spend a million dollars to beat a broke no-namer […]

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Get ready for it!
Governor-elect Steve Beshear is making history. The kind of history that will send wingnut haters and Frank Simon into oblivion while they foam at the mouth.
Steve Beshear has appointed the first (at least the first to be open about it) gay dude to his transition team: current state senator Ernesto […]

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