This week the Legislative Research Commission provides a bit of a civics lesson: FRANKFORT –If you Google ‘How often do redistricting plans end up in court?’ you get 134,000 hits in 0.37 seconds. Somewhere in all those hits, you’ll likely now find ‘Kentucky redistricting 2012.’ A lawsuit challenging the recent state legislative reapportionment has not [...]

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Openness is urgent in the push for gambling. This stacking the deck business should cease. Great to see a mainstream paper call out both the Governor and Princess Damon Thayer for their unethical shenanigans. This wouldn’t be an issue if Kentucky had real ethics regulations. [H-L] Another grocery store in the poorer end of Bowling [...]

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Yesterday, Steve Beshear tweeted this: Unfortunately, the governor skipped their gubernatorial forum because he was afraid to debate. Only Gatewood Galbraith and David Williams bothered to show up.

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Nearly every month the Kentucky Democratic Party receives a letter from the Federal Election Commission requesting additional information for the most recent campaign finance report. It’s always the same thing – a serious lack of transparency. Naturally, December was no different. Here’s the additional information the FEC requested on January 17: 1. Itemized disbursements must [...]

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Steve Beshear is accusing David Williams of trying to intimidate his fellow senators who support casino gambling. Unfortunately, Papaw wouldn’t know who is intimidating who because he STILL HASN’T MET WITH LEGISLATORS. And Princess Damon sure doesn’t know what’s going on – his manties are all in a twist. Damon is all angry, calling a [...]

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Bob Gunnell, who loves to tell people he “left” Peritus because they didn’t support Steve Beshear (they’re “close friends,” you know) enough, is focused on keeping a select few super-wealthy people in Louisville’s Mockingbird Valley from having to see any poor people using sidewalks. And he’s focused on trash talking the folks who support making [...]

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This morning’s Sylvia Lovely book sighting almost caused our feeble brains to short circuit. Then we remembered that Sylvia had a blog before she became an important food expert radio host-turned-lobbyist. The post titled “Be Nobody’s Darling – Alice Walker, Author of the Color Purple” has mysteriously disappeared. Even “An Interesting Encounter” is no more. [...]

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The Indiana Secretary of State is in big trouble for doing nearly exactly what Ruth Ann Palumbo is doing: Jury selection began Monday for embattled Ind. Secretary of State Charlie White. White is charged with seven felonies including voter fraud and perjury. It all stems from allegations that he lied about where he lived in [...]

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Former Rand Paul staffer Chris Hightower will file today to run for Martha Jane King’s old State House seat. While Hightower is sure to ruffle Democratic feathers over his old MySpace profile from a few years ago, he’s got a good shot. He’s obviously going to beat Jo Orange and Kent Wilson based on name [...]

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Spotted at a bookstore in Lexington: CLICK TO ENLARGE It’s funny cause it’s true. Almost as funny as that time Jim Newberry donated her book to the lieberry. No, not Turd Burgling & Taxpayer Fleecing: Putting The Swindle Wool Over Their Eyes And Complaining When Caught. This is what we’re talking about. Definitely not as [...]

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