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Entries Tagged as 'Jonathan Miller'

Earth Day Hybrid Bus Tour Across Kentucky

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Jonathan Miller, Jane Beshear and others in conjunction with Small Batch Production have produced a documentary short about the hybrid bus tour across Kentucky for Earth Day 2009.
Have a look. Make sure you watch it in HD.

We approve. And we’re rather impressed with the First Lady of the Commonwealth. She may be […]

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Tags: Environment · Jonathan Miller · Mainstream · Eastern Kentucky

Questions About the Governor’s Energy Plan

February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

We’ve got some questions about the Governor’s 7-point energy plan.
Click here for a copy.
Page 57 says:
3. Establish an escalating renewable fuel standard (RFS) for the state vehicle fleet.
The state will establish an initial renewable fuel standard of 10 percent, or 560,000 gallons
(10 percent of an estimated 5.6 million gallons consumed annually by all state […]

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Tags: Environment · Jonathan Miller · Wasted Money · Steve Beshear

Kentucky’s New “E-Transparency” Website is Live

January 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The Governor’s office just announced the launch of the Commonwealth’s e-transparency program called Open Door. The site is alleged to provide citizens access to all state expenditures and other vital information about state-funded programs.
“In today’s difficult economic times, it is even more important for government to be transparent and accountable, and for citizens to […]

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Tags: Mainstream · Jonathan Miller · Budget · Todd Hollenbach · Wasted Money · Steve Beshear

Fancy Picture From Pension Meeting Today

November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Check this fancy picture from the meeting today where Governor Steve Beshear called on the pension systems to reform their investment practices.
Those recommendations include: Adding four investment experts to the investment committees of each of the two pension boards, enabling them to better formulate allocation policies to net better investment returns; requiring all public […]

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Tags: Spotted · Economy · Jonathan Miller · Education · Todd Hollenbach · Steve Beshear

Comment Tonight, Tonight on Monday

November 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Guests for tonight’s Comment on Kentucky:

Pat Crowley, Kentucky Enquirer
Mark Hebert, WHAS11
Greg Stotlemyer, WTVQ

Kentucky Tonight guests on Monday:

Trey Grayson, Secretary of State
Jonathan Miller, Finance & Administration Secretary
Steve Robertson, Chairman of the Republican Party of Kentucky
Tim Longmeyer, Chairman of the Louisville-Jefferson County Democratic Party

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Tags: RPK · Trey Grayson · Jonathan Miller · Mainstream · Journalism

A Couple Appointments of Note

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Governor Steve Beshear’s office just announced several appointments. A couple of note are:
Ray Crider of Louisville - appointed to the Unemployment Insurance Commission, term expiring July 26, 2012. Crider is well-known in Louisville and throughout Kentucky as a longtime representative of labor. He’s also one of the coolest retired guys around and […]

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Tags: Giving Back · Spotted · Jonathan Miller · Steve Beshear

Jonathan Miller for U.S. Senate in 2010?

July 2nd, 2008 · 11 Comments

A few kids on Facebook seem to think they can get Jonathan Miller to run for Jim Bunning’s U.S. Senate seat in 2010. (Ben Ray has more on Jonathan rebuilding his political career post-2007 gubernatorial primary.)
The ‘Draft Jonathan Miller 2010 - U.S. Senate for KY’ Facebook group says, “Jim Bunning must be forced into […]

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Tags: Rumor · Senate · Jonathan Miller · Jim Bunning

Mid-Afternoon Fancy Pants Blogging Updates Because We’re Too Lazy To Break Everything Down Into Multiple Posts And All That

June 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

We have new interns in the Page One-’Ville Voice world! Zak Owens, our fancy new guy, attended an event with the Brookings Institution and scored a one-on-one interview with Louisville’s mayor. Go read all about it and tell Zak how awesome he is. He’ll be writing on a regular basis over the […]

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Tags: Discrimination · Trey Grayson · Irv Maze · Environment · Embarrassing · Senate · Jonathan Miller · FEAR! · Wasted Money · Mitch McConnell · Bruce Lunsford · Kentucky Business · Mainstream · Andrew Horne · Steve Beshear

Good Guys Win One on Arena

May 28th, 2008 · 11 Comments

This isn’t the only piece of the downtown Louisville Arena puzzle that Jim Host has tried to ramrod down our (citizens) throats, but it’s maybe the first time anyone has stood up to the powerful arena czar and won.
As we reported in February, Host’s arena committee awarded a demolition contract to O’Rourke Wrecking for $2.8 […]

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Tags: Corruption · Jonathan Miller · Hypocrisy · Kentucky Tourism · Kentucky Business · Flashback · Mainstream Mistake · Wasted Money

Live Blogging the KDP’s Eulogy for Hillary Clinton Last Night: In Photos

May 10th, 2008 · 19 Comments

All the middle-aged ladies and their screaming wore us out last night. You should also check out what Joe Sonka, Stephen George, Ben Ray and Jim Pence had to say throughout the evening.
Being the elitist pinko commies that we are required a good night’s sleep and a few hours catching up on all the […]

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Tags: Spotted · Greg Fischer · KDP · Presidential Race · Dan Mongiardo · Jonathan Miller · Bruce Lunsford · Andrew Horne · John Yarmuth · Steve Beshear