The House & Senate agreed on several new “incentives” in Frankfort. Active-duty military members are now tax-exempt (state), folks trading in a vehicle for a different vehicle only pay sales tax on the difference of value in the two vehicles (wtf?), $5,000 credit for people who buy newly built homes. Not just any […]
Entries Tagged as 'Military'
It’s a Hot & Humid Wednesday of Drama & More
June 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Investigation · Taxes · Discrimination · Hypocrisy · Military · Humor · The Gays · Jim Bunning · Corruption · Mainstream · Congress · Ben Chandler
State House Dems Release Big, Uh, Release
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments
The Democratic Leadership of the Kentucky House of Representatives just released this giant… thing. Let’s just look at it and, you know, think or whatever. Way too much spin for us to dig in without barfing.
Here it is:
House votes to balance budget, create jobs, and lower taxes on military pay
Frankfort – Classroom […]
Tags: Taxes · Military · Economy · Greg Stumbo · Education · Wasted Money · Flashback · Kentucky Business · Steve Beshear
Gambling Bill Just Passed in the House
June 19th, 2009 · 12 Comments
House Bill 2 of the special legislative session in Frankfort - the gambling bill - just passed in the State House.
After a huffy start by Larry Clark, an impassioned floor speech by Greg Stumbo, a speech from David Osborne (who personally benefits from this legislation), a speech by Robin Webb about how terrible the […]
Tags: Stan Lee · Spotted · Military · Veterans · David L. Williams · Greg Stumbo · Kentucky Business · Gambling · Kentucky Tourism · Jody Richards · Steve Beshear
John Waltz on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
June 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments
John Waltz, a Democrat and disabled Navy veteran running for U.S. Congress in the 4th District, has issued the following release about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. We haven’t said too much about the matter, but we wanted to run John’s statement because he says much of what we believe and feel.
It’s high time Barack […]
Tags: Military · Barack Obama · Discrimination · The Gays · Geoff Davis · Congress · KY-4
Happy Memorial Day in Beautiful Kentucky
May 25th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s Memorial Day. So in addition to remembering lost military and veteran loved ones and saluting those still around today, let’s take a bit to learn more about this great day.
Ten facts about Memorial Day from CNN/mental_floss [CNN]
The Department of Veterans Affairs Memorial Day site [VA Memorial Day]
U.S. Memorial Day History & […]
VoteVets Has New Ads on Energy & Security
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Here’s an example of the first one:
Click here to learn more and to put other ads on the air. Cause you know this would fire people up in Kentucky.
Tags: Veterans · Economy · Military · Mainstream
Tuesday Dept of Getting Interesting Already
April 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Wasn’t that fun last night? Losing power in a mere thunderstorm is awesome. Louisville must be the most technologically advanced city on the planet.
We’ve got all the video from Jack Conway’s press conference/candidacy announcement last night. His speech along with endorsements from Greg Stumbo, Crit Luallen, Ben Chandler and John Yarmuth. […]
Tags: Dan Mongiardo · Military · Senate · Barack Obama · Jack Conway · Humor · Ben Chandler · Flashback · Campaign Finance · FEAR! · Steve Beshear
Some Oh Snap in the Afternoon Just Because
March 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments
So far we’ve received over 300 (!!) resumes and the job posting is still open. Would you like to be our full-time Assistant Editor/Investigative Reporter? Apply today. We hear another major news room is about to lay off a ton of people and want to leave things open for as long as […]
Tags: Discrimination · Dan Mongiardo · Military · Senate · Economy · Giving Back · Humor · The Gays · Kentucky Business · Health Care · Education · Jim Bunning · Jobs · Steve Beshear
We’re Calling It a Day, So, Later!
February 27th, 2009 · 11 Comments
We’ve been working since, oh, hundreds of hours before daylight. So. Later.
Here’s some stuff to keep you occupied:
It’ll be weird and awesome if D.C. actually gets a vote. [NY Times’ The Caucus]
This victory for reproductive rights will surely send Simon & Cothran into a tailspin. [Amplify]
Ron Paul’s son to run for […]
Tags: Senate · Giving Back · Barack Obama · Military · Humor · Iraq · Mainstream · Jobs · Steve Beshear
Thursday Afternoon Dept of Moving Forward
February 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Greg Stumbo said today that SB68 would be assigned to the House Judiciary committee if it makes it out of the State Senate. But we hear he’s planning on assigning the legislation to Health & Welfare, chaired by Tom Burch. We’ll believe it when we see it.
Hahaha. Martin Cothran is terrified of […]
Tags: Jack Conway · Humor · The Gays · FEAR! · Afghanistan · Discrimination · Economy · Giving Back · Military · Greg Stumbo · Mainstream · Health Care · Wasted Money · Iraq · Kentucky Business · Education · Corruption · Jim Bunning · Budget · Mitch McConnell
