Richie Farmer spent about $26,000 on registrations and hotel rooms for his little SASDA conference we told you about weeks and weeks ago. Some employees actually had hotel rooms when they lived less than 30 miles away. Hebert didn’t mention that taxpayers had to pay for a police escort to and from Churchill […]

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Now that a pension deal has been reached, lawmakers are just waiting on the governor to call a special session. The session, probably beginning the week of June 23, will result in a bill requiring full hires to work longer and contribute more of their pay to help pay for their retirement. Cost-of-living […]

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Mark Hebert of WHAS11 did a story last year about state vehicles and potential abuses that was too interesting to overlook. Ignore friend of Frank Simon, Jim Waters, in the story and it’s a-okay. Turns out Richie Farmer queened out when the Fletcher admin tried to save money by having his staff use […]

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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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Republican candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer releases his campaign commercial. Disappointing that footage of Richie playing basketball wasn’t used. Since that’s the only thing Richie has ever really done that he’s known for.
Not quite sure what the heck is going on in the ad but we’re certain it wouldn’t have hurt […]

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Blast from the past. Candidate for Treasurer Todd Hollenbach takes his dad on the campaign trail. People all across the state remember him so it’s boding well for the name ID factor. [AP via H-L]
Tough choices ahead? Rep. Ben Chandler furthers the myth that all terra-ists are “Islamic fundamentalists.” He […]

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