You should probably read the White House statement on the employment situation in January. But don’t forget that it’s not as puppies and rainbows as it looks. [White House] The hair of the dog. Does a bit more debt keep the economic recovery on track? [The Economist] The Indianapolis stadium deal is souring and you [...]

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Okay, Richie Farmer applying for unemployment benefits is insane. Is he snorting oxy or what? What the hell is wrong with this guy? [Wow] Come on. What is he snorting? What the hell is wrong with this man? [WKYT] Steve Beshear says shutting down pill mills is a top legislative priority. But it most certainly [...]

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One of Richie Farmer’s former staffers was fined for misconduct. Trying to turn a non-merit job into a protected merit job doesn’t fly. The Executive Branch Ethics Commission apparently has more balls than the Legislative. [John Cheves] Wow, we’re still pretending that Frankfort isn’t bought and paid for by king coal, payday loan sharks and [...]

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Bob Gunnell, a prominent Democrat, Steve Henry apologist and former partner of Peritus (they’re going after him, not trying to buy him out) who has stiffed everybody and their mother is now trying to kill neighborhoods in Louisville. It’s a damn joke and you should be outraged that a recycled political hack like this has [...]

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And just like that, Richie Farmer returned some of those “missing” computers he took from his office. Folks remaining in Jamie Comer’s office from Reeechie’s days say the laptops went to his kid and now ex-wife. They also say Reeechie took a mountain of other crap. This is going to get crazy. After Holly Harris [...]

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Really? Accusing Jamie Comer and his staff of being racist? Maybe folks shouldn’t take months-long leaves of absence from their non-merit state government jobs to star on “reality” shows if they want to maintain employment. [Bluegrass Politics] You’ll pee a little bit when you see this ‘Mitt Romney is a serial killer’ ad from Stephen [...]

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You know what’s crazy but not surprising? Some of the social workers interviewed for this Debby Yetter story tell us they were threatened with retribution. [C-J/AKN] Told ya Richie Farmer was dumber than a rock and more corrupt than Keith Hall, Ruth Ann Palumbo and Jim Gooch combined. Nearly $500,000 worth of equipment is MISSING [...]

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Dear Ruth Ann Palumbo: You can blame me all you want for your problems. All I did was write about them – because you’re a legislator who doesn’t live in the home she says she does. They are your problems that you created. You went out of your way to attack your neighbors – who [...]

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What do you predict will be discovered about Richie Farmer’s ag department? Hookers? Missing cars? Gobs of money missing? [Deep Reeechie Thoughts & Press Release] A new report shows that Kentuckians are frequent binge drinkers. That may have something to do with their quality of life. [Business First] Republican Bart Rowland of Tompkinsville and Democrat [...]

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Let’s translate what Holly Harris Vonljrur898eriwrizttttt said in this story about firing Richie Farmer’s girlfriend: Agriculture Commissioner Jamie Comer fired his predecessor’s girlfriend from her $60,000-a-year job during his first workday after being sworn in Monday, a state holiday. Stephanie Sandmann, who former Commissioner Richie Farmer hired as a special assistant a week before the [...]

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