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Talking Points Memo: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has embraced the argument that President Obama was able to pass every bit of his legislative agenda in his first two years thanks to large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. It’s intended as a counterpoint to the President’s re-election strategy of attacking the congressional GOP as do-nothing obstructionists. But it...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 11:48 a.m. - 14 clicks 
Greg Stumbo pushed a House redistricting bill that unnecessarily splits counties and disenfranchises voters. The House passed this plan on to the Senate. Damon Thayer and David Williams created a nuclear response, using Senate redistricting to stick it to Jefferson County and totally remove a Senator from Lexington/Fayette. The two Houses refused to alter the other’s plan and instead voted a...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 9:45 a.m. - 11 clicks
Did you see the Herald-Leader editorial on Tuesday? For Beshear, will coal money drown out Lynch? Almost half the residents of the historic Harlan County town of Lynch are poor, and their per capita income of $11,206 is half that of Kentucky as a whole. They can’t afford to protect their interests by showering money on political campaigns and parties — in sharp contrast to the owner of the V...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 8:01 a.m. - 12 clicks
A lot of people are frustrated with the Democratic Party. Here in Lexington, Fayette Dems are treated to a largely proactive and excellent set of Party leaders, which makes sense because most everything in Fayette County is excellent. What we don’t always have are responsive elected leaders — like a Congressman who votes to slash food and medicine aid to HIV-infected women and poor chi...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 6:25 a.m. - 11 clicks
In yesterday’s post on the Beshear/Thayer tag teaming of David Williams, we mistakenly said Rev. Herschael York of Frankfort’s Buck Run Baptist Church had warned Thayer about supporting gambling by quoting the Bible passage Amos 5:6-7 at the Republican Senator/Kathy Stein Remover/Beshear Ally. Herschael was good enough to correct our mistake on twitter. He actually tweeted Amos 5:10-15...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 5:08 a.m. - 12 clicks
The Democratic Party’s annual gala is coming up… Saturday, February 11! Tickets start at $100. They’d like you to purchase them by February 9th (that’s next Thursday), but the betting money’s on them still accepting your checks at the door. Here’s the official invite, so consider yourself officially invited: To purchase a single ticket (or a Platinum one for jus...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 10:21 a.m. - 11 clicks
Urban County Council Districts 1-12 [Incumbents in bold.] Here are the final candidates… unless you get on your high horse and go write-in on the election. District 1 Chris Ford (face/site) Marty Clifford (face/site) District 2 Lisa Sanden (face/site) Shevawn Akers (face/site) Brannon Dunn (face/site) District 3 Diane Lawless (face/site) Stephanie Spires (face/site) Rock...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 9:47 a.m. - 17 clicks
Checks and balances…at least for now the Judicial Branch of our State Government has stepped in where the Legislature and the Governor failed Kentucky. Today, Judge Phillip Shepherd of the Franklin Circuit Court, ruled that the filing deadline would be delayed against the wishes of defendant/Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo. This would allow for further review of a lawsuit fil...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 2:24 p.m. - 15 clicks
Indie filmmakers tend to have their films play at art houses more than the mainstream cinemas. I know. I've seen a large number of films across the city in Louisville when I could drive just 2-5 minutes away to see something at Cinemark. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson looks at the future of the Art House. ...
Kentucky Democrat - Mon 4:40 p.m. - 13 clicks
Redistricting of the state legislature of Kentucky is done. Democrats gerrymandered the State House and Republicans did likewise for the State Senate. Now, the sticking point appears to be the Congressional map. Democrats want to move Owensboro to KY-01 and shorten its finger into the Republican counties of southern Kentucky; give Ashland to the 5th and make the 5th more of an ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Jan 25 - 3 clicks
Rand Paul was alledgedly detained by the TSA today. The Kentucky senator triggered an alarm during routine airport screening and declined to finish the process, said a TSA official, but was “not detained at any point.” A targeted pat-down is usually used to address the alarm. “Passengers, as in this case, who refuse to comply with security procedures are denied access to the secure gate area. H...
Kentucky Democrat - Jan 23 - 3 clicks
Back in 2008, I wrote a diary about an abandoned house in Kentucky. Through foreclosure and eventual forced tax sale, it came into the possession of a Florida bank that made no attempt whatsoever to sell it. It set abandoned for years. A tree fell on it and damaged the roof. Nothing was done about the tree for years. The Florida bank did not pay the property taxes on the house. At long last ther...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Jan 22 - 2 clicks
Since Steve Beshear signed the redistricting plans into law and could not stand up to David Williams, then the Kentucky Democratic Party will never get any of my money ever again. If KY allowed independents to vote in primaries, I'd have switched a long time ago. But no, Beshear is gutless and has no fucking spine at all. Go read a piece at Kentuckians for the Commonwealth . he House, Senate, ...
Kentucky Democrat - Jan 21
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DailyKos (Kentucky) - Jan 21
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said January 9, 2012 for the second time in two weeks that he was rejecting a hospital merger of the publicly-funded University Hospital with a Catholic-oriented consortium, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). Written by Rev. Matthew Westfox and Carol Savkovich for RH Reality Check . This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Jan 20
A sad day has already gone to a shitty day. Steve Beshear decided to send a "FUCK YOU" to all of us who voted for him when he decided to sign HB 1 and thus kicking State Senator Kathy Stein out of the Senate. This is not just a loss for the Lexington district she represents (they will be represented by a Western Kentucky Democrat who represents an area closer to Evansville than Lexington) but fo...
Kentucky Democrat - Jan 20 - 3 clicks
If you live in Kentucky, speak up now or forever hold your peace. Republicans are removing a democratically-elected official from her Senate seat NOW through their redistricting map. The Republican-controlled House, with the help of Democrats (!!!WTH??), have passed the Senate redistricting bill that disenfranchises Lexington in the state Senate for the next two years (Kentucky's 2nd l...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Jan 19
Kentucky State Senate Dictator David Williams can go fuck himself. How dare he treat Kentucky Democrats in the State Senate with the least amount of respect is beyond me. Instead of bringing this state forward into the 21st century by helping the senate push for a decent bill on allowing expanded gambling in this state, he would rather fucking force out Kentucky Democrats that actually give a da...
Kentucky Democrat - Jan 19
I have received confirmation that The Artist will indeed be opening in Louisville, KY either this Friday (January 20) or next Friday (January 27). About dang time. THR was reporting an expansion of 500 screens for this weekend. ...
Kentucky Democrat - Jan 16
Hardcover: 320 pages (January 5, 2012) Publisher: Blue Rider Press/ESPN Books Gene Wojciechowski, a senior national columnist for ESPN.com, takes college basketball fans back to March 28, 1992, whether we like to revisit that game or not. When I originally saw that there was going to be a book published on that game, I wanted to know why. Of course, I'm one of those Kentucky fans that is fo...
Kentucky Democrat - Jan 14
I knew Gatewood (perennial candidate for the governorship of KY) back when I was an undergraduate at the University of Kentucky. Whenever his name came up during the intervening years, not often but often enough, I would usually confide that I slapped his face way back then, and for good reason. Ah well. ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Jan 4
87 % of Kentuckians can’t agree the sky is blue. But they agree that David Williams’ attack on Kentucky’s horse industry needs to stop. More precisely, 87 % of Kentuckians agree Kentucky voters should decide on expanded gaming. Expanded gaming … Continue reading → ...
Blue Bluegrass - Dec 28
Last week, an absolutely horrifying incident happened in a central Kentucky school. Nine-year-old Chris Baker has autism, and is enrolled in a special program at Mercer County Intermediate School for special-needs kids. Last Thursday, he started acting out, and someone punished him by putting him in a duffel bag . The day had barely begun when his family was called to the school b...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Dec 23 - 2 clicks
First, from last week, Representative Keene’s bill: The actual text of his bill can be found here. Longtime Lexington horseman and retired county clerk Don Blevins shares his thoughts: Rep. Keene has pre-filed a bill allowing for referendums in counties … Continue reading → ...
Blue Bluegrass - Dec 20
Admittedly, calling it “Rupp Renovation” is a misnomer. The proposal is not about Rupp. First, the politically tone-deaf Lexington Mayor Jim Gray said that Lexington would be seeking $20 million from the state for a downtown renovation project. Tone-deaf because … Continue reading → ...
Blue Bluegrass - Dec 19
Come on down, and join Lexington Democratic supporters and elected leaders at Main and Midland on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. The parade starts at 10, proceeds straight down Main and ends at Centre Point. Who knows? Maybe even David … Continue reading → ...
Blue Bluegrass - Dec 8
The only question is, will the Indiana defender and killer of Kentucky jobs (aka Senate President David Williams) be overthrown, or will he continue to protect his Indiana casinos at Kentucky’s expense? Unlike nice guy Jody Richards, Kentucky’s Speaker of … Continue reading → ...
Blue Bluegrass - Dec 8
