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Streetscapemania continues: An area of South Limestone near the University of Kentucky campus was temporarily closed and businesses evacuated Thursday morning after construction crews struck a gas line, causing a leak. The gas leak occurred in front of the Jimmy John's ,Tolly-Ho and Pazzo's restaurants at the Avenue of Champions intersection, according to fire and city officials. Those busines...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 12:28 p.m. - 2 clicks 
Rand Paul has a quick and hilarious response ad to Trey Grayson's "Strange Ideas" ad: Oh wait, did I say that was hilarious? Well, Rand Paul hates drugs, especially drugs that hurt babies that he saves: How could you not vote for this man??? ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 10:31 a.m. - 3 clicks
Trey introduces "drop 'em off in Afghanistan" to the teevee viewing public in Kentucky, with an accompanying attack site . How will KY Republicans react? (besides a series of grunts, snorts and scratching) ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 9:10 a.m. - 3 clicks
Before I get into the numbers, I'll stress once more that this was an internal poll by a firm that doesn't have a great reputation, so don't take this stuff as gospel. Here are the numbers from Magellan Strategies: Paul- 37% Grayson- 29% Favorable/Unfavorable Paul- 46/15 Grayson- 36/14 Interestingly, Magellan polled this race 2 weeks ago and said that Paul held a 44-23 lead over Grayson, a...
Barefoot and Progressive - Thu 7:43 a.m. - 3 clicks
Again, not by name! But Kentucky's own Colmon Elridge, VP of the Young Democrats of America, just sent out this email urging people to contact their congressperson and plead with them not to be DINO like Ben Chandler (not by name!): We have never been this close to health insurance reform in America! While the road has been bumpy, there is now hope for the millions of Americans, including the ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 12:50 p.m. - 5 clicks
What's bad news for the Kentucky Taliban is good news for his family's budget, I suppose (he planned on spending his life savings on his no-chance race). Here's his press release : TIME TO EXIT THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE May the Best Man Win ELKTON —Kentucky GOP Candidate Bill Johnson today issued the following statement regarding his decision to exit the U.S. Senate race. “Magellan Strategies c...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 12:50 p.m. - 8 clicks
Well, not by name , but certainly his talking point for voting against health care reform: At least his Republican constituents will stick up for him. Right? ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 11:41 a.m. - 8 clicks
We showed you Bill Bishop's fancy graph last month , and the Herald-Leader editorial board shared it with Kentucky yesterday . It's so touching how our politicians fight for a mining practice that eliminates jobs and devastates our environment, yet lines the pockets of King Coal stockholders who invest nothing back into their communities. Well, lines their pockets along with all of our subsidie...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 10:26 a.m. - 8 clicks
As Joe noted yesterday, Lexington's Mayoral Candidates will gather at 6PM this evening at the Downtown Public Library for another another Forum/Debate -- where, presumably, Jim Newberry's disastrous decision to promote and champion the CentrePointe project will be heartily debated (or, in one case, pathetically defended). But, that's not all! Jim Newberry has so many disastrous decisions on h...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 7:46 a.m. - 8 clicks
From his press release: VICE MAYOR JIM GRAY URGES COUNCIL ACTION IN RESPONSE TO KENTUCKY AMERICAN WATER RATE INCREASES Vice-Mayor Jim Gray today proposed a resolution be brought before the Urban County Council, asking the Attorney General to take steps to make sure that Fayette County citizens are protected during the rate increase proceedings before the Public Service Commission. Vice Mayor Gr...
Barefoot and Progressive - Wed 7:46 a.m. - 5 clicks
Curtis Morrison has been a diplomatic, honest, opinionated (especially on his blog, Louisville Courant), direct, no-nonsense "cut to the chase" kind of guy since I've known him. Earlier this year, Mr. Morrison (D-Louisville) decided to run for the Office of Jefferson County Judge/Executive. United We Stand - Kentucky's LGBTI News™ has the pleasure of interviewing him....
United We Stand - Wed 2:24 a.m. - 4 clicks
Members of KFTC under the banner of The Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance (KySEA) have been enthusiastically supporting HB 408 , legislation introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly ( see blog post 2.9.10 ) On the last day that new bills could be introduced Rep. Rocky Adkins filed House Bill 3 as a "clean energy bill." Although HB 3 includes new supports for energy efficiency and renewabl...
KFTC Blog - Tue 7:30 p.m. - 4 clicks
Virginia college students began to mobilize Monday in response to a legal opinion from Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II. declaring Virginia's public colleges have no authority to ban discrimination against gay employees. Students at Virginia Commonwealth University planned a rally for noon Wednesday, with several hundred students committed. At Christopher Newport University, student Repu...
United We Stand - Tue 3:05 p.m. - 3 clicks
The House budget proposal is getting its hearing today, to be sent to the House floor for a vote later in the week. Kentucky’s unemployment rate averaged 10.5% in 2009, the highest it's been since 1983. Economists say that budget cuts to public services make state economies worse by eroding safety nets and costing jobs. More info available on CBPP's website. Written versions ...
KFTC Blog - Tue 2:43 p.m. - 3 clicks
After you watch the Paulbots scream at Ben Chandler tomorrow, check out the next Mayoral forum : The candidates for mayor of Lexington will be talking about Lexington's growth and vitality at a forum that begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main Street. They will respond to a presentation last Wednesday by Joseph P. Riley, the long-time mayor of Charleston, S.C. ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 11:28 a.m. - 6 clicks
Well this sounds frightening/hilarious: FRANKFORT — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul will hold a rally at noon Friday in front of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler’s Lexington office to encourage Kentuckians to elect GOP candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives. The “Take Back the House” rally will be held at 1010 Monarch St. in Lexington, said Paul campaign manager David Adam...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 10:43 a.m. - 5 clicks
Jack Conway is totally working hard hard hard and is within the margin of error. Also, Mongiardo skillfully answers a question that has nothing to do the question Joe Arnold asked him. Enjoy this horrifying video : (h/t Gay Skeletor ) ...
Barefoot and Progressive - Tue 9:28 a.m. - 8 clicks
SurveyUSA for the Louisville Courier-Journal and WHAS-TV. 3/1-3. Likely voters. MoE 4.7% for GOP primary, 4.1% for Dem primary. ( 10/30-11/02 results in parenthesis): Rand Paul (R) 42 (35) Trey Grayson (R) 27 (32) Dan Mongiardo (D) 45 (39) Jack Conway (D) 27 (28) Mongiardo came within inches of unseating Jim Bunning in 2004, but has been a bit of an asshol...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 8 clicks
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the potential candidates for the Bunning seat in the Senate, I wrote about them with links to their sites HERE . The republican primary candidates have been dueling each other to seem more pro-coal and less pro-Obama. Now for the interesting part... ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 2 clicks
This is rich, with the greatest headline EVER. McConnell doesn't like GOP pitch based on fear The Senate’s top Republican says he didn’t like a recent GOP appeal to party donors that was based on stoking fear and negative feelings toward President Barack Obama and other Democrats. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he doesn’t understand why anyone thought such an appe...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
After Trey Grayson's horribly pathetic showing in the SUSA poll this weekend, the Paulbots seem to think that he should drop out and save himself (heh, nice try). Others say that since his chances of victory are so low, he shouldn't "go negative", thus hurting the eventual nominee or hurting his future political aspirations (Governor 2011?) by alienating the victors. While he's definitely in te...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
Nice to see Mongiardo taking on the Teabaggers by name in his recent email (fo realz). But, uh, flat out lying is never really a good policy. "(Mongiardo is) the only Democrat nationwide willing to call out extremist members of the Tea Party." Only Democrat nationally? Nope. Not even close. Especially considering you patted them on the head in your Kentucky Sports Radio podcast interview. Bu...
Barefoot and Progressive - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
At this juncture, we’re quite sure we have a little more than 60% support in the Kentucky Senate that we need to pass HB 70 - our proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. We also have nine votes in the Senate State and Local government committee that the bill is presently in. That’s two more votes than ...
KFTC Blog - Sun 11:00 a.m. - 5 clicks
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. The Kentucky Senate race was getting quite boring. Leave it to eccentric, Looney Tune Jim Bunning to heat things up. One would like to think that the outgoing Senator who was shunned by the McConnell machine because he is a can or two short of a six pack decided to shake up this race but then you realize that well, Bunning is a can or two short of a six pac...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Fri 1:04 p.m. - 7 clicks
Yesterday, KFTC members and allies filled the halls of Frankfort for our major lobby day to support HB 70, our proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. Three hundred of us were there, breaking most of us into small lobby teams to talk to senators about House Bill 70. We met with more than twenty s...
KFTC Blog - Fri 12:04 p.m. - 12 clicks
Okay Kentucky gets a bad rap when it comes to some things- education, health, weight, poverty, Jim Bunning, Mitch McConnell... okay, so we get a bad rap on a lot of things. But what I’m going to share today definitely rises above the commonplace crazy. Despite our massive state deficit, we’re current legislating with an eye to the Book of Revelations. But don’t worry Satan- i...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mar 4 - 6 clicks
While Congress remains deadlocked on health reform, some state legislators are working to make it more difficult for women to access health care and much easier for states to put them, and the people who help them, in jail. Written by Lynn Paltrow and Farah Diaz-Tello for RHRealityCheck.org - News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. ...
DailyKos (Kentucky) - Mar 3 - 5 clicks
Our big Voting Rights Rally and Lobby Day is Tomorrow (Thursday) in Frankfort! We're working to help restore voting rights to 186,000 former felons in Kentucky once they've served their debt to society. Several hundred of us will be in Frankfort from 9am to 2:30pm with a powerful rally in the rotunda from 1pm to 2pm. For more details on the day, visit here To learn more about the iss...
KFTC Blog - Mar 2 - 4 clicks
Last week, Western Kentucky University's "employee benefit committee" voted 8 to 6 against allowing benefits for both same-sex and opposite-sex unmarried partners. According to school officials, only about a handful of university employees would actually qualify for the "domestic partner" benefits if the university was to offer it. The issue was first brought up last year after resolutions were pa...
United We Stand - Mar 2 - 5 clicks
KFTC members and allies came together in Louisville this past weekend to at Greater Friendship Baptist Church for Singing for Democracy, an event to raise awareness of our campaign to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society. Down by the Wayside, a the gospel choir organized through Wayside Christian Mission, performed with help from other local s...
KFTC Blog - Mar 1 - 5 clicks
Jack Conway released this press statement following Senator Jim Bunning's attempt to filibuster the expansion of unemployment benefits. "Jim Bunning's filibuster of an urgent extension of unemployment and health care benefits is preposterous and it isn't fair to the people of Kentucky and the nation. Without this extension, these critical benefits that help Kentucky workers and families will exp...
Kentucky Democrat - Mar 1 - 5 clicks
In a story that mirrors Kentucky's history, another Republican Governor rolled back protections for gay and lesbian people that a Democratic Governor ordered. His Excellency (official addressing per the constitution) Bob McDonnell rolled back protections for gay and lesbians in Virginia government, thanks to a little-noticed change made by the new Republican Governor in an executive order. His new...
United We Stand - Feb 18 - 3 clicks
