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Focus on KY's 88th LD

  • Reason to celebrate!


    Gwen and I on the eve of the election. The other two people are Jane Jensen (vice chair of the Fayette County Dem Party, and former co-chair of Change For Kentucky) and Reggie Thomas (LD chair for the 88th; he traveled to several different counties to [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2008, 1:04pm EST

  • 7th District Council Race: K.C. Crosbie vs. Chris Logan

    I've been relatively quiet about the contest in the 7th District this time, unlike two years ago. The choice is less clear-cut, since neither candidate appears to be particularly progressive or gay-friendly (although I am still grateful to Scott Crosbie for supporting Lexington's Fairness Ordinance when he was sitting on [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2008, 2:20pm EDT

  • No Incentive to Save

    Trickle-down economics and deregulation made a great party atmosphere for the folks at the top. Now those at the bottom are being asked to foot the bill. It is not right. It is not fair. Most of all it is not something the voters should stand for. The question is: [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2008, 12:32pm EDT

  • Greed

    It is nice to know that the Republican candidate’s opinion of Obama’s five step plan to get us out of this financial mess matched so closely that he plagiarized it and announced it as his own. With the two candidates in such close agreement it should be easy to [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2008, 12:33pm EDT

  • Kentucky Voices from the Convention, Part Two

    X-posted from Bluegrass Roots.

    We're doing our best to provide you with as many different perspectives from Denver as possible. Part of that effort is our "Kentucky Voices" feature. Here are some more Kentuckians speaking from their hearts about the Convention and the issues closest to them.
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    Posted: August 30, 2008, 4:52pm EDT

  • Ice Cream Social in the 45th LD

    Dan Shumer of the 45th schmoozes with Gwen before the meeting.


    Most popular photographing spot in the room...


    ...but it was less popular than this spot! The ice cream was a huge draw.


    Special guest Kathy Stein, running for the KY Senate seat in the [...]

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    Posted: August 06, 2008, 2:37pm EDT

  • Southside Meet and Greet photos!

    The first meet-and-greet hosted by the 88th Legislative District took place last night in Hartland. We saw many familiar faces, but we also spotted a few new ones! Two people drove in from Mercer County, simply because they wanted to get more involved with the Democratic Party but didn’t know [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2008, 12:19pm EDT

  • The Potters - er - the Webbs - Win

    Is anyone really surprised that the Webbs got their permit to destroy a vital portion of downtown?

    MediaCzech sat in on the meeting, which ran into extra innings. Joe broke the news in his usual low-key style:



    The Webbs did work [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2008, 9:55pm EDT

  • July 1st: 88th Residents Meet and Greet!

    Attention, Democratic residents of the 88th legislative district! Don't know any of your neighbors, especially the ones who might have similar views to your own? Well, we have a fun event coming up to help you meet each other, or get back in touch with neighbors you already know!
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    Posted: June 22, 2008, 1:33pm EDT

  • Guess Who's Going to Denver?

    June 7th, Democrats from across the state gathered in Lexington to elect delegates to Denver and the new members of the KDP Executive Committee were selected. I am proud to announce that Reggie Thomas, LD chair for the 88th, will be heading to Denver! Reggie is one [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 2:57pm EDT

  • Hey! A place where the Webb hotel would be welcome!

    The Herald-Leader is reporting that Owensboro's largest hotel has closed. People are scrambling to find new places for their weddings, the Chamber of Commerce has asked its members to open their homes for displaced lodgers, and a softball tournament scheduled for later this year may have to find another' [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2008, 1:08pm EDT

  • Big Day for Democrats

    Yesterday was the County Caucus in Fayette County. This was the meeting where citizens vote for the people who are supposed to vote for the delegates to the Democratic National Convention - where, presumably, they vote for the candidate running for President (your mileage may vary in Florida and Michigan). [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2008, 3:39pm EDT

  • 88th Residents on the FCDP Executive Committee

    Unlike my Pagan cohorts, I spent Beltane with a very different kind of party. I attended the first meeting of the new Fayette County Democratic Party Executive Committee. Since Reggie was delayed due to work concerns, I also had the pleasure of presenting proposed At-Large members and subsequently voting on [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2008, 3:51pm EDT

  • From Pundit Kitchen

    So wait, we become a party of Pedophiles and Corporate whores?
    see more funny political pictures [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2008, 10:22am EDT

  • The New Democratic Party Reps for the 88th!


    Say hello to the new Democratic Party reps for the 88th legislative district!

    The handsome man pictured is Reggie Thomas, your new LD Chair, and the woman is me, Sarah Glenn, your new Vice Chair.

    Together, we hope to strengthen the Democratic voice [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2008, 12:15pm EDT

  • Welcome to Webbville

    Tom Eblen reports that the Webbs are a tad peeved about some of the comments on his blog.

    Developer Dudley Webb has been irritated by some of the anonymous comments readers have left on my blog about his CentrePointe development. What really set him off were the ones criticizing the [...]

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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 2:34pm EDT

  • The Bluegrass Blogger Bash!


    This Friday, I am one of the invited guests at the Bluegrass Blogger Bash, which will take place in the University of Kentucky Student Center. The focus of the event is political blogging, so I was invited on the basis of my work on [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2008, 4:49pm EDT

  • Live in the 88th? Be At Your Polling Place This Saturday!

    Want progressives to really have a voice in the political process? Then attend the Precinct Conventions this Saturday! The 88th legislative district is woefully underrepresented in the Democratic Party, and we could use your help.

    How do precinct leaders influence the party? They elect the Legislative District chairs [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2008, 2:44pm EDT

  • Wake Up Lexington Event was PACKED!

    Gwen and I went downtown this morning to attend the Wake Up Lexington event. We arrived to find the theater packed! The demographics were mixed, to say the least: college students, young parents with their children, older people, and in-between (NOT old, damn it!) history buffs like ourselves.

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    Posted: March 29, 2008, 8:01pm EDT

  • Money Shouldn't Change Everything

    In "What's with Labor's 180-Degree Turn?" Ryan Alessi marvels:

    In March 2007, amid the Democratic primary for governor, key unions in Kentucky not only wrote off the possibility of backing Lunsford, some openly campaigned against him. Many in organized labor remained steamed over Lunsford's 2003 run for governor,' [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 12:10pm EDT

  • Seems Appropriate

    On this 5th anniversary of the Bush War, this song from Steeleye Span seemed appropriate:

    Fighting For Strangers

    Chorus:
    What makes you go abroad fighting for strangers?
    When you could be safe at home free from all dangers.
    A recruiting sergeant came our way
    To an Inn [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 8:52am EDT

  • Proving a Point I Made Earlier

    When I posted in support of the amendment to return the KY General Assembly to biennial meetings, I received some criticism on Bluegrass Roots.

    I was told that the amount of time spent on gay-bashing and joining church and state would shrink in comparison to the good work [...]

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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 6:22pm EDT

  • Broke at the crossroads and no one can agree on a direction

    Okay, now Beshear is talking about increasing cigarette taxes, since the casino proposal appears to be a bust. He wants to use it as leverage to borrow money.

    The House Democrats have turned him down, calling the idea of borrowing money 'irresponsible'. I would have added 'Republican'.

    The [...]

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    Posted: March 07, 2008, 5:11pm EST

  • Odyssey

    In 2004, I was angry with the Kentucky Democratic Party. More than angry: furious, disappointed, frustrated - you name it.

    Unlike the majority of people, I voted regularly, kept track of the bills before the KY General Assembly and contacted my reps about them, and wrote the paper about [...]

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    Posted: February 29, 2008, 12:22pm EST

  • Lexington: KDP Reorganization and Convention Training

    (Central KY Area) KDP Reorganization and Convention Training

    Starting March 3, the Kentucky Democratic Party is conducting training and orientation sessions across the Commonwealth for the upcoming 2008 Party Reorganization & Conventions.

    From the election of Precinct Leaders to the election of our State Central Committee and selection [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2008, 11:00am EST

  • The Constitutional Amendment We Need Most

    I must apologize to Kathy Stein, Mary Lou Marzian, Ruth Ann Palumbo, and Ernesto Scorsone, along with any other politicos who are really interested in putting the welfare of Kentuckians first, because they would be punished along with the rest of the Kentucky General @ss. However, this is the [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2008, 12:32pm EST

  • Once upon a time...

    Democrats were supposed to be the party that cared about the poor. Not in Kentucky.

    House Bill 447, sponsored by Susan Westrom, is specifically set up to prevent communities from passing affordable housing guidelines.

    ...no legislative body or fiscal court shall adopt an ordinance or [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2008, 11:41pm EST

  • The Newest Pretext to Force Christian Prayer Into the Schools

    DINO Bob Damron, et alii panderers, are making another run at injecting religion into the schools. This is one of the reasons I voted 'No' on the constitutional amendment allowing the KY General Assembly to meet every year. The state seems to run more quietly when these folks aren't in [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 3:48pm EST

  • Disclosure

    Before my wife and I get into any further discussion of Kentucky politics, I wish to make a disclosure.

    We gamble. Not only do we visit the riverboats in Indiana, we have visited casinos in Canada and Florida. We also own a small amount of stock (less than $300) [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2008, 1:12pm EST

  • MoveOn: Progressive and Proud of It


    See other pro-progressive ads at MoveOn.org. It's about time someone extolled the virtues of progressives, sometimes referred to as (cough, cough) liberals. [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2007, 3:20pm EST

  • Stan Lee Can't Answer a Simple Question About the Unborn

    Stan Lee has hammered Kentuckians over the years about the worth of the preborn. He is an outspoken foe of abortion, and some years back sponsored the fetal homicide bill. So, in the exchange below, you would think that answering a simple question about whether an insurance company should pay [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2007, 3:06pm EDT

  • Cornholing the 88th

    Number of comments: 1
    Many thanks to Ralph Long, who alerted us to a prefiled bill by Bill Farmer, the 88th's state rep. It was able to draw his attention away from the depredations of his own rep, Stan Lee, which is saying a lot.

    BR 224 names Cornhole [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2007, 3:08pm EDT
    by Sarah G

  • YouTube: Fletcher's Felons



    Why wait on the campaigns to create commercials, when you can create your own? There are more clips on Zenhammer's page. [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2007, 11:26pm EDT
    by Sarah G

  • Louisville: Iraq Summer Protest

    Recorded at the Louisville VAMC on Zorn Avenue.

    [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2007, 5:13pm EDT
    by Sarah G

  • Chandler: Wimping out on the Immigration Issue

    Rep. Chandler is trying too hard to compromise on the immigration issue. His response to my letter plainly states that he knows it is a serious problem. Why, then, does he support this watered-down version of real reform and the utterly ignorant supposition that building a fence across our borders [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2007, 1:12pm EDT
    by Gwen Mayo

  • O, Frabjuous Day!

    (with apologies to Two Lumps)

    The Kentucky Primary is over, and no runoffs are scheduled for June. It’s a miracle!

    Our endorsed candidate, Jonathan Miller, dropped out of the race with about two weeks to go. Change For Kentucky endorsed Steve Beshear, and my wife and I [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2007, 12:26pm EDT
    by Sarah G

  • Help Change For Kentucky support Jonathan Miller!


    In late March, Change for Kentucky county organizers met in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to decide if we would endorse a candidate in the 2007 Kentucky gubernatorial primary. We went over candidate questionnaires, examined polling data taken from within our ranks, and met individually with six of [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2007, 1:14pm EDT
    by Sarah G

  • The Primary Election is Drawing Near

    Have you made up your mind on which candidates to support?

    Do You even know what races are being run this year or who is running?

    The questions have to be asked because I have discovered that there are Lexington residents who don't know that one of the [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2007, 2:30pm EDT
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Miller-Maze Campaign Update

    Central KY Friends --

    The Miller-Maze campaign has had a great couple of weeks! Yesterday, the influential grassroots organization Change for Kentucky gave Jonathan and Irv its first ever statewide candidate endorsement. Two days ago, Miller-Maze announced its best fundraising month to date (and we are the only campaign [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2007, 2:19pm EDT
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Beshear-Mongiardo on Healthcare

    Dear Friend,

    81,000 Kentucky children without health care. A rank of 39th in health status for Kentuckians. An 84% rise in health care premiums without an equal rise in wages. These figures speak volumes: it is time for Kentucky to make health care a priority. Dr. Mongiardo and I [...]
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    Posted: March 29, 2007, 2:26pm EDT
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Lunsford-Stumbo Campaign

    Dear friend,

    Democrats Bruce Lunsford and Greg Stumbo are doing something different than typical politicians usually do during election season. They are listening to voters.

    They're listening at a series of Bluegrass Barbecues being held throughout Kentucky. Through a grassroots campaign effort, voters are invited to [...]
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    Posted: March 29, 2007, 2:23pm EDT
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Miller-Maze Campaign Update

    Dear Friend:

    It’s only Wednesday and our campaign is all about a little less talk and a lot more action. Monday and Tuesday were really remarkable days with our second voluntary campaign finance disclosure showing our strongest fundraising month to date and a major statewide endorsement.

    Just yesterday, [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2007, 11:17pm EDT
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Congressman Ben Chandler's Address to the House

    As we debate this resolution on Iraq we are reminded of the uncertain world in which we live. While the 5-year anniversary of 9/11 has passed, the memories of that day are still with us-as are the actions of this Administration that have led us into this war.

    Following [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2007, 3:23pm EST
    by Gwen Mayo

  • From the Miller-Maze Campaign

    MILLER-MAZE INTRODUCES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH CARE PLAN TO HARNESS KENTUCKY?S BEAUTY, BOUNTY AND BRAINPOWER

    Calls for Real Change in Alternative Energy Production; Mountaintop Removal Mining; Energy Efficiency and Biotechnology

    FRANKFORT - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Miller and running mate Irv Maze today unveiled the campaign?s fourth major [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2007, 9:01am EST
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Senator Alice Forgy Kerr

    I am told that Senator Alice Forgy Kerr represents the 12th District in Fayette County. She has been elected to represent us in every election since 1998. I have not been able to find much evidence that she has actually represented us. During the election Kerr ran a lot of [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2006, 4:06pm EST
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Post Election Thoughts

    First off, I am still stuck with Bill Farmer as my Representative. Chris Frost ran a good race but lost to the incumbent. This is not a great surprise. It is much easier to run against a record that is counter to your political views than it is to dislodge [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2006, 4:01pm EST
    by Gwen Mayo

  • Big GOTV push this weekend for Chris Frost

    Chris Frost, CFK-endorsed State Rep candidate in the 88th, is having a big lit drop (and some phonebanking) at 11am on Saturday, November 4th.

    He also has need for volunteers on Sunday and Monday.

    If you'd like to help out, you can contact his campaign at:
    [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2006, 5:00pm EST
    by Sarah G

  • Bill Farmer: Another Blog Heard From

    Ralph Long calls 'bullsh*t' to Farmer's claim of voting for stem cell research (Chris Frost proposes adding a constitutional amendment permitting it).

    In the 2006 General Assembly the only bill relating to stem cell research was HB 347 that wanted to ban stem cell research and was shelved [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2006, 7:59am EST
    by Sarah G

  • Herald-Leader: Endorsement for the 88th

    Recently, the Lexington Herald-Leader endorsed Chris Frost for the state house seat in the 88th District:
    Kentucky needs strong, independent, innovative leaders, and Frost has the potential to become one of them. Frost would be joining the majority party in the House but hardly as someone who would ask [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2006, 12:41pm EST
    by Sarah G

  • Wednesday: Supreme Court Candidate Forum

    This Wednesday, candidates John Roach and Mary Noble will be participating in a forum at the UK College of Law. The details are below:

    Wednesday, October 4, 2006
    8:00pm - 9:30pm
    UK College of Law, Court Room
    620 S. Limestone
    Lexington, KY

    Most of the questions to be [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2006, 2:26pm EDT
    by Sarah G
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