It's not a story that will have you slapping your forehead saying "you gotta be kiddin' me!" but Tom Loftus of the Courier-Journal has found plenty of donations to gubernatorial candidates that are questionable, at best.
It's some good, solid journalism and probably took alot of time to [...]
Governor Fletcher has launched what I consider to be his first "attack" TV ad of the fall campaign.
Fletcher's ad takes comments made by Steve Beshear on KET and uses them to bash Beshear on his ties to the Kentucky Central Insurance liquidation. The ad's aim is similar [...]
State representative Jim Gooch (D) Providence says house leaders' demand that members return their pay from an ill-fated special session is "not leadership."
Gooch is one of two house members who haven't refunded the pay they received from the July special session that lasted just one day in [...]
Kentucky's state treasury got a $105,000 boost today from members of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
According to a spokesperson for House Speaker Jody Richards, 76 house members wrote personal checks, returning their pay for days they didn't work during that ill-fated special session. The House adjourned after [...]
The Herald-Leader has been doing a fine series on its web page, allowing Gov. Fletcher and Steve Beshear to ask each other questions and give answers on specific topics.
Today's topic is economic development. And Beshear doesn't come close to answering Fletcher's question. I know the questions are [...]
The C-J has an interview with the new Kentucky Board of Education Chairman, who says he's pleased with the folks who have applied for the commissioner's job.
After the Barbara Erwin fiasco, the board seems to be going a little slow. But board member Doug Hubbard of Bardstown [...]
The Democratic Party has filed a complaint against the Republican Governor's Association and Governor Fletcher.
The complaints alleges several violations of campaign laws. To see a copy of the complaint, go to PageOneKentucky.com
[...]It appears the Fletcher-Beshear debate in Louisville on Thursday got a little testy.
I wasn't there so I can't give a rundown of the blow-by-blows, but it appears Governor Fletcher went after Steve Beshear pretty good in their debate then went after Beshear's spokesperson afterward. Here's the H-L [...]
After months of inaction, Kentucky's House leadership has decided to launch an investigation of a hostile workplace allegation against Legislative Research Commission Director Bobby Sherman. But Senate President David Williams apparently has declined Speaker Jody Richards' request to support the probe.
The investigation was prompted by an anonymous [...]
Remember that poll that had Steve Beshear ahead by just three points early in the campaign? That same poll now has him ahead by 10 with a huge number of undecideds.
The InsiderAdvantage poll has Beshear ahead of Ernie Fletcher 45%-35% with 20% undecided. The poll shows 20% [...]
Governor Fletcher and Secretary of State Trey Grayson went head-to-head with fundraisers in Northern Kentucky on Tuesday.
Yeah, they're both republicans. But remember, it was Grayson who initially considered running in his party's primary against the politically wounded governor. One has to wonder if Grayson can separate himself [...]
A northern Kentucky state representative is apparently doing well after a quick heart surgery.
According to the Associated Press, Rep. Mike Denham's family members say he's "resting comfortably" after heart bypass surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington. Denham went to a Maysville hospital with chest pains on Sunday [...]
The latest approval ratings for Kentucky's U.S. Senators shows Mitch McConnell's rating has actually gone up in the past month, despite a flurry of McConnell bashing TV ads by anti-war groups.
The Survey USA/WHAS 11 News poll of 600 Kentucky adults shows McConnell's approval rating inched up to 51% [...]
Any of Governor Fletcher's appointees to top posts in state government who haven't begun looking for a new job are probably being unfair to their families.
The chances of Fletcher winning a second term and carrying his current appointees with him are getting pretty slim. But the job hunting [...]
A majority of Kentuckians don't think gambling is morally wrong according to a new Survey USA/WHAS 11 poll.
The polling done Tuesday, shows 36% of Kentuckians think gambling is morally wrong while 59% say it's not morally wrong. 500 adults were sampled with a 4.4% margin of error. The [...]
A Survey USA/WHAS 11 poll has found that 83% of Kentuckians favor the death penalty.
The poll, which was done Tuesday afternoon, shows a margin of 83%-15% in favor of Kentucky having the death penalty. The numbers were fairly consistent across all demographic groups and areas of the state. Surprisingly, [...]
John Edwards will roll his presidential campaign onto the banks of the Mississippi Riiver on October 4th.
According to democratic party activist Mary Potter, Edwards will be visiting Columbus-Belmont Park at noon on October 4th. Edwards will apparently be stopping on the edge of Kentucky as part of a [...]
It could lead to another banning of the death penalty across the United States, and it's a Kentucky case that will set the precedent.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the constitutional challenge to lethal injection by two Kentucky death row inmates, Ralph Baze and Thomas [...]
The Lexington Herald-Leader's Ryan Alessi has another story about Steve Beshear's involvement, or lack of it, in the Kentucky Central Life Insurance case.
The story implies that Beshear has had selective memory loss when it comes to recalling details of a possible conflict of interest his law firm, [...]
The attorney for Kentucky Highway Commissioner Marc Williams told a hearing officer today that she wouldn't hear any evidence that Williams violated executive branch ethics laws. Guthrie True also told the hearing officer that key witness Sam Beverage's failure to show up for the hearing was impeachable evidence and [...]
A media watchdog group says it's research shows Kentucky newspapers print more columns by conservatives than liberals. Here's the release from a group called Media Matters.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Report: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
Kentucky Op-Ed Pages
Dominated by Right
Unprecedented Study of U.S. Daily Newspapers Shows Conservatives [...]
It turns out that Steve Beshear's law firm paid for the conflict of interest investigation that Beshear says he doesn't recall.
The Lexington Herald-Leader had a story on their web page on Saturday. On Monday morning, Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate will hear motions by two newspapers to [...]
It appears there's a move by some House Republicans to get rid of the top two staffers at the National Republican Campaign Committee, including political director Terry Carmack.
Carmack cut his political teeth working for Mitch McConnell and served as Anne Northup's chief of staff when she was in [...]
Steve Beshear apparently liked the "unbridled spirit" logo and p.r. campaign that the state of Kentucky is currently using.
In fact, Beshear tells http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/182107.htmlthat he just might keep the "Unbridled Spirit" theme if he's elected governor. Reporter Ronnie Ellis and I were just talking about this very [...]
Steve Beshear picked up the endorsement of the Kentucky firefighters union on thursday which could be seen as a bit of a slap in the face to Governor Fletcher.
It was Fletcher who signed a bill giving collective bargaining rights to Lexington firefighters. But Kentucky Professional Firefighters President Bruce [...]
The newest Survey USA/WHAS-TV poll shows Governor Fletcher's approval rating dropped to 38% in September, down two points from where he was last month.
The polling shows 58% of Kentuckians surveyed don't approve of the job Fletcher is doing as governor. However, these is one sliver of sunshine in [...]
The bad news keeps coming for Ernie Fletcher from the independent pollsters who are following the Kentucky race for governor.
The new C-J Bluegrass Poll out today shows Steve Beshear leading Ernie Fletcher by 20 points with about 10 percent undecided. That means the last three independent [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ivan Potter to the political blogosphere!
Potter is a former Frankfort resident who has moved to western Kentucky and has started a liberal web page as well as a 527 committee. Potter says he wants to provide an alternative voice to the Paducah Sun [...]
I've been saying privately for months that Ernie Fletcher could argue convincingly that he's the best governor Louisville has ever had in terms of state dollars being thrust into Louisville projects.
Today, after much cajoling from some of his Louisville supporters, Fletcher began bragging about his administration's fondness [...]
The Kentucky Republican Party is trying to capitalize on the renewed hubbub over the Kentucky Central Life Insurance case by sending reporters a snippet of one of the judge's rulings in the case.
The 1998 ruling by special judge Steven Shewmaker takes the liquidators to task, including Stites [...]
20 of the 37 republican members of the Kentucky House of Representatives are supporting Fred Thompson's candidacy for U.S. President.
Tompkinsville Rep. James Comer spearheaded the drive to get his GOP colleagues to support the Tennessean's presidential bid. State Rep. Bob Deweese, who is undecided, says Comer called him [...]
Two Fletcher administration officials, Lt. Gov. Steve Pence and Personnel Secretary Erwin Roberts publicly endorsed Anne Northup's campaign against Governor Fletcher.
Now, Northup is busy trying to pay one of them for their allegiance. According to Roll Call, Northup hosted a fundraiser for Roberts' potential congressional campaign on [...]
It appears UK students forgot their cotillion classes before and after UK's football win over U of L on saturday.
Fans threw rocks through the window of a vacant house and left huge piles of trash on the streets near the UK campus. The classy behavior has prompted neighbors [...]
Most of you who read this blog are well aware of the tit-for-tat going on between Attorney General Greg Stumbo and Secretary of State Trey Grayson over the use of uncertified voting machines in Jefferson County.
Stumbo has said the potential problem with electronic voting machines is actually much [...]
Folks in Louisville will get a chance to see Ernie Fletcher and Steve Beshear meet face-to-face on wednesday at noon.
The Louisville Forum will host a debate between Kentucky's two candidates for governor. The forum is being held at noon at Vincenzo's restaurant on 5th St. in Louisville.
Also, [...]
Louisville Metro government will get a big chunk of cash toward its $71 million communications system courtesy of homeland security grants announced today by Governor Fletcher's office.
Kentucky received $11 million from the federal government to pass through to local and state agencies. Of that, $7.2 million is going [...]
Looks like the two candidates for Attorney General have got some work to do in informing voters before election day.
The Herald Leader=WTVQ poll shows a huge bloc of undecided voters in the Stan Lee vs. Jack Conway race.
[...]As reported here first, two former elected republicans are supporting Steve Beshear for governor.
I was off work today but you can read about it on the H-L website.
[...]One more tidbit from the Herald-Leader/WTVQ-TV poll: Voters haven't been energized by Governor Fletcher's anti-casino message.
That jibes with what Survey USA/WHAS-TV polling has been showing all along. While Kentucky voters may well vote an expanded gaming referendum down, they want a chance to vote on it. [...]
Former Lt. Governor Steve Henry has settled a small claims action filed against him by a Lexington political consultant.
Brain Wright claimed Henry hired him to do two research projects late last year but never paid him. Wright went to Fayette District Court, seeking $1500 from Henry.
Wright says Henry [...]
The first poll from WTVQ-TV and the Lexington Herald-Leader shows a majority of Kentuckians think Governor Ernie Fletcher has a done a poor job.
The ratings are similar to the job approval numbers that Fletcher has been getting in the WHAS-TV/Survey USA Poll.
[...]As I've said before, I'm not convinced the voting public pays any attention to endorsements in political races. But some endorsements are interesting enough to write about. This entry falls into that category.
The son of previous republican governor Louie Nunn, says he's supporting Steve Beshear for governor. And former [...]
Rep. Melvin Henley of Murray may be switching from republican to democrat as early as tomorrow. But before we close the chapter on Milward Dedman's switch, here are a final notes:
Dedman says rumors that he switched parties because he was fed up with the GOPs far right fringe players [...]
The Louisville Bats Triple A baseball team used to have a guy named "Dancing Carl" who would climb up on top of the dugout and dance in between innings.
Apparently Governor Fletcher has figured out that he needs to dance a few jigs in between speeches. Pat Crowley writes about [...]
As you might expect, Governor Fletcher's campaign has raised some questions about the Lexington Herald-Leader's story about possible conflicts of interest by Steve Beshear's law firm. The story says Stites and Harbison was the focus of a secret investigation concerning its handling of the Kentucky Central Life Insurance fiasco.
Here's [...]
