The Courier-Journal gave both Steve Beshear AND Jerry Abramson top billing for op-eds this Sunday.
Our Gas Station Governor was given the opportunity to lie about the firing of Ron Mills.
The firing of Ron Mills, Director of the Division of Mine Permits, was about performance, not policy
It was about [...]
By Jack Brammer and Beth Musgrave - jbrammer@herald-leader.com
FRANKFORT — A newly elected Republican state Senator wants to cancel a costly, four-year-old benefit in the retirement system for state lawmakers that has been wielded recently by Gov. Steve Beshear as a political weapon.
Sen. [...] Hooray! Column time again. But this is the last one for the year. We’ll be shorthanded next week, and I’m outta here the following week. So, happy holidays to all.
Sunday’s column:
You win some; you lose some.
Gov. Steve Beshear and the Kentucky horse industry won one, barely, in a special election [...]
This week, instead of addressing the major issue of COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM, Steve Beshear spent 2:22 talking about a text message ban:
Because that is clearly the most pressing issue Kentucky faces.
[...]Heh:
Gov. Steve Beshear
The Democratic governor and coal enthusiast fired mining official Ron Mills in November without giving a reason. Mills, former head of the state’s mine permit division, had been trying to scuttle permits for mining jobs by Alliance Resource Partners, the Tulsa, Okla.-based company whose political connections run deep [...]
Gas Station Governor Steve Beshear’s 2009 Christmas card has been released:
The interior of the card reads: “Suck It, Kentucky! No Tax Reform!”
All kidding aside? It’s a nice, modest card. And this year there’s no uproar about wasted money because it’s paid for by the re-election [...]
Dear USPS/Frankfort Capitol staff: Thanks for losing the Golden Poo Awards recently shipped to Governor Steve Beshear and Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo.
Aww, today’s Rand Paul scandal that I gave Joe has gone national. And the story is terrible. Maybe now the press in Kentucky will pay attention. [The Hill]
Crit [...]
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order Wednesday to prohibit state employees from text messaging when driving government-owned vehicles.
He said agency heads may exempt from the order state workers who use text messaging for law enforcement, security or emergencies.
During a news conference [...] 
FRANKFORT --- Despite his previous ties to the payday loan industry, Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday that he would back a proposal that would cap interest rates for short-term lending at 36 percent.
Beshear worked as a lobbyist for the industry in 1998 and held [...] 
Santa will be sworn in this Wednesday by Stan Lee. That’s right. Beshear & Crew allowed someone who wants to be sworn in by Stan Lee to win the special senate election. To think Santa’s elves tried to spin me for weeks into believing he was different, that he didn’t [...]
Today First Lady Jane Beshear delivered wrapped toys to 65 young patients at Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington.
“This is what the spirit of the season is really all about—giving back,” said Mrs. Beshear. “I know how hard illness can be not only on young children but on the families [...]
Cap and Trade to kill nascent biofuels startup
KEEP tries to be less condescending to lawmakers and voters
Judge rules NASCAR event not an entitlement
Neighbors don't like Castle hosting people in the middle of US 60
Louisville Metro Council considers unenforceable nannying of idling
Gov. Steve Beshear says this isn’t a good time for comprehensive tax reform.
It wasn’t a good time in 2002, when economist William Fox’s report to the General Assembly showed how Kentucky’s tax structure was no longer keeping pace with changes in the economy or the state’s needs. And it hasn’t [...]
No wonder Jefferson County Public Schools superintendent Sheldon Berman wanted to keep his board review (illegally) secret. Things haven’t been all puppies and rainbows for Shelly, despite his lies otherwise, it seems. [The ‘Ville Voice]
Ronnie Ellis is right. The special election wasn’t good news for Steve Beshear or gambling. [...]
This week Papaw Beshear spends 3:12 reviewing 2009:
Leaner, more ethical, transparent state government?
WHAT?
My heart just skipped several beats.
Please discuss post-haste!
[...]Stumbo bails on slots legislation
Paducah gets flights to Chicago
Knox County and Corbin fight over tax revenues
Louisville ran $29 million deficit in 2009
Like a senior in a casino, Beshear keeps pulling the arm on slot machines
State begins work on new education assessment plan that we [...]
Sure, we’re all thinking about Steve Beshear’s latest drama with a coal executive doing lobbying without being registered to lobby.
But let’s hop back about a year.
Remember Phil Osborne? Turns out he had a bit of a similar difficulty with a different industry.
Excerpts from a September 21, 2008 Courier-Journal [...]
Jake over at PageOneKentucky has an image up on his blog and ordering information for the official 2009 Limited Edition Capitol Ornament featuring Henry Clay.
Rumor has it though that Beshear and Mongiardo lobbbied hard for a different design, which was rejected by the voters [...]
I once had a fever dream like this:
