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Kentucky Roll Call: Oh! Kentucky Tea Party folks nix outside guru
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. January 23, 2014. Kentucky Tea Party folks nix outside guru. The following press release came in e-mail this afternoon from Scott Hofstra, spokesman for The United Kentucky Tea Party. — Lowell Reese. Mr Fettig was consulted on strategy due to his successful efforts in Indiana. He is not a leader or organizer of the Unbridled Liberty Tour and he will not be participating in organizing the grassroots efforts in Kentucky.
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Kentucky Roll Call: Brother against brother over Civil War statue
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. July 6, 2015. Brother against brother over Civil War statue. Kentucky remained neutral during our nation’s Civil War, but joined the Confederacy in sentiment after the War. Read the book, “Creating a Confederate Kentucky,” by Anne Marshall. To read Al’s column. Below is David’s column, reprinted with permission. The re-writing of history. As printed in the Clinton County News]. Among the group were Rice Maxey and his son Sa...
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Links I Like — Business: Economy
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Links I Like — Business. Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. Kentucky State Data Center. Office of State Budget Director, Kentucky. University of Louisville, College of Business. University of Kentucky, Center for Business and Economic Research. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Per Capita Income all US Counties. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Personal Income by States. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Regional. Census Bureau — Population Clocks. Links I Like — Government.
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Kentucky Roll Call: Kentucky lobbyists earning more than $1 million
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. April 21, 2015. Kentucky lobbyists earning more than $1 million. Getting paid to influence the creation of public policy in Kentucky can be quite profitable. During the last legislative cycle — the two calendar years of 2013 and 2014 — eleven lobbying firms earned more than $1 million each. Two-year Earnings By Firm. 11 McLean Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....12 HCH Government Relations . . . . &...1 Bob Baggage...
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Kentucky Roll Call: Governor spins pension reform as No. 9 accomplishment
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. December 17, 2013. Governor spins pension reform as No. 9 accomplishment. Today Gov. Beshear released a list of his Top 10 Accomplishments in 2013. Number 9 on the list was “Secured Pensions, Lean Government.”. Here’s what he said about public employee pensions. He is referring to Senate Bill 2, the pension reform bill enacted in April 2013. The state’s pension system. Well, I should tickle the governor before I pinch him&#...
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Kentucky Roll Call: Pension crisis not "resolved"
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. January 14, 2014. Pension crisis not "resolved". The cost of public employee pensions is smothering out essential government services, especially funds for education. Consequently, a substantial tax increase is necessary — and it’s coming. Attached is a copy of my op-ed on the pension issue, which ran Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, in The Courier-Journal. Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Written by Lowell Reese. Special to The Courier-Journal.
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Kentucky Roll Call: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. April 28, 2015. Comer's pension windfall is $467,000. Citizens for Sound Government, a super PAC in Denver, is attacking gubernatorial candidate James Comer in TV ads for his vote in favor of a bill when he was a legislator in 2005 that increased his own pension. Below is an explanation of Comer’s pension increase. You can be the judge of that! Former Rep. James Comer’s windfall. This story is reprinted from a white paper t...
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Kentucky Roll Call: Comer's pension windfall is $467,000
http://kentuckyrollcall.blogspot.com/2015/04/comers-pension-windfall-is-467000.html
A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. April 28, 2015. Comer's pension windfall is $467,000. Citizens for Sound Government, a super PAC in Denver, is attacking gubernatorial candidate James Comer in TV ads for his vote in favor of a bill when he was a legislator in 2005 that increased his own pension. Below is an explanation of Comer’s pension increase. You can be the judge of that! Former Rep. James Comer’s windfall. This story is reprinted from a white paper t...
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Kentucky Roll Call: Judge-executive job would spike pension
http://kentuckyrollcall.blogspot.com/2014/05/judge-exec-job-would-spike-legislators.html
A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. May 14, 2014. Judge-executive job would spike pension. Two members of the state legislature — Sen. Walter Blevins and Rep. Bob Damron — are on the ballot May 20, running for county judge-executive, Blevins in Rowan County and Damron in Jessamine County. The annual salary of the judge-executive in Rowan County is $86,695, and in Jessamine County it’s $98,255. Judge-executive job would spike pension. Search Kentucky Roll Call.
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Kentucky Roll Call: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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A trusted source of publications since 1990 on government, business and politics. July 6, 2015. Brother against brother over Civil War statue. Kentucky remained neutral during our nation’s Civil War, but joined the Confederacy in sentiment after the War. Read the book, “Creating a Confederate Kentucky,” by Anne Marshall. To read Al’s column. Below is David’s column, reprinted with permission. The re-writing of history. As printed in the Clinton County News]. Among the group were Rice Maxey and his son Sa...
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