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State Rep. Greg Stumbo wants to bring Slots Bill out of the retirement pasture and enter it in the 2009 Legislative Derby. Bad idea on multiple levels.
This and that before special session hell descends on the state Capitol: Why "special session hell"? Because the cavernous Capitol does not lend itself to proper climate control.
You're a governor who won a landslide victory not because of who you were or what you promised voters but because of who your incumbent opponent was and what he did to get himself indicted.
This and that as we try to convince ourselves that the governor we saw in action last week is the same governor who seemed so inactive at times during the General Assembly session:
A few days after the 2007 primary election, Democratic leaders staged a unity rally at the party's state headquarters. All the losing gubernatorial candidates showed up in a demonstration of support for the nominee, everyone made nice to each other, and Steve Beshear went on to an easy win over Republican incumbent Gov. Ernie Fletcher in the fall.
Primary election thoughts: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did what the polls said she would do in Kentucky's presidential primary. She beat Sen. Barack Obama soundly.
Gov. Steve Beshear can find a few bits of solace in the results of a recent Herald-Leader/WKYT Kentucky Poll. An overwhelming majority of the poll's respondents (81 percent) agree with him that a constitutional amendment on gambling should be submitted to voters.
At least one position in House Democratic leadership will be open next year. In a Tuesday e-mail copied to other leadership members, Majority Whip Rob Wilkey rather scathingly criticized the way the chamber's Democratic leaders handled this year's General Assembly session, accused them of failing to support Gov. Steve Beshear and announced his intention to leave the legislature at the end of the year.
This and that as we continue searching for the winning ticket we’re fairly sure we bought between the fourth and fifth (or was it the sixth and seventh) glass we hoisted in honor of Saturday’s blowout at Churchill Downs:
What a fitting end to the 2008 General Assembly.
When House and Senate leaders announced that budget conference committee meetings would be open to the public, no one really believed the down-and-dirty part of the negotiations would take place in front of the TV cameras and the outsiders granted access to the meetings. It never happens that way.
