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Skewed politics

Posted by Little Miss Know it All

September 27, 2007 |

Kentucky is in the middle of a governor’s race.  The incumbent, Republican Ernie Fletcher, is in the fight of his life.  Why?  Because two years ago, caught in a hiring scandal that shocked few and suprised no one, he pardoned everyone to cover his tracks.  Its all been downhill since then.

 However, he still holds the pursestrings, so many of the republican office holders statewide have remained loyal.  In my area, that would be Boone County Judge Executive Gary Moore.  Fletcher has crisscrossed the state handing out checks to anyone who would take them–mostly checks that were allocated by the General Assembly or other sources that he had no hand in.  This week, it was reported that a local road was to be repaired with money from the state.  That’s a good thing–this neighborhood road was slipping into the Ohio River, and the county did not have the funds to do the emergency repairs.

Of course, in an election year, this was turned into a political favor.  Moore says: “It’s great news that we are getting these dollars.  It’s just another sign that the Fletcher administration has responded well when we’ve had needs.” 

Read another paragraph, and you’ll see that its a pretty picture Moore paints, but not a complete one.  Boone county only got half the money it needs, meaning….next year we have to re-apply for the rest!

I do love election season…


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  1. Skewed politics | Latest Blog News on September 27, 2007 12:15 pm

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