GOP candidates for governor continue sparring at Kentucky Sports Radio debate
05/06/2015 08:28 PM
An already tense GOP gubernatorial primary grew testier Wednesday as the four candidates vying for their party’s nomination debated issues – both personal and statewide – on Kentucky Sports Radio. Allegations of abuse levied by a college girlfriend against Agriculture Commissioner James Comer overshadowed the latter half of the hourlong forum. In a one-on-one segment with KSR host Matt Jones, Comer again denied accusations of mental and physical abuse and that he drove his ex to an abortion clinic in 1991... Read more 
Bevin, Comer launch new issue-based ads two weeks before the GOP primary
05/06/2015 02:23 PM
With less than two weeks before the May 19 primary and Kentuckians presumably paying attention, even though candidates expect a dismal turnout, two of the GOP candidates for governor are sharpening their messaging in new television and Internet ads. Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who is one of four men vying for the Republican nomination for governor, launched his latest ad Wednesday focusing on coal and mentioning Barack Obama alongside Louisville businessman Hal Heiner. A coal miner in the ad, who was identified... Read more
Bluegrass Action Fund drops anti-Bevin ad focusing on MIT claims and bailouts; Bevin denies he ever listed MIT graduation on LinkedIn page
05/06/2015 01:36 PM
Bluegrass Action Fund has released a new ad against Matt Bevin, reviving arguments that the Louisville businessman scrubbed his online LinkedIn profile of references to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, accepted a $100,000 taxpayer bailout and praised the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program in a 2008 letter to investors. Bluegrass Action Fund, a Kentucky political action committee chaired by Joe Burgan, Hal Heiner’s former campaign manager, released the 30-second spot on Wednesday. The ad is airing “heavily in most of... Read more
McDaniel stands behind Comer, criticizes K.C. Crosbie for not acknowledging alleged connection to blogger
05/06/2015 12:09 PM
COVINGTON – The message was GOP party unity, but the subject of many of the conversations before the Kenton County Republicans Spring Fling on Tuesday night was the Courier-Journal article which raised allegations that GOP gubernatorial candidate James Comer mentally and physically abused an ex-girlfriend, Marilyn Thomas, while he was a student at Western Kentucky University. Allegations that Comer firmly denies. Comer was not at the northern Kentucky event, but was represented by his running mate for lieutenant governor, Sen. Chris... Read more
Louisville Metro Council members are scrutinizing new property assessments that, in some neighborhoods, have spiked by as much as 40 or even 150 percent. During a meeting Wednesday of the Council’s Government Accountability and Ethics Committee, members grilled representatives of the Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator’s office, which is responsible for making the assessments. In the past several weeks, homeowners in the Highlands, Germantown, Clifton and other neighborhoods recieved new home value assessments. Even though a standard increase in home values is around 10 to 15 percent, many residents are reporting 30, 40 and even 150 percent increases. Josh Hancock of the PVA’s office [...]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has injected new fire into the immigration debate with her call to allow people in the country illegally to gain citizenship, challenging a centerpiece of Republican presidential…Click to Continue » [...]
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Gov. Steve Beshear this week signed off on an emergency administrative regulation to prevent campaigning within 100 feet of Kentucky’s polling places during the upcoming primary election. Related StoryKentucky Electioneering Law Struck Down 3 Weeks Before Primary ElectionThe Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned the state’s 300-foot buffer for campaigning near voting stations, effectively meaning that Kentucky now has no law on the matter. The court ruled that the 300-foot buffer was unconstitutional because it was too broad and did not exempt private property owners. The emergency administrative regulation enacting the 100-foot ban was approved by the state Board of Elections. Secretary of State Alison [...]
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Fort Knox is the first military post in the nation with the potential to supply 100 percent of the energy needed to run its operations. At a ceremony Wednesday, officials demonstrated the results of the post’s Energy Security Project, which converts natural gas beneath the installation into electricity. Fort Knox Energy Manager R.J Dyrdek said the effort began in 2009, when a major ice storm hit the region. “It was pretty devastating and Fort Knox was without power for upwards of seven days in some places,” he said. “So we were driven very clearly by our commander to solve that problem and not [...]
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James Comer: Hal Heiner is 'the Christian Laettner of Kentucky politics'
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
The gloves came off Wednesday as the four Republican candidates for governor squared off in a live debate on Kentucky Sports Radio.Click to Continue » [...]
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