Five for Friday
Alliteration substitutes for content!
- KyCFG Executive Director Andy Hightower will appear on KET's Kentucky Tonight, Monday, November 24th at 8PM. We'll be talking about the budget.
- Representative Bill Farmer has introduced a bill to repeal all income taxes in the state and replace them by expanding the sales tax to services. Oh and he drops the sales tax one percent, making Kentucky one of the lowest sales-taxes in the country.
- Over in Hardin County, the County Clerk has filed a complaint in circuit court to recount the disputed precinct in the election. This is a much better resolution than candidate Weaver's effort to throw out everyone's vote. Props to Kenny Tabb.
- In a mixed-bag energy plan, Governor Beshear puts forward the strategy of possibly opening Kentucky to the construction of new nuclear power facilities, showing a seriousness about energy diversity.
- The Lexington Fayette Urban County government council disputes whether it should approve the Mayor's negotiation of union contracts. Council member Ed Lane fights the good fight on behalf of the council having the authority to approve contracts, contending that the contracts are a significant part of the budget, and reviewing the budget is the council's job. Lane points out: "The fact that we are not reviewing and approving these matters are not in the best interest of the taxpayers or of our government." How true. Click to see how they voted and ask the seven opposed what, exactly, they were elected to do if not oversee the budget?
