Corruption That's Par For The Course
Jake over at Page One Kentucky has posted an editorial from the News-Express that is required reading.
Often we are faced with questions about dubious behavior from our elected officials, actions that trespass against common-sense so greatly we find them fantastic and difficult to believe.
Like this one:
He said it wasn't a legislator, those people we elect to represent us in government and make the decisions which influence our lives. But beyond that, he said he had no clue who it was that changed the laws.
He shrugged off the matter, as well, saying "I didn't think there was anything to it. If I would've known there was going to be this much controversy about it, we obviously would have done something different."
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Stumbo's admission that he nonchalantly allowed a lobbyist so unimportant that he cannot even recall the person to change state law is shocking and offensive.
Wow! Right?
But this is a character trait of Mr. Stumbo that is well-known. Yet, Democrats were begging him to lead them in the House, because they wouldn't differentiate between leadership with a purpose and self-interested leadership. (In contrast, House Republicans do not seem to be power-hungry in any way.)
So, read the rest of the editorial that Jake's posted, and talk to us at the Kentucky Club for Growth about how we can go about establishing real leadership for Kentucky.
