Better start digging holes james. You commonwealth country men will let you down.

It will never make it to a vote.......but if I were king, all those Republican voters who either did not vote, or refused to vote for Bevin and instead voted for Beshear, would lose their rights to own a gun because of their contributing to the election of a Democrat.

Can I use my post hole digger that mounts to my tractor? Or do I have to dig them by hand.

It will never make it to a vote.......but if I were king, all those Republican voters who either did not vote, or refused to vote for Bevin and instead voted for Beshear, would lose their rights to own a gun because of their contributing to the election of a Democrat.

Gov.-elect Andy Beshear could inherit an estimated $1.1 billion budget shortfall over the next two fiscal years, according to a memo from Gov. Matt Bevin's budget director.

The Monday memo from John Chilton comes as Beshear, a Democrat, faces a tight deadline for drafting his proposed two-year budget to present to the General Assembly, which is controlled by Republicans. Beshear must submit his proposal by late January for a budget that runs from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022....


...Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill, the chairman of the Senate budget committee, said that legislators expected to face considerably increased costs over this period involving pensions and Medicaid expansion, but that this total surprised him.

"We knew that there was going to be a hole of some ilk," McDaniel said. "This number is a lot bigger than anything that we anticipated, though."

Beshear talked the talk that teachers, state employees and Medicaid recipients wanted to hear and got himself elected.

Now it's time for him to try to figure out how to walk the walk:

Bevin administration says Kentucky faces $1.1 billion budget shortfall over next two years




I remember way back to the 1967 gubernatorial election in Kentucky, the Republican Lying Louie Nunn got himself elected on the no new taxes platform, then as soon as he got in office................well, folks, things were worse than I realized, we're going to have to raise taxes after all. A 5 cent sales tax, Nunn's Nickel it was known as. Cost him re-election too.

It irritates the snot out of me when voters seek to "punish" a particular candidate or party, by either not voting at all or voting for the opposition, as all the idiots accomplish is to hurt the people. There were many Republican voters couldn't stand to vote for McCain or Romney, and because they didn't vote, it gave us Obama. Heck, I didn't like those two either, but I liked Obama even less, so I voted for them.

Even though I'm a Republican, and liked most of what Bevin was doing, I found myself not caring for him personally, but the thought of either not voting at all, or voting for Beshear, never entered into my mind. Kentucky's voter are going to reap what they sowed in November, although I'm guessing Beshear won't get much of his agenda passed.

Border states are dangerous territory.

More Californians moving to Tennessee?

This thread is about Kentucky.

That said, I'm sure many are leaving in droves, hopefully because they are tired of giving their money to the enemy.

The representative who wrote up that bill is from a small, fairly well to do community in Louisville. He has about 7500 constituents.

I'm no fan of Beshear. But even *he* is a Blue Dog Democrat. He knows that gun control won't fly in Kentucky.

A representative with 7500 constituents in one of the most liberal communities in the state can get away with writing a gun control bill that he knows will be dead on arrival. But he knows that it will be treated like a piece of toilet paper when it's dealt with in Frankfort.

Kentucky is a long, long way from passing an assault weapons bill.

I doubt that's the case. As a matter of fact, Yankees are moving here in droves, looking to escape the chit states they live in.

However, frustrating that Beshear is not even in office yet, and the B.S. has already started...

Exactly! Been going on for a long time, too.

Folks that lived in liberal coastal states and big cities for decades sell their average homes for big bucks and move to middle America states were they can buy three times the house and property they had there for a third of the money theirs sold for, lower taxes, substantially cheaper cost of living, and easier going lifestyle overall.

My wife handled the purchase of a house for a woman from Michigan who had accepted a job in management at a factory a couple of counties over,...very rural county. My wife mentioned how arrogant she was.

I told my wife, "That's not going to last".

She's been there 4 months and she called my wife up wanting to list her house,.....said she being ran off.

I've worked in some of these factories around here. The vast majority of them have a very firmly established "good old boy" system.

From what I've heard,..that woman went in with the intent of showing them the "proper" way to do things. When the local management didn't see things her way, she called up the corporate office on them.

*shaking head*

Some people just don't understand.

Now,...after 4 months, she's looking for another job.

Just be glad you don't live in VA.

MM

Assault weapons ban, Hi Cap magazine ban, and assault weapons buy back program... Grrr....

The Link...

As stated above, it may never get out of committee. However, frustrating that Beshear is not even in office yet, and the B.S. has already started...

The vast majority of politicians in Kentucky know better than to broach the gun control issue.

Exactly! Been going on for a long time, too.

Folks that lived in liberal coastal states and big cities for decades sell their average homes for big bucks and move to middle America states were they can buy three times the house and property they had there for a third of the money theirs sold for, lower taxes, substantially cheaper cost of living, and easier going lifestyle overall.

Anybody who supported the Medicare expansion deserves to be f@cked.

Those teachers y'all got are scum too. You boys best be breaking up their union.

Exactly, just like they came from all over to CA.

Gov. Bevin's attempts to reign in costs trying to get KY's fiscal head above water again cost him a 2nd term as Governor. .

Yes, and while I supported his efforts to do so, I believe he went about it the wrong way. Bevin took a typical Yankee's look at Kentucky......here's a bunch of dumbazz's and I'm going to show them how smart I am. Had he not picked fights and ridiculed certain groups, AND focused on a long term plan of reducing our debt, I believe he would have won a second term. Instead, he acted like he expected to turn the state around in one term of being governor, and it just didn't work. As much I blame the ignorant azz voters for not re-electing him, he must also share part of the blame himself.

James speaks the truth. I hope Trump may have taken notice of this also, or at least Kellyanne Conway does. I'm a huge Trump fan and supporter, but wish he would at least try to be more congenial.

Personally, I didn't notice Bevin was any less plain spoken and forthright about his opinions, views and goals as a candidate for his first term as after being elected nor when he ran for a second term. He was just as adamant before, during and after. Whatever voters that opposed his reelection felt about him must've not have been too widely held considering he lost by such a slim margin.

As always, though, YMMV...

Does KY have right to work for public & private sector?

Bevin is Bevin. He's been plain spoken ever since I because aware of him, anyway.

He signed Constitutional carry into Kentucky law and when the whiners started in on him about it, he told them to move to another state if they didn't like it.

When the Teachers started marching on Frankfort and disrupting the General Assembly, he called them out for it.

As far as I'm concerned,..he did what needed to be done and said what needed to be said.

The country would be better off if it had more people like Matt Bevin holding office.

Beshear bought the election with promises to raise state employees salaries. Considering the deficit the state is in, it's going to be interesting to see how he plans to do it.

Also,..it will be interesting to see how many of Beshear's people end up in prison.

https://www.bgdailynews.com/opinion...9e3e5b4-a9e3-517f-ad9d-91c504ecce32.html

James speaks the truth. I hope Trump may have taken notice of this also, or at least Kellyanne Conway does. I'm a huge Trump fan and supporter, but wish he would at least try to be more congenial.

It will never make it to a vote.......but if I were king, all those Republican voters who either did not vote, or refused to vote for Bevin and instead voted for Beshear, would lose their rights to own a gun because of their contributing to the election of a Democrat.

Kentucky is one of the top 10 states for suicides.

In short, people are willing to sacrifice the Constitution because the President doesn't say 'Yes Ma'am'

You can't make this shiet up.