Yesterday, an employee in Gov. Steve Beshear's press office promised to send me email copies of Gov. Beshear's public statements on his promised efficiency study and to have Beshear's spokesman call me with further information about when the study might be made available.
I'm still waiting.
While waiting, I decided to check the Governor's own press page on his web site. This is what I found just now:
Gov. Beshear is now openly proclaiming his campaign promise to avoid tax increases was nothing more than words to entertain the voters. Was his promise to save the state $180 million a year in expenditures the same kind of talk.
I think we need to hear from the Governor on this one, don't you?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Help us find Beshear's missing efficiency study
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Yes! Great job, David!
Saw the reference post from Mark Hebert. Check with Joe Graviss and Fontaine Banks, They work in room 188 of the Capital Annex in something called the office of Efficiency.
Rumor is Fontaine Banks is the one who does all the non-merit hires for the Beshear Administration.
This would explain all the hires from the late 1980's, and early 1990's and the reason nothing is getting done ... but politics.
Check out this link on Kypolitics.org -> http://www.kypolitics.org/kypolitics/2008/08/somethings-rott.html
Fontain Banks - The ultimate political hack http://www.appalachianheritagealliance.org/fontainespeech.htm
I'll check it out. Thanks!
As has been pointed out before, $270 million a year can be saved by pardoning all incarcerated non-violent marijuana users.
The governor has been apprised of this and supposedly "has been looking at it."
Instead, Kentucky State Police have been using Black Hawk helicopters to swoop down on the Calloway Coroner's property and arrested because there were eight marijuana plants growing on his property.
Those same helicopters were used the next day to buzz houses of supporters of the coroner.
I'm sure those eight marijuana plants constituted a serious threat to the safety and well-being of the citizens of Kentucky and so justified the cost. And supporters of growing marijuana constitute potential terrorists. To hell with finding ways to save $180 million a year, or upholding the happiness of the people.
The Governor has had a lot on his plate in his first year. He did establish an office to look at efficiencies. He definitely needs to look seriously at this study as the Commonwealth’s financial picture continues to look bleak. The Governor was forced immediately to look at budget cuts and he was able to do that and keep everything going. Obviously if we are going to get through this recession then I am sure he will be looking at more strategic cuts in order to keep the essential services going.
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