Will we be asked to bail out WEG, too?

Previously unconfirmed rumors about strife between Lexington officials and state officials over the stalled progress on the 2010 World Equestrian Games has turned into off-the-record confirmation from trusted sources versus on-the-record denials from the usual suspects.

On Friday, Gov. Steve Beshear had a meeting of his Governor's Advisory Commission set up to deal with the Games. It was the first of his administration. Organization at the city level doesn't appear to be any better.

Taxpayers have already kicked in tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure funds for the World Equestrian Games. We need to be demanding detailed written assurances that we aren't just pouring scarce resources down a rat hole.

Kentucky had financing issues with this project early on, before the current economic situation. We can certainly ill afford unfulfilled promises now.

All the more reason to force officials to post government spending and contracts to the internet so taxpayers can better keep an eye on what they are doing.