Former Rep. Bob Heleringer, R-Louisville, responded to the recent state audit of Jefferson County Public Schools by stating two important observations: (1) Money is not the problem and (2) Kentucky parents need choices when it comes to educating their children. Heleringer writes: And speaking of six figures, here in Louisville, those searching for steady employment…
In his post-election analysis (by phone) on Bowling Green’s NewsTalk 93 WKCT’s Drive Time with host Chad Young, Bluegrass Institute president Jim Waters opined that our future hope as a country and commonwealth will be found in individual Americans exercising their freedom, not the status of any particular politician. Listen here. (:21) In fact, it really was not our founders’…
What some candidates could gain in this year’s election – beyond just winning office – is a stark reminder of how wrong political leaders were when declaring last year that they had adequately addressed Kentucky’s public-pension crisis. Instead, legislators with serious courage deficiencies failed to agree on reforms beyond what they believe are “politically feasible.”…
“At this time, there is not sufficient public support for committing over $350 million in state, city and other funds to a basketball arena and convention center when there are so many well-recognized educational, economic, retirement and health care needs across Lexington and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” –University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto on proposed…
Independent-minded Kentuckians don’t take too kindly to a governor and an unelected bureaucratic “project manager” trying to extract $80 million from taxpayers statewide to fund the proposed renovation of Rupp Arena. These same Kentuckians also don’t seem to be swayed by Gov. Beshear’s weak “Louisville got one, so Lexington gets one, too” argument. Perhaps they…
Some of my libertarian friends become annoyed when this column addresses low voter turnouts. “Not voting is a vote,” riled-up responders declare. True. For that reason, I don’t support mandatory voting laws – a political staple in some nations. The hyped-up concerns that America’s turnout in national elections is lower than most other comparator countries…
The final day of this year’s legislative session offered more drama than a teenage girl’s slumber party. There were pillow fights and goofy games but little to resemble serious efforts to implement the substantive policies needed to make Kentucky more competitive. On the April 14 edition of KET’s “Kentucky Tonight” show – the eve before…
The Bluegrass Institute’s “Free to Learn” debate series kicked off with the opening forum on Dec. 3 at Southern Baptist Seminary’s Heeren Hall. Craig Meredith, Ph.D., a former Ohio superintendent, and University of Kentucky education professor Wayne Lewis, Ph.D., who also serves on the Kentucky Charter Schools Association board, had a civil, but serious, exchange…