We are counting down the top 30 reasons to donate $17.92 each month to the Bluegrass Institute as part of our 1792: Never Out of Date campaign. Reason #24 to donate: You appreciate unbridled liberty on social media. More and more, people are using social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest to get their…
In a recent press release, state representative David Floyd, R-Bardstown made it known that he has prefiled legislation for the 2013 General Assembly session that would end the practice of bestowing lucrative public pension benefits to Kentucky’s part-time legislators. That is certainly one way to attack the state’s egregious unfunded public pension liability. The proposed…
We are counting down the top 30 reasons to donate $17.92 each month to the Bluegrass Institute as part of our 1792: Never Out of Date campaign. Reason #26 to donate: The practice of reciprocity has enriched legislator pensions and is financially breaking the state. From Future Shock: They bestowed upon themselves a pension privilege…
We are counting down the top 30 reasons to donate $17.92 each month to the Bluegrass Institute as part of our 1792: Never Out of Date campaign. Reason #29 to donate: Kentucky currently has a $40 billion unfunded public pension liability. The state can no longer afford to subsidize the gold-plated pensions of the General…
It’s a win for citizens and taxpayers Over a year ago, sharp-eyed researchers from the Tea Party in Northern Kentucky raised serious questions about the continued need for the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission (NKAPC). This zoning and planning commission appears redundant in the one remaining county it now serves and there are even questions…
The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Tax Commission made a stop through Lexington last night to hear from concerned citizens about reforming thestate’staxing structure. You can learn more about who serves on the commission and how it is structured here but in a nutshell, the stated goals of the commission include fairness, competitiveness, simplicity and compliance, elasticity…
The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform will meet in Lexington from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Bryan Station High School, 201 Eastin Rd. To contact your legislator, call toll-free (800) 372-7181. You do not have to have to know the name of your legislator. You only need to give your name, address and…
A recent report from Ohio PIRG, an independent state-based think tank, finds that Kentucky citizens may not be all to blame for their obesity epidemic. That’s because the federal government subsidizes key ingredients that go into junk food to the tune of $1.28 billion in 2011 alone. Ingredients such as corn syrup, high fructose corn…
The severity of Kentucky’s pending pension disaster is finally getting attention in Kentucky’s largest newspaper. This week, Courier-Journal columnist John David Dyche delved into the effects of The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2005 House Bill 299. From Dyche’s article: HB 299 reduced the number of years legislators had to serve before drawing a penalty-free pension prior…
When Governor Steve Beshear and Senator Damon Thayer meet for lunch, what do you think they talk about? Fortunately for Kentuckians they talk about public pension reform. cn|2 is reporting that pension reform was a priority in their recent discussion: The first issue Gov. Steve Beshear raised when meeting with Republican Sen. Damon Thayer over lunch at…