Who can stop this pay increase? Truly pathetic leadership in Kentucky, I can see that.

I agree, and if Beshear tries to the CASINO AMENDMENT, in lieu of what is going on in the economy, then he is sure out of touch.

Big raises for his political pals\gals and 1% for the employees, I blame the Union that represents the few state workers for not standing up and raising hell.

Many good Republicans donated and worked hard for Fletcher during his initial campaign for Governor. You would think he would reward them with some of the 4,000 non-merit jobs or board appointments. But he didn’t.

The people he hired had no loyalty to him because they had nothing invested in him. The young people he hired were just padding their resume. This ultimately led to most of them not being there financially or most importantly “on the ground” when he needed it.

He did not reward the old timers at all. These people who worked hard to bring the Republican Party to power in the state were almost universally ignored by Fletcher. Fletcher bragged about retaining/promoting/hiring Democrats.

Now Beshear has done the same thing, only worse.

He didn’t reward most of the foot and/or financial soldiers who worked for him. Beshear brought back people from the late 1980′s and early 1990′s and their old style ideas. These old style ideas are the same ones that have kept Kentucky as a doormat state to the rest of the U.S.

One day the stupid voters of Kentucky will quit voting for incumbents. As long as Williams, Richards, Stumbo and company keep getting elected bu us, we will get what we deserve… dumb children, higher taxes, and less services.

“On Thursday, Coldiron said he knew the job had an $80,000 pay ceiling when he applied. But he believed he was worth $100,000, and he told that to the governor’s office in his application.”

He “believed he was worth $100,000, and told that to the governor’s office in his application????

Wow, KY state employees, the education system, social services, our prosecutors, defense attorneys, the backbone services of this State that have PROVEN THEY ARE WORTH IT, are in desperate need of additional funding, not additional cuts, have to sit back and watch this crap and can’t do anything about it.

These folks try to educate your kids, put the criminals in jail, keep kids from abusive homes, and have taken a major, major cut in all departments, the Gov. should be ashamed for approving this guys 25% pay raise “in the next budget” because he believes he’ll earn it!!

I wonder what would happen if all the teachers stopped teaching, prosecutors stopped prosecuting, public defenders refused to defend, judges would uphold thier decisions, the courts stopped processing papers, social services referred everything to the Governor, and the entire State just decided enough was enough? I just wonder if the powers that be would stop and think before approving such unfair, favoritism, ridiculous pay and hiring of the “buddy system” that doesn’t have a clue about the job he’s been appointed to “do”.

$12,000 campaign contributions = $100,000 year job. Who needs the stock market when you got a sure thing…

I’m going to vomit now.

“Pardon me”, Ernie, but you were the best thing to happen to the Democratic party in 50 years.