http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com Covering Kentucky politics and government Tue, 22 May 2012 21:44:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2011/01/25/after-filing-deadline-lineups-are-set-for-may-17-kentucky-primary-election/ http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2011/01/25/after-filing-deadline-lineups-are-set-for-may-17-kentucky-primary-election/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:29:09 +0000 admin http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=15962 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2011/01/25/after-filing-deadline-lineups-are-set-for-may-17-kentucky-primary-election/feed/ 36 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/04/29/beshear-reports-gifts-in-latest-financial-disclosure-form/ http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/04/29/beshear-reports-gifts-in-latest-financial-disclosure-form/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:40:39 +0000 Jack Brammer http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=12147 FRANKFORT –Gov. Steve Beshear accepted three gifts last year worth more than $200 each, according to his financial disclosure form with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. They were University of Kentucky men’s basketball and football season tickets, a membership to the Frankfort Country Club and a framed print of Abraham Lincoln from the Lincoln Trail Area Development District in Elizabethtown. State law requires all executive branch officials to file financial disclosure forms with the ethics agency by April 15. ]]> http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/04/29/beshear-reports-gifts-in-latest-financial-disclosure-form/feed/ 4 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/03/09/gop-criticizes-finance-secretary-after-he-solicits-donations-for-beshear/ http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/03/09/gop-criticizes-finance-secretary-after-he-solicits-donations-for-beshear/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:01 +0000 Accountability Editor http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=10926 By Jack Brammer - jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — State Finance and Administration Secretary Jonathan Miller is soliciting campaign funds for Gov. Steve Beshear’s re-election efforts, a move sharply criticized by the state Republican Party chairman. Miller, who serves as the state’s chief financial officer and oversees many state contracts, sent out e-mails last week and posted on his Facebook page invitations to a fund-raiser for Beshear Saturday in Nashville after the semifinal games of the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament. The invitations suggested a minimum contribution of $500 to attend and a maximum contribution of $1,000. Kentucky GOP chairman Steve Robertson said in an interview that Miller has “no business” raising campaign funds for Beshear. “It concerns me when someone in the Beshear administration who handles contracts and other state business raises money for the governor,” Robertson said. “It certainly is an ethically gray area.” Miller said in a written statement to the Herald-Leader that his e-mails and Facebook message included a disclaimer asking anyone who may have a conflict of interest or who is statutorily prohibited from making campaign contributions to disregard the request.]]> http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/03/09/gop-criticizes-finance-secretary-after-he-solicits-donations-for-beshear/feed/ 13 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/10/12/mongiardo-gets-new-office-spokeswoman/ http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/10/12/mongiardo-gets-new-office-spokeswoman/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:55:42 +0000 Jack Brammer http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=8453 Valeria Cummings Swope, a former anchor and reporter for Lexington's WKYT-TV and director of communications for the state Finance and Administration Cabinet for the last 14 months, is the new director of communciations for Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo's office.]]> http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/10/12/mongiardo-gets-new-office-spokeswoman/feed/ 1