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Louisville, Ky. (WDRB News) -- Police are on the scene of a deadly accident on Interstate 64 near the Watterson Expressway. Official say the accident happened around 1:30 Sunday afternoon. Police sayMore >>
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NEEDMORE, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana conservation officers have recovered the body of a woman from a water-filled southern Indiana quarry. Officers say the body of 37-year-old Jamie Fleenor was recovered aboutMore >>
The body of 37-year-old Jamie Fleenor was recovered about 5:30 a.m. Sunday after The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department received a report that a female had fallen into a quarry.More >>
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Sunday, May 19 2013 11:35 AM EDT2013-05-19 15:35:29 GMT
Joel Rosario is one of the best jockeys in the country, but he did not deliver one of his best rides as Orb was beaten in the Preakness. Opening week college football point spreads are out.More >>
Joel Rosario is one of the best jockeys in the country, but he did not deliver one of his best rides as Orb was beaten in the Preakness. Opening week college football point spreads are out.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:04 PM EDT2013-05-20 03:04:43 GMT
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26-year-old Quintez Thompson was shot to death outside Dino's food mart on Broadway.More >>
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New Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says we face a much bigger budgetary shortfall than we'd been led us to expect. So his axing of 11 million dollars for a Cumberland County road project makes sense.
But Cumberland is the home county of State Senate President David Williams. And when it comes to picking fights this early, most people probably wouldn't rattle the cage of such a powerful potential nemesis.
My guess is Mr. Beshear is right to identify this project as unnecessary pork. And I applaud him for being willing to pull the tiger's tail right from the start instead of picking on relative weaklings. But Mr. Williams is hardly the only problem in this area.
The name of the game in politics these days - at every level and in every county -- is bringing home as much of this pork as possible. Which might be OK if we were swimming in money.
But we're not. And every dollar spent on a "road to nowhere" or equally pointless vanity projects intended only to generate votes is a dollar that won't be spent on Kentucky's real needs, like higher education or critical infrastructure.
So I applaud Governor Beshear for this opening salvo against waste. I only hope he'll keep looking for it wherever it can be found - even within his own party.
