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 March 2008
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Great comments from all of you who are responding to my blog entries. Some more of my thoughts below: Bloggers first: I feel proud to say that no state employees are reading this entry, at their state owned computers. As of Friday, June 23rd, the "On-the-Mark" political blog site has been blocked by Webwasher, state government's site-blocking software (or so says the official version from the Fletcher administration). My I.T. friends tell me there's no way for that software to pick out individual pages within entire websites....that's what happened with my blog. State employees can get to WHAS11.com but access is blocked to Mark Hebert's blog. Some more sites are being blocked as well including the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association's site. Guess there must be some topless bagpipers on that site or some criticism of Republican band members. Jennifer Moore: Of course Mark Nickolas has hired Jennifer Moore to sue the state over blockage of his website (BluegrassReport.org) from state computers. She's a good Dem and a winner. She represented Virginia Woodward vs. Dana Seum Stephenson and the Jefferson Co. P.V.A. candidates the Fletcher administration attempted to shut out of running for office. That's 2 for 2 in big cases for Moore. I'd hire her, too. Abramson for Lt. Gov: Jerry Abramson jokingly said today (June 25th) that he didn't want to move into the Lt. Governor's mansion. At least I think he was joking and taking a dig at current Lt. Gov. Steve Pence who didn't move into the refurbished mansion, keeping his home in Louisville. The Mayor for Life's folks are trying to temper the political talk about him running on a ticket with Ben Chandler, saying Abramson doesn't want a demotion to Lt. Governor. It probably would be a demotion from Mayor of Louisville Metro, but it might also be a logical way to test the waters for a future statewide race for U.S. Senate. 2 CommentsLeave a comment |
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What about some talk about the cost of the session?
HOW MUCH EXPERT TESTIMONY DOES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEED FOR THIS SESSION? THE DETAILS WERE SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT BEFORE THE MEMBERS GOT TO FRANKFORT? RIGHT?
HB 2 WHICH FINANCES THE SESSION IS AS FOLLOWS--
Introduced by Rep. Harry Moberly, Jr on June 22, 2006, to appropriate funds to the Legislative Research Commission for costs incurred in connection with the legislative session beginning June 22, 2006. The bill would appropriate funds in the following manner: $45,000 per calendar day for salaries and expenses; $4,000 per calendar day for other expenses; $15,000 for printing and binding the Acts and Journals; and $135,000 for expert testimony, legislators' travel, stationery allowances, and temporary personnel. In a five-day legislative session (which includes a weekend), this appropriation could total $593,000.
Referred to the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on June 22, 2006.
HOW ABOUT A BREAK-DOWN OF TRAVEL EXPENSES VS. EXPERT TESTIMONY? WITH THE STATIONARY ALLOWANCE ARE MEMBERS GOING TO DO DISTRICT WIDE MAILINGS?
Good question Isaac. I'll check into it. L.R.C. staffers say Special Session costs $50,000. Looks like alot more than that. But I can tell you they didn't hear from any expert witnesses.
Mark