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Good Idea [by Anonymous Citizen on August 25, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 130 (Grant jurisdiction to TVA police officers)
I think it is a good idea. The more police officers we can have the better.
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Big Deal? [by Anonymous Citizen on August 25, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 374 (Prohibit sale of energy drinks to minors)
Your trying to ban something that isnt good for you? ha why not ban everything that is bad for you, putting an age limit isnt going to solve anything, adults can just buy the product for the child. its not really your business if another persons child buys something that you dont allow. worry about yourself, and let the parents worry about the child.
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You are CORRECT [by star40481 on August 25, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 91 (Require "bullying" policies in schools)
Bring back the PADDLE! Give these kids something to be scared of!!! My son has been bullied in school for over 2 years now!!!! These little bullies get a slap on the wrist and are right back at it!! The people that don't want the paddle brought back either don't have kids or know there child would get paddled every day!!!Teach your kids right from wrong people!!!
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Good bill! [by Shrinkbuster on August 25, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 10 (Increase movie theater mandates)
Most theaters that do offer this service offer it during special hours (usually late at night around 10:00 or so) and only for one movie at a time. Your statement that "99%" of people have "normal" hearing is flat wrong, as study after study has shown that anywhere from 11 to 16% of the US population has some degree of hearing loss that impacts their life. Why should any deaf or hard of hearing person have to wait until 3, 4, 5 or 6 months after the release of a movie to rent it on DVD? Are they not entitled to enjoy a night at the movies with their family as well?

The aim is to get OPEN CAPTIONS in the movies, which is different from closed captions that you see on TV, and takes up nowhere near the amount of space on the screen that you imply. The movies are usually advertised ahead of time as captioned, so you would have fair warning. Sorry if you seem to be so close minded you can not live with the thought that *GASP* horror of horrors, you might accidentally stumble into a movie being shown for the deaf and hard of hearing. I promise, deafness isn't contagious.


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I thinks its a good thing. [by Anonymous Citizen on August 24, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 374 (Prohibit sale of energy drinks to minors)
I watch kids come into my store as young as 8 years old buying three or more cans of monsters and chugging them in the parking lot. These kids are using it as a drug...it make their heart beat faster and they like it. What they don't know is that it can also harm you. They also don't know when enough is a enough at that age. Pass the bill.
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Idiot [by Anonymous Citizen on August 22, 2008]
about 2006 House Bill 605 (Modify parental visitation standards)
Keep in mind that you are an IDIOT!!!!
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Another unfunded mandate [by Anonymous Citizen on August 22, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 10 (Increase movie theater mandates)
If the state really thinks theaters should have close-captioned for the hearing impaired, then it should plan to pay the cost. It should not forcibly impose that cost on theater owners. As we baby boomers age and become more hard-of-hearing and as the technology gets cheaper, theaters probably will begin to offer that service voluntarily. Meanwhile, I rent the DVDs and use the captions on them at home.

States don't like it when the Federal government imposes unfunded mandates on them, but they are only too quick to impose unfunded mandates on private businesses. And then they wonder why businesses don't locate in their state and why the economy is not stronger!

Instead of spending your time and energy coming up with more burdens to put on private businesses, why don't you try coming up with ways to make the state more attractive to businesses in order to improve the economy and provide good jobs for Kentucky citizens? For example, why don't you implement tort reform in which the loser has to pay the costs and attorney fees of the winner? That would greatly reduce the number of unreasonable lawsuits, encourage reasonable settlements, and would make Kentucky a magnet for businesses.
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Great??? [by Anonymous Citizen on August 22, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 10 (Increase movie theater mandates)
Are you crazy?! This is far from great...it's absurd! I'm certianly not going to pay $11 bucks to go see a film where the bottom third of the screen is covered up with words that I can HEAR! I doubt any other person with normal hearing, i.e. 99% of people, would either. It will result in a wasted, empty movie theater. Consequently, hurting profits. Just another way Liberals want more control over the market.
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Quantity? [by David Dunn on August 22, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 9 (Expand definition and penalties for DUI)
Does this include the cannabinoid THC - aka "marijuana"? THC occurs in nearly all hemp substances such as hemp milk and other hemp foods. Food products are allowed to have .3% THC and then advertise that its "THC-free."

THC occurs in cosmetics such as balms, salves, creams, lotions, shampoos, soaps, conditioners The THC metabolites from these products show up in urine tests. Urine tests do not establish level of impairment, if any. Nor do they establish the source of THC. Neither does it determine when consumed.

Why does this bill not have standards for amounts of any "unprescribed" substance to determine what constitutes driving under the influence? Should it not include blood levels? And, shouldn't that indicate about when the substance was ingested?

This law is another failure by the legislative branch of government to do its job right.
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Are you kidding? [by Anonymous Citizen on August 22, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 9 (Expand definition and penalties for DUI)
Do you mean to suggest we don't have enough laws for this type behavior? Do you mean to suggest that our prisons are not full enough yet? This is more like 'piling on' don't you think?
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Bull [by Anonymous Citizen on August 22, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 10 (Increase movie theater mandates)
Enough already of government sticking it's inept nose into private enterprise. ADA has already proved to be a greatly disproportionate cost to the budget of any building project. It's way past time to get government out of private business.
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Great! [by Shrinkbuster on August 22, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 10 (Increase movie theater mandates)
This is fantastic! A very good piece of legislation that is past due. It will update the ADA requirements to today's technology that was not available or reasonable 18 years ago. 647,000 Kentuckians are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and as the population continues to age and mining and other heavy machinery industries continue to flourish, this number will only grow.
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Big deal. [by Anonymous Citizen on August 19, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
So you can't remain anonymous. I am so tired of all of the freedom of speech double talk. If there were true freedom of speech I could say what I want when I want and not have to be afraid of the PC police. Too many times people are afraid to really say what they mean for fear of offending someone or being OMG! politically incorrect. Say what you want to say, don't let your thoughts be stifled and silenced by anyone!!! If you have a belief and believe in it strongly enough to comment on it , stand up behind it. Don't hide behind the anonymous mask. If you feel the need to do so, you truly do not have that much faith in your convictions.
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regulate [by Anonymous Citizen on August 18, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 106 (Increase penalties relating to theft of scrap metal)
The problem with metal theft is growing. Now targets are including churches, gravestones, memorials. The only solution is to highly regulate the market and encourage other states to follow suit. Make license required for the sellers also. Make the seller licesne more that a minute amount. Make it harder for shady indiviuals to suceed in the market.
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KENTUCKY BUDGET [by Anonymous Citizen on August 17, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 262 (Increase multiple Kentucky taxes)
Our state legislature is going to have to make very hard choices and votes even if they do not personally agree with them.We need to raise taxes on all tobacco products , all alcoholic beer and wine products.Everything needs to be look at ( even start collecting taxes on churches and church properties , they should no longer be given a tax exemption ).We are i think going be looking at serious budget shortfalls for years and years to come , maybe to 2012 to 2020.
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So what if YOU don't like energy drinks [by Anonymous Citizen on August 16, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 374 (Prohibit sale of energy drinks to minors)
It doesn't matter if you guys don't like energy drinks or if they're bad for you. There are plenty of things that are harmful to your health yet people have the right to choose what they put into their bodies. People under the age of 18 should have the choice of whether or not they want to buy an energy drink.
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Always tax someone for liking something? [by Anonymous Citizen on August 16, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 262 (Increase multiple Kentucky taxes)
I think it's funny how smokers are always the backfall to a budget deficit. But yet, millions are generated in income tax revenue from farmers growing the tobacco, then smokers when they buy it. I wonder why they always choose to pick on just a small portion of the economy to make up for the budget, rather than tax something that effects everyone to make it equal. And to think that the tax will actual raise the cost of cigarettes much is a crazy thought. Do you actually think that all of the burden will be put onto smokers? Do you think that Phillip Morris really wants people to quit smoking so that they can make less money? Tobacco farmers will be taking the biggest hit. There is no longer any tobacco base, which means that there is no guarantee that Phillip Morris will give tobacco farmers a good price for their tobacco when they go to sell it to them. All Phillip Morris will do is pay the farmer less to keep the cost of cigarettes down so that they will still sell the same amount of cigs for the same price and make the same profit. The only reason Phillip Morris pays for the advertisements to quit smoking is because the government makes them pay for it. Don't think that isn't already factored into the cost of cigarettes too. Next, the state legislature will be proposing to fit our noses with smoke detectors. These will rate the amount of smoke that enters our lungs and the meter will turn like it does on your electric meter for your home. At tax time, you will have to write that # down on your tax forms to see how much money you owe for using your privilege to smoke.

Smoking Bans:

ATTENTION NON-SMOKERS --- You have the right to choose not to visit a public restaurant that allows smoking, just the same as we do for a restaurant that doesn't allow smoking. Our rights on this issue is 50/50 --- Don't understand why they don't leave this option up the business owner. They are the ones that own the building. They should be the ones that are allowed to choose whether or not the smoker feels welcome, or the non-smoker feels welcome. I would like to know what makes all of you think that you have the right to make these decisions for the people who own the public facilities. They have the business investment, you don't... SIMPLE AS THAT. If you don't like the fact that a restaurant allows smoking, then open a restaurant of your own that doesn't allow smoking. We have the right to breath air full of smoke, just like you have the right to breath fresh air. What is hilarious about all of this is that all of the non-smokers say that it is about their health concerns. If this is the case, then why are you out eating at a restaurant with greasy hamburgers, steaks, loaded baked potatoes, etc? OH NO, I shouldn't have said that, next they will try to add more taxes to that also. Also, they have said that cell phones produce radioactive waves that can cause brain tumors. Next time you go to a restaurant to eat, take a look around and see how many people left their cell phones in their cars for the health concerns of OTHER PEOPLE. You all keep allowing the government to step in and tell you what you can smoke, drink, etc., then they will just keep going a step further. Next, they will be kicking out McDonalds, Arby's, etc., because that is to unhealthy for us to eat. In Louisville they have already proposed to end all public smoking altogether, even in your own car. I think this is hilarious. You would be able to stop at McDonalds to get a Big Mac, then get on the road to eat and drive, but you can't smoke a cigarette in your own car. Let me know what you all think on that.

They claim that all of this is to help smokers quit, but they don't want you to quit, the tax revenue is too high for them to want you to quit. They just like to use it as a reason to raise taxes on other people besides themselves.

One more statistic that kills me -

The government claims that the extra taxes are all to fund the extra cost of medicare paid out for smokers that have health trouble later in life.

They never associate the next statistic along with that at the same time.

"Smokers, on average, have a life span 10 years less of a non-smoker."

If this is the case, then isn't that 10 years worth of medicare expenses less that they have to pay.

OTHER SOLUTIONS for the BUDGET CRISIS:

What happened to the KENTUCKY LOTTERY?
Wasn't this supposed to fund schools only, but yet the budget was just recently cut for schools. What we have is too many officials that are in charge of the Kentucky Lottery making a fortune of a salary for doing absolutely nothing, therefore, taking all of the profit from the lottery.

CASINOS:

Anyone who is opposed to Casinos are fools. Over 500 Million in tax revenue crossed the bridge to Indiana last year. According to the recent tally of the budget deficit, this would pretty much take care of that wouldn't it? Then we would not have to worry about taxes being raised at all. People choose to gamble, and 30 more minutes of driving to Indiana isn't going to stop them. The only reason it hasn't been approved in the state of Kentucky yet is because Churchill Downs has a hand in the say on that, and everyone knows that the state of Kentucky caters to them. Churchill Downs make enough money in 6 months worth of open racing to shut down for 6 months, but when it comes to this issue, they are always crying "POOR ME".

Every other day I see a new road being layed. Why can't they quit giving these grants on the new roads and only keep repairing the ones we already have until the deficit is gone. I mean, our country has lived over 200 years without that new particular road that is being proposed. I think we could live another few years without it.

Don't let state troopers drive their cars home. I have to pay for my gas to to drive to work and back. I have to keep up the maintenance on the vehicle I drive to work out of my own pocket. Why should they be any different. I think they should have to park state cars at the station at the end of the day and hop in their own vehicle and drive that home. Not drive home at the state's expense.

FUN FACT:

For every penny the gas price goes up, it costs the city of Louisville $30,000 extra a year to fund the county wide transportation (Police cars, city maintenance vehicles, etc). How much do you think they would save if they cut out letting police officers drive their patrol cars to and from home. Now, think of what would be saved on a statewide scale.


Jodie Smith
Lebanon, KY
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CATS Testing is driving this madness [by InvolvedParent on August 16, 2008]
about 2007 House Bill 95 (Prohibit certain local control over school calendars)
Push the CATS test back to May and we won't have to start earlier. CATS test should be at the end of the year. As soon as the CATS test are over, our school starts collecting text books, closing down lockers, emptying desks and we still have three weeks of school left.
It is riduculous that we have to give up our summers, because Caveman is right, if your child participates in any kind of summer sport you have little or no time for a vacation.
Last year it was so incredibly hot in August, we had children throwing up and passing out on the school buses.
I am truly an advocate for children academically, but please, lets use the time we have for teaching and less for standardized testing.
Stop testing on things like music, art and pratical living! Children should enjoy the arts not be grilled and tested. We can't "do" art, because we are too busy "learning" about it.
Students need to be proficient in reading(the core of it all), writing, science and be able to balance a check book. I know it seems remedial, but it has worked before.
Based on our Kenucky ranking numbers, what we are doing isn't working. Our nation is in a educational crisis and the government better figure it out before it is too late.




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Amen! [by Anonymous Citizen on August 14, 2008]
about 2007 House Bill 47 (Create 'tax-me-more' fund)
Indeed, put your money where your mouths are libs. You are constantly telling the rest of us what to do with our money by coercively taking it from us and then blowing it on all manner of bad ideas and "feel good" schemes. It is obvious you libs are only "do gooders" when you can do it with someone else's money.

The state needs to stop trying to replace the church through the actions of the humanist and atheist liberals, or otherwise naive liberals, and leave us alone.

Factoid: Conservatives have less money than liberals yet give more to charity, a little known fact thanks to the liberal information controllers in our society. And that even counts all the money libs give to their false charities that are really thinly veiled attempts to destroy America and bring in the UN to control us.
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shirleyujest [by Anonymous Citizen on August 13, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 16 (Decrease requirements for jury service)
Some counties already go by the month, not court days. Pay jurors for their time; $12.50 is not enough. Everything has gone up since the 30's except jury pay. Even, some retirement participants have increased their contribution from 5% to 6%. If you only paid the 12.50 for appearance, excused $0, served on a jury $20 would be better than what you're doing now.
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pizzedinky [by Anonymous Citizen on August 12, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 705 (Local property tax exemption for aircraft)
do you play golf? Ky owns around 19 golf courses around the state. I dont play golf and I am really perturbed about paying taxes for the damm things for others to play golf. I would like to fly. Take my golf course tax and stick it into aviation. I'll be happy.
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Color of Illegals [by Anonymous Citizen on August 11, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 304 (Increase law enforcement powers over illegal immigration)
You're so right!!
Illegals of all colors, race, and from many countries come here illegally by way of Mexico or Canada.
They steal from our entitlement programs funded by our taxes---funds meant for our out-of-work, our poor, our disabled.
But, as you support this theft by illegals, our poor, out-of-work, and disabled do without, barely making ends meet, paying rising fuel, gas,
food, and prescription costs, just to mention a few.
I always say, anyone who defends the illegals is an 'anchor baby', romantically involved with an illegal, employing illegals, or married to an illegal.

Christians are supposed to be charitable, but not foolish. If someone comes to your door and asks for water, give them water -- and food, and a coat, if they need it. But, if someone breaks into your house, you don't adopt them!



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Declining neighborhoods [by Anonymous Citizen on August 11, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 304 (Increase law enforcement powers over illegal immigration)
Yes, it's happening.
I moved from my hometown in Tennessee of 57 years to Kentucky because the illegals were moving in to my neighborhood.
Some say that was a drastic measure, but I am extremely happy in Ky.
Wages at factories there were plunging and factories are being raided by ICE.
Bastante es bastante as my friends say.
Enough is enough. Our ecomomy, from education to tax-funded entitlements have been hit hard enough.

"Christians are supposed to be charitable, but not foolish. If someone comes to your door and asks for water, give them water -- and food, and a coat, if they need it. But, if someone breaks into your house, you don't adopt them!"

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Illegal is still Illegal [by Anonymous Citizen on August 11, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 304 (Increase law enforcement powers over illegal immigration)
Yes, it's always been a country of immigrants but consider how those immigrants CAME in----by a legal process. Folks like you continue to try to gloss over the fact that illegal immigration is the commission of a crime and should be treated as such. Quit coddling criminals in America and stand up for the laws our good citizens have approved and want to see upheld!
In response and support:
The point is, "a crime is a crime"... "a law is a law".
If we enforce one law, without enforcing another, there's a problem.
I understand that the "spirit of the law" will allow for things like 5MHP over the speed limit, but when it comes to being in this country illegally, there is no gray area.
Either they are supposed to be here, or they're not!
Breaking one law, simple as this one may seem, allows and encourages escalations to other crimes.
Not a good thing.

"Sometimes I feel like a drowning person who gets a cup of water shoved down my throat every time I gasp for air because water is good for you."




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anonymous [by Anonymous Citizen on August 11, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
the funny thing is all the drugs are
legal now and being forced on so many
people are the ones they like to get high on.
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chiropractic saves money [by Anonymous Citizen on August 11, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 148 (Increase health plan payments to chiropractors)
It sounds like you might be slightly educated in physical medicine and knowledge about the human body, but it doesn't sound like you've ever worked on a patient or at least changed somebody's life with your treatment.
Chiropractic is so much more than a low back treatment.
Do your research and find out how chiropractic saves patient's and insurance companies thousands of dollars a year by correcting problems and not throwing bandiads at them.
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amp [by amp on August 11, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
whats up with the fact that energy drinks are a law four kids not to have energy drinks

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myth busters [by amp on August 11, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
heres somthing realy nasty how about u wash ur face
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energy drinks should not be against the law [by Anonymous Citizen on August 11, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 374 (Prohibit sale of energy drinks to minors)
my son needs energy drinks 4 house keeping or helping me at my job

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HB 775 -friend of sponsor [by Anonymous Citizen on August 10, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
Did you not read the comment on this tread regarding this bill made August 8th. The sponsor did "not" file this bill in an effort to change the law for he knew the bill would not even be discussed. He filed it due to the many complaints he had received from citizens in his District about the conduct of and statements made by bloggers. He just wanted the issue discussed in the open, and it has been. We clearly have the freedom to say want we want and we want to continue to have that freedom, but some clearly abuse that right with foul language and crude, mean-minded statemens, often unture. The KKK can hold rallies and speak out on issues, and does not mean everyone likes it, but that is the price we pay for our freedom of speach.
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COMMUNIST! [by Anonymous Citizen on August 9, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
* First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

YOUR LAW VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT, not to mention right to PRIVACY!
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citizen [by Anonymous Citizen on August 8, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
Require probation and parole to report all positve uds's of those supervised to welfare agencies
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Mythbuster! [by Anonymous Citizen on August 8, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
Recently, the television show known as Mythbusters addressed the oldest myth/excuse thought to be true within the substance abusing population, and much of the professional treatment community as well.
Hemp, and its various products marketed as "herbal" cures and treatments, in addition to food products containing poppy seeds were thoroughly tested to determine the possibility of these preparations being responsible for a positive THC test result. The final determination was overwhelmingly clear, and finally dispelled this "myth" once and for all. These test results are available from mythbusters.com.
To use the excuse of having a dump truck load of poppy seed muffins for breakfast, and/or bathing in hemp lotions and topical applications is clearly an indication for positive use of the drug, Marijuana itself.
Furthermore, testing has also been completed to dispell the rumour/myth of second-hand Marijuana smoke producing a positive THC test result for the individual exposed to the drug in close surroundings, such as an automobile without ventilation. The individual would need to inhale pure smoke directly into the lungs in high volumes in order to produce THC blood levels and result in concentration levels high enough to be considered positive THC, due to Marijuana use.
If a welfare recipient is suspected of illicit drug use, simply monitor them closely, over an extended period of time and likely you will find not only THC, but Benzodiazepines, Opiates, etc. to confirm and document drug abuse. These results are indisputable and measures should be taken to address substance abuse issues in this population.
What captures attention better than making the recipient responsible for their actions and stopping government funds from paying for further decline in yet another generation of Americans...
Incidentally, these Hemp products are typically very expensive. Should government funding intended for the purchase of food and other vital family needs be used for the purchase of Hemp products, with no FDA approved benefit whatsoever?
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HB 775 [by Anonymous Citizen on August 8, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
This bill was filed in the 2008 session and was not discussed nor voted on, and therefore is dead. The sponsor of this bill (Rep. Tim Couch) knew the bill would not receive consideration, but filed it due to the many complaints he had recieved from citizens in his district about this issue. He filed the bill for one reason, to have the issue in the open and for it to recieve discussion from the citizens. It clearly did that. Rep. Couch was re-elected to the House this May by a wide margin in this district for they clearly know he serves them well in Frankfort.

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HB 15 [by Anonymous Citizen on August 8, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
I do not know anyone on welfare using the hemp products that one discussing this issue proposed. If you use drugs that are not legal, you should not be living on government handouts.
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Anon [by Anonymous Citizen on August 7, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
Perhaps before you attempt to outlaw anonymity online, you should consider the positive results it has provided. wikileaks.org
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Cannabinoids included? [by David Dunn on August 7, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
So, if a person eats hemp breads, pancakes, waffles, drinks hemp milk, or uses hemp body creams, lotions, fragrances, salves, balms and tests positive for THC, their welfare payments are going to be cut off?

This is another bill based on ignorance. Why are politicians so hell-bent on walking into a dark tunnel of ignorance when there's no light at the end of the tunnel?
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Never gonna pass [by Anonymous Citizen on August 7, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 13 (Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2009)
This bill will never, ever pass our Legislature. IT SHOULD but won't. Way to go Jim.
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It's about time! [by Anonymous Citizen on August 7, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 15 (Allow removal of drug abusers from welfare rolls)
Yes yes yes!!!
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THANK YOU! [by JKHargan on August 7, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 13 (Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2009)
Thank you for having the intestinal fortitude to continue to lead the way and show the light of individual liberty and freedom that this country and this state have lost sight of. This is legislation that is unfortunately rare. It is called "doing what is right", a novel idea and impossible for some "leaders" to understand.
Thank you again, Mr. DeCesare! If I were in your district, I would consider myself very lucky.
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My child with no choice [by Anonymous Citizen on August 6, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 578 (Charter schools)
My son was kick out of his school for breaking up a fight. At least that's what they were saying. I believe now the real reason is because that where coming up on review and they where tring to get rid of all of the students that where strugling in school so they would look better.
The boy who started it is an "A" student and was kept at the school.
My husband and I where convenced by the school board to let him go to an Alturnative school. They said my son was falling behind in his classes and would be sent thier in a few mo. anyway.
I didn't want him to go thier but agenst my better jugment my husband sined him up.
over the little time he was thier it was devasting to him.
His grades fell even more than befor. His hole demenore change and his hopes for the futucher are slowly disapeering in his mind.
I gave him incouragement and tried to keep his hopes up but the school was killing him slowly inside.
Now he is sixteen and I have chosen not to put him back threw another year of dispair. Find another school to put him in is a challange to say the least. I wish I had stood my ground in the begining and never let him go to the altunative school in the first place.
Just the other day my son came home and told me he tried to talk to the school that sent him to the alturnative school and tell them how he couldn't stand to be thier and how unhappy he was be thrown into a school with crimanul. He want to tell them he wanted his futcher back. But all they did was kick out once agian.
Our hearts are sick. I realy don't know what to do. All he has ever talked about is going to high school and then collage.
Now he has quit school untill we can find another And he is scared that he will never get a real high school education. Just A GED.
So many times we have tried to talk to our school board to get him back in school. I even asked if he could go to KY Virutal high school Or even just study at home. Every ideal we have come up with was shot down.
Now my son in in counsoling over this school and has know school to go to. How sad this world has become when a young adult can't see his owen futcher because of the greed of the and ignorince of the so called adults that are supost to be helping them.
My son has disgraphia and instead of helping they thew him aside> sad to say he was not the only one. {The school did so well on thier review they got funds to build on.}They are getting almost a new school.At the cost of the youth that where not strem line students
BY: Mom in KY
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A message to Timothy Couch [by AN0NYM0US on August 5, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
In Re: 2008-HB-775

We are Anonymous. We have been watching you.

We don't like your proposed legislation very much, but the truth is that we don't really need to rant or threaten. There isn't anything at stake.

You are not the first benighted fool whose philosophy amounts to fighting the march of history. You are probably too sheltered, too out of touch, and too short-sighted to realize that even were your proposals made into laws, they could only delay the inevitable rise of Anonymous. Anonymous is not a set of individuals, talking via the internet. Anonymous is an era. Anonymous is the inescapable consequence of the world you created.

History changes, old man. Faster and faster every day. We are anonymous. We are legion. We are something you will never understand.

And we are the future.
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To Timothy Couch [by Anonymous Citizen on August 5, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
In Re: 2008-HB-775

We are Anonymous. We have been watching you.

We don't like your proposed legislation very much, but the truth is that we don't really need to rant or threaten. There isn't anything at stake.

You are not the first benighted fool whose philosophy amounts to fighting the march of history. You are probably too sheltered, too out of touch, and too short-sighted to realize that even were your proposals made into laws, they could only delay the inevitable rise of Anonymous. Anonymous is not a set of individuals, talking via the internet. Anonymous is an era. Anonymous is the inescapable consequence of the world you created.

History changes, old man. Faster and faster every day. We are anonymous. We are legion. We are something you will never understand.

And we are the future.
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HB 295 [by wnewman106 on August 2, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 295 (Increase regulations for digging up graves on private property)
I am a family genealogist who has been denied access to a family graveyard in Clark Co., KY. I am missing a relative who died in 1839 and I know pretty well where the cemetery must be. I think a bill that would allow me to visit the site, with the knowledge of the present landowner, would be in order and should pose no hardship on the owner.
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Anonymous [by Anonymous Citizen on July 31, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
Tim Couch, you worthless imbecile. By proposing this bill, you have incurred the wrath of Anonymous from across the entire internet. Expect heavy resistance, for we shall not let you pass this bill.
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dash [by Anonymous Citizen on July 29, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 10 (Create tax credit for hiring certain blind or disabled people)
State tax expenditures 2008 total is estimated to be $750 million. State with a population of 4 million+ cannot afford to grow this total. In fact, rather than adding to, legislators ought to be subtracting from this total so Kentucky can meet its projected costs of services and benefits!

Right now Ky is $28 billion in the financial well financially supporting state retirees benefits and by 2025 will be $33 billion!

Such legislation proposed as this only grows the $750 million!

Declare a moritorium on all legislation adding to state tax expenditures, period.

dash


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dash [by Anonymous Citizen on July 29, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 10 (Create tax credit for hiring certain blind or disabled people)
State tax expenditures 2008 total is estimated to be $750 million. State with a population of 4 million+ cannot afford to grow this total. In fact, rather than adding to legislators ought to be subtracting from this total so Kentucky can meet its projected costs of services and benefits! Right now Ky is $28 billion in the financial well financially supporting state retirees benefits and by 2025 will be $33 billion!

Such legislation proposed as this only grows the $750 million!

Declare a moritorium on all legislation adding to state tax expenditures, period.

dash


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anon/b/ [by Anonymous Citizen on July 29, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
WE ARE LEGION, MOFO.
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Get a clue [by Anonymous Citizen on July 26, 2008]
about 2006 House Bill 38 (Make Kentucky a "Right to Work" state)
Why do you think that Kentucky misses out on attracting new business to the state. Right to work does not eliminate the union, it only states that if a person does not want to join the union they do not have to and they can not be terminated for it. The unions were strong in the 50's and 60's but I would rather see the higher paying jobs coming to this state instead of going to states like Texas which is a right to work state. Do we really want to end up like Ohio or Michigan??? How many jobs have to be lost before some of you wake up and smell the coffee?
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THE CATS TEST IS STUPID [by Anonymous Citizen on July 26, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 1 (Eliminate Commonwealth Accountability Testing System)
GET RID OF THE CATS TEST NOW
I AM TIRED OF THIS STUPID UGLY HORRIBLE AND TERRIFYING TEST
I AM GETTING READY TO GO TO 5TH GRADE NOW I DONT WANT TO TAKE THIS STUPID TEST 8 MORE TIMES
THIS TEST IS THE MOST HORRIBLE TEST EVER!!! IVE TAKEN IT 2 TIMES ALREADY AND I'M TIRED OF THIS TEST
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE THE REPUBLICANS EVEN THOUGH I AM DEMOCRAT
SO DEMOCRATS, PASS THE BILL AND BESHEAR SIGN IT!
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So.... [by Anonymous Citizen on July 25, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
Are you saying the Supreme Court can't read? Their recent decision of Washington DC v. Heller has clearly established the individual's right to self defense and gun ownership through the second amendment.

Only Fascists and totalitarian regimes fear individual gun ownership, because they want to trample on individual rights without the fear of revolt.
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How about the fat asses [by Anonymous Citizen on July 24, 2008]
about 2006 House Bill 86 (Make seat belt violations legal grounds to stop and cite motorists)
How many fat asses die each year from heart problem yet I don't see anyone getting a ticket for upsizing their order at McDonalds. do you not care about the individuals killing their selves daily through gluttony? Individual rights are not yours to dictate, where does it stop? playing the social cost card is only for weak minded individuals that have never read the Fourteenth Amendment... Why then can a person in a truck with a farm tag get away with not wearing seat belts, does nobody care about their safety? How about school children not having to wear seatbelts on buses? or have any of you ever seen the results of not having a helmet on during a motorcycle accident? Get the hell off your soap-box and lets get back to the letting individuals decide what is healthy for their own bodies.
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Generational Work Ethics [by Anonymous Citizen on July 24, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 600 (Decrease pension benefits for new state employees)
Opposing HB 600 is sound but attacking the work ethic of an entire generation as inferior is not fair either.
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House bill 1 [by Caring Mom on July 23, 2008]
about 2006 Special Session House Bill 1 (Reform Kentucky business tax code)
This tax bill in my opinion is forcing small business to close their doors, in many cases the tax on the gross income is more than the profit when all is said and done at the end of the year,why can't the little man get a break instead of the big corporations that could afford to pay more.
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DRIVER LICENSE FOR ILLEGALS [by Anonymous Citizen on July 23, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 104 (Drivers licenses for illegal aliens)
NO WAY , NO WAY AT ALL.These crinmals have no rights to a driver license or as far as i am concern they should not even have a right to own or drive any vehicles while in the usa.These fence jumping and climbing illegals and crimnals should never never ever be allow to have a legal driver license.We might could issue them a picture/photo i.d. card only , but no driver license.
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RE-GOLF CARTS ON PUBLIC ROADS [by Anonymous Citizen on July 23, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 93 (Allow golf carts on public roadways)
This should only be permitted on side roads where the posted speed limits are 20 mph to 35 mph / miles per hour.
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RE-RIGHTS TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS [by Anonymous Citizen on July 23, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
The usa 2nd admendment (the right to keep and bear arms) was not meant and intended for private citizens, that was meant for a militia and military only.Anyone that can read can clearly see that in the usa 2nd admendment.
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It was prefiled ... [by Anonymous Citizen on July 22, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 8 (Expand and regulate prayer, religious activity in schools)
for next session. It is an election year, so we can expect to see a bunch of pre-filed 'do nothing' bills in the next few months. Their only purpose is to pander to some supporter and garner support for the November election.
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Right to keep and bear arms [by Anonymous Citizen on July 21, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
What part of the "right to keep and bear arms" do you not understand?

Did I miss the part that included it could only be in your home?
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mininum wage [by Anonymous Citizen on July 21, 2008]
about 2007 Senate Bill 5 (Increase Kentucky minimum wage 41% by 2009)
The idea that employers raise the costs of goods because of a usa mininum wage increase is total nonsense.They said that would happen the last several times the mininum wage was increase , and employers never raise the costs and prices on goods because of a mininum wage increase.This is same thing we always heard from people against mininum wages increases , they always fall back on there same as usual FEAR TACTICS , but no real facts to back it up.Costs of goods do not go up in prices because of a mininum wages increases.It other factors that cause the price of goods and food to go up in prices , and not the facts that the usa or states mininum wages were increase for the workers who need it the most , the poor/low income/less fortunate/home-less.
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identity [by Anonymous Citizen on July 20, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
will never be shared
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dash [by Anonymous Citizen on July 19, 2008]
about 2009 House Bill 9 (Remove control of circuit court clerk salary from Chief Justice)
The upcoming Federal "bail out" will sap up all Federal funds hertofore used to help out states whose tax base has been falling short for years, like Kentucky. If state's like Kentucky do not immediately implement draconian cuts reducing their appropriations to match their tax resources, they will be in for some very distasteful economic disaster; i.e, becoming
a 3rd World economy!

New Jersey is giving a chilling lesson on how hard it is for elected officials to pay down a recklessly incurred debt in timely fashion.

Thanks to an unexpected increase in tax revenues, the Legislature was able to set aside $650 million to pay down the debt. But that’s a pittance and will reduce annual interest and principal payments by a mere $130 million.

Legislators also turned a deaf ear to Mr. Corzine’s imaginative plan to cut the debt in half by drastically raising tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and other highways. Mr. Corzine could not even sell members of his own party on this scheme because they feared retaliation by the voters.

For New York, California and other states staggering under out-of-control debt, New Jersey’s warning may have come too late. But it is not too late for other states and thousands of cities, towns and counties to learn that politicians who have little trouble running up a big tab have a terrible time paying it off when the bill, as it must, finally comes due.

Let's look at what Kentucky has already done?

Prodded by Gov. Steve Brashear, the Kentucky Legislature recently approved a state budget that started out to be a "bare bones" budget but once Legislature got hold of it turned out to be more pork passed---$1,508,494,000---as usual.

Education and other state agencies took some painful cuts. However, North Carolina, which is twice size of Kentucky adopted a true bare bones budget to attack their deficit but Kentucky's pork was larger than what North Carolina passed.

The more significant story is that the budget will do almost nothing to reduce the crushing billions of dollars of debt that previous KENTUCKY legislators and governors ran up by borrowing money for operating expenses and forgoing payments to the state’s pension fund.

No matter how much Frankfort slashes spending for hospitals and other essential services, this debt continues to rise at a disturbing rate.

Prior to passage of Kentucky's budget there was $4.2 billion bond indebtedness, estimated $750 million of fast rising state tax expenditures, Corporate tax loopholes being incorporated by Corporations as tax exemptions costing state's budget an estimated $400 million annually, uncollected taxes with some going back to 1985 going uncollected in 2008.

For starters they had a chance to:

Eliminate $100 million of administrative personnel cuts starting with 70 PVA's and legialative and judicial personnel costs?

Eliminate $300 million of Corporate Tax Shelters?

Collect all owed state & local taxes?

But Kentucky's Governor is evidently placing all his hopes on addressing Kentucky's deficit by passing gaming legislation, since after it was turned down by legislators once he feels the pressure to find more tax resources will motivate legislature to pass gaming legislation! With such a cowardly financial plan which does nothing to address an obsolete tax base, legislative and administative agencies continuing to haphazardly increase appropriations over tax resources, Kentucky's is skyrocketing to a 3rd World economy!

Sincerely,
Bill Huff
319 Dixie Manor Ct
Harrodsburg, Ky. 40330-1923
859.734.2228
dash@copper.net

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Look at the whole picture [by Anonymous Citizen on July 18, 2008]
about 2007 Senate Bill 5 (Increase Kentucky minimum wage 41% by 2009)
KY mom, you aren't looking at the whole picture. Sure, raising the min wage looks good to those getting it, but how do you think employers who provide goods and services in the min wage market will make up for having to increase their wage payout? They raise their prices ON TOP OF the price going up because of everything else, as you state in your post it does anyway. So, in effect, those who got a raise because of this legislation will pretty much see a negative net gain, while those that were above the min wage in the begining will see a net defecit. One move isn't isolated from the other as some seem to think.
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Anonymous [by Anonymous Citizen on July 17, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
Anonymous does not forgive
Anonymous does not forget
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Help! [by Anonymous Citizen on July 17, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
I'm bein' repressed!

Seriously, this is just an attempt by the government to track people and be able to filter the things they don't want people to say. Bravo, Kentucky, land of American fascism!
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I dont understand banning guns [by Anonymous Citizen on July 16, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
I am not one to make assumptions in regards to a person’s position, especially when it comes to “OUR” (The People’s) right to “OWN” (Buy and Sell) and “BEAR” (carry) arms. However, I am dumbfounded (for lack of better words) at the ridiculously poor level of grammar (in regards to the comment I just read) used in writing that piece. How am I going to take your comment seriously if you don’t care enough to proof what you write? That tells me one of a few things, A). You’re not educated, B). You let your emotions take over as you write your position. There are too many only(s), and the word positioning requires review.

Nevertheless, let’s just think rationally about this issue…there is no reason to carry a weapon on campus (loaded) period. However since colleges and universities are designed as orientations of higher learning, I wholehearted believe it bestows a major discredit to the students (who are there to learn), as well as the professors (who are there to teach) to ban guns entirely or at all for that matter.

Not to affording both the students and professors the right to bring in guns of historic value (e.g. Civil War, etc…) to class, is where the problem lies.

Again, I support the banning of bullets on campuses; however I will never be convinced that banning unloaded guns is going to solve the true problem we the people are facing. The true problem is the deranged fool who intends to do harm to others, in combination with guns and most importantly bullets. The bullet kills or injures people, when in the hands of a sick individual…It’s not, nor ever will be the Guns who kills or injures people, it the combination as described above that injures or kills people. When in the hands of responsible people, who intends to do good with it that gun (which by the way is the majority of us), it is a great learning tool and experience on campus.

You will never stop the criminal mind of doing harm to innocent people by inventing new laws, banning /restrictions, statutes, bills, and every other possible solution people are coming up with next, when the root of the problem is not address or identified. Let’s face it…punishing the whole for the actions of a limited few - is foolish, and it adds to the destruction of what this country was founded on FREEDOM.

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vane686 [by Anonymous Citizen on July 15, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 104 (Drivers licenses for illegal aliens)
criminals?? Is that what you call people who want to succeed and offer their families a better life.
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Do your homework! [by Anonymous Citizen on July 14, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 148 (Increase health plan payments to chiropractors)
Peer-reviewed, evidence-based medicine DOES support the fact that spinal manipulation re-introduces motion into areas of spinal "hypomobility"... thus, halting and even reversing punnus formation. Pannus formation is one cause of degeneration of vertibrae/cartilage tissue damage.


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Anon [by Anonymous Citizen on July 13, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
I doubt that'll stop any one of us.
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cvan they go 45, though? [by Anonymous Citizen on July 12, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 7 (Allow electric cars on certain roads)
They're allowed on roads with Speed Limits up to 45MPH, but are they able to do 45MPH? If they're doing 30 in a 45MPH zone, they're going to get run over.


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what? how? [by Anonymous Citizen on July 12, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 614 (Increase cigarette paper tax)
How did this lead to you losing your job? Do you work for one of the pharma companies that pushes this crap as a way to get people to spend money on their medicines instead?


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not true - we have a right [by Anonymous Citizen on July 12, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
Supreme court affirmed - 2nd amendment is an individual right.

Kentucky Constitution affirmed - you have the right to openly carry, even without a permit.

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BRAVO!!! [by Anonymous Citizen on July 9, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 93 (Allow golf carts on public roadways)
As usual, Kentucky has been trailing behind the rest of the country as only 1 of 5 states that did not have this type of legislation in place. If it can save me some $4.25/gallon gas on a trip to the neighborhood pool or the restaurant around the corner, why not? of course they need to be licensed and insured (which is another revenue stream for the State). Looks like a win-win to me.
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OOOOOOOOO K! [by Anonymous Citizen on July 9, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 7 (Allow electric cars on certain roads)
Why not? The way gas prices have gotten so out of hand, we should be able to drive whatever we want on the roads if it saves money, we have paid our taxes! I think we should all go back to the horse and buggy era. Maybe Washington would get the message, if the government started complaining about have to scoop up horse shit. That's right! The entire economy, including gas prices is also horse shit and we as citizens are having to pick up all their horse shit.
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my comment [by Anonymous Citizen on July 9, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 70 (Restore voting rights to convicted felons)
I am so tired of these better than thou straight and narrow citizens passing so much judgement on people who have made mistakes in their past. Not all people who have felony records are murders, robbers or rapists. A lot of these people were kids when they made their mistake. You have people who are in their 20s,30s,40s and even 50s who may have done something when they were 17, 18 or 19 and cant even feed their kids because they cant find a job! A basic necessity in life. Imagine a 27 year old woman with a drug charge from the age of 17. If she has kids they wont eat cause the federal govt wont give her food stamps or money b/c of her drug charge. Why does she need them in the first place? Because no one will give her a job I'd say this country needs to do better than restore voting rights to people. They need to change these laws regarding records so that people can feed their children. Then someone had the nerve to comment "I dont want a convicted felon voting for laws that will effect my children or grandchildren." Do you know how many people are out there voting that should be convicted felons? i know a few myself. Im sorry but that is inevitable! Give them there rights back and allow them to feed their kids!
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missed fourtune 101 [by Anonymous Citizen on July 8, 2008]
about 2009 Senate Bill 7 (Allow electric cars on certain roads)
what a dumb idea. Why only let electric auto on our roads? How many roads have a speed limit of 45 mph?
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Anonymous now and forever [by Anonymous Citizen on July 5, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
Bring. it. on.
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anonymous [by Anonymous Citizen on July 4, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
YAY! i wuv fascism!


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2nd Ammendment Support [by Anonymous Citizen on July 4, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
Isn't freedom of speach and freedom of religion allowed outside the home? What makes the second ammendment which garrantees the right to keep and bare armes any different than the first? To keep means to posses, and to bear means to carry.
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HB 114 [by Anonymous Citizen on July 4, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
Rep. Bob Damron is one of the top Democrat legislators in the Kentucky House of Representatives. You would think from reading some of the comments on this subject that a person would have to hunt in his or her own home for reportedly they are not allowed to take their guns out of their home. These anti-gun freaks have such wild views on this issue. Hunting is one of the top sports in America.
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NO U [by Anonymous Citizen on July 4, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
We're authoritarian? That makes absolutely no sense. Did you actually think about what you were posting or did you pick random words from the dictionary?
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GUNS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY [by Anonymous Citizen on July 3, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
The idea of allowing or even thinking about allowing guns/handguns/firearms on school property is just dumb/stupid/nuts.Remember the recent usa supreme court ruling only allows a person the constitutional right to own a gun in the home and home only , states and communities can still put limits and restrictions of where a person can carry a gun/firearm outside of the home , if they should be allow to carry a gun/firearm outside of the home at all.
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GUNS IN SCHOOLS/COLLEGES [by Anonymous Citizen on July 3, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
You need to remember that no person has a constitional rights to carry a gun outside of the home.Right now and right now only a person only has the rights to owned a gun and firearm in the home only.No person has any legal rights to carry a gun or firearm to any schools or public buildings.
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RE-ARMED AND READY [by Anonymous Citizen on July 3, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
First of all , no one and i mean no one at all under any conditions has a god given right to carry a gun or handgun outside of the home.The usa supreme court recent ruling only gave peoples the right to own and have a gun ( handgun ) firearm in the home or residence and in the home only.The states and communities still have the rights and authority to limited and restrict where a person can carry a gun or firearm outside of the home.
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Stop buying pointless stuff! [by Anonymous Citizen on July 2, 2008]
about 2007 Senate Bill 5 (Increase Kentucky minimum wage 41% by 2009)
Most people complain about the prices going up on things like bread and milk and of course gas yet most of these people keep buying DVDs at Wal-Mart and getting digital sattelite systems. Get rid of the pointless stuff and it'll be easier, not perfect but easier.
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another abuse of our rights [by Anonymous Citizen on July 1, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 114 (Deadly weapons on college and university campus)
Since when do local authorities, including schools, have any right whatsoever to limit or modify access to our own constitutional rights as U.S. citizens? Do we have constitutional rights or not? I think the actions by whoever tries to change, modify, limit, or negate our constitutional rights is violation of federal law, and should be prosecuted.
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KYMOM [by Anonymous Citizen on July 1, 2008]
about 2007 Senate Bill 5 (Increase Kentucky minimum wage 41% by 2009)
INCREASE OR NO INCREASE - IT WILL NOT MATTER!

I have been seeking a suitable job for over a year now. I have over ten years experience in my field of work, and six years in a secondary field of work. Yet every interview I encountered had the same rate of pay which I started out with fifteen years ago! Seven or eight dollars an hour was fine when milk was only $1.89 a gallon.
I am a divorced mother of two young children, whose military father conveniently evades child support. I could have burdened the tax payers further by receiving KTAP, but I choose to work and provide for my family. After all, I am a taxpayer too.
What's your point, you might ask? The point is this: prices are going to continue to rise and keep rising, whether the there is an increase in wage or not.
The ratio of increased consumer cost is much greater than the ratio of increased wages. If you don't agree, generate your own study of wage increase for a receptionist in Kentucky.
My conclusion is that the minute increase in minimum wage will have no affect on my poor salary, yet prices will continue to rise nontheless.
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Thanks a lot [by Anonymous Citizen on July 1, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 614 (Increase cigarette paper tax)
Thanks to this bill not passing, my employer had to cut jobs and now people are out of a job because we did not want to raise the precious price of cigarettes. Not to mention, there are now people with mental illnesses, who can not get treatment. I guess it's more important to pump nicotine into our system (nicotine is classified as a drug) than to help the people in greatest need in our community. Great job! I'm so proud to live in KY! We have great priorities!
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Anon here. [by Anonymous Citizen on June 30, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
I'm behind seven proxies and bought a dog, go get me. First Amendment anyone?

That's why we need to vote Obama.
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Change tax system? [by David Dunn on June 29, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
"The bill extends various requirements for employees to get pension, health, and leave benefits and limits the availability of others, but does not do so enough to reverse the growth of an actuarial deficit that is currently in excess of $27 billion."

There's the problem. Not enough revenue. Yet neither the executive nor legislative branches of government seem to be able to figure out a better tax system. Why not check out our American founders' ideas on taxation? Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist Paper 12:

"The ability of a country to pay taxes must always be proportioned, in a great degree, to the quantity of money in circulation, and to the celerity with which it circulates."

That's like a toll tax on the movement of all moneys. Nothing would be excluded. The state sales and income tax could be eliminated. Hamilton's idea had to await the arrival of computers in order to be able to track all monetary transactions.

The rate could start as low as 1% and probably max out at about 5%. There'd be no cap on the top, like Social Security has. Upper caps destroy proportionality. Without proportional taxation there can be no fairness in any tax system.

So, politicians, get our your Excel spreadsheets and start figuring out what you can come up with. Or am I presuming too much?
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student [by Anonymous Citizen on June 28, 2008]
about 2008 Senate Bill 50 (Test inmates for HIV/AIDS)
I strongly believe that there should be inmate testing but only if the person wishes it so. not making them do it. and the only person that should be told would be the dept. of health. no one else.
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HB 1 [by Anonymous Citizen on June 28, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
According to the June 11th issue of THE KENTUCY GAZETTE, when Gov. Paul Patton authorized a formal structure for labor unions to organize state employees seven years ago, a spokesman for a coalition of state workers, who didn't want the unions, described salaries and benefits for Kentucky's public employees as "best in the nation, second to none."

A U.S. Department of Labor spokesman told THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE that the average annual salaries of state workers in Kentucky were 9.1% higher than the average salaries in the private sector.

It is clear to anyone who studies this matter that Kentucky's state employees receive higher pay and better pensions on average than the rest of us.

Kentuckians rank 46% in average income in the nation. We rank 13th in the percent of our income we pay in taxes. However our state employees rank in the 30's in average salary and at the top in benefits.

Kentucky voters are tired of politicans who care more about salaries and benefits (including pensions and health care) for state employees than for the taxpayers who they force to pay the piper.

We take very good care of our state employees and the retired state employees, but still some want even more. Many do an outstanding job, but their salary and benefits are good enough and much better than those of most of the taxpayers who must pay the bills for state gavernment.
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Give me back my bullets [by Anonymous Citizen on June 28, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 715 (Require serial numbers on every bullet)
If they can't take the guns, they will go after the bullets
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Thank You For Your Concern [by Chuck Morrow on June 28, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
Dear Legislators:
Thank you for your concern regarding the needs of retirees and their families. With this vote you have assured their ruin by including the very damaging 1.5% fixed annual COLA! It has been stated that this fixed annual COLA brings equality between the other retirement systems and the teachers' system. I would like to point out that the same equality could have been achieved by granting the teachers' system the annual COLA based on inflation retired state employees used to have prior to your retiree gutting action in this bill. It has also been stated that the fixed 1.5% annual COLA is a floor not a ceiling because the legislature can grant a higher annual COLA. We all know that will happen about as often as pigs sprout wings and fly! So again I say thank you for rear-ending me and my family with this stupid fixed 1.5% annual COLA just when our economy is in an extreme upward spiral of inflation. I worked hard for 33.5 years to EARN every cent and benefit of my retirement including an annual COLA based in inflation so my family would have a little better chance to keep pace with inflation. Now you have taken that away and there is nothing I can do except go broke and eventially apply for welfare when we hit bottom. Thank you again for NOT honoring the deal we had in place on December 1, 2003 when I retired. That deal did NOT include this totally stupid fixed 1.5% annual COLA. There is no part of that deal I can change but you have decided to make this change to the deal we had. I wonder what type of "family value" it is that allows you to NOT honor your word by taking away the annual COLA based on inflation which was part of the deal you made with me on December 1, 2003? I know there has to be other methods to save money that do not involve ruining retirees with this insane fixed 1.5% annual COLA just when the IRS has ruled that for the last half of this year is costs at least 15.84% more just to operate a car. Thank you again for damaging me and my family. I hope this comes home to you in spades! Sleep well you poor excuses for human beings, I know I won't be able to because I am wondering how to keep my family fed, clothed, and sheltered! May God forgive you because I'm not sure I can! Shame on every one of you who voted for this retiree sodomizing bill!
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Keep talking Chuck [by Anonymous Citizen on June 27, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
I'm guessing Chuck is not the public relations guy for the state employee union.
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Yo dash, get a life! [by Chuck Morrow on June 26, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
In 1970 to have my job with the Labor Cabinet I had to have a 4 year degree in science with at least 30 hours of chemistry. I made inspections in many plants where the janitors made more money than did I. Back in the days of 12% and 13% inflation I received a giant 5% annual increment. That really helped my family's buying power back then!! Then every 4 years we would get a new batch of upper management who usually had no idea what we did but they always knew how we could do it better. That "stuff" would last about a year until they figured out that we knew what we were doing and they would leave us alone to do our jobs correctly without their idiot ideas. I remained for 33.5 years because I was able to live where I liked and the retirement offered was a good one. I don't give a rat's rear end if you think my retirement is better than private industry. It is NONE of your business! When I retired December 1, 2003 the Commonwealth and I had a deal and that deal did NOT include a fixed 1.5% annual COLA. I have every right to expect that deal to be met in ALL aspects. If you do not like the state's retirement benefits then get your elected officals to change them for NEW HIRES. They have NO right to change any deal already in place and these existing deals are NONE of your business there Sparky! So please just mind your own business or if things are soooo good working for the state then get yourself a job with them.
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Whata bunch of crap. [by Anonymous Citizen on June 26, 2008]
about 2008 House Bill 775 (Prohibit anonymous blogging)
Srsly.
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FED UP [by Anonymous Citizen on June 26, 2008]
about 2006 House Bill 508 (Specify allowable uses of eminent domain)
I AM SO TIRED OF GOVERNMENT TAKING OUR RIGHTS AWAY. ARE WE TURNING INTO CHINA?
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dash [by Anonymous Citizen on June 26, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
What? Kentucky stewards are not cutting appropriations to even match state's resources? This is insane approach!

Dash
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OK, all you dim bulbs out there listen up!!! [by Chuck Morrow on June 26, 2008]
about 2008 Special Session House Bill 1 (Slightly lower public employee fringe benefits)
I know there are ways to save the retirement systems without rear-ending the retirees with this stupid fixed 1.5% annual COLA! Secondly I did not set the terms of my retirement. I took what was offered by the state of Kentucky when I retired on December 1, 2003 after WORKING hard for 33.5 years and EARNING every cent and benefit of my retirement! If you think my retirement is too generous I don't care because it is NONE of your business after the date I retired. On December 1, 2003 we had a deal and I fully expect every term of that deal to be met as long as I am alive. I did not set the terms but after I accepted them I expect them to be met. Did not your parents teach you to keep your word? That is exactly what my parents taught me and that is exactly what I expect regarding my retirement!!! It seems very simple to me but then my IQ is larger than my shoe size.
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