Incumbent Democrat Ben Chandler eked out a win over Republican Andy Barr by 648 votes.
That leaves Republicans with a net gain of 61 seats in the 2010 elections, with six races still undecided.
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Kentucky’s Tax Dollars At Work
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009From the fine folks over at The Corner comes this wonderful, two-part story of tax dollars at work.
It seems that the Louisville African American Think Tank wanted to put on a two day “urban health summit,” and applied for, and received, a government grant. Except there seems to be a few tiny problems:
- The “think thank” in question wasn’t tax exempt, having been dissolved by the state in 2005 for failing to file annual reports.
- The board of the think tank had a, ah, “colorful” history:
- “Treasurer Theron Dunn has been arrested for theft and burglary.”
- “Secretary Terell Stoner has two full pages of charges including sexual abuse, armed robbery and assault.”
- “Yancy Davis, a director, has been arrested for drug violations, carrying a concealed weapon and child abuse.”
- Think Tank Director Rev. Gerome Sutton was once on the “Louisville’s Most Wanted” list for forging his ex-wife’s signature on her car title and failing to pay more than $30,000 in court-ordered alimony, and was also arrested for allegedly threatening to kill his ex-wife.
- Best of all: The initial $10,000 check from the state was cashed at a liquor store.
And this was from a state government. Just think: If Rev. Sutton had only applied for some of that sweet stimulus money, he’d still be receiving checks…