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BREAKING: The Kentucky Democratic Party Has a National Problem On Its Hands

As if Jennifer Moore’s treatment of Jeff Noble (she’s still doing it) wasn’t bad enough, get a load of this. Twenty people (delegates) have filed a complaint or challenge against Ruth Ann Palumbo and the Kentucky Democratic Party for failure to implement a plan approved by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee. Both Chairwoman Jennifer [...]
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Experts studying climate say they got first hand experience with warming

Five scientists studying shorebirds in northern Alaska had to themselves take flight after a polar bear showed up at a time of year it should have been out on ice floes hunting seals. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said Thursday that it chartered a plane to fly the experts out early "because of a new and unusual threat: a polar bear stuck on land due to climate change."     -Read More-

Today’s Boring Or Whatever So Let’s Play a Game

Answer these life-or-death questions: Who would you pick to pet sit your dog? Anne Northup or John Yarmuth If you needed a kidney transplant, whose would you rather have?
 
Mitch Mcconnell’s kidney or Bruce Lunsford’s kidney Who would you rather remove a splinter from your finger? Barack Obama or John McCain If you were arrested and locked up for DUI, who would [...]
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Governor Beshear Signs Electric Car Order

Remember those cute little three-wheeled electric cars? Governor Steve Beshear just signed an executive order allowing them on Kentucky roads. The press release: FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 5, 2008) – Gov. Steve Beshear today signed an executive order directing the Transportation Cabinet to immediately develop and implement an emergency regulation authorizing the use of low-speed electric vehicles on Kentucky’s [...]
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Judge Denies Teens To Become Part of Six Flags Lawsuit

A judge has ruled the families of two Louisville teens won't be allowed to collect damages as part of a negligence lawsuit against Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
 
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Oil prices drive road construction into rough patch Print E-mail
Written by -Chuck   
Saturday, 05 July 2008


To put it simply, the cost of laying down a fresh layer of blacktop is getting a lot more expensive.

The cost of asphalt, a petroleum-based product, like gasoline and diesel fuel, has gone up dramatically over the past three years, which means that some state road projects might get done later, rather than sooner.

.The increase in the case of asphalt is really going to affect our future projects,. said David Thacker, spokesman for the state highway department's District 7, which covers 12 Central Kentucky counties, including Fayette. .The number of miles we can resurface is going to drop. We just don't have the funding to do the same amount as in the past ... in the same amount of time..

These days, 1,000 tons of asphalt used for a half-inch- to inch-thick top layer of a one-mile stretch of roadway that's 24 feet wide, costs about $58,930. Last year, the cost was $54,640, Thacker said.


Posted originally: 2008-07-05 14:48:00

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