Do you ever just feel that NKY is just like the 1993 movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray? Every day is the same as the day before. Or maybe it is better described by paraphrasing Yogi Berra who said: Living in NKY “is like déjà vu all over again.” One year ago, NKY went through the very […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Time for Some Truth from Conway & Bevin on Coal
During my misspent youth, I wasted many hours in front of our black and white television watching The Lone Ranger, sitcoms and game shows. One game show I remember from my early childhood was called To Tell the Truth. As I remember it, three people each claimed to be the same person (of course, only one of them […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: What Went Wrong in NKY for Comer-McDaniel?
I stayed up late last Tuesday evening, primary election night, watching Bill Goodman and Al Cross and others on KET speak about the close race between the top two contenders vying to become the Republican nominee for Governor. The political junkie that I am, I couldn’t go to sleep without knowing who would be victorious. At the end […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: NKY’s Fractious Governments Hold Us Back
Many of you readers feel that there is need to revisit regionalism in NKY. I couldn’t agree more! But, why should I say anything when you, the readers, say it better than I would. There were many “spot on” responses to the following question that I posed to you two weeks ago. What can we do […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: This Democrat Hopes for Big Republican Turnout
I would like to see a large turnout in the Republican Primary for Governor! Wait! I am a Democrat and I want to see a large Republican primary? What’s up with that? Here’s why: NKY has never been well represented in Frankfort. Yes, we have a representative form of government; and, after our elections, our […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Regionalism is Dead in Northern Kentucky?
Last week’s Survey Says: 77 % of those responding identified themselves as Republicans. 66% of those Republicans indicated that they will vote for Bevin in the primary on May 19th, while only 20% indicated that they would vote for the candidate with the local running mate and 10% said they will be voting for Heiner. Scott finished a […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: A Democrat’s Guide to Voting for Republicans
The most interesting statistic in the results of last week’s “Survey Says” is that 80% of the respondents feel that the data that their city displays on their website is not in a format that can be compared to other cities. Most responders would like to see how their city compares to other cities! And […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Fair to Compare NKY Cities to Each Other?
Our last three columns/discussions have dealt with corruption in Kentucky in general and in NKY in particular. I have suggested, as has State Auditor Adam Edelen, that the numerous governments here in NKY may be a contributing factor. I have also suggested that one way to make sure that there is a check on the […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Is There “Legal” Corruption in NKY?
I received many varied responses to last week’s column. Some people are polar opposites. One person called the column “yellow journalism”, while another liked the column and was appreciative that the issue of corruption in NKY is being spoken about. Another felt that benchmarking (comparing the cities and counties using standard measurements) was a good way to […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Readers Offer Feedback on Corruption in NKY
In last week’s Another Voice, I noted that, while Kentucky ranks last in so many areas like the health of our citizens and education levels, it was good to notice that, in studies of corruption, Kentucky ranks third! (There is a little bit of sarcasm in the last sentence…) If you remember, I argue (and State Auditor […]