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 […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Corruption in Kentucky (Yes, NKY, Too!)
Corruption in Kentucky!? Oh yes, you say, many years ago in Eastern Kentucky with vote buying, in Northern Kentucky with gambling, in our General Assembly in Frankfort with Operation Boptrot and in some other areas of our state… but we have cleaned all that up! We have transparent and accountable government here in Kentucky! No corruption! Not […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: How Your County PVA Can Save You Money!
When I think of the role of the Property Valuation Administrator (PVA), I am reminded of the TV commercial for a local window replacement company. At the end of the commercial, the owner and his daughter point at the audience and emphatically say: “We’ll save you a lot of money!” The value of the PVA is very similar to […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: What People Are Saying About NKY Issues
Family Feud is a game show that most people know and understand. It’s been around for a long time. Everyone knows the phrase made famous by the first host, Richard Dawson: “Survey Says!” My disclaimer: My surveys are not scientific. There is not a ‘margin of error’. It is just the collective response and comments of my readership. Nothing more! […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: “No Jail Jailers” is Only Part of County Corrections Problem
The Kentucky Senate has decided to fix a situation affectionately referred to as: “No Jail Jailers”. This was recently reported on in this publication here. The gist of this discussion is that we have county jailers in 41 counties in Kentucky who have no jails to supervise. From an article appearing in January of 2015 by WKMS, a […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Boehner & Bar Management 101
Each Sunday, I try to watch one or more of the Sunday morning political talk shows. This past Sunday morning was no exception. My choice was Face the Nation. Interviewed that morning was our Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner. Towards the end of the interview, Mr. Boehner indicated that running the House was similar to running […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Right to Work Ordinances in NKY Counties? Come On.
There were a lot of comments about NIMBY, what we citizens of NKY will accept in our backyards. More discussion will follow in a later column. Meanwhile, without much prior public discussion and no public education on employment needs in NKY, last week Boone County had a first reading on a new law called “right to work”. Then Tuesday, […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: Is This the Best Way to Run Our Libraries?
Last week, to the column Yes, Too Much Government, those responding were overwhelmingly (95%) in favor of reducing the number of entities providing services. Specifically, the citizens said that fewer Fire Departments/Districts was the number one issue and finishing a strong second was revenue collectors. Elected officials should take note of this! Those folks running the […]
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Ken Rechtin’s Another Voice: An Open Letter to NKY’s Elected Officials. All 394 of Them.
Last week’s survey responses regarding the column about straight-ticket voting (STV) were almost unanimously in favor of eliminating the option of voting a straight party ticket. Almost immediately after the column was posted in The River City News, I received an email from Trey Grayson, whom I quoted in the column. Trey said about STV, “I still think we […]
