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Kentucky: Cecil Roberts

April 27, 2009 - 08:37 am
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Mongiardo’s ICG donations even worse than they appear

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Last week we shared with you how Dan Mongiardo’s campaign chest is full of the mountaintop removing International Coal Group, whose executives all maxed out to Lt. Dan in the first quarter. A day after the EPA declaration to crack down on mountaintop removal and Mongiardo’s desperate pleas to Washington, the Louisville Army Corps of Engineers decided to ignore the EPA and announce that ICG would be allowed to bury 1.7 more miles of streams in Leslie County. The ICG money then started flowing into Mongiardo’s headquarters.

Ain’t dirty politics grand?

Well, once you look into the background of ICG and their donors, the story looks even worse.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 15:18

Lunsford talks healthcare and economy at AFL-CIO roundtable

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

LOUISVILLE -- Meeting with six union members and local and national labor leaders, Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford, fielded questions about his positions on health care and the state of the economy today at a United Auto Workers hall in Louisville.

In responding, Lunsford sought to connect his opponent, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) with President Bush, by denouncing their economic policy as "wreckless."

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Wed, 10/01/2008 - 14:18

UMWA President Kentucky-bound for union discussion with Lunsford

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts is scheduled to be the latest national labor leader to visit Kentucky during the general election season. Roberts will appear in Louisville next Monday, meeting with union workers, U.S. Sen. candidate Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville), and state AFL-CIO president Bill Londrigan.

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Tue, 08/26/2008 - 23:55

UMWA president promotes EFCA in front of DNC delegation

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

DENVER – Ads attacking Kentucky candidates for their stance on the Employee Free Choice Act have been airing in the Commonwealth for some time this election season. Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford is one particular target of the ads, which claim the act allows for labor leaders to pressure workers into joining union.

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Tue, 08/26/2008 - 14:51

After a packed morning, Kentucky's DNC delegates have a loose Tuesday schedule

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

DENVER -- As more of Kentucky's prominent elected Democratic leaders arrived in Denver for their party's national convention today, the line-up of speakers at the delegation breakfast was bolstered - and then supplemented by some special guests.

This morning, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean made a surprise appearance to kick off the line-up. He spoke for nearly 15 minutes on campaign strategy and the prospects for Kentucky Democrats.

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