Kentucky: Frankfort

Yes, we in Kentucky already know this, but as Jake reports, Crit is now getting national recognition for rooting out corruption and waste. She was just named Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine:
Frankfort’s Fiscal Enforcer

THEY DON’T COME MORE AUTHENTICALLY Kentucky than Crit Luallen. She’s a descendant of two Kentucky governors and of a prominent whiskey distiller, as well as a familiar face in Frankfort’s halls of power. What Luallen clearly hasn’t inherited, however, is the loose ethical standard that has given the Bluegrass State more than its share of political scandals over the years.

As the state’s top fiscal cop, Luallen exposes corruption wherever she finds it.

Literally.

FRANKFORT — State officials are investigating after a surface mine blast in Floyd County sent a boulder tumbling downhill, damaging one home and threatening others.

The Kentucky Department for Natural Resources says the incident occurred Friday near Martin on a site permitted to Frasure Creek Mining Co.

The boulder crashed into a home near state Highway 1210. No one was home at the time of the incident and no injuries were reported.

Residents were asked to leave two nearby homes because of concerns that more debris would fall down the hill.
Oh, I'm SURE the dirty libruls will pounce on this, and try to use it to say that MTR is actually bad for people in these communities, along with the yellow tap water and sludge ponds that will devour their community at any moment.

Let the fun begin!FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rand Paul, the son of 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul, ended months of speculation Wednesday by saying he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by fellow Republican Jim Bunning.

The Bowling Green ophthalmologist told The Associated Press he is entering the race and plans to run as a candidate with “outsider” credentials.YOU get a teabag! YOU get a teabag! And YOU get a teabag!

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Steve Beshear and first lady Jane Beshear will be special guests Friday at a Frankfort fund-raiser for state Rep. Robin Webb's Democratic campaign for a vacant state Senate seat in northeastern Kentucky. The Beshears are listed on an invitation sent out Wednesday by the Kentucky Democratic Party. The fundraiser will be from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday at Investors Heritage in downtown Frankfort. Webb, a Grayson attorney, is facing Republican Jack Ditty, a Greeunp County dermatologist, in an Aug. 25 special election for the 18th Senate District seat. It was left vacant last month when Republican incumbent Charlie Borders resigned to take a state job with the Public Service Commission.