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GOING UNDERGROUND: Former Advocate photographer living large after downsizing
tkleffman@amnews.comIt would be easy to assume that life took a crazy bad turn for Dan Price after he left Danville 22 years ago. He now lives by himself in a hole in the ground in the outback of northeastern Oregon. “I went from living in a mansion in Kentucky that...Tags: Photography, Tameka Cottle, Rentals, Google Inc., Arts
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Political letters to the editor 101
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comWe are just over two months away from the general election, and locally, all the races are set. We’ve got seven candidates on the ballot for the four Nicholasville City Commission slots, seven candidates vying for the Wilmore City Council seats, a...Tags: Russ Meyer, Elections, Politics, Local Elections
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Editorial: The Journal's Thumbs Up, Thumbs down
Up What better way to kick off the start of the 2012-2013 high-school sports season than with the second annual VisitNich.com Bowl and the Soccerrama Showcase this weekend? East and West High football teams will play Somerset and Tates Creek,...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, High Bridge, Entertainment Events, Prescription Drugs
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Hustonville not releasing details of ordinances to public
ben@theinteriorjournal.comHUSTONVILLE — Hustonville City Council has passed first readings of five ordinances aimed at curtailing certain behaviors within city limits, but the city has refused to release the text of the ordinances to the public. The ordinances were read...Tags: Freedom of Information Laws, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Editorial cartoonist has tongue as sharp as his pen
tkleffman@amnews.comJoel Pett is well known for his pointed pen, earning a Pulitzer Prize and international acclaim puncturing ripe targets with decidedly inelegant strokes. But who knew the Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial cartoonist is also something of a stand-...Tags: Joe Biden, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Stand-up Comedy, Politics, Cartoons
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Who was Captain Joseph Clark?
This bicentennial year of the War of 1812 has so far seen little commemoration of America’s “second Revolution.” Kentuckians volunteered in numbers and played a significant role in the outcome of the war. Approximately 25,000 Kentucky...
Tags: William Henry Harrison, Montgomery County (Virginia), Meriwether Lewis, Middletown, Crime, Law and Justice
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Opening the blinds on pension secrecy
Guest columnistKentucky’s pension debt, which stands at nearly $34 billion today, is expected to reach $40 billion during the next three years. How different would our situation be today if former Gov. Wendell Ford had not decided back in 1972 that taxpayers...Tags: Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, Politics, Abusive Behavior, Pension and Welfare
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Driver hits pole, shuts down power and traffic on Main Street
news@jessaminejournal.comAt approximately 9 a.m. Tuesday a white Jeep Grand Cherokee rammed into a power line/telephone pole in front of Nicholasville City Hall. The accident has temporarily shut down Main Street from Lake Street to Ross Street and cut power to the... -
K9 CORNER: Every dog needs a 'den'
Contributing columnistRecently, two people started the subject of confining (or crating) a puppy. Both felt it was terrible to do this. I felt obligated to explain that confining a pup for short periods is no worse than putting a baby in a playpen, and crating a pup at night...Tags: Toy Industry, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Media shouldn't mix politics, news
brossi@jessaminejournal.comThere is a theory known as agenda-setting in which a news-media outlet’s bias can influence opinion and virtually alter the perception of an event in the eyes of the public. For me, this theory is self evident in mainstream media with everything...Tags: Glenn Beck, Interior Policy, Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, ABC (tv network)
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GUEST EDITORIAL: What's next for state retirees?
Now that the Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees has decided to shift Medicare-covered public retirees from the state’s self-funded supplemental insurance into a Medicare Advantage plan run by Humana, pensioners will have to watch to see...
Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Medicare
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Education is key in open-records laws
Institute for Rural Journalism and Community IssuesPublic officials in Kentucky are doing better at obeying open-government laws, but many still have a ways to go, but Kentuckians are making increasing use of the laws to hold officials accountable. So said the chief author of the laws, and one of the...Tags: Public Officials, Politics, Lawyers, Abusive Behavior, Government
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