GLI wrote an editorial in the C-J supporting HB 72, the bill preventing groups from appealing a zoning ruling to the courts without posting a ginormous bond. (More on that bill here.) But I was struck by this one sentence in their editorial: “A bill filed by Rep. Jerry Miller
Two Louisville pastors have weighed in on charter schools, and they brought their truth-telling skills from the pulpit to the op-ed page. Here are their opening lines, from an op-ed in the Courier-Journal: As pastors in Louisville we cannot remain silent while Gov. Matt Bevin uses our Jefferson County Public
We attended the annual conference of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, and interviewed four interesting people while there: * Joe Grady of Topos, on how to get people to think differently about taxes * Clark Williams, an IRS agent turned minister, on why our state budget is a moral document * MacKenzie
Most everyone has heard of the Indivisible document, written by former Congressional staffers. It tells how to make a difference by carrying out actions of various kinds, mostly targeted at your elected officials. Now, an Indivisible group has formed for Kentucky — and they’ve already carried out their first action!
We interview Matt Wyatt, chair of the Elizabethtown School Board. The E-town school board recently passed a resolution opposing charters, and Matt lays out the reasons why. In addition, we take a look at news, fake news, and propaganda, the differences among them, and the standards Forward Kentucky has set
Yesterday (1/17), Governor Bevin appointed the ten members of the University of Louisville board. While the entire UofL board situation has been one mess after another, the latest concern is the Governor’s statement accompanying the appointments. Is his statement just his ego getting in the last word, or
Congressman Yarmuth has joined a growing number of members of Congress who have decided to skip the upcoming inauguration. I have two thoughts about this: 1. Normally, this would be the wrong thing to do. One of the hallmarks of American democracy is that when you lose an election, you
Via press release from his office: “As the transition of power is a hallmark that must be honored, this is not a decision I make lightly. It’s not my intent to protest the election results or to make a statement about policy. I will not be attending the inauguration
Our first interview, and who better than Congressman John Yarmuth! He has been working for progressive causes for decades, and represents Kentucky’s Third District with determination and clarity. The Congressman shares with us the current mood in Washington, how Republicans feel about the incoming President, and some things WE
(This is a guest post from Representative Joni Jenkins, and was originally posted to the KDP site. It is cross-posted here with permission.) More than 75 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war on Japan after the deadly attack on Pearl Harbor and America. In
Our new podcast! Bruce Maples, publisher of Forward Kentucky, talks briefly about our goals for the Moving Kentucky Forward podcast, and some of the content we hope to include. He finishes with a request for YOUR help: people, topics, and stories we can use for the show. Here is the
I want to thank you very much. I’m sincerely grateful to you. For a rather long time we progressives and liberals have been considered weak, lily-livered, unfocused, too nice to be anything more than a loud-mouth complainer. Unfortunately for you, there is a short-term memory issue here. :: You have
Everyone likes being on the fast track, right? Fast track to a better job. Fast track to finishing your project. Fast track to graduating. But what about going backward on a fast track? Scary, right? Well buckle up, Kentucky, because that’s where we are going – backward, and on the
When our electeds are wrong, we call them out. When they’re right, we thank them, no matter which party they’re in. So, to both Andy Barr and James Comer, we say: Thank you for your principled vote last night on the ethics issue. As you have probably heard,
As Kentucky gets ready to fight over charter schools, we need to pay attention to two things: checkbooks and Bibles. Two of the main reasons groups, especially outside groups, want charter schools is either because they see an opportunity to make money (even in so-called “non-profit” charter schools), or they
“Fake news” is all the news, these days. We are surrounded by, and drowning in, a tsunami of fake news. What does this mean to the future of our state and our country? And, what does this mean for Forward Kentucky? In a 1998 essay, Ralph Nader predicted that since
