KYKurmudgeon

About KYKurmudgeon

Placed on August 30th, 2008

located in Lexington

"Larry Dale Keeling is a columnist for the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. A Kentucky native and graduate of the University of Kentucky, he has spent 30 of his 33-plus years in journalism reporting on or writing editorials and columns about Kentucky issues and Kentucky politics. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing and has won both the Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial writing and the National Headliner Award for editorial writing. He occasionally sips on the nectar of the gods known as Kentucky bourbon and spends too much of his spare time trying to knock a small white ball into a hole in the ground." http://kykurmudgeon.typepad.com/kykurmudgeon/

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posted on
August 26th, 2008
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KYKurmudgeon
based in
Lexington

KyKurmudgeon is moving

The Herald-Leader is in the process of consolidating all of its bloggers on one server at Kentucky.com. So, KyKurmudgeon is leaving its TypePad address and will be found at read more about "KyKurmudgeon is moving"

posted on
August 25th, 2008
from
KYKurmudgeon
based in
Lexington

It's all about focus for Lunsford

Sunday's column:

FRANKFORT — When he’s scripted, as he is in ads and was at the Fancy Farm Picnic, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford has a focused, effective message. read more about "It's all about focus for..."

posted on
August 21st, 2008
from
KYKurmudgeon
based in
Lexington

Whistling past the graveyard

Speaking to about 1,600 people who attended the Kentucky Country Ham Breakfast at the State Fair Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell described his job as being similar to a g ...

posted on
August 20th, 2008
from
KYKurmudgeon
based in
Lexington

Thoughts on a taxing session, as budget cuts are felt

Today's column:

FRANKFORT — This and that, the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer edition:

As Gov. Steve Beshear toured the state in recent weeks, he continued to tout his proposa ...

posted on
August 18th, 2008
from
KYKurmudgeon
based in
Lexington

Uh, about that mass exodus of state workers

Sunday's column:

FRANKFORT — Remember that assumption the General Assembly made about state workers retiring this year in numbers dwarfing the casts of thousands trumpeted in trailers ...