On Kentucky's Common Math, English, and Science Core Standards

In Kentucky, we have common Math, English, and Science core standards, which were passed by Terry Holiday in 2010, the Chief of the Kentucky's State's Education Board, after Kentucky's General Assembly, including James Comer Jr, voted for something similar in April 2009. Science standards were eventually implemented in 2013. Kentucky's General Assembly, Frankfort, Ky's state legislature, passed Senate Bill 1 in April 2009 which gave Terry Holliday license to impose Kentucky's Common Math, English, and Science Core into the curriculum of Kentucky schools in February 2010.

Kentucky was the first state to adopt some type of Common Core standards out of the fifty nifty United States, and that's something we should be proud of. The Bluegrass's common M, E, and S core piggybacked off of Kentucky's 1990 KERA.

In 2009, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill 1, signed by Governor Steve Beshear. This legislation mandated new academic standards focusing on the “critical knowledge, skills, and capacities needed for success in the global economy”. Kentucky's 2009 Senate Bill 1 mandated that every Kentucky student who attends free public government welfare universal education school be prepared for higher education or a career.

The Senate Bill 1 steering committee supported collaboration with the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), then led by former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit, in the Common Core Standards project. Terry Holliday also served as the president of the board of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), one of the private nonprofits that developed and owns the copyright to the Common Core Standards.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ACT, Inc., and College Board all helped to design Common Core.

Terry Holliday also pushed Arne Duncan back, and was able to postpone getting Kentucky some Science standards until 2013.

So now, Kentucky has it's own Bluegrass common English, Math, and Science core standards, but not Social Studies, or Spanish, or any other requirement, at least not yet, at least not mandated by the State.

Kentucky doesn't have Obama's common core standards. We have Terry Holliday's, Steve Beshear's, NGA's, CCSSO's, James Comer's, and Frankfort's 2009 General Assembly's common core standards. Our standards aren't the federal government's making. It's of our own State Government's making.

Kentucky has Bluegrass common core standards, and so far, we've made Math, English, and Science our core standards.

And it's up to local School Boards to implement whatever new Math, Science, English, and Social Studies standards they want to implement. This isn't centralized bureaucratic control... unless you consider School Boards bureaucrats, which would be wrong, since they're elected officials in all 120 counties in Kentucky.

From Fulton County to Pike County, from Calloway to Boone County, there's school boards in every county, raising your taxes every year whenever they feel like it. Usually it's about a quarter increase on your property taxes.

[the governor]

Let's see what Matt Bevin, Will T. Scott, James Comer, and Hal Heiner have to say about the Math English and Science standards in Kentucky.

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Barack Obama had nothing to do with Kentucky's common Math, English, and Science standards. You shouldn't afraid of Black people anyways.

There's no federal legislation to overturn when you're talking about the repeal of Common Core. I have to question whether or not these Republican candidates even understand how government works.

Kentucky was the first in the United States to adopt our own State's common core, as did 45 other states, who also adopted some type of common core for themselves. Kentucky was the first state in the nation to adopt Common Core, and we got a bunch of great publicity for that.

It was one time Kentucky surpassed her negative stereotypes, and didn't act like a total backwards illiterate non-voting dumbass.

Kentucky has had many notable achievements, where we were first in the nation, and Kentucky should be proud of these notable achievements:

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While we were the 15^th State to join the United States of America (even though we considered joining the Spanish Empire so we'd get control of the Ohio River), Kentucky was the first state to join the Union west of Appalachian mountains on June 1, 1792. The 14^th state was Vermont.

Louisville, Kentucky was the first place in America that used the secret “Australian” ballot in 1888.

Kentucky was the first Southern state to pass the Civil Rights Act in 1966. Martin Luther King Jr actually marched on Frankfort for the 1966 Civil Rights Act, of which, Rand Paul is against. 1966 is when Kentucky decided to integrate. That's fantastic. That's a great legacy.

Kentucky was the 1^st State to overhaul and modernize, so to speak, their Judicial Branch, in 1975. The entire section of Kentucky's Constitution in regards to the Judicial Branch was completely gutted out, and replaced with this 1975 Amendment.

Also in 1975, Kentucky finally ratified the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments, the so-called Civil War amendments, which gives Black folks citizenship, and the right to vote.

Kentucky was #1 in the nation with the standards-based movement with 1990's KERA, the Kentucky Educational Reform Act. KERA was sweeping in it's changes in Kentucky's educational system, including the inclusion of SBDM's, and it's SEEK formula, which sought to make sure all public schools in Kentucky received the same tax dollars per capita, no matter if they were raised in a rich or poor district.

1997. The Kentucky General Assembly completely revamped higher education in the commonwealth with the passage of the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997, House Bill 1. HB1 mandated that the University of Kentucky and UofL become a Top Public Research University by the year 2020. This 1997 law also created several new entities: Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), Kentucky Virtual Campus (KYVC), Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL), Kentucky Virtual Schools (KYVS).

In 1998, the Ford Foundation and Harvard University gave Kentucky the “Innovation in American Government Award”.

Kentucky was the 1^st State to pass Kentucky's Common Math and English Core in 2009/2010.

In October 2013, Kentucky was the 1^st State to implement ObamaCare by way of the State's own private insurance portal website, Kynect.com. 640,000 Kentuckians have signed up for ObamaCare so far, and most of them were teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

Also in 2013, Kentucky was the first state in the US to begin hemp production.

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Kentucky, let's smash this culture of ignorance bullshit, and start being proud of good progressive world class measures.

Another, MAJOR victory for Kentuckians was when we won the Civil War. Kentucky... we won the Civil War!!! Talk about siding with losers.

The election of the long shot 3^rd party candidate Abraham Lincoln, a Kentucky born and raised man, severed the nation in half, after many Southern states seceded out of the United States club in 1860 because the 1% elite, 10,000 slave owners, wanted to keep their slaves, a peculiar institution that most of our Founder Fathers engaged in.

Kentucky chose to fight for Lincoln, for the United States of America, against the Confederacy, against slavery, and we were right in doing so.

100,000 Kentuckians fought for the Union, compared to 25,000 white supremacist racists who fought for the Confederacy, for the 10,000 slave owning aristocratic plutocratic 1% owner banker class. 100,000 Kentuckians fought for the Union. In fact, there were the same amount of African-American troops fighting for the Union in Kentucky, 25,000, as there were fighting in the Confederacy, also 25,000. Most Kentuckians, esp German immigrants, like William Justus Goebel's father, fought for the United States, to remain in the Union of States of America, especially after the Confederacy broke our neutrality by invading Kentucky territory, and Kentucky won! The United States of America won! Kentucky won the Civil War! South Carolina lost. So good for Kentucky for making the right decision in 1861.

I mean, my God... the Confederates were the original terrorists. And not surprisingly, the ex-confederates then became the KKK, and the KKK dressed in white bedsheets in order to be perceived as the dead Confederate ghosts coming back to life. Racism... slavery... terrorism... treason to the United States of America, these are horrible legacies for anybody in 2015 to carry on.

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The federal government's Common Core standards, is world class standards, it was designed by many States, pushed by the States in order for America to competitive with the world's educational attainment, since we're no longer #1 anymore. We're like #50.

I grew upon KERA. I remember everybody complaining about it, especially the teachers, which is ironic, because the teachers were even threatening to strike over them being tested... What a bunch of hypocrites!

Teachers hated to be tested even more than the students do, but teachers should be tested on their performance.

Well lil Billy and lil Sally can't read, but who gives a fuck? Here's $55,000 for 8 months of wasting everybody's time. Gtfo here.

Our kids need to be able to read, to know math, to understand civics, and democratic institutions.

If you aren't teaching anybody, you should be fired. Immediately. Teaching is your job and if you fail to teach anybody, you should be fired.

The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 aka KERA was a complete overhaul of Kentucky's public educational system.

KERA implemented the SEEK formula so that the poorest schools would get the same amount of tax dollars that the richest schools got, on a per student basis. That's revolutionary. Poor schools aren't getting the same tax dollars, but at least it was mandated that way. It's the law. There's no reason why Barbourville, which receives about $9K of taxpayer dollars per student, should be getting half the tax dollars compared to Anchorage, who get about $18K per student.

In 1990, Kentucky districts only received $2,305 per student on average.

A Sudbury Model of Education, which is a dream true blue freedom and democracy school, costs less than $5K. Vouchers would have our schools democratic and civic minded in no time. They can't treat us like just bricks in the wall anymore. Vouchers also give parents and students more choices when it comes to their own education. Education is supposed to be for the students and parents, but so far, it's been for the administrators.

By sending my child to a Sudbury School, a true blue freedom and democracy school, who cares about strengthening my children, making them smart and capable, who liberates them, doesn't oppress them with out-dated factory education, with archaic Industrial Nazi Prussian models for education, I would save Kentucky taxpayers 50% in education costs, while also giving them a better education.

In fact, all Kentucky's schools should be based on the Sudbury Valley Model School. There's no reason why a school can't be fun and empowering at the same time.

The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 also gave Kentucky SBDMs, Site-Based Decision Making councils, which gave parents power to choose Kentucky's curriculum in the 1990s. SBDM's have to select 3 teachers, 1 administrator, and at least 2 parents, to decide the curriculum of their local school. SBDM's are one lever that gave some power to the parents. Not much, since it's 2 parents and 4 school officials, but it is a democratizing force, so naturally tyrannical Superintendents would hate them.

The primary responsibility of SBDM's are:

1- Hiring to fill vacancies in all school staff positions including teachers and principals

2- Choosing textbooks instructional materials, and student support services available at the school

3- Reviewing CATS testing results and determining steps to ensure student improvement

4- Assessing school improvement plans mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.

In an effort to decentralize authority within the school system, KERA delegated much of the curriculum decision making to the School Based Decision Making Councils. Under KERA, these councils determine what is taught, the text used in classrooms, the extracurricular activities that will be offered at the school and to a large extent those who will be teaching.

KERA also introduced computers into the classroom. Generation Y and the Millenial Generations are smarter than Generation X, and their lazy and heavily entitled Social Security-lov'n baby boomer parents. Kentucky's youth, and young adults, are more technologically astute, and therefore, they are more evolved. The Kentucky old are pea-brained dinosaurs, who can't even read, clinging onto ancient Bronze age Dark ages tradition, and the Kentucky youth are Einsteins, absolute geniuses, 100s of times smarter than their parents, ready waiting for a Kentucky enlightenment.

The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot documents very well how scared the old are that the young will one day replace them. That's one of the biggest fears of the old. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/173476 But it shouldn't be. The old should be helping us figure out new jobs and industries, because if they don't, then they should be replaced.

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Kentucky's common Math, English, and Science core isn't anything new here. Kentucky already had many of the same standards already in place, since Kentucky led the standards-based movement in 1990 with the passage of KERA. Terry Holliday's 2010 implementation of common core piggybacked off of KERA, Kentucky's Educational Reform in 1990.

Actually KERA mandated even more rigorous and higher standards than Terry Holliday's 2010 come Bluegrass M E and S core.

Here's some of KERA standards in 1991:

*use basic communication and mathematics skills for purposes and situations they will encounter throughout their lives.

*develop their abilities to apply core concepts and principles from mathematics, sciences, arts, humanities, social studies, practical living studies, and vocational studies to what they will encounter throughout their lives.

*develop their abilities to become self-sufficient individuals.

*develop their abilities to become responsible members of a family, work group, and community, including demonstrating effectiveness in community service.

*develop their abilities to think and solve problems in school situations and in a variety of situations they will encounter in life.

*develop their abilities to connect and integrate experiences and new knowledge from all subject matter fields with what they have previously learned and build on past learning experiences to acquire new information through various media services.

45 States have agreed to implement some type of Common Core. Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Alaska, Washington, California... these are states with great educational systems. The states who opted out of doing any kind of Common Core was Louisiana, home of Bobby Jindal, who also opted out of ObamaCare, and therefore, every single preventable death that happens in Louisiana, Bobby Jindal should be held personally liable for, and Oklahoma.

Let's do what Washington and Minnesota is doing, not what Oklahoma is doing.

Oklahoma, home of the Pirate political Party, has had thousands of earthquakes because of their addiction to fracking... fracking, which is coal's biggest competitor.

Oklahoma's legislature this year tried to make yoga pants illegal, because, evidently, yoga pants gives Oklahoma's legislators the urge to rape.

But hell, Kentuckians should know that feeling: we've been getting raped for years.

Louisville and Grant County Jailers literally rape their inmates, even innocents falsely beat up by crooked cops, and those in there for victimless crimes, or for some misdemeanor, or traffic violation. That's one hell of a punishment for speeding. The speedster hurt nobody, but the public official raped another person.

Am I the only one that believes rape, murder, stealing, and violence are the 4 huge evils, wickedness that deserves punishment, that peaceful civilized societies should stop?

And the Louisville and Grant County rapist Jailers are the only few ones that have been made public, but there's no telling how much more rapist Jailers Kentuckians empower with their tax dollars.

But let's look at our electricity prices, the raping that King Coal has given us.

Right now...

My electricity is 10 cents. I get my electricity from Meade County RECC.

Will T. Scott at the energy forum in Lexington said that coal companies are selling their electric rates at 3 cents per kilowatt hour.

Mine is 10 cents per kilowatt hour... Pennsylvania Power and Light, owned by William H Spence, the company that owns Kentucky Utilities, buy our electric at 3 cents per kilowatt hour at wholesale costs, and then turns it around, and sells us our own coal at 10 cents per kilowatt hour... that's more than a 200% markup. You're electric bill, if we cut out the middle man, cut out the coal company operators, and transnational corporations, and just provide electricity generated by burning coal to ourselves, and we'd see our electric bills cut in 1/3^rd. I've had $500 electric bills, for just this little trailer here... that's more than my monthly mortgage, and what choice did I have? I had to live through the winter... though the Nauglers were able to give birth in -30 degree weather during this last winter, which is quite impressive, and living off the grid, they didn't have to pay for any electric costs... how did they stay warm out there?

We're supposed to be huge on coal, but so far, thousands of coal miners have lost their jobs. The EPA hasn't imposed any of the standards. Kentucky's has fought those regulations off... so why are we still losing coal miner jobs? What can possibly stem this arsenic-laden coal ash pond from bursting all over the trailer parks lined along the creeks and rivers?

We should nationalize coal. Kentucky is a Commonwealth, and all the raw materials of this state, most esp in National Parks, belong to us, we the Kentucky people. We should nationalize coal, and keep our own coal, instead of thinking some Pennsylvanian CEO, who is trying to maximize his profits for his investors, cares about our interests. King Coal don't care about us. Most Eastern Kentuckians do not have running water but they do have a Coal Severance Tax, and the history on that should be studied, because that's amazing that Eastern Kentucky ever got to the coal companies to do a single fk'n thing for them.

  

My Proposed 2016 Budget 4 Ky: End Ky Corruption Now

12 Cabinets to the Governor's Chair http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/images/0/03/Kentucky_state_exec_org.png

Scroll down to the bottom for the picture of the 12 Cabinets, and the positions I'd eliminate.

Under the Governor is the Secretary of the Cabinet, also known as, at least for the West Wing, as “the Chief of Staff”, which sounds stronger than Secretary... but Stalin started out as a Secretary, so, you know. One can take the seemingly smallest position, and expand it's power to include genociding over 40 million Russians.

Kentucky employs a bunch of State workers. 35,000 folks work for Kentucky, with most of them making over 6 figures.

Underneath the Secretary of the Cabinet are the 12 Cabinets to the Executive Branch of State Government. Here's a list:

1- General Government Cabinet (GGC)

Frankfort Investor Steals $9 Million from Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS): http://www.kentucky.com/2015/04/21/3811783_fanancier-who-stole-millions-from.html?rh=1

Total Expenditure of KRS: $26M (2013)

2- Economic Development Cabinet (EDC)

3- Transportation Cabinet (TC)

4- Finance & Administration Cabinet (FAC)

*44 Sub-Cabinets

5- Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet (TAHC)

6- Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC)

7- Cabinet for Health & Family Services (CHFS)

8- Justice & Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC)

9- Personnel Cabinet (PC)

10- Labor Cabinet (LC)

http://integrityhr.com/top-10-violations-investigated-by-the-kentucky-labor-cabinet-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-2/

11- Energy & Environment Cabinet (EEC)

12- Public Protection Cabinet (PPC)

10/27/2014http://ballotpedia.org/File:Kentucky_state_exec_org.png

Terri Holliday's Education Department Organization:http://ballotpedia.org/File:KY_edu_org_chart.JPG

These Cabinets are filled by appointments. While a transition between an exchange of power can fire them all and replace them with their own people, the government operates smoother by retaining most of these positions, and therefore, government can “keep working”. But sometimes government is broken, and doesn't help the people like it's supposed to do.

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General State Funds Expenditures: http://opendoor.ky.gov/transparency/Pages/executivebudget.aspx

Education & Workforce Development: $3.8B

Health & Family Services $2B

Universities: $1.2B

General Government $839.5M

Justice & Public Safety: $675.7M

Finance & Administration $597.3M

Energy & Environment $81.3M

Tourism, Arts & Heritage $46.4M

Economic Development: $31.6M

Public Protection $6.7M

Transportation: $5.8M

Labor: $4.7M

Personnel $1.3M

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Total Funds (Federal plus State)

Health & Family Services $8.3B

Education & Workforce Development: $7.3B

Universities: $5.9B

Transportation: $5.1B

General Government $1.4B

Justice & Public Safety: $887M

Finance & Administration $643M

Energy & Environment $273M

Tourism, Arts & Heritage $225M

Labor: $216M

Public Protection $114M

Personnel $61M

Economic Development: $42M

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The 10 Economic Classes in Society are:

1- Uber Rich

2- Ultra Rich

3- Super Rich

4- Rich ($250,000 and up)

5- Upper Middle Class ($100,000 - $250,000)

6- Lower Middle Class ($41,000-$100,000)

7- Working Class ($12,000 - $41,000)

8- Working Poor Class (below $12,000, with job)

9- Poor (below $12,000, with no job)

10- Homeless Class

Obama's $250,000 threshold for rich versus poor is very generous... that one Fox News lady said $250,00 is poor... lol. Wow. I'm sure glad some of us has it that good. To me, that's filthy fk'n stinking rich, but what's a tomato to one is a Scrooge McDuck gold money bin to another... right?

No... she's crazy. Chris Rock said if we understood just how well the wealthy in this country lived, we're revolt immediately. Somebody else said the very same thing about the entire banking and finance industry.

$250,000 is the threshold I'll adopt for high middle class. Over $250,00 is rich.

The Average Income in Kentucky is $41,141 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income or $41,806. “According to a joint economic committee report http://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Reports1&ContentRecord_id=3c252eaa-f7bb-465d-bf7e-38eb4eaefd18&ContentType_id=efc78dac-24b1-4196-a730-d48568b9a5d7&Group_id=c120e658-3d60-470b-a8a1-6d2d8fc30132&MonthDisplay=1&YearDisplay=2014 from the U.S. Congress, Kentucky has the fourth lowest median household income — $41,806, based on 2012 dollars.

So, we'll say, $41,000. That's the MEDIAN income for Kentucky. It doesn't reflect how many very poor or very rich folks we have, but it does say where the income level is for most Kentuckians.

$41,000 is a good job. That's working class. That's middle class. It's … Lower middle class.

That's where all politicians income should be capped at. No politician should make more than their people. We rise with our class, not above our class.

Working class is between middle and working poor... working a 40 hour job, lives okay.

Working class is less than $41,000 and more than $14,000.

Working poor class is the class that works a 40 hour job, but is still poor.

The Federal Poverty line $11,770 for an individual, and $24,250 for a family of 4. http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/15poverty.cfm If you work 40 hour a week job, and make less than the Federal Poverty line, then you are in the “working poor” class.

These jobs should be illegal. Nobody should work a full-time job and still be below the poverty line.

The Homeless Class have absolutely nothing, and is dependent on food scraps found on the ground, or the random generosity of a passerby who truly believes they're actually homeless.

The Homeless Class, and poverty in general, is proof positive that Capitalism doesn't fix all ills in society, and so, therefore, giving lots of old rich white men blank checks to do as they please isn't a sound basis for a society's economic philosophy.

The income per capita for Owsley County is

$10,767

(which means all of Owsley County is below the federal poverty line)

The income per capita for Oldham County is

$32,702

Boone County

$28,520

Kenton County

$27,205

Breckinridge County

$17,757

Calloway County

$20,951

Letcher County

$17,393

Anchorage

$63,988

Indian Hills

$66,637

Rolling Fields

$73,152

Glenview

$85,094

Mockingbird Valley

$134,745http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_locations_by_per_capita_income

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Kentucky Stats

4.4 Million Kentucky citizens

88.5% White

68.4% House Ownership Rate

$23,462 Money income per capita, 2009-2013

$43,036 Median Household Income, 2009-2013

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html

My Mother tells me about a time when she needed Food Stamps. She was the only one with a job, and had several mouths to feed, but the Food Stamp Nazis didn't think she was deserving of Food Stamps, and so, therefore, she was rejected. The poorest of the poor get public assistance, but not those who are working and struggling at a real job, who is doing what they are supposed to do? Does this mean, the poorest of the poor need to retain their noble status by remaining, the poorest of the poor?

She tells me this as a point of pride. She didn't want to have to ask somebody for help. And then when she finally did ask somebody for help, she was rejected. Rejected from getting free stuff. Free stuff meant for the poor, which she was, but it didn't matter to the Captain of the Food Stamps.

Then we lived in Florida for a year. Florida said it was okay for my mother to eat. In fact, she had a good job down there, and still was able to get food stamps. And we ate well in Florida.

Food Stamps, LIHEAP, and all other government programs, Extension Office, Roads, etc, are passed down from Frankfort to all 120 local county governments. Once a local official receives these monies, they make sure all of their friends know about the program. The poorest of the poor gets to use these benefits, maybe, but definitely all of their friends who happen to “fit” the guidelines will receive all the benefits they can get. Once their friends get the benefits.

That's what corruption looks like.

The Budget of Kentucky should be listed online, with every single penny accounted for, from when it moves from Frankfort to the local offices.

So while I agree with social programs, the corruption makes it to where folks who need it aren't getting it, and that's a problem. We're paying taxes for a ton of corrupt cronies that aren't doing their jobs. We as Kentuckians are saddled with a bigger burden than poor folks needing food or electricity: we're paying top dollar salaries for these spoils system machine political cronies. We aren't wasting money for free stuff for the poor... we're wasting money for corrupt thieves who pass very little out to the poor. It's for their livelihoods, and their friend's livelihoods. Some folks ask me how do I plan on paying for a GMI, but that's what all of those sucking on Kentucky's government teat are doing. Many folks already have a “Guaranteed Minimum Income”... such as the State Police, or the Office of the Secretary for the Finance & Administration Cabinet.

What does the Finance & Administrative Cabinet do again? I'm sure it's important... KHEAA is a part of them... does that have something to do with approving Tuition Rate Hikes for University students? And how come this isn't taught to every single Kindergartener in the State? Aren't teachers “public officials” too? Is it their job to keep the student masses dumb and ignorant and obedient, so they never know anything, and fail in this world? Teachers aren't doing their jobs. Students aren't learning. Poverty runs rampant in Kentucky, and all folks can blame, is Obama. It's all his fault... as if Kentucky wasn't poor before Obama got into office.

In fact, it's Obama that's helping Kentucky the most.

For ex-coal miners, he's giving them money.

Plus money to fix decapitated mountains.

Obama also saved Kentuckians from the Ice Storm and Tornadoes and Winter storms this year.

Plus the Stimulus jobs and public works projects. Obama's done a bunch of good for Kentucky.

But you won't hear Jack Conway say this. He's suing Obama.

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Part of me feels like Kentucky deserves it. For being loud, obnoxious, and consistently voting Republican for decades even though they're on the dole. One can bite the hand that feeds for so long. The chickens can only vote for Colonel Sanders a few times until they get decapitated and served for dinner. If you're not at the table, then you're probably what's for dinner. So for Owlsey County, Clay County, all Social Security recipients... that's Socialism. That's a government handout. For all government workers, who get paid a decent salary, but isn't forthcoming with information, is just looking for reasons to knock somebody off the scrolls, just for the fuck of it, just because you can't help everybody, or because you're boss told you to, or because you don't like the look of somebody's face.

I can only blame the educational system and media for so long. We live in the Internet generation, and we're going to die of ignorance by choice.

Major Democratic pundits have started calling out Kentucky, and saying they need to be cut off.

Harvard has called our State the most illegally corrupt, and legally corrupt, in 2014... these poor statistics aren't getting any better. Republicans always talk about properity, and yet, the reddest states have the poorest statistics out here. I'm glad Mississippi exists, for Kentucky isn't as bad as Mississippi, but instead of comparing and contrasting ourselves with those on the bottom, what if we began to produce as much GDP as New York and California? What if we looked to Illinois and Florida, and all the rest of the States, and countries in the world, and did

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Comparing the USA to the EU, Kentucky is Greece. We're the ones who keep on getting bailed out. We're the ones who take more than our fair share.

And that sucks. Because it's not getting into the right people's pockets. It's all about the economics.

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1- General Government Cabinet (GGC)

Unified Prosecutorial Systems (31-030)

Registry of Election Finance (31-066)

Department of Veterans' Affairs (31-074)

Military Affairs Commission (31-076)

Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (31-082)

Agricultural Development Board (31-089)

Office of Homeland Security (31-094)

Department of Military Affairs

National Guard

Government Office of Minority Empowerment

Office of Faith-Based & Community Non-profit Social Services (31-099)

Department for Local Government (31-112)

Early Childhood Advisory Council (31-135)

Human Rights Commission (31-370)

Real Estate Commission (31-395)

Commission on Women (31-400)

Council on Postsecondary Education (31-415)

Office of State Budget Director (31-765)

Boards and Commissions

Department of Agriculture (31-035)

Attorney General (31-040)

Auditor of Public Accounts (31-045)

Secretary of the State (31-120)

State Treasurer (31-125)

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2- Economic Development Cabinet (EDC)https://www.thinkkentucky.com/KYEDC/WhoWeAre.aspx

Office of the Secretary

Responsible for the development and administration of executive policies and for the overall management of the agency. The office also coordinates legislative inquiries and assists with relevant legislative initiatives.

Department for Business Development

Responsible for assisting and encouraging new investment, job creation and retention by working with new and existing businesses. The department provides project management services, including in-state and out-of-state industry visits, information gathering for clients regarding their location/expansion requirements, traveling with client representatives to view properties and communities, assisting with applicable financial incentives and facilitating workforce training solutions. The department also maintains two international offices in Japan and Germany that facilitate foreign direct investment and provides oversight for the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation.

Office of Research and Public Affairs

Responsible for supporting business development in the state through marketing and communications activities, research support, database and GIS analysis and development and site evaluation services.

Office of Entrepreneurship

800-626-2930

Provides counseling, training and programs that support entrepreneurship and small business development, as well as encourages export growth opportunities. The office also provides oversight for the Kentucky Commission on Small Business Advocacy and manages the Kentucky Innovation Network, a statewide network of Innovation and Commercialization Centers and satellite offices that provide assistance to knowledge-based firms throughout Kentucky.

Office of Financial Services

Provides Cabinet-wide services in areas of accounting, budgetary and fiscal affairs, program administration, compliance, personnel and administrative functions.

Office of Legal Services

Handles all legal issues for the Cabinet and provides general analysis of programmatic and internal administrative issues.

Office of Commerce and Innovation?

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3- Transportation Cabinet (TC)

Office of the Secretary

Office of Public Affairs

Office for Civil Rights & Small Business ?

Office of Inspector General

Office of Budget & Fiscal Management

Office of Legal Services

Office of Support Services

Department of Aviation

Office of Human Resource Management

Office of Information Technology

Office of Audits

Office of Transportation Del?

Department of Highways

Office of Project Development

Office of Project Delivery & Preservation

Office of Highway Safety

Department of Rural & Munipal Aid

Office of Local Programs

Office of Rural & Secondary Roads

Department of Vehicle Regulations

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4- Finance & Administration Cabinet (FAC)

Very descriptive webpage:http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/title103.htm

County Fees System:http://finance.ky.gov/services/localgov/Pages/countyfees.aspx

State Employee Travel:http://finance.ky.gov/services/statewideacct/Pages/travel.aspx

Public Auctions of State and Federal Surpluses:http://finance.ky.gov/services/surplus/pages/default.aspx

Ebay (Lots of Knives for Sale):http://stores.ebay.com/KYsurplus?_rdc=1

April 24, 2015 State Police Vehicle Auction in Frankfort:http://finance.ky.gov/services/surplus/Pages/UpcomingPublicAuctions.aspx

1- Office of the Secretary (Lori Hudson Flanery + 2 Deputy Secretaries): http://finance.ky.gov/offices/Pages/secretary.aspx

2- Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA)

3- Office of Kentucky Afford? Prepaid Tuition Plan (KAPT)

4- Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation

5- Commonwealth Office of Technologyhttp://technology.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx

6- Office of Enterprise Technology

7- Office of Infrastructure Services

8- Office of Application Development

9- Office of Chief Information Security Officer

10- Office of Information Technology Services

11- Kentucky Housing Corporation

12- Kentucky River Authority

13- Office of PVA's

14- Department of Revenuehttp://revenue.ky.gov/

15- Office of Processing & Enforcement

16- Office of Property Valuation

17- Office of Sales & Excise Taxes

18- Office of Income Taxation

19- Office of Field Operations

20- PVA Office (ACCT)

21- Kentucky Turnpike Authority

22- Office of Administration Services

23- Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Contract Compliancehttp://finance.ky.gov/offices/Pages/equalOpportunity.aspx

24- Office of General Counsel

25- Office of Legal Services for Finance & Technology

26- Office of Legal Services for Revenue

27- Office of Legislative & Intragovernmental Affairs (OLIA)http://finance.ky.gov/offices/Pages/legisaffairs.aspx

28- Office of Policy & Audit (OPA)http://finance.ky.gov/offices/Pages/policyaudit.aspx

29- Office of the Controllerhttp://finance.ky.gov/offices/controller/Pages/default.aspx

30- Office of Financial Management

31- Office of Procurement Services

32- Office of Statewide Accounting Services

33- Sheriff's Expenditure? Allowance

34- Office of Governmental Services Center

35- Department for Facilities & Support Services

36- Office of Building & Mechanical Services

37- Office of Facility Development & Efficiency

38- Office of Public Informationhttp://finance.ky.gov/offices/Pages/publicinfo.aspx

39- Commonwealth Credit Union

40- Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan

41- Executive Branch Ethics Commission

42- Kentucky Retirement Systems

43- Kentucky River Authority

44- Kentucky Teacher's Retirement Systemhttp://finance.ky.gov/offices/Pages/default.aspx

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5- Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet (TAHC)

1- Kentucky State Fair Board

2- Office of Administration and IT

3- Office of Human Resources & Access Control

4- Kentucky Heritage Council

5- Kentucky Arts Council

6- Kentucky Historical Society

7- Kentucky Center for the Arts

8- Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Resources

9- Kentucky Horse Park

10- Kentucky Department of Parks

11- Office of the Secretary

12- Office of Finance

13- Office of Legal Affairs

14- Ofice of Government Relations & T? Dev

15- Office of Human Resources

16- Office of Public Affairs & Constituent Services

17- Office of Creative Services?

18- Office of Capital Plaza Operations

19- Office of Arts and Cultural Heritage

20- Office of Sports Authority

21- Office of Research & Administration

22- Kentucky Artisans Center at Berea

23- Kentucky Department of Travel

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6- Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC)

1- Office of the Secretary

2- Office of Communication

3- Office of Administration & Budget

4- Office of Special Programs

5- Office of Legal & Legislative Services

6- Office of Education and Workforce Statistics

7- Office of Technology Services

8- Educational Professional Standards Board

9- Commission on Deaf & Hard of Hearing

10- Kentucky Environmental Education Council

11- Department for Workforce Investment

12- Office of Employment & Training

13- Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

14- Office of the Blind

15- Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education

16- Department of Education

17- Office of Administration &Support

18- Office of Knowledge, Information, and Data Services

19- Office of Guiding Support Services

20- Office of the Nxt G? Schools & District

21- Office of Assessment & Accountability

22- Office of Next Generation? Learners

23- Office of Career & Technical? Education

24- Kentucky Educational Television

25- Department for Libraries & Archives

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7- Cabinet for Health & Family Services (CHFS)

1- Office of the Secretary

2- Office of Legal Services

3- Office of Comm? & Administration Rev

4- Office of Human Resource Management

5- Office of Policy & Budget

6- Office of Admin & Tech Servces

7- Office of the Ombudsman

8- Office of the Inspector General

9- Office of Health Policy

10 -Dept for Aging & Independent Living

11- Dept for Income Support

12- Department for Public Health

13- Department for Beh HLTH DV & INT DIS

14- Office of the Commissioner

15- Department for Fam Res Ctrs & Vol Services

16- Department for Medicaid Services

17- Medicaid Services Benefits

18- Comm for Children w/ SP CL Healthcare NDS

19- Ky off of Health Benefits & Health Info Exchange

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8- Justice & Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC)

1- Office of the Secretary

2- Office of Mgmt & Admin Srvs

3- Office of Legal Services

4- Office of the State Medical Examiner

5- Office of Legislative & Intergvm Mental Services

6- Office of Drug Control Policy

7- Department for Public Advocacy

8- Kentucky State Police

9- Department of Juvenile Justice

10- Department of Criminal Justice Training

11- Department of Corrections

12- Office of Adults Institutions

13- Office of Community Services & Facilities

14- Office of Support Services

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9- Personnel Cabinet (PC)

Office of the Secretary

Office of Administrative Services

Office of Legal Services

Office of Employee Relations

Office of Diversity & Equality

Government Services Center

Center of Strategic Innovation

Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Comp Authority

Department of Human Resources Administration

Department of Employee Insurance

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10- Labor Cabinet (LC)

http://www.labor.ky.gov/Pages/Labor-Home.aspx

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/20/3550096_kentucky-labor-cabinets-plan-for.html?rh=1

Larry L. Roberts is Labor Chiefhttp://www.dol.gov/whd/contacts/state_of.htm

502 564 3070

Learn about your Rights as an Employee! (there are none. Shut your mouth!):http://kentucky.gov/employment/pages/emp_rights.aspx

Office of the Secretary

Office of General Counsel

Department of Workplace Standards

Department of Workers Claims

Worker's Compensation Board

Office of Adminstrat? Law Judges

Office of General Counsel for Worker's Claims

Kentucky OSH? Review Commission

Worker's Compensation Funding Comm

Office of General ADM & PRG SPT for Shared Services

Office of Insurance Gen for Shared Services

Kentucky Occup Safety & Health Standards Board

State Labor Relations Board

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11- Energy & Environment Cabinet (EEC)

Environmental Quality Comm

Mine Safety Review Comm

Kentucky Public Service Commission

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Comm

Office of the Secretary

Office of Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs

Office of Admin Hearings

Office of General Counsel

Department for Energy Development & Independence

Department for Natural Resources

-Division of Oil & Gas (Dept of Natural Resource Sub-Cabinet)

-Division of Tech & Admin Support

-Division of Mine Reclamation & Enforcement

-Division of Abandoned Mine Lands

-Division of Conservation

-Division of Mine Permits

-Division of Forestry

Office of Mine Safety & Licensing

-9 sub-Cabinets under them

Office of the RCLMTN Guarenty? Fund

RCLMTN Guarnty...

Department for Environmental Protection

as of

9/1/2011

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/images/d/df/KY_NR_org_chart.JPG

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12- Public Protection Cabinet (PPC)

Board of Claims & Crimes Victims Comp

Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission

Office of the Executive Director

Office of the Secretary

Office of Communc & Public Outreach

Office of Legal Services

Department of Insurance

Office of Occp & Professions

Kentucky Boxing & Wrestling Assocation

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Department of Charitable Gaming

Department of Financial Institutions

Department of Housing, Buildings & Construction

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State Treasurerhttp://ballotpedia.org/File:KY_Tres_org_chart.JPG

Unclaimed Property is Usually Billions of Dollars

Salaries for Politicians Around Kentucky:

District Judges

Circuit Court Judges

Bradley Butler

here's a great page about salaries of public officials

http://datacenter.courier-journal.com/government/salaries/

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Rick Pitino

$3.9M

(same salary as 362 Owsley Countians, combined)

Robert P. Petrino

Head Football Coach at UofL

$3M

Jeff J. Walz

Head Women's Basketball Coach 4 UofL

$1,050,000/year

Over $1 Million Dollars to be the head women's basketball coach... you'd think we could find a woman to be in charge of other women. I'd get that done.

Joseph Zwischenberger

Professor

Department of Surgery

$820,000/annually

Michael Karpf

VP of Executive Health Affairs (UKHC)

University of Kentucky

$816,225

Warren W. Boling Jr.

UofL Professor

Neurological Surgery

$790,000

Michael Sekela

UK Professor

Surgery/Cardiothoracic

$750,000

Roberto Bolli

UofL Professor Chair

Medical Department

$732,262

David L. Dunn

Executive VP of UofL Health Affairs

$712,500

On 2^nd Page:

10 State Employees

Wage span $702,975-$575,000http://datacenter.courier-journal.com/government/salaries/

Matthew L. Mitchell

Head Woman's Basketball Coach at UK

$575,000/year

$575,000 - $525,000

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

Eli Capilouto

President of UK

$525,000/year

Page 4

$520,000 - $473,500

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

Daniel S. McDonnell

Head Baseball Coach of UofL

$500,000/annually

Steven S. Watson

Assistant Coach for UofL Football

$500,000

Vance J. Bedford

Assistant Coach for UofL Football

$500,000

Darin J. Eliot

Assistant Coach of UK Football

$500,000

5^th Page

$466,000 - $432,000

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

6^th Page

$430,540 - $418,000

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

7^th Page

$412,000 - $397,003

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

8^th Page

$395,368 - $366,667

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

Clinton T. Hurtt

Assistant Coach of UofL Football

$375,000/year

9^th Page

$365,925 - $358,182

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

Robert L. King

President of General Government Cabinet

Executive Branch

$360,000

10^th Page

$358,000 - $350,000

10 State Employees Salaries Wage Span

Kenneth Payne

Assistant Men's Basketball Coach for UK

$350,000

Suzanne T. Iidstad

Professor at UofL

Institute for Cellular Theraputics

$350,789/year

The gravy train goes on until page 36

Clifford Rippetoe

Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet

$250,000

Clifford Rippetoe is the last person making $250,000. The next person, Julia Martin, an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UK, makes $249,900, which would put her into the “Upper Middle Class” bracket, and therefore, not rich

249 more folks, from page 11 to page 36, make $250,000 and over

in addition to the first 100 rich folks I mentioned above

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Arthur Gleason Jr.

President of Kentucky Lottery Commission

$233,700

Getting that job is hitting the jackpot!

Margaret Gibbs

Executive VP of Kentucky Lottery Commission

$186,300

For every $1 you spend, 75 cents of it goes to the government... I once heard. Maybe it was 50 cents... which is still quote ridiculous.

Gregory Heitzman

Executive Director of Metropolitan Sewer District

$252,013

Paula Purifoy

Legal Counsel for Metropolitan Sewer District

$146,661/year

Sharon P. Turner

Dean of College of Dentistry at UK

$342,621/year

Gary L. Henderson

UK Head Baseball Coach

$340,000

I was for capping at $41,000... but perhaps talent is needed. I propose that everybody be fired after 4 years. So train your replacements at your criminally high salaries, with them being bumped down 25% every year...

There's plenty of smart talented Kentuckians who can use these jobs instead of all these carpetbaggers. Hire them for $100,000, which is a great job with a great salary.

Many of these positions I'd cap at $41,000, but some of the medical and scientific salaries, they be worth their money, depending on how much of experts they are in their field, and how well they teach their talents to others.

But I can't budge past $100,000. Let's bring up Kentuckians into these positions.

How many Kentuckians did UofL or UK basketball even elevate? 2? That's it. Just 2? That's revolting. For a State that bleeds blue, we aren't producing enough talent for the likes of Pitino or Calipari. Plus, there's no assistant coaches in Kentucky who would be willing to work for $100,000 for UK? Of course there is. There's plenty of talent out here. Firing these folks opens up new jobs for Kentuckians.

So first it's “Look! It's March Madness!” and then it's “Look, it's Churchill Downs!”

Then, BAM! Kentucky Primary Election, May 19, 2015

James R. Ramsey

President of UofL

$329,740

Shirley C. Willihnganz

Provort at UofL

$316,839

Vincent L. Kellen

Chief Information Officer for UK

$314,648

Wyking L. Jones

Assistant Men's UofL Basketball Coach

$310,000

David A. Borbely

Assistant Football Coach of UofL

$300,000

Bradley D. Peveto

Assistant Men's Football Coach at UK

$300,000

John A. Robic

Assistant UK Basketball Coach

$300,000

These assistant positions are even more sick when consider that the players get nothing. Rick Pitino once kicked a player off of his team because of cannabis.

Henry D. O'Hair

Dean of College of Communication and Information at UK

$299,000

Allen J. Brenzel

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UK

$290,000

If the associate professor makes that, how much does the actual professor make? I haven't seen his name listed. Maybe I missed it.

David A. Brennen

Dean of UK College of Law

$280,219

Donna M. Hargens

Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville)

$276,000

Kenneth R. Troske

B&E Economics Professor at UK

$265,000

Jennifer L. Elliott

Associate VP of Health Affairs of UofL

$265,000/year

Brian L. Jean-Mary

Assistant UofL Football Coach

$255,000

William P. McKinney

Associate Dean of School of Public Health and Info Sci at UofL

$253,905

Mark L. Kornbluh

Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at UK

$253,103

Rohan A. Christie-David

UofL Professor of COB Finance

$250,760

Patrick J. Moorer

Assistant UofL Football Coach

$250,000

Mike G. Balado

UofL Men's Assistant Basketball Coach

$250,000

Kenneth C. Lolla

UofL Men's Head Soccer Coach

$250,000

The President of Kentucky State University Raymond Burse

By reducing his own annual salary of $349,869 by more than $90,000, 24 employees got a pay hike that took them from $7.25 an hour to $10.25 an hour. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-president-takes-90-000-pay-cut-gives-money-staff-n225406

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kentucky-state-university-president-gives-90000-salary

a 2012 article : Meanwhile, public universities and community colleges have lost $105 million in state funding since 2006, bringing cuts to education programs and higher tuition for students. Higher education faces another possible cut, $62 million, over the next two years. http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/20/2119071_pay-for-university-presidents.html

Steve Tribble

Christian County Judge-Executive

$100,000

$100,000 for a Judge-Executive in 1 county... there's 120 counties, so that's $12 Million Dollars for Judge-Executives. Then there's the millionaire lawyer-judges... Kentucky could have so much more without lavish politicians taking all the damn money!!!

Nita Kay Leavell

Christian County Judge-Executive Budget Officer

$42,630

Kelly Finley

Secretary to the Christian County Judge-Executive

$31,465

Mike Foster

County Attorney of Christian County

$44,139/year

Terry Bowman

8^th District Magistrate of Christian County

$17,973/year

Brad Boyd

Christian County Jailer

$100,043.81

Angie Strader

Christian County Property Valuation Administrator

$100,618

Livy Leavell

Christian County Sheriff

$100,043.81

Mike Kem

County Clerk of Christian County

$99,312.05

John L. Atkins

Christian County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618

Jason Shea Fleming

Christian County Family Court Judge

$124,618

Andrew C. Self

Christian County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618

Arnold Lynch

Christian County District Court Judge

$112,668

James Adams Jr.

Christian County District Court Judge

$112,668

Gary Haddock

Christian County Circuit Court Clerk

$89,688

Lynn Pryor

Christian County's State's Attorney

$110,346.72

Kathi Adams

Assistant Christian County State's (Commonwealth's) Attorney

$48,000

James Owen

Christian County Water District Chief

$55,575.26

Charles Chambers

Christian County Public Works Chief

$50,059.92http://www.kentuckynewera.com/app/salaries/

Christian County has 73,955 Kentucky souls living there, which is more than 3.5 times the population of Breckinridge County

15% of those 73,955 Christian Countians are poor.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky

Lisabeth Abramson

Supreme Court Justice

$135,502

Glenn Acree

Chief Appellate Judge of Fayette County

$133,044

Bruce Butler

Breckinridge County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618/year

Sheila Carman

Breckinridge County Chief Deputy

$43,078/year

Angela Cornatzer

Breckinridge County Regional Supervisor

$44,567/year

Lee Durham

Breckinridge County Staff Attorney

$33,100

Andrea Etheridge

Breckinridge County Pre-Trial Officer

$27,831

Jennifer Ford

Breckinridge County District Court Bookkeeper

$36,961

Rhonda Hobbs

Breckinridge County Deputy Clerk

$26,763

Amber Horsley

Breckinridge County Deputy Clerk, Part-time

$12,365/year

Stephanie Mehlbauer

Breckinridge County Deputy Clerk

$34,886/year

Stacy Mudd

Breckinridge County Administrative Support Specialist

$35,452

Cindy Rhodes

Breckinridge County Circuit Court Clerk

$79,444

Shannon Stinnett

Breckinridge County Assistant Bookkeeper

$28,090

Anita Tivitt

Breckinridge County Deputy Clerk

$34,248/year

Shan Embry

Breckinridge/Grayson County District Judge

$112,668/year

Kenneth Goff

Grayson/Breckinridge County District Judge

$112,668

http://courts.ky.gov/Documents/JudicialBranchsalaryinformation.pdf

Gregory Bartlett

Kenton County Chief Regional Circuit Judge

$125,616/year

Lisa Bushelman

Kenton County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618

Kenneth Easterling

Kenton County District Court Judge

$112,668/year

(April 2015 figures)

Douglas Grothaus

Kenton County District Judge

$112,668/year

Michelle Keller

Supreme Court Justice (Kenton County)

$135,502

Kathleen Lape

Kenton County Circuit Judge

$124,618/year

Christopher Mehling

Kenton County Circuit Judge

$124,618

John Middleton

Kenton County Circuit Court Clerk

$99,646

Patricia Ruttle

Kenton County District Court

$112,668/year

Patricia Summe

Kenton County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618

Gregory Bartlett

Kenton County Chief Regional Circuit Judge

$125,616/year

Lisa Bushelman

Kenton County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618/yearhttp://courts.ky.gov/Documents/JudicialBranchsalaryinformation.pdf

Pamela McIntyre

Gallatin County Circuit Court Clerk

$69,393/annually

Dale Scudder

Trial Commissioner

$10,000

Linda Bramlage

Boone/Gallatin Circuit Court Judge (Family)

$124,618/annually

Richard Brueggemann

Boone/Gallatin County Circuit Court Judge

$124,618/annually

Kentucky's Judicial Budget in 2012 was $370M http://opendoor.ky.gov/accountability/gengov/Pages/judicial.aspx

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Kenneth Easterling

Kenton County District Court Judge

$112,668/year

(April 2015 figures)

Deters told Easterling he should recuse himself because of prior interactions with Deters: http://www.wlwt.com/news/deters-asks-judge-to-recuse-himself-due-to-shared-history/27481174

Let's take one of the poor Judges, and see how big his pension will be when he finally decides to retire.

“Kenneth L. Easterling is a district court judge for the 16th District Court, which presides over Kenton County in Kentucky. He was elected in 2006 and re-elected without opposition in 2010 and 2014. His current four-year term expires on January 6, 2019.” http://ballotpedia.org/Kenneth_L._Easterling

Kenton County Judges are notorious for not giving anybody Public Pretenders. The threshold for if one can afford an attorney or not, by Easterling's own mouth, was “do you own a car?” I own a $1,500 piece of shit car... well then, clearly, you can sell it, and pay for an attorney! But I also wouldn't have a car to get to court... which I'm sure you'd hold me in contempt, even with a justified reason, get me thrown in jail, get raped, assaulted, if I decide to fight back... oh man, basically, ruin my life.

So Easterling makes $113K per year, and has been making $113K per year since 2006. That's 9 years he's been making 6 figures.

Here's the formula for how much retirement retired Judges get:

“State law entitles retired judges to a monthly retirement benefit of 2.75 percent of the judge's final yearly compensation multiplied by the years of service. Judges cannot receive benefits exceeding the amount of their final salaries.” http://www.ehow.com/info_7991903_average-salary-district-judges-kentucky.html

So we have $113,000 per year... if Kenneth Easterling was to stop Judging in 2019, then he would get 2.75% of $113,000 multiplied out by the number of years he's judged, which in 2019, would be 12 years.

2.75% of 113,000 = $3,107.5

3,107.5 times 12 = $37,209

That's how much retirement money he gets? This bullshit is ridiculous. He gets $37,209 dollars... for the rest of his life? Wtf Kentucky? Somebody needs to be looking at these books much much closer. How is this not criminal? How is this not official misconduct, and highway robbery?

I'd bust trusts too.

What if I'm just a Judge for 4 years... I get an extra $3,000 on top? And for those Judges who has been on the bench for decades... my god... they're making bank.

$37,209 is a great pension... that's a great yearly salary... for not doing jack shit. And District Judge are the poor judges... Circuit Court Judges make $125K, and Supreme Court Judges make $135K, or so. So that ups their yearly retirement... Circuit Court and Supreme Court Judges are also in there for 8 year terms...

Millionaire Judges.

I see a Kenneth Goff Industrial Park sign every time I drive into Leitchfield.

Topix on Shan Embry: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/leitchfield-ky/TVO83LT78U3R3M1EG

Kentucky's Judicial System is corrupt as fuck, and this is after the 2010 Judicial Budget slashing.

“Kentucky, in 2010, already SLASHED jobs in the Judicial Branch... it's still overly bloated. The Kentucky court system slashed costs in 2010. According to the Frankfort State Journal, the judicial branch slashed $7 million across all layers of the system. Chief Justice John Minton Jr. eliminated more than 100 jobs. Family and juvenile drug courts were also abolished. The court system also continued a hiring freeze to mitigate the number of layoffs required.” http://www.ehow.com/info_7991903_average-salary-district-judges-kentucky.html

The high amount of folks on Frankfort government's teat, whether free benefits, or employed, reminds me of Yuan Dynasty?

Grayson County's Cabinet for Health and Family Services is corrupt: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/leitchfield-ky/TKIB5AK32T2I0FKO5

Battletown Forum talk about District Court Judge race in 2010: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/battletown-ky/TBL4NK4U3V2AKE5RA

I'd fire the directors of all 12 Cabinets, and elevate others. 

I also kept the Office of Public Advocacy. 

I'd also increase the funding of Kentucky's Labor Cabinet.