As Jackie Gleason Would Say….

The 2019 session of the Kentucky General Assembly has already conjured up images among many of the immortal Jackie Gleason, who famously said “What in the Hell is the World Coming To?”     One has to wonder if Gleason were viewing the 2019 legislature, would he say the same thing.   Just consider the bills currently being considered in Frankfort…

A bill outlawing sexual contact with horses (first we knew this was a problem);  a bill legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes;  another bill making marijuana possession a prepayable fine, just like a routine speeding ticket;  a bill allowing any person to carry a concealed weapon at any time, without any background information or permit or even basic firearms training as is now required for concealed carry permits;  a bill to allow persons to carry concealed weapons on university campuses;  a bill that says if the United States Supreme Court ever in the future outlaws Roe vs. Wade, in whole or in part, then this will be the law of the Commonwealth (ITC is like most Kentuckians, we support the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.  But if this procedure is used, what is next bill that gazes in the possible future…..when pigs fly, this so and so will be the law??)  And the list of craziness could go on….

If only Roscoe P. Coletrain could drive thru Kentucky, chasing Smokey and the Bandit, he might pause, take note of the unusual, out of the ordinary, and just down right radical bills in Frankfort, and utter those famous words yet again….What in the Hell is Frankfort Coming To?