Winners:
- Ryan Quarles – The Commissioner of Agriculture, who is virtually unopposed, hosted his annual Serving Up Solutions dinner this past week. The event raises money for food banks across the state. It was a bipartisan affair and truly a good cause. We commend Quarles for the program and hope he continues it.
- Kelly (Guilfoil Moross Knight) Craft – It’s not every day that you get nominated by the president to a cabinet level position.
- Joe Craft – It’s not every day that you are able to buy your former side piece a cabinet level position.
Losers:
- Damon Thayer – Thayer’s rant against Attorney General Andy Beshear at last week’s Senate State and Local Government committee meeting was unprofessional, to say the least. Even if he was right and Beshear was showboating for his campaign, there were better ways to call him out on it.
- Andy Beshear – Beshear asked his primary opponents to sign a pledge not to run any negative ads during the campaign. What he thought would come off as well-intentioned really just makes him look scared. Sack up and run a race, Andy. If you can’t get through a bloody primary, you don’t deserve the honor of facing off against Bevin.
- Kentucky’s School Districts – With a statewide outbreak of the flu and strep throat, many schools were already having to close. Now with flooding, many others are having to do the same. We expect someone to approach the General Assembly to have days forgiven soon. With the bad blood between teachers and legislators from last year’s pension debacle, we don’t envy the districts having to make that request.
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