April 28, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including Rep. Andy Barr's announcement that he will run for Senate in 2026 and Louisville's preparation for the Kentucky Derby. Guests: Austin Horn, Lexington Herald-Leader; Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal; and Marcus Green, WDRB in Louisville.
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[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
CONGRESSMAN AND AND
ENTER THE OPEN RACE FOR THE U.S.
SENATE HOPING TO REPLACE MITCH
McCONNELL.
BARR'S MOVE SETS IN MOTION WHAT
COULD BE A CROWDED CONTEST FOR
HIS HOUSE SEAT IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS REQUEST A
DELAY FOR REAL ID ENFORCEMENT.
CHURCHILL DOWNS GETS READY FOR
THE DERBY AND PAUSES A BILLION
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DOLLAR EXPANSION.
HEADING TOWARD DERBY WEEK IN THE
COMMONWEALTH, COMMENT IS NEXT ON
KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY", A LOOK BACK AT AND
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
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IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTINGS ON OUR PANEL
OF WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE MARCUS GREEN,
REPORTER FOR WBRB IN LOUISVILLE.
HANNAH PINSKI, POLITICS REPORTER
FOR THE COURIER JOURNAL AND
AUSTIN HORN, POLITICAL REPORTER
FOR THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.
ALSO TONIGHT LOBBYISTS SPEND $9
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MILLION TRYING TO INFLUENCE
LAWMAKERS IN THE KENTUCKY
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BUT LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE
POLITICAL NEWS OF THE WEEK,
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BARR'S JUMP INTO THE U.S. SENATE
RACE.
>> I'M ANDY BARR AND I'M RUNNING
ARE NOT THE UNITED STATES SENATE
TO HELP THIS PRESIDENT SAVE OUR
COUNTRY.
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[APPLAUSE]
IT WAS A VERY POURLY
KEPT SECRET AUSTIN YOU BROKE THE
STORY AHEAD OF IT BUT ATTENTION
GETTING WHEN BARR MADE IT
OFFICIAL HE IS RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE.
>> YEAH, IT WAS IN RICHMOND ON
TUESDAY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT BARR, I THINK, HAS
TO WORK AGAINST A LITTLE BIT IS
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PERHAPS A PERCEPTION HE IS A
LEXINGTON UPPER CRUST LAWYER GUY
AND BEING IN RICHMOND IT'S CLOSE
ENOUGH TO LEXINGTON BUT IT'S NOT
LEXINGTON.
IT WAS WELL ATTENDED FOR AN
EVENT.
IT WAS A WELL PUT TOGETHER
EVENT, THE BRANDING WAS NICE.
AND THE LOGO WAS CRISP TO
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WHATEVER EXTENT THAT MATTERS.
HIS SPEECH WAS, I THINK, VERY
ENERGETIC IT WAS VERY LONG WHICH
IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE WATCHED BARR HAVE COME TO
EXPECT.
AND IT KIND OF IT HIT ALL THE
ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT OF
A REPUBLICAN RUNNING IN KENTUCKY
FOR ANY OFFICE.
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TO RATTLE OFF.
IT WAS A GRAB BAG OF EVERYTHING.
I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING
AND IS A LINGERING QUESTION FOR
HIM, WHAT IS THE SET OF ISSUES
TWO OR THREE THAT YOU ARE REALLY
GOING TO HAMMER IN ON YOUR
ELEVATOR PITCH.
IT WAS A 16-AND-A-HALF MINUTE
SPEECH MOST PEOPLE ARE ONLY
GOING TO HEAR OR RETAIN ABOUT 20
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SECONDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHO
YOU ARE AS A CANDIDATE.
WHAT IS THAT SET OF THINGS?
ONE POLITICAL
CONSULTANT ONCE TOLD ME YOU NEED
TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN A SENTENCE
WHY YOU ARE RUNNING.
HANNAH WHAT STRIKES YOU?
>> THE ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME
IS HOW MUCH HE MENTIONED TRUMP
IN THE SPEECH AND SPOKEN TO
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CUTTING TAXES ENDING D.E.I.
PROGRAMS, PROMOTING COAL THOSE
ARE THINGS BARR SAID THAT HE
SUPPORTS AND WOULD SUPPORT IF
ELECTED IN THE SENATE.
I AM THE IDEAL CANDIDATE BECAUSE
I CURRENTLY WORK IN THE HOUSE
AND I WORK WITH TRUMP LOOK AT ME
I'M ALREADY ADVANCING HIS
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AGENDA.
AND HE SEES HIS POSITION AS AN
ADVANTAGE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S
PRIMARY.
DOES HE HAVE TO BE IN
LOCK STEP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
IF HE HOPES TO GET HIS
ENDORSEMENT?
>> IN SHORT, YES.
I MEAN, FULL STOP, YES.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN ANYBODY
REALLY VEER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM
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THE PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO
POLICY OR EVEN STYLE REALLY.
AND CONTINUE TO GET HIS
ENDORSEMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT ANOTHER
CONGRESSMAN WHO HAS A HISTORY OF
CHAFING WITH TRUMP UP NORTH,
THOMAS MASSIE.
I THINK IT'S WIDELY PERCEIVED
ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES AND
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM
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DANIEL CAMERON IN THE RACE THE
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE IS
HUGHING CLOSELY TO TRUMP AND TO
NOT HUGH CLOSELY TO TRUMP IT
WOULD BE VERY RISKY AT THIS
POINT FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
BARR ANTICIPATES A
TOUGH CAMPAIGN AND SAID AS MUCH
IN THE SPEECH.
AND DANIEL CAMERON RELEASED A
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POLL SHOWING HIM IN THE LEAD AND
BUSINESSMAN NATE MORRIS HE
CALLED BARR A CAREER POLITICIAN
AND McCONNELL LACKEY.
IT CAN BE TOUGH COMBAT AND
INCOMING ARROWS.
>> OBVIOUSLY ALL THREE MEN HAVE
DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND
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WEAKNESSES.
CAMERON HAS THE BEST NAME ID FOR
RUNNING IN THE 2023
GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO
THE FACT THAT HE LOST THAT TO
ANDY BESHEAR.
YOU HAVE BARR WHO HAS $5 MILLION
OF CASH ON HAND FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN.
THAT SHOWS HE HAS STRONG
FUNDRAISING SKILLS AND THEN
AGAIN ASKING THE QUESTION OF DO
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PEOPLE KNOW AND RECOGNIZE HIM
OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
LEXINGTON.
AND NATE MORRIS WHO HAS NOT
ANNOUNCED A RUN BUT WE ARE
EXPECTING ONE.
HE CAN FUND HIS OWN CAMPAIGN.
HE IS PANDERING TO THE TRUMP
CAMP BY BEING ON DONALD TRUMP
JUNIOR'S PODCAST.
HE WAS IN A WHITE HOUSE RELEASE
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PRAISING TRUMP'S TRADE PLAN AND
WILL PEOPLE KNOW HIM OUTSIDE OF
THE POLITICAL CIRCLES HERE IN
KENTUCKY.
AUSTIN TALK ABOUT THE
POLL THAT CAMERON RELEASED AND
CAN HE SIT ON POSSIBLE LEAD HE
MAY HAVE IN EARLY POLLING?
>> YES, IT WAS CONDUCTED RIGHT
BEFORE THE NEWS ABOUT BARR
RUNNING BROKE.
BUT IT HAD CAMERON AT 44% AND
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BARR AT 18%.
A LOT OF UNDECIDEDS IN THERE.
THE BIG QUESTION TO ME AND A LOT
OF OBSERVERS LOOKING AT THIS, IS
THAT 44% COMPRISED OF DANIEL
CAMERON FANS?
OR IS IT COMPRISED OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HEARD OF HIM BEFORE, AREN'T
NECESSARILY IN LOVE WITH
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM.
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BUT KNOW THAT HE IS A SOLID
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND KNOW
FAR LESS ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WERE ASKED ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW.
I COULD SEE ARGUMENTS EITHER
WAY.
AND IT'S WORTH MENTIONING AN X
FACTOR WE REPORTED TODAY SCOTT
JENNINGS A "CNN" COMMENTATOR A
PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL
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TIED TO THE McCONNELL NETWORK
HERE.
HE IS POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING A
RUN FOR THIS SEAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WOULD DEPEND ON A
TRUMP ENDORSEMENT.
BUT ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THAT HIS LOVE
LANGUAGE IS TELEVISION.
SO I THINK THERE IS POTENTIAL
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THERE LIKE SCOTT JENNINGS WHO IS
THE KEY DEFENDER OF THE TRUMP
AGENDA ON TV RIGHT NOW FULL STOP
TO POTENTIALLY GET SUPPORT FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MARCUS, BARR AND
CAMERON HAVE BOTH SHOWN RESPECT
FOR SENATOR McCONNELL IN THE
PAST CAMERON WORKED FOR HIM.
AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE SENATE, IS
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McCONNELL GOING TO BE THE
TARGET OF THE KENTUCKY
REPUBLICANS WHO WANT HIS JOB?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL BE A
TARGET, BUT IT IS AN INTERESTING
DYNAMIC GIVEN THE LOYALTY
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANDIDATES
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
McCONNELL HAS BEEN A CRITIC
ESPECIALLY RECENTLY ON THE TRADE
POLICIES AND TARIFF POLICIES AND
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APPOINTMENTS.
WHETHER OR NOT SENATOR
McCONNELL WILL BE CALLED OUT
BY NAME OR MADE A TARGET THERE
MAYBE SLIGHT NUANCED ILLUSIONS
TO HIM THAT MAYBE AREN'T CALLED
BY NAME.
BUT IT IS FASCINATING THAT MITCH
McCONNELL AND HIS POSITION ON
THE PRESIDENT MAYBE PART OF THIS
RACE GOING FORWARD AMONG
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REPUBLICANS.
>> YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION IS
HOW BIG?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATEMENTS
THAT NATE MORRIS IS MAKING RIGHT
NOW EVERY STATEMENT HE IS MAKING
ON THE RACE IS NEGATIVE ON
McCONNELL.
IT'S BASHING HIS RECOVERED.
ANDY BARR I WAS EXPECTING HIM TO
BE MORE NEGATIVE ABOUT MITCH
McCONNELL IN THIS LAUNCH.
BUT HE IS ADOPTING THE STRATEGY
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OF SAYING THIS RACE IS NOT ABOUT
MITCH McCONNELL THIS RACE IS
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND SORT OF BETTING THAT VOTERS
WON'T REALLY CARE AS MUCH IN A
YEAR FROM NOW AND IT MIGHT FEEL
LIKE BEATING A DEAD HORSE ALMOST
NOT TO USE PERHAPS A ROUGH
ANALOGY.
BUT, I THINK THAT'S THE BIG
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QUESTION WITH MORRIS ON ONE SIDE
AND BARR ON THE OTHER.
WE'LL SEE IF THE
REPUBLICAN FIELD IS SET AND WE
WILL BE WATCHING JENNINGS TO
SOMETHING IF SOMETHING IS
FORTHCOMING.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON
A U.S. SENATE RACE SINCE 1992
THAT WAS WENDELL FORD'S FINAL
VICTORY.
AND STATE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
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PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN THE RACE
ARE OTHERS CONTINUING TO TAKE A
LOOK?
>> THE BIG NAME TO LOOK IS ROCKY
ADKINS THE SENIOR ADVISER TO
"GOVERNOR'S AWARD IN THE ARTS."
HE ALMOST BEAT HIM HE GOT A
SECOND CLOSE PLACE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR.
LIKE YOU SAID IT'S BEEN A
LONGTIME SINCE A DEMOCRAT MADE
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IT CLOSE.
THE LAST CLOSE RACE WAS EARLY
DANIEL AGAINST JIM BUNKING.
ALTERNATE HISTORY IF GOVERNOR
PAUL PATTON HAD NOT BEEN
EMBROILED IN A SCANDAL OF SORTS
HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
NOMINEE AND MOST AGREE HE
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PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WON.
LOOKING AT THAT RACE
THAT YEAR.
HOW MUCH OF A POLITICAL HIGH
WIRE ACT IS THIS FOR BARR TO BE
MAKING THIS CHOICE TO LEAVE A
SAFE, RELATIVELY SAFE HOUSE SEAT
AND MAKE HIS FIRST STATE-WIDE
RACE?
>> I THINK BEING A LIFER IN
CONGRESS IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES ISN'T FOR
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EVERYBODY.
IT'S CERTAINLY FOR HAL ROGERS
WHO HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR 40
PLUS YEARS.
BUT IF THAT'S NOT YOUR GOAL, I
THINK RIGHT NOW, WAS THE CORRECT
TIME FOR ANDY BARR TO MAKE A
JUMP AT THIS.
MITCH McCONNELL WAS IN THE
SEAT FOR SO MANY YEARS, RAND
PAUL HAS BEEN IN HIS SEAT FOR A
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LONGTIME.
IT'S NOT EVERY CYCLE THAT IS A
SEAT THIS BIG COMES OPEN.
BARR'S DECISION TO
COUPLE INTO THE SENATE RACE
CREATES AN OPEN HOUSE RACE IN
CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE EYEING
THE SEAT FOR A TURNOVER.
BUT REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THEY CAN
HOLD IT.
I THINK ONE OF THE ARTICLES SAID
THEY SCOFFED AT THE IDEA THAT
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DEMOCRATS COULD TAKE THE SIXTH.
HANNAH, IT COULD BE A
COMPETITIVE RACE, A RELATIVELY
PURPLE DISTRICT.
WE KNOW CANDIDATES ARE EYEING IT
FROM BOTH PARTIES.
RYAN DOTSON JUMPED IN MINUTES
AFTER BARR'S ANNOUNCEMENT WE
EXPECT OTHERS?
>> SOME OTHER NAMES ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE REPRESENTATIVE
DEANNA GORDON, SENATOR AMANDA
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MAYS BLEDSOE AND THEN FORMER
STATE SENATOR DAMON THAYER ALL
ARE NAMES THAT HAVE COME UP AS
POTENTIAL CONTENDERS.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WE HAVE
CHERLYNN STEVENSON, AND SENATOR
REGGIE THOMAS ARE NAMES THAT
COULD RUN FOR THAT SEAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE A CROWDED
PRIMARY THERE.
I MEAN THE SEAT HASN'T BEEN OPEN
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IN A DOZEN YEARS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IS
THIS DISTRICT COMPETITIVE.
AND WHO DEMOCRATS END UP PUTTING
UP FOR THAT SEAT.
OTHER NAMES AUSTIN?
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE THAT
HAS BEEN FLOATED AROUND BY A
COUPLE PEOPLE IS FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE ALLISON
GRIMES SHE IS A LONGTIME
POLITICAL FAMILY IN KENTUCKY AND
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COULD RAISE MONEY A NAME THAT
PEOPLE KNOW.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT SHE IS
INTERESTED.
I TRIED TO REACH OUT AND HAVEN'T
GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST TALKING
ABOUT AT THIS POINT.
YOU HEARD THE NAME ZACK
DIMBO.
>> A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN
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LEXINGTON.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO
LOOK OUT FOR AS WELL.
AND THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR
ANY RANDOM PERSON THAT NOBODY
HAS HEARD OF THAT MIGHT HAVE A
LOT OF MONEY OR CONNECTIONS TO
MONEY.
THIS IS A TRULY OPEN SEAT THAT I
THINK COULD BE COMPETITIVE FOR
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JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.
WE SHALL SEE.
KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS
MASSIE IS DOWN-PLAYING HIS
DIFFERENCES THAT AUSTIN REFERRED
TO WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO LAST
MONTH SAID THAT MASSIE SHOULD
FACE A PRIMARY CHALLENGE IN
LEXINGTON, MASSIE SAID HE GETS
ALONG WELL WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> I GET ALONG GREAT WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S CABINET.
I WAS HERE WITH ONE OF HIS
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FORMER MEMBERS GIVING A SPEECH
AND I TALK TO THE CURRENT
MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET LIKE
ROBERT KENNEDY FOR INSTANCE AND
THOSE FOLKS.
I HAVE A GREAT WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK WITH THIS PRESIDENT, YOU
KNOW, THE STORM COMES AND THE
STORM PASSES.
AND WE'RE ON GOOD TERMS AT THE
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MOMENT.
AND HANNAH YOU NOTE
THAT TRUMP AND MASSIE SCUFFLED
BEFORE.
>> IN IN THIS YEAR'S SCUFFLE
IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT
MACY'S FUNDRAISING SURGED AFTER
TRUMP THREATS HE HAS STRONG
SUPPORT.
IN 2020 HAD OBJECTIONS TO A
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PANDEMIC AID BILL AND TRUMP SAID
HE WANTED TO EVICT MASSIE FROM
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THAT
YEAR HE DID DRAW A PRIMARY
OPPONENT MASSIE EASILY DEFEATED
HIM.
I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING
IF THERE'S SOMEONE PRIMARYING
MASSIE HOW WELL THEY FARE
AGAINST HIM.
MASSIE SEEMS TO TAKE
THE POSITION THAT THIS TOO SHALL
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PASS.
>> YEAH, AND HE THINKS A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK CORRECTLY THAT HE
IS INDESTRUCTIBLE WHEN IT COMES
TO THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
ELECTORATE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
HE IS A CONTRARIAN BUT THE
PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO VOTE IN
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN NORTHERN
KENTUCKY ESTABLISHMENT
REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY THOSE
PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP SKEW FURTHER
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TO THE RIGHT.
BUT REGARD BUILDING, THE
ELECTORATE DOES SEEM TO BE LOYAL
TO MASSIE.
DERBY WEEK ALWAYS
EXCITING IN KENTUCKY AND THIS
YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN EXTRA
CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THE
FLOODING.
THE FESTIVAL ROLLS ON AND MAYOR
CRAIG GREENBERG IS PROUD OF THE
EFFORTS IN THE DERBY CITY.
>> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE EXTENT
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OF THE DAMAGE THAT THIS PARK AND
PARKS ALONG THE RIVER THAT OUR
ROADWAYS FACED JUST OVER A WEEK
AGO, IT IS AMAZING WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WATERFRONT
PARK RIGHT HERE, IS READY FOR
THE FESTIVAL, IS READY FOR THE
KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS
THAT TAKE PLACE IN JUST A DAY OR
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TWO.
MARCUS, IT TOOK HARD
WORK TO GET LOUISVILLE READY TO
SHOW OFF FOR DERBY WEEK.
>> IT IS REMARKABLE THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
I WAS AT THE WATERFRONT WITH THE
MAYOR WHEN HE MADE THOSE
COMMENTS.
THE WATER HAS BEEN UP ALL OVER
COVERING THESE LAWNS AT
WATERFRONT PARK WHERE A LOT OF
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FESTIVAL FOOD STALLS AND
BALLOONS AND THEN THE AREAS
WHERE PEOPLE GO COVERED IN
WATER.
THE WATER'S RECEDED AND THEY
HAVE THE LAWN IN GOOD SHAPE.
REAL TESTAMENT TO THE CREWS AT
WATERFRONT PARK AND LOUISVILLE
EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
EUPHORIA ABOUT THEDER WI WE KNOW
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THAT CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESSED
PAUSE ON A BILLION DOLLAR
EXPANSION.
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS IN THAT?
>> CHURCHLE ANNOUNCED A $1
BILLION EXPANSION PART OF
MODERNIZING THE TRACK THIS SET
OF PROJECTS WAS GOING TO INCLUDE
PERMANENT SEATING IN THE
INFIELD.
AND SOME CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE
FIRST TURN OF THE RACETRACK.
BUT THIS WEEK, THE RACETRACK
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OPERATORS SAID WE'RE GOING TO
PAUSE THAT AND HOLD OFF AND
CITED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRADE
AND TARIFF POLICIES THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THE
WORK.
EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE.
PLAN SOMETHING PAIR LOUSE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THEY
ARE GOING FORWARD WITH AN
INDUSTRY REVENUE BOND AT METRO
COUNCIL NEEDED FOR THE CITY TO
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SIGN OFF ON THAT BOND PROCEEDS
WHICH CHURCHILL WOULD USE.
THEY ARE PAUSING IT AND GOING
FORWARD WITH THE MONEY TO DO
THAT WORK.
THERE WAS A SIDE DRAMA
THIS WEEK DISCUSSION ABOUT CITY
OWNERSHIP OF THE TRACK AND
PAYMENTS TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE MAYOR
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BACKED UP SOMETHING HE SAID
EARLIER.
>> AS PART OF THIS EFFORT TO GET
THE MONEY CHURCHILL DOWNS HAS TO
GO TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR
APPROVAL OF THESE REVENUE BONDS.
AND THE CITY HAS OWNED LAND
SINCE 2002.
A LOCAL INCENTIVE THAT DEAL WAS
BEING RENEGOTIATED AS PART OF
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THIS REVENUE REQUEST.
AND IN DOING SO, THE CITY AND
CHURCHILL DOWNS AGREED TO CHANGE
ONE STREAM OF PAYMENTS THAT HAD
BEEN COMING TO JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JCPS WAS GETTING
THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IT
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN.
THE CITY SAID WE'RE GOING TO
CHANGE THAT AND GIVE THE MONEY
TO METRO GOVERNMENT BECAUSE
WE'RE PROVIDING POLICE AND
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EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THAT CAUGHT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
VERY MUCH OFF GUARD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND
THE MAYOR UNDER THE COVER OF
THIS PAUSE IN THE CONSTRUCTION
SAID WE'RE GOING TO PULLBACK
THIS ORDINANCE AND FIND A
SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY
AND EQUITABLE TO BOTH PARTIES.
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
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THAT GREENBERG WILL RUN FOR
REELECTION?
>> THAT IS THE BELIEF.
LOUISVILLE'S MAYORAL RACES WILL
BECOME NONPARTISAN.
THE MAYOR HAS BEEN UP FRONT WITH
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND TOUTED WINS THAT
ARE BIPARTISAN.
HE'S MADE A CLEAR DISTINCTION
THE WAY GREG FISHER WORKED WITH
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REPUBLICANS IN FRANKFORT.
CRAIG GREENBERG IS TRYING TO
CAST HIMSELF IS THE MAYOR FOR
ALL OF LOUISVILLE AND MOVING
AWAY FROM PARTY IDENTITIES AS HE
CONTEMPLATES A NEW TERM.
WE'LL SEE ON THAT AND
THAT COULD BE INTERESTING.
ALSO EVIDENTLY TARIFF RELATED
TOYOTA CONSIDERED MOVING
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PRODUCTION OF THE RAV-4 TO
GEORGETOWN.
NO COMMENT FROM TOYOTA BUT
THERE'S SPECULATION IT WOULD BE
A WAY TO AVOID TARIFFS.
>> TOYOTA IS CURRENTLY REVISING
THE POPULAR RAV-4 S.U.V., THE
NEW VERSION WAS GOING TO BE MADE
OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT BECAUSE
OF TARIFF CONCERNS THERE'S
DISCUSSION WITHIN TOYOTA ABOUT
MOVING THAT PRODUCTION TO
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GEORGETOWN ACCORDING TO
REPORTING BASED ON ANONYMOUS OR
UNNAMED SOURCES.
IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A
GLIMPSE HOW THIS TARIFF
SITUATION IS AFFECTING DECISION
MAKING.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
LAWMAKERS SAY KENTUCKY IS NOT
READ FOR THE REAL ID DEADLINE OF
MAY 7 WHEN THE TSA STARTS TO
ENFORCING HAVING A REAL ID TO
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BOARD DOMESTIC FLIGHTS.
>> KENTUCKY WAS LATE TO THE GAME
WE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT REAL ID
UNTIL 2019 THEN WE HAD THE COVID
YEAR THAT SET US BACK AND THE
TRANSPORTATION CABINET HAS DONE
A GREAT JOB SETTING THE OFFICES
UPSTARTING FROM SCRATCH ON THE
REGIONAL OFFICES.
BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT READY
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TO --
WE ARE NOT REAL ID COMPLIANT
YET.
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE EARLY 2000'S
AFTER 9/11.
BUT KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS AGAIN YOU
HEARD THE SENATOR SAY KENTUCKY
WAS LATE TO THE GAME AND CANNOT
BE READY BY THE DEADLINE.
>> YEAH.
AND I BELIEVE IN THAT LETTER THE
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SENATOR SAID ONLY 40% OF
KENTUCKY RESIDENTS ARE COMPLIANT
WITH REAL ID'S.
AND I MEAN HE POINTED TO LONG
WAIT TIMES AND LIMITED
AVAILABILITY FOR APPOINTMENTS AS
THE REASON WHY KENTUCKY NEED IT
IS TO BE POSTPONED AND GOVERNOR
ANDY BESHEAR ALSO POINTED OUT HE
WOULD SUPPORT POSTPONING THE
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DATE AND POINTED OUT THE FACT
THAT 15-YEAR-OLDS IN KENTUCKY
ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR A
DRIVER'S PERMIT YOU COUPLE THAT
WITH THE REAL ID.
AND THE EYE TESTS.
>> IT'S ALL THE PERFECT
INGREDIENTS FOR A STORM.
THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AUSTIN,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A REAL ID
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IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO DRIVE.
>> NO.
IT'S ONLY TO FLY AND ENTER
FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
WHICH, I THINK IT'S OVERRATED
THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOUR AVERAGE
PERSON DOES THAT.
ALSO FROM WASHINGTON
FEMA DENIED SOME KENTUCKY
COUNTIES REQUESTING ASSISTANCE
FROM THE FEBRUARY FLOODING BUT
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THIS AFTERNOON PRESIDENT TRUMP
APPROVED THE APRIL REQUEST A
BROADER REQUEST AND THAT WORD
BROUGHT A LOT OF RELIEF TO
COUNTY LEADERS.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE
COUNTIES AFFECTED.
I THINK IT IS NOTABLE THE
MESSENGER ON THIS AND THE
MESSENGERS.
IT WASN'T FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE AT LEAST THE INFORMATION
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ON THIS.
IT CAME FIRST FROM CONGRESSMAN
COMER WHO REPRESENTS FRANKLIN
COUNTY.
ONE OF THE COUNTIES MOST
AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING.
>> DATA CENTERS IN THE NEWS AND
IN OLDHAM COUNTY THERE IS A
PAUSE SUBJECT YOU FOLLOWED
CLOSELY WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE?
>> SO, KENTUCKY FOR YEARS HAS
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BEEN A DESERT IN THE GROWING
INDUSTRY OF BUILDING THE TECH
CAMPUSES TO HOUSEWARE HOUSES
FULL OF COMPUTER SERVERS AND THE
EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESS COMPUTER
DATA QUICKLY.
STARTING LAST YEAR KENTUCKY
PASSED TAX INCENTIVES AND THAT
SET THE STAGE FOR FIRST THE
DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED IN
LOUISVILLE IN JANUARY.
AND THEN A DEVELOPMENT IN OLDHAM
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COUNTY.
THE DEVELOPMENT IN OLDHAM COUNTY
HAS BEEN MET WITH A LOT OF
PUSHBACK IT'S PROPOSED IN AN
AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND WHAT I FIND FASCINATE
SOMETHING THAT THOSE WHO HAVE
SUPPORTED IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY THE TAX BREAKS THIS IS
A GROWING INDUSTRY, KENTUCKY IS
GOING TO GET SKIN IN THE GAME.
BUT THE OLDHAM COUNTY CASE IS A
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TEST CASE OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
WHEN THEY ARE PROPOSED FOR RURAL
AREAS.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN OLDHAM
COUNTY VERY MUCH HAVE THWARTED
THIS THEY FORCED VERY LITERAL
CHANGES IN HOW THIS WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
THEY GOT IT OFF THE AGENDAS OF
THE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS IN
OLDHAM COUNTY.
THEY HAVE CREATED A MORATORIUM
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WHICH HAS BEEN GRANTED ON NEW
DATA CENTER PROJECTS.
THE CONTROVERSIAL ONE GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS IS STILL
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BACKED
OFF THEIR SUPPORT FOR T JUDGE
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDED IT DOESN'T
GET APPROVED AT THE AGENCY THAT
HE APPOINTS.
SO I THINK OLDHAM COUNTY IS
SOMETHING TO WATCH BECAUSE IT
SHOWS HOW THE SORT OF LOCAL
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POPULISM CHANGED THIS WHOLE
NARRATIVE AND THIS DIALOGUE AND
WE MAY SO SEE MORE IN OLDHAM
COUNTY.
>> YOU DID AN INTERESTING PIECE
ON A FATHER AND SON SERVING IN
THE LEGISLATURE AT THE SAME TIME
THAT IS WHIP JASON 19 MISS AND
HIS FATHER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT
POLITICS AND FAMILY.
>> IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE
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TWO OF THEM INTERACT TOGETHER
DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT IS
SOMETHING WE DON'T GET TO SEE
DURING SESSION.
I THINK IT WAS COOL TO HEAR HOW
REPRESENTATIVE THEM MISS TALKED
ABOUT HOW HE HAD SWORN HIS
FATHER IN AND EMPHASIZED HOW
FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO BOTH.
AND WHAT IS INTERESTING TO POINT
OUT THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT
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LEGISLATIVE STYLES PER SE.
REPRESENTATIVE NEMIS HE IS THE
MAJORITY WHIP SO HE IS FOCAL ON
THE FLOOR.
AND SENATOR NEMIS IS A TRUSTED
ADVISER IT IS INTERESTING
DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO.
A GOOD READ FOLKS CAN
CLICK ON.
LOBBYISTS SPENT CLOSE TO $9
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MILLION TRYING TO INFLUENCE
LEGISLATION IN THE 2025.
SESSION.
WHAT WERE THE LOBBYISTS TRYING
TO BUY FOR THEIR CLIENTS?
>> IN SHORT, EVERYTHING.
I THINK THE BIG TREND OVER THE
PAST YEAR IS WE SEE THE TOTAL
SPENDING NUMBER GO UP.
IT IS NOT A FEW BIG DOGS PUSHING
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IT UP IT'S THE VOLUME.
THE BREADTH OF COMPANIES THAT I
THINK ARE COMING TO REALIZE THAT
THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS WHERE A
LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY CRACKED
INTO THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS
VERY MUCH BUT THE ADVOCACY
GROUPS ARE LEANING INTO THEIR
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LOBBYING EFFORTS.
>>
THE FUNERAL FOR POPE
FRANCIS IS SATURDAY.
KENTUCKIANS WHO MET THE POPE AND
OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN INTRIGUED
BY THE NEWS.
>> I MEAN, IN LOUISVILLE FOR
EXAMPLE, IT IS A VERY CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY AND THERE'S BEEN
SPECIAL MASSES AND A LOT OF
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OUTPOURING OF CONDOLENCES FOR
THE POPE.
IT'S JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT IN A
COMMUNITY THAT VALUES ITS
CATHOLIC TRADITIONS, WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS IT'S
FELT DEEPLY IN THE AREA.
KENTUCKY GREW IN 2024
GAINING ALMOST 38,000 PEOPLE.
THE DAILY BEYONDER REPORTS 80%
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OF THE GROWTH CAME FROM
INTERNATIONALMYIATION AND THE
REST FROM OTHER STATES.
KENTUCKY HAD MORE DEATHS THAN
BIRTHS LAST YEAR.
AND THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES
LEWD WARREN, MADISON, BOON,
JESSAMINE AND SCOTT.
LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE ANNOUNCED
IT WILL BECOME LINDSEY WILSON
UNIVERSITY ON JEWEL FIRST.
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THE JULY FIRST.
IT REFLECTS THE MISSION,
CHARACTER AND DIRECTION OF THE
SCHOOL.
AND MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCED IT'S LAUNCHING A
DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM
AND SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING AT MOREHEAD STATE.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
HAVE A GOOD DERBY WEEK AHEAD.
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[♪♪]
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
CONGRESSMAN AND AND
ENTER THE OPEN RACE FOR THE U.S.
SENATE HOPING TO REPLACE MITCH
McCONNELL.
BARR'S MOVE SETS IN MOTION WHAT
COULD BE A CROWDED CONTEST FOR
HIS HOUSE SEAT IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS REQUEST A
DELAY FOR REAL ID ENFORCEMENT.
CHURCHILL DOWNS GETS READY FOR
THE DERBY AND PAUSES A BILLION
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DOLLAR EXPANSION.
HEADING TOWARD DERBY WEEK IN THE
COMMONWEALTH, COMMENT IS NEXT ON
KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY", A LOOK BACK AT AND
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
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IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTINGS ON OUR PANEL
OF WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE MARCUS GREEN,
REPORTER FOR WBRB IN LOUISVILLE.
HANNAH PINSKI, POLITICS REPORTER
FOR THE COURIER JOURNAL AND
AUSTIN HORN, POLITICAL REPORTER
FOR THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.
ALSO TONIGHT LOBBYISTS SPEND $9
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MILLION TRYING TO INFLUENCE
LAWMAKERS IN THE KENTUCKY
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BUT LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE
POLITICAL NEWS OF THE WEEK,
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BARR'S JUMP INTO THE U.S. SENATE
RACE.
>> I'M ANDY BARR AND I'M RUNNING
ARE NOT THE UNITED STATES SENATE
TO HELP THIS PRESIDENT SAVE OUR
COUNTRY.
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[APPLAUSE]
IT WAS A VERY POURLY
KEPT SECRET AUSTIN YOU BROKE THE
STORY AHEAD OF IT BUT ATTENTION
GETTING WHEN BARR MADE IT
OFFICIAL HE IS RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE.
>> YEAH, IT WAS IN RICHMOND ON
TUESDAY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT BARR, I THINK, HAS
TO WORK AGAINST A LITTLE BIT IS
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PERHAPS A PERCEPTION HE IS A
LEXINGTON UPPER CRUST LAWYER GUY
AND BEING IN RICHMOND IT'S CLOSE
ENOUGH TO LEXINGTON BUT IT'S NOT
LEXINGTON.
IT WAS WELL ATTENDED FOR AN
EVENT.
IT WAS A WELL PUT TOGETHER
EVENT, THE BRANDING WAS NICE.
AND THE LOGO WAS CRISP TO
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WHATEVER EXTENT THAT MATTERS.
HIS SPEECH WAS, I THINK, VERY
ENERGETIC IT WAS VERY LONG WHICH
IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE WATCHED BARR HAVE COME TO
EXPECT.
AND IT KIND OF IT HIT ALL THE
ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT OF
A REPUBLICAN RUNNING IN KENTUCKY
FOR ANY OFFICE.
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TO RATTLE OFF.
IT WAS A GRAB BAG OF EVERYTHING.
I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING
AND IS A LINGERING QUESTION FOR
HIM, WHAT IS THE SET OF ISSUES
TWO OR THREE THAT YOU ARE REALLY
GOING TO HAMMER IN ON YOUR
ELEVATOR PITCH.
IT WAS A 16-AND-A-HALF MINUTE
SPEECH MOST PEOPLE ARE ONLY
GOING TO HEAR OR RETAIN ABOUT 20
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SECONDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHO
YOU ARE AS A CANDIDATE.
WHAT IS THAT SET OF THINGS?
ONE POLITICAL
CONSULTANT ONCE TOLD ME YOU NEED
TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN A SENTENCE
WHY YOU ARE RUNNING.
HANNAH WHAT STRIKES YOU?
>> THE ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME
IS HOW MUCH HE MENTIONED TRUMP
IN THE SPEECH AND SPOKEN TO
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CUTTING TAXES ENDING D.E.I.
PROGRAMS, PROMOTING COAL THOSE
ARE THINGS BARR SAID THAT HE
SUPPORTS AND WOULD SUPPORT IF
ELECTED IN THE SENATE.
I AM THE IDEAL CANDIDATE BECAUSE
I CURRENTLY WORK IN THE HOUSE
AND I WORK WITH TRUMP LOOK AT ME
I'M ALREADY ADVANCING HIS
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AGENDA.
AND HE SEES HIS POSITION AS AN
ADVANTAGE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S
PRIMARY.
DOES HE HAVE TO BE IN
LOCK STEP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
IF HE HOPES TO GET HIS
ENDORSEMENT?
>> IN SHORT, YES.
I MEAN, FULL STOP, YES.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN ANYBODY
REALLY VEER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM
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THE PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO
POLICY OR EVEN STYLE REALLY.
AND CONTINUE TO GET HIS
ENDORSEMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT ANOTHER
CONGRESSMAN WHO HAS A HISTORY OF
CHAFING WITH TRUMP UP NORTH,
THOMAS MASSIE.
I THINK IT'S WIDELY PERCEIVED
ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES AND
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM
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DANIEL CAMERON IN THE RACE THE
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE IS
HUGHING CLOSELY TO TRUMP AND TO
NOT HUGH CLOSELY TO TRUMP IT
WOULD BE VERY RISKY AT THIS
POINT FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
BARR ANTICIPATES A
TOUGH CAMPAIGN AND SAID AS MUCH
IN THE SPEECH.
AND DANIEL CAMERON RELEASED A
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POLL SHOWING HIM IN THE LEAD AND
BUSINESSMAN NATE MORRIS HE
CALLED BARR A CAREER POLITICIAN
AND McCONNELL LACKEY.
IT CAN BE TOUGH COMBAT AND
INCOMING ARROWS.
>> OBVIOUSLY ALL THREE MEN HAVE
DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND
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WEAKNESSES.
CAMERON HAS THE BEST NAME ID FOR
RUNNING IN THE 2023
GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO
THE FACT THAT HE LOST THAT TO
ANDY BESHEAR.
YOU HAVE BARR WHO HAS $5 MILLION
OF CASH ON HAND FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN.
THAT SHOWS HE HAS STRONG
FUNDRAISING SKILLS AND THEN
AGAIN ASKING THE QUESTION OF DO
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PEOPLE KNOW AND RECOGNIZE HIM
OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
LEXINGTON.
AND NATE MORRIS WHO HAS NOT
ANNOUNCED A RUN BUT WE ARE
EXPECTING ONE.
HE CAN FUND HIS OWN CAMPAIGN.
HE IS PANDERING TO THE TRUMP
CAMP BY BEING ON DONALD TRUMP
JUNIOR'S PODCAST.
HE WAS IN A WHITE HOUSE RELEASE
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PRAISING TRUMP'S TRADE PLAN AND
WILL PEOPLE KNOW HIM OUTSIDE OF
THE POLITICAL CIRCLES HERE IN
KENTUCKY.
AUSTIN TALK ABOUT THE
POLL THAT CAMERON RELEASED AND
CAN HE SIT ON POSSIBLE LEAD HE
MAY HAVE IN EARLY POLLING?
>> YES, IT WAS CONDUCTED RIGHT
BEFORE THE NEWS ABOUT BARR
RUNNING BROKE.
BUT IT HAD CAMERON AT 44% AND
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BARR AT 18%.
A LOT OF UNDECIDEDS IN THERE.
THE BIG QUESTION TO ME AND A LOT
OF OBSERVERS LOOKING AT THIS, IS
THAT 44% COMPRISED OF DANIEL
CAMERON FANS?
OR IS IT COMPRISED OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HEARD OF HIM BEFORE, AREN'T
NECESSARILY IN LOVE WITH
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM.
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BUT KNOW THAT HE IS A SOLID
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND KNOW
FAR LESS ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WERE ASKED ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW.
I COULD SEE ARGUMENTS EITHER
WAY.
AND IT'S WORTH MENTIONING AN X
FACTOR WE REPORTED TODAY SCOTT
JENNINGS A "CNN" COMMENTATOR A
PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL
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TIED TO THE McCONNELL NETWORK
HERE.
HE IS POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING A
RUN FOR THIS SEAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WOULD DEPEND ON A
TRUMP ENDORSEMENT.
BUT ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THAT HIS LOVE
LANGUAGE IS TELEVISION.
SO I THINK THERE IS POTENTIAL
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THERE LIKE SCOTT JENNINGS WHO IS
THE KEY DEFENDER OF THE TRUMP
AGENDA ON TV RIGHT NOW FULL STOP
TO POTENTIALLY GET SUPPORT FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MARCUS, BARR AND
CAMERON HAVE BOTH SHOWN RESPECT
FOR SENATOR McCONNELL IN THE
PAST CAMERON WORKED FOR HIM.
AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE SENATE, IS
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McCONNELL GOING TO BE THE
TARGET OF THE KENTUCKY
REPUBLICANS WHO WANT HIS JOB?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL BE A
TARGET, BUT IT IS AN INTERESTING
DYNAMIC GIVEN THE LOYALTY
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANDIDATES
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
McCONNELL HAS BEEN A CRITIC
ESPECIALLY RECENTLY ON THE TRADE
POLICIES AND TARIFF POLICIES AND
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APPOINTMENTS.
WHETHER OR NOT SENATOR
McCONNELL WILL BE CALLED OUT
BY NAME OR MADE A TARGET THERE
MAYBE SLIGHT NUANCED ILLUSIONS
TO HIM THAT MAYBE AREN'T CALLED
BY NAME.
BUT IT IS FASCINATING THAT MITCH
McCONNELL AND HIS POSITION ON
THE PRESIDENT MAYBE PART OF THIS
RACE GOING FORWARD AMONG
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REPUBLICANS.
>> YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION IS
HOW BIG?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATEMENTS
THAT NATE MORRIS IS MAKING RIGHT
NOW EVERY STATEMENT HE IS MAKING
ON THE RACE IS NEGATIVE ON
McCONNELL.
IT'S BASHING HIS RECOVERED.
ANDY BARR I WAS EXPECTING HIM TO
BE MORE NEGATIVE ABOUT MITCH
McCONNELL IN THIS LAUNCH.
BUT HE IS ADOPTING THE STRATEGY
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OF SAYING THIS RACE IS NOT ABOUT
MITCH McCONNELL THIS RACE IS
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND SORT OF BETTING THAT VOTERS
WON'T REALLY CARE AS MUCH IN A
YEAR FROM NOW AND IT MIGHT FEEL
LIKE BEATING A DEAD HORSE ALMOST
NOT TO USE PERHAPS A ROUGH
ANALOGY.
BUT, I THINK THAT'S THE BIG
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QUESTION WITH MORRIS ON ONE SIDE
AND BARR ON THE OTHER.
WE'LL SEE IF THE
REPUBLICAN FIELD IS SET AND WE
WILL BE WATCHING JENNINGS TO
SOMETHING IF SOMETHING IS
FORTHCOMING.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON
A U.S. SENATE RACE SINCE 1992
THAT WAS WENDELL FORD'S FINAL
VICTORY.
AND STATE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
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PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN THE RACE
ARE OTHERS CONTINUING TO TAKE A
LOOK?
>> THE BIG NAME TO LOOK IS ROCKY
ADKINS THE SENIOR ADVISER TO
"GOVERNOR'S AWARD IN THE ARTS."
HE ALMOST BEAT HIM HE GOT A
SECOND CLOSE PLACE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR.
LIKE YOU SAID IT'S BEEN A
LONGTIME SINCE A DEMOCRAT MADE
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IT CLOSE.
THE LAST CLOSE RACE WAS EARLY
DANIEL AGAINST JIM BUNKING.
ALTERNATE HISTORY IF GOVERNOR
PAUL PATTON HAD NOT BEEN
EMBROILED IN A SCANDAL OF SORTS
HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
NOMINEE AND MOST AGREE HE
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PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WON.
LOOKING AT THAT RACE
THAT YEAR.
HOW MUCH OF A POLITICAL HIGH
WIRE ACT IS THIS FOR BARR TO BE
MAKING THIS CHOICE TO LEAVE A
SAFE, RELATIVELY SAFE HOUSE SEAT
AND MAKE HIS FIRST STATE-WIDE
RACE?
>> I THINK BEING A LIFER IN
CONGRESS IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES ISN'T FOR
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EVERYBODY.
IT'S CERTAINLY FOR HAL ROGERS
WHO HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR 40
PLUS YEARS.
BUT IF THAT'S NOT YOUR GOAL, I
THINK RIGHT NOW, WAS THE CORRECT
TIME FOR ANDY BARR TO MAKE A
JUMP AT THIS.
MITCH McCONNELL WAS IN THE
SEAT FOR SO MANY YEARS, RAND
PAUL HAS BEEN IN HIS SEAT FOR A
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LONGTIME.
IT'S NOT EVERY CYCLE THAT IS A
SEAT THIS BIG COMES OPEN.
BARR'S DECISION TO
COUPLE INTO THE SENATE RACE
CREATES AN OPEN HOUSE RACE IN
CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE EYEING
THE SEAT FOR A TURNOVER.
BUT REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THEY CAN
HOLD IT.
I THINK ONE OF THE ARTICLES SAID
THEY SCOFFED AT THE IDEA THAT
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DEMOCRATS COULD TAKE THE SIXTH.
HANNAH, IT COULD BE A
COMPETITIVE RACE, A RELATIVELY
PURPLE DISTRICT.
WE KNOW CANDIDATES ARE EYEING IT
FROM BOTH PARTIES.
RYAN DOTSON JUMPED IN MINUTES
AFTER BARR'S ANNOUNCEMENT WE
EXPECT OTHERS?
>> SOME OTHER NAMES ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE REPRESENTATIVE
DEANNA GORDON, SENATOR AMANDA
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MAYS BLEDSOE AND THEN FORMER
STATE SENATOR DAMON THAYER ALL
ARE NAMES THAT HAVE COME UP AS
POTENTIAL CONTENDERS.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WE HAVE
CHERLYNN STEVENSON, AND SENATOR
REGGIE THOMAS ARE NAMES THAT
COULD RUN FOR THAT SEAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE A CROWDED
PRIMARY THERE.
I MEAN THE SEAT HASN'T BEEN OPEN
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IN A DOZEN YEARS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IS
THIS DISTRICT COMPETITIVE.
AND WHO DEMOCRATS END UP PUTTING
UP FOR THAT SEAT.
OTHER NAMES AUSTIN?
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE THAT
HAS BEEN FLOATED AROUND BY A
COUPLE PEOPLE IS FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE ALLISON
GRIMES SHE IS A LONGTIME
POLITICAL FAMILY IN KENTUCKY AND
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COULD RAISE MONEY A NAME THAT
PEOPLE KNOW.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT SHE IS
INTERESTED.
I TRIED TO REACH OUT AND HAVEN'T
GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST TALKING
ABOUT AT THIS POINT.
YOU HEARD THE NAME ZACK
DIMBO.
>> A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN
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LEXINGTON.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO
LOOK OUT FOR AS WELL.
AND THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR
ANY RANDOM PERSON THAT NOBODY
HAS HEARD OF THAT MIGHT HAVE A
LOT OF MONEY OR CONNECTIONS TO
MONEY.
THIS IS A TRULY OPEN SEAT THAT I
THINK COULD BE COMPETITIVE FOR
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JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.
WE SHALL SEE.
KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS
MASSIE IS DOWN-PLAYING HIS
DIFFERENCES THAT AUSTIN REFERRED
TO WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO LAST
MONTH SAID THAT MASSIE SHOULD
FACE A PRIMARY CHALLENGE IN
LEXINGTON, MASSIE SAID HE GETS
ALONG WELL WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> I GET ALONG GREAT WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S CABINET.
I WAS HERE WITH ONE OF HIS
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FORMER MEMBERS GIVING A SPEECH
AND I TALK TO THE CURRENT
MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET LIKE
ROBERT KENNEDY FOR INSTANCE AND
THOSE FOLKS.
I HAVE A GREAT WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK WITH THIS PRESIDENT, YOU
KNOW, THE STORM COMES AND THE
STORM PASSES.
AND WE'RE ON GOOD TERMS AT THE
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MOMENT.
AND HANNAH YOU NOTE
THAT TRUMP AND MASSIE SCUFFLED
BEFORE.
>> IN IN THIS YEAR'S SCUFFLE
IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT
MACY'S FUNDRAISING SURGED AFTER
TRUMP THREATS HE HAS STRONG
SUPPORT.
IN 2020 HAD OBJECTIONS TO A
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PANDEMIC AID BILL AND TRUMP SAID
HE WANTED TO EVICT MASSIE FROM
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THAT
YEAR HE DID DRAW A PRIMARY
OPPONENT MASSIE EASILY DEFEATED
HIM.
I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING
IF THERE'S SOMEONE PRIMARYING
MASSIE HOW WELL THEY FARE
AGAINST HIM.
MASSIE SEEMS TO TAKE
THE POSITION THAT THIS TOO SHALL
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PASS.
>> YEAH, AND HE THINKS A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK CORRECTLY THAT HE
IS INDESTRUCTIBLE WHEN IT COMES
TO THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
ELECTORATE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
HE IS A CONTRARIAN BUT THE
PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO VOTE IN
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN NORTHERN
KENTUCKY ESTABLISHMENT
REPUBLICANS WOULD SAY THOSE
PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP SKEW FURTHER
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TO THE RIGHT.
BUT REGARD BUILDING, THE
ELECTORATE DOES SEEM TO BE LOYAL
TO MASSIE.
DERBY WEEK ALWAYS
EXCITING IN KENTUCKY AND THIS
YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN EXTRA
CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THE
FLOODING.
THE FESTIVAL ROLLS ON AND MAYOR
CRAIG GREENBERG IS PROUD OF THE
EFFORTS IN THE DERBY CITY.
>> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE EXTENT
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OF THE DAMAGE THAT THIS PARK AND
PARKS ALONG THE RIVER THAT OUR
ROADWAYS FACED JUST OVER A WEEK
AGO, IT IS AMAZING WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WATERFRONT
PARK RIGHT HERE, IS READY FOR
THE FESTIVAL, IS READY FOR THE
KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS
THAT TAKE PLACE IN JUST A DAY OR
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TWO.
MARCUS, IT TOOK HARD
WORK TO GET LOUISVILLE READY TO
SHOW OFF FOR DERBY WEEK.
>> IT IS REMARKABLE THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
I WAS AT THE WATERFRONT WITH THE
MAYOR WHEN HE MADE THOSE
COMMENTS.
THE WATER HAS BEEN UP ALL OVER
COVERING THESE LAWNS AT
WATERFRONT PARK WHERE A LOT OF
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FESTIVAL FOOD STALLS AND
BALLOONS AND THEN THE AREAS
WHERE PEOPLE GO COVERED IN
WATER.
THE WATER'S RECEDED AND THEY
HAVE THE LAWN IN GOOD SHAPE.
REAL TESTAMENT TO THE CREWS AT
WATERFRONT PARK AND LOUISVILLE
EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
EUPHORIA ABOUT THEDER WI WE KNOW
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THAT CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESSED
PAUSE ON A BILLION DOLLAR
EXPANSION.
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS IN THAT?
>> CHURCHLE ANNOUNCED A $1
BILLION EXPANSION PART OF
MODERNIZING THE TRACK THIS SET
OF PROJECTS WAS GOING TO INCLUDE
PERMANENT SEATING IN THE
INFIELD.
AND SOME CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE
FIRST TURN OF THE RACETRACK.
BUT THIS WEEK, THE RACETRACK
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OPERATORS SAID WE'RE GOING TO
PAUSE THAT AND HOLD OFF AND
CITED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRADE
AND TARIFF POLICIES THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THE
WORK.
EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE.
PLAN SOMETHING PAIR LOUSE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THEY
ARE GOING FORWARD WITH AN
INDUSTRY REVENUE BOND AT METRO
COUNCIL NEEDED FOR THE CITY TO
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SIGN OFF ON THAT BOND PROCEEDS
WHICH CHURCHILL WOULD USE.
THEY ARE PAUSING IT AND GOING
FORWARD WITH THE MONEY TO DO
THAT WORK.
THERE WAS A SIDE DRAMA
THIS WEEK DISCUSSION ABOUT CITY
OWNERSHIP OF THE TRACK AND
PAYMENTS TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE MAYOR
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BACKED UP SOMETHING HE SAID
EARLIER.
>> AS PART OF THIS EFFORT TO GET
THE MONEY CHURCHILL DOWNS HAS TO
GO TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR
APPROVAL OF THESE REVENUE BONDS.
AND THE CITY HAS OWNED LAND
SINCE 2002.
A LOCAL INCENTIVE THAT DEAL WAS
BEING RENEGOTIATED AS PART OF
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THIS REVENUE REQUEST.
AND IN DOING SO, THE CITY AND
CHURCHILL DOWNS AGREED TO CHANGE
ONE STREAM OF PAYMENTS THAT HAD
BEEN COMING TO JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JCPS WAS GETTING
THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IT
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN.
THE CITY SAID WE'RE GOING TO
CHANGE THAT AND GIVE THE MONEY
TO METRO GOVERNMENT BECAUSE
WE'RE PROVIDING POLICE AND
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EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THAT CAUGHT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
VERY MUCH OFF GUARD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND
THE MAYOR UNDER THE COVER OF
THIS PAUSE IN THE CONSTRUCTION
SAID WE'RE GOING TO PULLBACK
THIS ORDINANCE AND FIND A
SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY
AND EQUITABLE TO BOTH PARTIES.
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
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THAT GREENBERG WILL RUN FOR
REELECTION?
>> THAT IS THE BELIEF.
LOUISVILLE'S MAYORAL RACES WILL
BECOME NONPARTISAN.
THE MAYOR HAS BEEN UP FRONT WITH
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND TOUTED WINS THAT
ARE BIPARTISAN.
HE'S MADE A CLEAR DISTINCTION
THE WAY GREG FISHER WORKED WITH
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REPUBLICANS IN FRANKFORT.
CRAIG GREENBERG IS TRYING TO
CAST HIMSELF IS THE MAYOR FOR
ALL OF LOUISVILLE AND MOVING
AWAY FROM PARTY IDENTITIES AS HE
CONTEMPLATES A NEW TERM.
WE'LL SEE ON THAT AND
THAT COULD BE INTERESTING.
ALSO EVIDENTLY TARIFF RELATED
TOYOTA CONSIDERED MOVING
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PRODUCTION OF THE RAV-4 TO
GEORGETOWN.
NO COMMENT FROM TOYOTA BUT
THERE'S SPECULATION IT WOULD BE
A WAY TO AVOID TARIFFS.
>> TOYOTA IS CURRENTLY REVISING
THE POPULAR RAV-4 S.U.V., THE
NEW VERSION WAS GOING TO BE MADE
OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT BECAUSE
OF TARIFF CONCERNS THERE'S
DISCUSSION WITHIN TOYOTA ABOUT
MOVING THAT PRODUCTION TO
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GEORGETOWN ACCORDING TO
REPORTING BASED ON ANONYMOUS OR
UNNAMED SOURCES.
IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A
GLIMPSE HOW THIS TARIFF
SITUATION IS AFFECTING DECISION
MAKING.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
LAWMAKERS SAY KENTUCKY IS NOT
READ FOR THE REAL ID DEADLINE OF
MAY 7 WHEN THE TSA STARTS TO
ENFORCING HAVING A REAL ID TO
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BOARD DOMESTIC FLIGHTS.
>> KENTUCKY WAS LATE TO THE GAME
WE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT REAL ID
UNTIL 2019 THEN WE HAD THE COVID
YEAR THAT SET US BACK AND THE
TRANSPORTATION CABINET HAS DONE
A GREAT JOB SETTING THE OFFICES
UPSTARTING FROM SCRATCH ON THE
REGIONAL OFFICES.
BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT READY
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TO --
WE ARE NOT REAL ID COMPLIANT
YET.
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE EARLY 2000'S
AFTER 9/11.
BUT KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS AGAIN YOU
HEARD THE SENATOR SAY KENTUCKY
WAS LATE TO THE GAME AND CANNOT
BE READY BY THE DEADLINE.
>> YEAH.
AND I BELIEVE IN THAT LETTER THE
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SENATOR SAID ONLY 40% OF
KENTUCKY RESIDENTS ARE COMPLIANT
WITH REAL ID'S.
AND I MEAN HE POINTED TO LONG
WAIT TIMES AND LIMITED
AVAILABILITY FOR APPOINTMENTS AS
THE REASON WHY KENTUCKY NEED IT
IS TO BE POSTPONED AND GOVERNOR
ANDY BESHEAR ALSO POINTED OUT HE
WOULD SUPPORT POSTPONING THE
(20:34):
DATE AND POINTED OUT THE FACT
THAT 15-YEAR-OLDS IN KENTUCKY
ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR A
DRIVER'S PERMIT YOU COUPLE THAT
WITH THE REAL ID.
AND THE EYE TESTS.
>> IT'S ALL THE PERFECT
INGREDIENTS FOR A STORM.
THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AUSTIN,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A REAL ID
(20:55):
IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO DRIVE.
>> NO.
IT'S ONLY TO FLY AND ENTER
FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
WHICH, I THINK IT'S OVERRATED
THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOUR AVERAGE
PERSON DOES THAT.
ALSO FROM WASHINGTON
FEMA DENIED SOME KENTUCKY
COUNTIES REQUESTING ASSISTANCE
FROM THE FEBRUARY FLOODING BUT
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THIS AFTERNOON PRESIDENT TRUMP
APPROVED THE APRIL REQUEST A
BROADER REQUEST AND THAT WORD
BROUGHT A LOT OF RELIEF TO
COUNTY LEADERS.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE
COUNTIES AFFECTED.
I THINK IT IS NOTABLE THE
MESSENGER ON THIS AND THE
MESSENGERS.
IT WASN'T FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE AT LEAST THE INFORMATION
(21:37):
ON THIS.
IT CAME FIRST FROM CONGRESSMAN
COMER WHO REPRESENTS FRANKLIN
COUNTY.
ONE OF THE COUNTIES MOST
AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING.
>> DATA CENTERS IN THE NEWS AND
IN OLDHAM COUNTY THERE IS A
PAUSE SUBJECT YOU FOLLOWED
CLOSELY WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE?
>> SO, KENTUCKY FOR YEARS HAS
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BEEN A DESERT IN THE GROWING
INDUSTRY OF BUILDING THE TECH
CAMPUSES TO HOUSEWARE HOUSES
FULL OF COMPUTER SERVERS AND THE
EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESS COMPUTER
DATA QUICKLY.
STARTING LAST YEAR KENTUCKY
PASSED TAX INCENTIVES AND THAT
SET THE STAGE FOR FIRST THE
DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED IN
LOUISVILLE IN JANUARY.
AND THEN A DEVELOPMENT IN OLDHAM
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COUNTY.
THE DEVELOPMENT IN OLDHAM COUNTY
HAS BEEN MET WITH A LOT OF
PUSHBACK IT'S PROPOSED IN AN
AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND WHAT I FIND FASCINATE
SOMETHING THAT THOSE WHO HAVE
SUPPORTED IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY THE TAX BREAKS THIS IS
A GROWING INDUSTRY, KENTUCKY IS
GOING TO GET SKIN IN THE GAME.
BUT THE OLDHAM COUNTY CASE IS A
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TEST CASE OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
WHEN THEY ARE PROPOSED FOR RURAL
AREAS.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN OLDHAM
COUNTY VERY MUCH HAVE THWARTED
THIS THEY FORCED VERY LITERAL
CHANGES IN HOW THIS WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
THEY GOT IT OFF THE AGENDAS OF
THE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS IN
OLDHAM COUNTY.
THEY HAVE CREATED A MORATORIUM
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WHICH HAS BEEN GRANTED ON NEW
DATA CENTER PROJECTS.
THE CONTROVERSIAL ONE GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS IS STILL
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BACKED
OFF THEIR SUPPORT FOR T JUDGE
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDED IT DOESN'T
GET APPROVED AT THE AGENCY THAT
HE APPOINTS.
SO I THINK OLDHAM COUNTY IS
SOMETHING TO WATCH BECAUSE IT
SHOWS HOW THE SORT OF LOCAL
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POPULISM CHANGED THIS WHOLE
NARRATIVE AND THIS DIALOGUE AND
WE MAY SO SEE MORE IN OLDHAM
COUNTY.
>> YOU DID AN INTERESTING PIECE
ON A FATHER AND SON SERVING IN
THE LEGISLATURE AT THE SAME TIME
THAT IS WHIP JASON 19 MISS AND
HIS FATHER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT
POLITICS AND FAMILY.
>> IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE
(23:46):
TWO OF THEM INTERACT TOGETHER
DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT IS
SOMETHING WE DON'T GET TO SEE
DURING SESSION.
I THINK IT WAS COOL TO HEAR HOW
REPRESENTATIVE THEM MISS TALKED
ABOUT HOW HE HAD SWORN HIS
FATHER IN AND EMPHASIZED HOW
FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO BOTH.
AND WHAT IS INTERESTING TO POINT
OUT THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT
(24:07):
LEGISLATIVE STYLES PER SE.
REPRESENTATIVE NEMIS HE IS THE
MAJORITY WHIP SO HE IS FOCAL ON
THE FLOOR.
AND SENATOR NEMIS IS A TRUSTED
ADVISER IT IS INTERESTING
DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO.
A GOOD READ FOLKS CAN
CLICK ON.
LOBBYISTS SPENT CLOSE TO $9
(24:27):
MILLION TRYING TO INFLUENCE
LEGISLATION IN THE 2025.
SESSION.
WHAT WERE THE LOBBYISTS TRYING
TO BUY FOR THEIR CLIENTS?
>> IN SHORT, EVERYTHING.
I THINK THE BIG TREND OVER THE
PAST YEAR IS WE SEE THE TOTAL
SPENDING NUMBER GO UP.
IT IS NOT A FEW BIG DOGS PUSHING
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IT UP IT'S THE VOLUME.
THE BREADTH OF COMPANIES THAT I
THINK ARE COMING TO REALIZE THAT
THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS WHERE A
LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY CRACKED
INTO THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS
VERY MUCH BUT THE ADVOCACY
GROUPS ARE LEANING INTO THEIR
(25:08):
LOBBYING EFFORTS.
>>
THE FUNERAL FOR POPE
FRANCIS IS SATURDAY.
KENTUCKIANS WHO MET THE POPE AND
OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN INTRIGUED
BY THE NEWS.
>> I MEAN, IN LOUISVILLE FOR
EXAMPLE, IT IS A VERY CATHOLIC
COMMUNITY AND THERE'S BEEN
SPECIAL MASSES AND A LOT OF
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OUTPOURING OF CONDOLENCES FOR
THE POPE.
IT'S JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT IN A
COMMUNITY THAT VALUES ITS
CATHOLIC TRADITIONS, WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS IT'S
FELT DEEPLY IN THE AREA.
KENTUCKY GREW IN 2024
GAINING ALMOST 38,000 PEOPLE.
THE DAILY BEYONDER REPORTS 80%
(25:52):
OF THE GROWTH CAME FROM
INTERNATIONALMYIATION AND THE
REST FROM OTHER STATES.
KENTUCKY HAD MORE DEATHS THAN
BIRTHS LAST YEAR.
AND THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES
LEWD WARREN, MADISON, BOON,
JESSAMINE AND SCOTT.
LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE ANNOUNCED
IT WILL BECOME LINDSEY WILSON
UNIVERSITY ON JEWEL FIRST.
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THE JULY FIRST.
IT REFLECTS THE MISSION,
CHARACTER AND DIRECTION OF THE
SCHOOL.
AND MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCED IT'S LAUNCHING A
DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM
AND SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING AT MOREHEAD STATE.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
HAVE A GOOD DERBY WEEK AHEAD.
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