August 4, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including political doings in advance of the Fancy Farm picnic in Graves Co. on Aug. 2. Panelists: John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader; Derek Operle, WKMS in Murray; and Isaiah Kim-Martinez, WHAS11 in Louisville.
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>> Bill (00:09):
CANDIDATES AND
SUPPORTERS SALTER ARRIVING FOR
THE FANCY FARM PICNIC AND
POLITICAL SPEAKINGS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO AN EVENTS THAT
USED TO ENGAGE BOTH PARTIES?
THE REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE RACE
IS EXPECTED TO DRAW THE MOST
ATTENTION AS CANDIDATES ELBOW
FOR POSITION.
VIOLATIONS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY
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STANDARDS AT KENTUCKY CHILDCARE
CENTERS ARE GETTING WORSE.
HEADING INTO AUGUST WITH SOME
COOLER WEATHER, COMMENT IS NEXT
ON KET.
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GOOD EVENING AND WE DO HAVE MUCH
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MORE PLEASANT WEATHER OUT THERE
I'M BILL BRYANT WE WELCOME YOU
TO "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK
BACK AT AND SOME ANALYSIS OF THE
WEEK'S NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE JOHN CHEVES,
REPORTER FOR THE LEXINGTON
HERALD-LEADER.
JOINING US REMOTELY ARE DEREK
OPERLE NEWS DIRECT FOR WKMS AND
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ISAIAH KIM-MARTINEZ SENIOR
REPORTER FOR WHAS11 IN
LOUISVILLE.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE POLITICS
OF THIS WEEKEND WHEN THOUSANDS
ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO FANCY
FARM IN GRAVES COUNTY.
THE MEAT IS COOKING AND EVENTS
ARE UNDERWAY ON ST. JEROME
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OTHER
LOCATIONS AND SATURDAY THE
SPEECHES COULD GIVE US
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INDICATIONS ABOUT THE BIG RACE
AS HEAD.
GIVEN THE CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
LIST WE EXPECT A LARGELY
REPUBLICAN CROWD ON SATURDAY?
>> AND BILL IT'S CONTINUED TO
BECOME MORE AND MORE THAT WAY AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE SAW LAST YEAR TWO DEMOCRATS
SHOWING AT FANCY FARM.
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THIS YEAR, REGISTERED WE HAVE
JUST ONE.
AND THAT IS JOHN WILLIAMS.
CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN
KENTUCKY CHALLENGING U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES COMER.
AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING WE
ACTUALLY HAVE CREWS HERE AT THE
MARSHALL COUNTY BEAN DINNER FOR
THE DEMOCRATS HERE.
AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
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JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS SPEAKING
RIGHT NOW.
SHE IS GOING TO BE ANSWERING
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY AREN'T MORE
DEMOCRATS AT THIS HISTORIC
ANNUAL KICKOFF TO THE FALL
ELECTION CYCLE.
BECAUSE SHE AND THE GOVERNOR
THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY WHO SAID THEY ARE
DISAPPOINTED IS THE WORD THEY'VE
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USED THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN
JUST CANDIDATES, BUT FOLKS IN
STATE-WIDE OFFICE RIGHT NOW SHOW
UP.
OF COURSE DEMOCRATS WOULD SAY
LISTEN THIS IS A CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT.
THAT AREA HAS CHANGED A LOT AND
WE ARE IN A DIGITAL AGE WHERE IN
THEIR WORDS THE PARTY AT LEAST,
THAT SORT OF THE RELEVANCE OF
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FANCY FARM FOR DEMOCRATS AT
LEAST.
LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT
SOMETHING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
COLEMAN IS THERE TONIGHT AT THAT
EVENT BUT WILL NOT SPEAK ON
SATURDAY?
>> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
SHE IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW AT
CALVERT CITY AND SHE IS
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM
REPORTERS LIKELY I CAN ONLY
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ASSUME ABOUT THE CRITICISM
DEMOCRATS HAVE SEEN IN RECENT
DAYS ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS ON THE
RELEVANCE OF FANCY FARM.
JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS HERE
SPEAKING.
JOHN, WHAT DOES IT SAY
THAT MOST DEMOCRATS THE OFFICE
HOLDERS AND CANDIDATES STAY
AWAY.
IS IT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
CHALLENGES IN THE RURAL AREAS?
OR DOES IT MEAN THAT EVENTS LIKE
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THIS ARE NOT AS RELEVANT AS THEY
WERE.
>> IT CAN BE BOTH.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS LOST OF THE
RURAL VOTERS AND LOST WESTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE FANCY FARM IS.
IT CAN ALSO BE THAT FANCY FARM
DOESN'T HAVE THE RELEVANCE IT
ONCE DID IF ARE TRYING TO WIN
VOTES WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES
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WHICH THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY DOES YOU GO TO FORUMS TO
CHANGE MINDS.
IT'S TRIBAL WARFARE YOU GO THERE
TO SHAKE YOUR FIST AND TO SHOUT.
I HAVE'S NEVER SEEN ANYBODY WALK
AWAY STROKING THEIR CHIN SAYING
GEE, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT
THAT WAY.
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MAYBE THE OTHER PERSON IS RIGHT.
TO DO THAT, I GUESS YOU GO ON
PODCASTS AND GIVE NEWS
INTERVIEWS THERE'S OTHER FORMS
GO TO WIN THE HEARTS AND SOULS
OF PEOPLE.
FANCY FARM IS NOT THAT.
SO THEY STAY AWAY FROM IT.
AND DEREK, WE KNOW THIS
IS A HUGE EVENT FOR WESTERN
KENTUCKY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF
PLANNING AND PREPARATION.
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IT IS A LOCAL POINT OF PRIDE FOR
MANY THERE.
GIVE US A SENSE WHAT FANCY FARM
STILL MEANS IN THE JACKSON
PURCHASE AREA?
>> YEAH, OUTSIDE OF THE CHEERS,
YEARS, JABS AND ZINGERS, THIS IS
STILL A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT
WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY CARE ABOUT IT.
I GREW UP IN GRAVES COUNTY THIS
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HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EVENT THAT
STARTED AS A FUNDRAISER FOR A
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OVER THE
ACADEMIES PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND
HAD FUN.
THERE ARE FAMILIES PARTICIPATING
FOR DECADES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT
THAT IS 145 YEARS OLD, OLDER
THAN SOME STATES.
IT IS NO SURPRISE THIS EVENTS
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HAS A LOT OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR
PEOPLE HERE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
HAPPY CHANDLER RUNNING FOR
GOVERNOR IN 1931 STARTED THE
TRADITION OF THE POLITICAL
SPEAKINGS, THE PICNIC IS OLDER
THAN THAT.
DO THE DEMOCRATS MITIGATE ANY
POTENTIAL POLITICAL DAMAGE FOR
NOT GOING TO FANCY FARM BY
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MAKING THESE APPEARANCES IN THE
REGION THIS WEEK, DEREK?
>> I THINK THE PRESENCE HAS BEEN
FELT.
BESHEAR WAS AT THE
GROUNDBREAKING IN MADISONVILLE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS AT A
CHECK PRESENTATION FOR A LOCAL
SENIOR CENTER IN MURRAY TODAY
AND IS OBVIOUSLY AT THE BEAN
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DINNER RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT'S STILL FEELS LIKE THE
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE ABANDONING
THIS EVENTS THAT HAS HAD SO MUCH
MEANING OVER THE YEARS.
ISAIAH, ON THE OTHER
HAND DO REPUBLICANS FEEL THEY
OWN THE FANCY FARM EVENT?
24EU6789 WELL.
>> WELL, THIS IS FOR THE
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CANDIDATES WHO WILL BE SPEAKING
THIS FEELS LIKE PREGENERAL
ELECTION NOT PREPRIMARY
ELECTION.
AND ACTUALLY I LEARN THIS TODAY
I DID NOT KNOW THIS I WAS
SPEAKING WITH THE CHAIRMAN FOR
THE FANCY FARM PICNIC AND HE
TOLD ME THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR
IN HIS WORDS THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE HAVING CANDIDATES FOR
STATE OFFICE BEFORE A PRIMARY
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ELECTION.
WE HAVE THREE G.O.P. CANDIDATES
TO REPLACE MITCH McCONNELL WHO
WILL ALL BE SPEAKING.
THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL AS
TYPICALLY THEY WAIT UNTIL AFTER
PRIMARY BEFORE GENERAL WHERE
THEY HAVE A DEMOCRAT OR A
REPUBLICAN THEY DO THE COIN FLIP
AND THEY BOTH SPEAK.
HISTORY BEING MADE ON ALL FRONTS
HERE.
THE EMCEE OF THE
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SPEAKINGS IS KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PRESIDENT ASHLI WATTS
WHO MADE HISTORY OF HER OWN.
SHE TOLD YOU SHE IS EXCITED AND
HAS JOKES AND ZINGERS FOR BOTH
SIDES.
>> YEAH, NOT ONLY IS SHE THE
FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD THE CHAMBER
SHE THE FIRST WOMAN TO EMCEE THE
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POLITICAL EVENT IN THE 145 YEAR
HISTORY.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKSHOPPING JABS
WHEN I SPOKE WITH HER.
AND HER INVOLVEMENT AS THE
KENTUCKY CHAMBER PRESIDENT WITH
THIS EVENT, THAT'S DREW
CONSTERNATION FROM THE CHAPTER
OF THE A.F.L.-C.I.O. TO CALL FOR
MEMBERS NOT TO ATTEND THE EVENT.
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IT IS NOT A BOYCOTT.
THEY SAY THAT THE CHAMBER HAS
BEEN BIASED TOWARDS THE
REPUBLICAN CAUSES AND THEY ARE
ANTIUNION CITING LOBBYING
SPENDING.
>> DREW WILLIAMS MENTIONED THAT
THAT POINT IS POSSIBLY A REASON
IN HIS WORDS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE
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NOT MAYBE SHOWING UP IN THE SAME
NUMBERS IS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE
UNDERLYING CONFLICT BEHIND THE
SCENES THERE.
DOES ASHLI WATTS SEE
THIS AS A CHALLENGE?
CAN SHE GET THROUGH THIS WITH
GOOD HUMOR IF IT GETS HEATED OUT
THERE?
>> SHE IS GOOD AT BREAKING UP
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FIGHTS BETWEEN HER CHILDREN AND
SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE.
AND SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT
CHALLENGE.
DEREK, ARE THERE ANY
REGIONAL ISSUES THIS YEAR OUT AT
FANCY FARM?
I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO THE
HOG FARM ISSUE WAS HUGE.
EVERY SIGN FROM THE INTERSTATE
UP TO FANCY FARM HAD TO DO WITH
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THAT.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS STANDING
OUT IN TERMS OF REGIONAL
CONCERNS THIS YEAR?
OR DO YOU EXPECT THE NATIONAL
ISSUES TO DOMINATE?
>> I EXPECT THOSE TO BE THE
ORDERS OF THE DAY THE NATIONAL
ISSUES.
I WAS TALKING WITH STEVEN ELDER
TODAY HE WAS WALKING AND LOOKING
AT SIGNS AND THERE DIDN'T SEEM
TO BE LOCAL ISSUE POPPING UP
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THROUGHOUT.
I EXPECT THE STATE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE AREA
COULD BRING UP A PUSH FOR A NEW
JAIL IN MAYFIELD WHO LOST THEIR
FACILITY DURING THE TORNADO.
ALSO, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE
EXPECT A LOT OF THE SPOTLIGHT TO
BE ON THE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE
THAT WE WILL BE SEEING.
WE'VE GOT GOOD WEATHER AND
THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BRING OUT
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CROWDS AND I'VE HEARD FROM THE
CHAIRMAN HE EXPECTS MORE CHARTER
BUSES TO BE AT THE PICNIC.
MAYBE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY AS WELL.
BUSING IN SUPPORTERS.
THE RACE FOR THE U.S. SENATE
NOMINATION IS EXPECTED TO DRAW
THE MOST ATTENTION AT FANCY
FARM.
DANIEL CAMERON, CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BARR AND NATE MORRIS WILL ALL BE
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SPEAKING AT THE EVENT ON
SATURDAY.
JOHN, LET'S TALK STRATEGY.
ALL THREE CANDIDATES WANT
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT.
ALL THREE HAVE TIES TO SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL WHO HAS BEEN
ELECTED TO THAT SEAT SEVEN TIMES
BY KENTUCKY VOTERS.
DO THEY HAVE TO DISTANCE
THEMSELVES FROM McCONNELL TO
HAVE ANY HOPES OF GETTING A
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THUMB'S UP FROM TRUMP?
>> THEY EVIDENTLY THINK THEY DO.
MORRIS, CAMERON AND BARR, WORKED
IN MITCH McCONNELL'S SENATE
OFFICE AS HAVE ALMOST EVERYONE
AMONG KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS OVER
THE LAST TWO GENERATIONS.
IT WAS A RITE OF PASSAGE.
NOW, THEY RANGE FROM TRYING TO
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QUIETLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM
MITCH McCONNELL TO OPENLY
INSULTING MITCH McCONNELL IN
VERY COLORFUL LANGUAGE.
TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE MITCH
McCONNELL.
THEY WANT TRUMP TO ENDORSE THEM
AND SUPPORTERS TO SUPPORT THEM.
THEY WANT DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THEIR
FORMER MENTOR AND EMPLOYER.
KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS HAVE SENT
MITCH McCONNELL TO THE SENATE
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SEVEN TIMES.
AS THEY COURT THE SUPPORT OF
THESE VOTERS HOW FAR CAN THEY GO
IN INSULTING MITCH McCONNELL
AND TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE
HE IS BEFORE THEY INSULT THESE
VOTERS WHO DECIDE IN SEVEN TIMES
IT WAS THEIR GUY.
IS THERE ANY RISK OF CRITICIZING
THE PEOPLE WHO THEY NOW COURT?
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OR HAVE THE VOTERS CHANGED THEIR
MINDS, TOO.
ISAIAH WHAT WILL YOU BE
WATCHING FOR ON SATURDAY?
>> MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A
McCONNELL TRUMP COUNTER HOW
MANY TIMES PEOPLE MENTION TRUMP
AND McCONNELL.
I HAVE SEEN DISCREPANCY I THINK
OTHERS HAVE TOO, AS FAR AS HOW
THE THREE CANDIDATE AS
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APPROACHED THAT.
I DO THINK YOU HAVE DANIEL
CAMERON WHO HAS WORKED IS LINKED
WITH McCONNELL FOR MOST OF HIS
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
HE HAS ONLY MENTIONED SENATOR
McCONNELL WHEN SAYING HE
DISAGREED WITH SOME OF HIS
CABINET NOMINATION VOTES AND
SAYING HE WOULD HAVE VOTED YES
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FOR AN R.F.K., JR.
FOR A ACTUALSY GABBARD OR PETE
HEGSETH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE CONGRESSMAN
ANDY BARR UNLESS HE IS ASKED
DOESN'T MENTION MITCH
McCONNELL A LOT.
HE STAYS FOCUSED ON HIS VOTES
FOR TRUMP AND HE CAN DO THAT
BECAUSE HE IS A SITTING MEMBER
IN CONGRESS.
AND YOU HAVE NATE MORRIS THE
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LEAST NAME RECOGNITION OF ALL
THREE.
HE CENTERING HIS CAMPAIGN AROUND
THIS IN ALL HONESTY HE NEEDS TO.
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE
BUILT-IN ADVANTAGES THAT THE
OTHER TWO DO OUTSIDE OF MONEY,
OF COURSE.
DEREK WHAT INTRIGUES
YOU ABOUT THESE THREE CANDIDATES
ON STAGE ON SATURDAY?
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
WATCH THE WAY THEY FRAME THEIR
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRUMP.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT DANIEL
CAMERON WHO WAS ENDORSED BY
TRUMP WHERE WHEN HE RAN FOR GOV.
AND THOMAS MASSIE --
SORRY YOU'VE GOT NATE MORRIS WHO
HAS BEEN ON DONALD TRUMP JR.'S
PODCAST.
AND BARR WHO HERALDED THE
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PASSAGE OF THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL
BILL AS THE BEGINNING OF A
GOLDEN AGE IN AMERICA AND PLUS
THIS WASHINGTON OUTSIDER
NARRATIVE THAT MORRIS IS
CRAFTING IT MAKES FOR A
COMPELLING RACE.
BY THE TIME THE SHOW
AIRS SUNDAY WE WILL HAVE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE WILL
LOOK SMART OR NOT.
BUT AT THIS POINT, IS IT LIKELY
THE REPUBLICANS WHO WANT
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McCONNELL'S JOB WILL CRITICIZE
HIM TO HIS FACE IF HE IS THERE
ON STAGE OR LIKELY THEY WILL GET
HIM IN LATE AND OUT EARLY?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT
THE ORDER OF THE SPEECHES.
IT WOULD BE LIKELY IF SENATOR
McCONNELL DOES SHOW AND SPEAK
AT FANCY FARM I'M TOLD THE
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EXPECTATION HE WILL BE THERE AND
HE WILL SPEAK.
HOWEVER, ULTIMATEDLY, NONE OF US
KNOW ONLY HE KNOWS UP UNTIL THE
LAST-MINUTE WHETHER HE IS GOING
TO BE PRESENT AND SPEAK AT, OF
COURSE, THIS MAJOR EVENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE SENSE
FROM MANY OF THE REPUBLICANS IN
THAT COMMUNITY THAT ULTIMATELY
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THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
THE SENATOR.
AND YOU GET THE SENSE THEY
WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE HIM IN THE
FINAL YEARS IN OFFICE BASICALLY
BE BASHED IN FRONT OF 12,000
PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE SENSE I GET.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE
CANDIDATES WILL SORT OF READ
THAT AND REACT ACCORDINGLY.
I CAN TELL YOU LIKELY NATE
MORRIS IS GOING TO STAY CLOSE TO
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HIS MESSAGING TO THIS POINT.
BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY BEEN
CENTRAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
THERE WILL BE A LOT TO
WATCH ON THE STAGE.
CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR'S DECISION
TO RUN FOR THE SENATE MEANS HIS
HOUSE SEAT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WILL BE OPEN HE GOES TO THE
SENATE OR GOES HOME.
JOHN THE RACE FOR CONGRESS IN
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CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS FORMING
THREE DEMOCRATS AND THREE
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO WIN IN A
RACE THAT SOME BELIEVE COULD BE
COMPETITIVE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THEM
DISCUSS ISSUES.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, WITH A HALF DOZEN
CANDIDATES SO FAR WE ARE GETTING
A CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
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SEVERAL CYCLES IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND THAT WILL BE
INTERESTING AND MORE CANDIDATES
MAY COME.
NOT A LOT THIS WEEK A COUPLE OF
THE DEMOCRATS CHERLYNN STEVENSON
AND ZACK ZACK MADE A POINT OF
MEDICAID'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND THE CUTS THAT ARE EXPECTED
TO COME SHORTLY BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIONS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
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THE REPUBLICAN LED CONGRESS.
I THINK IT IS
FUNDRAISING SEASON IN THE SIXTH
DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS A LOT OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
KENTUCKY ELECTS THE LOCAL
LEADERS NECK YEAR, INCLUDING
MAYORS AND JUDGE EXECUTIVES
STATE-WIDE.
AND SO JOHN IN LEXINGTON WE KNOW
THAT MAYOR LINDA GORTON WHO
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ANNOUNCED SHE WILL SEEK A THIRD
TERM.
AND LAST WEEK, AUSTIN HORN WE
HERE AND CALLED HER A POLITICAL
FORCE.
SHE DID WIN CONVINCINGLY HER
FIRST TERM AND REELECTION IN
2022.
ANY SENSE AS TO WHETHER VOTERS
WOULD HAVE ANY HESITATION ABOUT
GIVING HER A THIRD TEAM?
>> I THINK IT'S LINDA GORTON'S
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RACE TO LOSE.
SHE BEAT TWO OPPONENTS SHE WAS
ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 16
YEARS.
EVERYONE IN LEXINGTON KNOWS HER
AND PEOPLE ARE AS HAPPY AS
ANYONE GETS WITH POLITICIANS.
LEXINGTON DOES HAVE A FEW
PROBLEMS LIKE A LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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FOR A CHALLENGER TO MAKE HAY
WITH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
COME FORWARD WITH A CONCRETE
SUGGESTION WHAT THEY WOULD DO AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT MAYOR GORTON IS
DOING.
OTHERWISE I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE
COULD LOSE IT THIS TIME.
WE KNOW THE LEXINGTON
MAYOR WILL SEEK REELECTION WHAT
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ABOUT LOUISVILLE MAYOR CRAIG
GREENBERG.
>> IT'S HAPPENING.
HE IS SEEKING REELECTION I DON'T
KNOW IF THE WEBSITE IS STILL UP,
IF YOU WENT TO HIS OLD CAMPAIGN
WEBSITE, CRAIG GREENBERG, IT
ACTUALLY HAD CHANGED AND SAID
REELECT GREENBERG FOR MAYOR.
IT'S NO SECRET.
HIS TEAM HAS SAID THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE A FORM WILL
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AANNOUNCEMENT SOMETIME LAST YEAR
AND THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN
SPECIFICS.
BUT THIS MAYOR IS GOING TO RUN
FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
LOUISVILLE MAYORS CANNOT GO FOR
12 YEARS.
YOU GET THE SENSE HE IS GOING TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE AND TALKING LIKE
A CANDIDATE MORE AND MORE.
HE IS FOCUSING IN ON SOME OF OUR
HOMICIDE NUMBERS GOING DOWN.
HE POSTS THAT A LOT ON SOCIAL
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MEDIA.
PUBLIC SAFETY WAS HIS TOP
PRIORITY HAD IN HIS WORDS GOING
INTO THE FIRST TERM.
AND THE BIG CHANGE IN
LOUISVILLE THAT RACE WILL BE
NONPARTISAN, RIGHT?
>> SURE.
WHICH COULD HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT POTENTIAL EFFECTS.
YOU'VE HAD REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S
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GOING TO HURT REPUBLICANS AND
OTHERS SAY IT WILL BE REALLY
GOOD FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL RACES
INCLUDING METRO COUNCIL.
CRAIG GREENBERG IS SEEN AS
SOMEONE HE HAS DEMOCRAT BY HIS
NAME BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM
SPEAK, HE CAN SOUND A LOT LIKE A
MODERATE REPUBLICAN.
ESPECIALLY WITH HIS VIEWS ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOU'VE SEEN
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SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
CITY GRAVITATE TOWARDS THAT.
ALSO THIS WEEK RAND
PAUL AND VIRGINIA TIM CANE FROM
OPPOSITE PARTIES LEANED INTO
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT
OF TARIFFS.
>> TARIFFS IN PARTICULAR AND THE
IDEA OF TRADE, TRADE IS
PROPORTIONAL TO WEALTH.
THE LAST 70 YEARS OF
INTERNATIONAL TRADE HAS
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BASKETBALL A CURVE UP WORDS AND
THE LAST 70 YEARS OF PROSPERITY
HAS BEEN UPWARDS ALSO.
WE ARE RICHER BECAUSE OF TRADE
WITH CANADA.
AND SO IS CANADA.
THE CONSUMER WINS WHEN THE PRICE
IS THE LOWEST PRICE.
TARIFFS RAISE PRICES AND A BAD
IDEA FOR THE ECONOMY.
ISAIAH YOU SEE PAUL AND
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TIM BIPARTISAN CONCERNS
EXPRESSED ABOUT TARIFFS?
>> AND SENATOR RAND PAUL, BILL,
HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ON THIS
PRETTY MUCH FROM THE START OF
THIS CONVERSATIONS.
I MEAN IT DOESN'T FOR HIM IT
HEADACHES SENSE WHEN YOU HAVE
COMPANIES LIKE U.P.S., AND FORD
AND THIS IS SORT OF WHAT HE HAS
ELUDED TO WHEN THEY ARE
REPORTING REVENUE LOSSES IN
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QUARTER TWO, PROFIT LOSSES FROM
A YEAR BEFORE, BUYOUTS
HAPPENING, HE HAS PRETTY MUCH
SAID AS FAR AS KENTUCKY'S MAJOR
INDUSTRIES THAT THERE WILL BE
LOSSES.
OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE GDP
DID RAISE 3% THE ECONOMY HAS
GROWN.
THIS IS NOT A BIPARTISAN ISSUE
THAT HE HAS SORT OF COME ON TO
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THE SCENE WITH LATER.
THAT AND MEDICAID WE'VE SEEN
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS GO
DIFFERENT WAYS ON AND SOME WAYS
FRACTURE THE PARTY.
WE'LL KEEP WATCH ON
THAT AND HIGH PROFILE STORIES
DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF HEALTH
AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS OF
CHILDCARE CENTERS IN KENTUCKY.
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YOU'VE SEEN A STEADY CLIMB IN
REPORTS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
>> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN
2020, IT'S BEEN A DOCUMENTED
PROBLEM.
STATE HEALTH CABINET HAS TAKEN
NOTE OF IT AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN
SOLUTIONS PUT ON THE TABLE BY
ANYONE NOT BY THE HEALTH CABINET
OR THE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK
HELD A HEARING IN FRANKFORT TO
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AIR OUT THE NUMBERS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE STAFF OF
DAYCARE CENTERS ARE NOT PAID
WELL.
THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THERE IS
NOT ENOUGH OF THEM AND THEY
OVERREACT BADLY WHEN THINGS GO
WRONG AT A CHILDCARE CENTER IT'S
SOMETHING THAT KENTUCKY HAS TO
ADDRESS SOON BEFORE THE KIDS GET
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HURT IN WORSE NUMBERS.
THEY DISCUSSED THE
ISSUE --
>> DANNY CARROLL WHO HAS IN THE
PAST HELPED RUN A DAYCARE IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY MIGHT HAVE SOME
LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT
HE PUTS ON THE TABLE THIS
WINTER.
AND IT'S BEEN EIGHT
MONTHS NOW SINCE KENTUCKY'S
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM
LAUNCHED AND SALES HAVE NOT
STARTED, MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE
HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN
CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE
ONE OF THE SIX QUALIFYING
CONDITIONS BUT AT THIS POINT,
THE ROLLOUT IS APPEARS VERY SLOW
TO SOME.
>> IT DOES.
MY HERALD-LEADER COLLEAGUE
(21:43):
REPORTED THAT DISPENSARIES ARE
TELLING HIM IT COULD BE THIS
FALL, WINTER BEFORE THEY GET
MEDICAL MARIJUANA INTO THE HANDS
OF PATIENTS.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR BLAMES THE
DELAYS ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF
SENATE BILL 47 THAT LEGALIZED
MEDICAL CANNABIS IT REQUIRES THE
CANNABIS TO BE KENTUCKY, GROWN,
(22:04):
TESTED, PROCESSED AND RETAILED.
WE HAVE TO BUILD A SUPPLY CHAIN
FROM SCRATCH WITHIN THE STATE
AND THE GROWING OPERATIONS HAVE
TO BE LOCATED AT SECURE INDOOR
FACILITIES WITH STATE
INSPECTIONS.
NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO
OVERNIGHT.
JOE SONKA REPORTED THAT
SOME CULTIVATORS ARE BRINGING IN
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HALF GROWN PLANTS TO GET
PRODUCTS TO MARKET SOONER?
SY.
JOE REPORTED THAT ONE CULTIVATOR
ARMORY KENTUCKY LLC, BROUGHT IN
A COUPLE THOUSAND MATURE PLANTS
FROM ANOTHER STATE AND THEY DID
NOT DISCLOSE WHERE THOSE CAME
FROM.
ARMORY KENTUCKY LLC IS OWNED BY
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A MAN NAMED JOHN POWERS WHO OWNS
A CULTIVATOR, LICENSED HE OWNS A
COMPANY THAT IS LICENSED TO
GROW, PRODUCE AND DISPENSE
MEDICAL CANNABIS IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
SO A COUPLE THOUSAND OF THOSE
CAME IN THEY SAY THAT HARVEST IS
TWO MONTHS OUT WITH THE PRODUCT
PROBABLY SHOWING UP IN
DISPENSARIES SOMETIME IN OCTOBER
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AND IN LIMITED AMOUNTS AND THAT
WILL BE THE FIRST MEDICAL
CANNABIS ON KENTUCKY SHELVES
LEGALLY.
JOHN THE STATE'S
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN
A FOCUS OF YOUR REPORTING.
YOU HAVE REPORTED ON SOME
DOCUMENTS THAT SAY JUVENILE
OFFENDERS IN SOME CASES ARE
ASKING TO STAY IN THEIR CELLS
OUT OF FEAR?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE STATE RUN JUVENILE DETENTION
(23:29):
CENTER PROBABLY THE MOST
TROUBLED OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM I
GOT DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THIS YEAR
OVER A THREE-MONTH PERIOD A
DOZEN OR SO KIDS ASKED TO NOT
LEAVE THEIR CELLS BECAUSE THEY
FEARED PHYSICAL ATTACK IF THEY
LEFT.
AND SOME CASES THEY HAD BEEN
PHYSICALLY ATTACKED BY OTHER
KIDS THE THE JUVENILE DETENTION
CENTER.
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CALLED VOLUNTARY PROTECTIVE
CUSTODY.
THE STATES LET THEM DO IT.
AND ADVOCATES SAY WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?
IT IS A SECURED STATE FACILITY
WHY CAN'T THE KIDS SET FOOT OUT
OF CELL AND TAKE PART IN
CLASSROOMS AND RECREATION TIME
AND DINING HALL WITHOUT GETTING
BEATEN UP IT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM
WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
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JUVENILE JUSTICE.
THEY ARE MISSING THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THEY ARE STAYING IN THE CELL
THE SIZE OF A GARDEN SHED AND
GETTING A VIDEO GAME OR DIVIDEND
PLAYER TO WATCH MOVIES BUT IT'S
HARDLY THE PLACE TO KEEP KIDS
FOR A LONGTIME.
WE MENTIONED THE SITE
AT THE FORMER PADUCAH GASEOUS
(24:33):
DIFFUSION PLANT AND SEVERAL MORE
PROJECTS YOU ARE WATCHING.
>> THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE HUGE
DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING ALL BASED
AROUND THE FORMER PADUCAH
GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT WHICH
SHUTTERED IN 2013.
YOU HAVE FIRST OFF THE
PERSPECTIVE A.I. DATA CENTER
ENERGY PROJECT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAID IT'S
IN THE RUNNING TO GET ONE OF
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THOSE PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE GLOBAL LASER ENRICHMENT
WHICH IS POTENTIALLY THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMMERCIAL LASER URANIUM
ENRICHMENT FACILITY THAT CAN BE
ON A PROPERTY ADJACENT.
AND ALSO WE BROKE THE STORY LAST
WEEK ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT FROM A
COMPANY GENERAL MATTER THAT SAID
IS TO BE THE FIRST PRIVATELY
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URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY IN
THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE TRIES
TO PETER TEAL NOT A TON IS KNOWN
ABOUT WHAT METHOD THEY WILL USE
TO ENRICH OR WHAT ENDS.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IS
EXPECTED TO COME EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
WE EXPECT WE'RE HEARING
THE GOVERNOR AND THE SENATORS
WILL BE OUT THERE.
SOME MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT COMING
(25:39):
NEXT WEEK, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S TRUE ON TUESDAY.
HOUSING WAS ADDRESSED
THIS WEEK BANKS NOW PROPOSING
SOME SOLUTIONS.
WE GOT AN UPDATED TIME-FRAME
FROM EKU ON THE COLLEGE OF OS
PAT THICK MEDICINE, DAVID
McFADDEN PROPOSED IT TONIGHT
(25:59):
IT'S LIKELY IT WILL BE 2034
BEFORE THEY GRADUATE THEIR FIRST
CLASS THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE
CLASS STARTED IN 2030.
>> BY 2030 KENTUCKY WILL NEED
624 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS IN
RURAL COUNTIES THAT WILL BE A
NICE THING TO HAVE IF THEY CAN
DELIVER IT.
MAYBE THEY HAVE THEIR
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TIMING RIGHT.
>> KET WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE
FROM FANCY FARM COVERAGE WILL
START AT 2:30 EASTERN TIME.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
"COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:09):
CANDIDATES AND
SUPPORTERS SALTER ARRIVING FOR
THE FANCY FARM PICNIC AND
POLITICAL SPEAKINGS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO AN EVENTS THAT
USED TO ENGAGE BOTH PARTIES?
THE REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE RACE
IS EXPECTED TO DRAW THE MOST
ATTENTION AS CANDIDATES ELBOW
FOR POSITION.
VIOLATIONS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY
(00:30):
STANDARDS AT KENTUCKY CHILDCARE
CENTERS ARE GETTING WORSE.
HEADING INTO AUGUST WITH SOME
COOLER WEATHER, COMMENT IS NEXT
ON KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING AND WE DO HAVE MUCH
(00:51):
MORE PLEASANT WEATHER OUT THERE
I'M BILL BRYANT WE WELCOME YOU
TO "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK
BACK AT AND SOME ANALYSIS OF THE
WEEK'S NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF
WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE JOHN CHEVES,
REPORTER FOR THE LEXINGTON
HERALD-LEADER.
JOINING US REMOTELY ARE DEREK
OPERLE NEWS DIRECT FOR WKMS AND
(01:16):
ISAIAH KIM-MARTINEZ SENIOR
REPORTER FOR WHAS11 IN
LOUISVILLE.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE POLITICS
OF THIS WEEKEND WHEN THOUSANDS
ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO FANCY
FARM IN GRAVES COUNTY.
THE MEAT IS COOKING AND EVENTS
ARE UNDERWAY ON ST. JEROME
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OTHER
LOCATIONS AND SATURDAY THE
SPEECHES COULD GIVE US
(01:37):
INDICATIONS ABOUT THE BIG RACE
AS HEAD.
GIVEN THE CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
LIST WE EXPECT A LARGELY
REPUBLICAN CROWD ON SATURDAY?
>> AND BILL IT'S CONTINUED TO
BECOME MORE AND MORE THAT WAY AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE SAW LAST YEAR TWO DEMOCRATS
SHOWING AT FANCY FARM.
(01:58):
THIS YEAR, REGISTERED WE HAVE
JUST ONE.
AND THAT IS JOHN WILLIAMS.
CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN
KENTUCKY CHALLENGING U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES COMER.
AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING WE
ACTUALLY HAVE CREWS HERE AT THE
MARSHALL COUNTY BEAN DINNER FOR
THE DEMOCRATS HERE.
AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(02:19):
JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS SPEAKING
RIGHT NOW.
SHE IS GOING TO BE ANSWERING
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY AREN'T MORE
DEMOCRATS AT THIS HISTORIC
ANNUAL KICKOFF TO THE FALL
ELECTION CYCLE.
BECAUSE SHE AND THE GOVERNOR
THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY WHO SAID THEY ARE
DISAPPOINTED IS THE WORD THEY'VE
(02:39):
USED THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN
JUST CANDIDATES, BUT FOLKS IN
STATE-WIDE OFFICE RIGHT NOW SHOW
UP.
OF COURSE DEMOCRATS WOULD SAY
LISTEN THIS IS A CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT.
THAT AREA HAS CHANGED A LOT AND
WE ARE IN A DIGITAL AGE WHERE IN
THEIR WORDS THE PARTY AT LEAST,
THAT SORT OF THE RELEVANCE OF
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FANCY FARM FOR DEMOCRATS AT
LEAST.
LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT
SOMETHING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
COLEMAN IS THERE TONIGHT AT THAT
EVENT BUT WILL NOT SPEAK ON
SATURDAY?
>> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
SHE IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW AT
CALVERT CITY AND SHE IS
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM
REPORTERS LIKELY I CAN ONLY
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ASSUME ABOUT THE CRITICISM
DEMOCRATS HAVE SEEN IN RECENT
DAYS ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS ON THE
RELEVANCE OF FANCY FARM.
JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS HERE
SPEAKING.
JOHN, WHAT DOES IT SAY
THAT MOST DEMOCRATS THE OFFICE
HOLDERS AND CANDIDATES STAY
AWAY.
IS IT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
CHALLENGES IN THE RURAL AREAS?
OR DOES IT MEAN THAT EVENTS LIKE
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THIS ARE NOT AS RELEVANT AS THEY
WERE.
>> IT CAN BE BOTH.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS LOST OF THE
RURAL VOTERS AND LOST WESTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE FANCY FARM IS.
IT CAN ALSO BE THAT FANCY FARM
DOESN'T HAVE THE RELEVANCE IT
ONCE DID IF ARE TRYING TO WIN
VOTES WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES
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WHICH THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY DOES YOU GO TO FORUMS TO
CHANGE MINDS.
IT'S TRIBAL WARFARE YOU GO THERE
TO SHAKE YOUR FIST AND TO SHOUT.
I HAVE'S NEVER SEEN ANYBODY WALK
AWAY STROKING THEIR CHIN SAYING
GEE, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT
THAT WAY.
(04:24):
MAYBE THE OTHER PERSON IS RIGHT.
TO DO THAT, I GUESS YOU GO ON
PODCASTS AND GIVE NEWS
INTERVIEWS THERE'S OTHER FORMS
GO TO WIN THE HEARTS AND SOULS
OF PEOPLE.
FANCY FARM IS NOT THAT.
SO THEY STAY AWAY FROM IT.
AND DEREK, WE KNOW THIS
IS A HUGE EVENT FOR WESTERN
KENTUCKY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF
PLANNING AND PREPARATION.
(04:45):
IT IS A LOCAL POINT OF PRIDE FOR
MANY THERE.
GIVE US A SENSE WHAT FANCY FARM
STILL MEANS IN THE JACKSON
PURCHASE AREA?
>> YEAH, OUTSIDE OF THE CHEERS,
YEARS, JABS AND ZINGERS, THIS IS
STILL A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT
WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY CARE ABOUT IT.
I GREW UP IN GRAVES COUNTY THIS
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HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EVENT THAT
STARTED AS A FUNDRAISER FOR A
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND OVER THE
ACADEMIES PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND
HAD FUN.
THERE ARE FAMILIES PARTICIPATING
FOR DECADES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT
THAT IS 145 YEARS OLD, OLDER
THAN SOME STATES.
IT IS NO SURPRISE THIS EVENTS
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HAS A LOT OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR
PEOPLE HERE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
HAPPY CHANDLER RUNNING FOR
GOVERNOR IN 1931 STARTED THE
TRADITION OF THE POLITICAL
SPEAKINGS, THE PICNIC IS OLDER
THAN THAT.
DO THE DEMOCRATS MITIGATE ANY
POTENTIAL POLITICAL DAMAGE FOR
NOT GOING TO FANCY FARM BY
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MAKING THESE APPEARANCES IN THE
REGION THIS WEEK, DEREK?
>> I THINK THE PRESENCE HAS BEEN
FELT.
BESHEAR WAS AT THE
GROUNDBREAKING IN MADISONVILLE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS AT A
CHECK PRESENTATION FOR A LOCAL
SENIOR CENTER IN MURRAY TODAY
AND IS OBVIOUSLY AT THE BEAN
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DINNER RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT'S STILL FEELS LIKE THE
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE ABANDONING
THIS EVENTS THAT HAS HAD SO MUCH
MEANING OVER THE YEARS.
ISAIAH, ON THE OTHER
HAND DO REPUBLICANS FEEL THEY
OWN THE FANCY FARM EVENT?
24EU6789 WELL.
>> WELL, THIS IS FOR THE
(06:29):
CANDIDATES WHO WILL BE SPEAKING
THIS FEELS LIKE PREGENERAL
ELECTION NOT PREPRIMARY
ELECTION.
AND ACTUALLY I LEARN THIS TODAY
I DID NOT KNOW THIS I WAS
SPEAKING WITH THE CHAIRMAN FOR
THE FANCY FARM PICNIC AND HE
TOLD ME THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR
IN HIS WORDS THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE HAVING CANDIDATES FOR
STATE OFFICE BEFORE A PRIMARY
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ELECTION.
WE HAVE THREE G.O.P. CANDIDATES
TO REPLACE MITCH McCONNELL WHO
WILL ALL BE SPEAKING.
THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL AS
TYPICALLY THEY WAIT UNTIL AFTER
PRIMARY BEFORE GENERAL WHERE
THEY HAVE A DEMOCRAT OR A
REPUBLICAN THEY DO THE COIN FLIP
AND THEY BOTH SPEAK.
HISTORY BEING MADE ON ALL FRONTS
HERE.
THE EMCEE OF THE
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SPEAKINGS IS KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PRESIDENT ASHLI WATTS
WHO MADE HISTORY OF HER OWN.
SHE TOLD YOU SHE IS EXCITED AND
HAS JOKES AND ZINGERS FOR BOTH
SIDES.
>> YEAH, NOT ONLY IS SHE THE
FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD THE CHAMBER
SHE THE FIRST WOMAN TO EMCEE THE
(07:34):
POLITICAL EVENT IN THE 145 YEAR
HISTORY.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKSHOPPING JABS
WHEN I SPOKE WITH HER.
AND HER INVOLVEMENT AS THE
KENTUCKY CHAMBER PRESIDENT WITH
THIS EVENT, THAT'S DREW
CONSTERNATION FROM THE CHAPTER
OF THE A.F.L.-C.I.O. TO CALL FOR
MEMBERS NOT TO ATTEND THE EVENT.
(07:56):
IT IS NOT A BOYCOTT.
THEY SAY THAT THE CHAMBER HAS
BEEN BIASED TOWARDS THE
REPUBLICAN CAUSES AND THEY ARE
ANTIUNION CITING LOBBYING
SPENDING.
>> DREW WILLIAMS MENTIONED THAT
THAT POINT IS POSSIBLY A REASON
IN HIS WORDS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE
(08:16):
NOT MAYBE SHOWING UP IN THE SAME
NUMBERS IS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE
UNDERLYING CONFLICT BEHIND THE
SCENES THERE.
DOES ASHLI WATTS SEE
THIS AS A CHALLENGE?
CAN SHE GET THROUGH THIS WITH
GOOD HUMOR IF IT GETS HEATED OUT
THERE?
>> SHE IS GOOD AT BREAKING UP
(08:38):
FIGHTS BETWEEN HER CHILDREN AND
SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE.
AND SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT
CHALLENGE.
DEREK, ARE THERE ANY
REGIONAL ISSUES THIS YEAR OUT AT
FANCY FARM?
I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO THE
HOG FARM ISSUE WAS HUGE.
EVERY SIGN FROM THE INTERSTATE
UP TO FANCY FARM HAD TO DO WITH
(08:59):
THAT.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS STANDING
OUT IN TERMS OF REGIONAL
CONCERNS THIS YEAR?
OR DO YOU EXPECT THE NATIONAL
ISSUES TO DOMINATE?
>> I EXPECT THOSE TO BE THE
ORDERS OF THE DAY THE NATIONAL
ISSUES.
I WAS TALKING WITH STEVEN ELDER
TODAY HE WAS WALKING AND LOOKING
AT SIGNS AND THERE DIDN'T SEEM
TO BE LOCAL ISSUE POPPING UP
(09:21):
THROUGHOUT.
I EXPECT THE STATE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE AREA
COULD BRING UP A PUSH FOR A NEW
JAIL IN MAYFIELD WHO LOST THEIR
FACILITY DURING THE TORNADO.
ALSO, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE
EXPECT A LOT OF THE SPOTLIGHT TO
BE ON THE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE
THAT WE WILL BE SEEING.
WE'VE GOT GOOD WEATHER AND
THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BRING OUT
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CROWDS AND I'VE HEARD FROM THE
CHAIRMAN HE EXPECTS MORE CHARTER
BUSES TO BE AT THE PICNIC.
MAYBE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY AS WELL.
BUSING IN SUPPORTERS.
THE RACE FOR THE U.S. SENATE
NOMINATION IS EXPECTED TO DRAW
THE MOST ATTENTION AT FANCY
FARM.
DANIEL CAMERON, CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BARR AND NATE MORRIS WILL ALL BE
(10:04):
SPEAKING AT THE EVENT ON
SATURDAY.
JOHN, LET'S TALK STRATEGY.
ALL THREE CANDIDATES WANT
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT.
ALL THREE HAVE TIES TO SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL WHO HAS BEEN
ELECTED TO THAT SEAT SEVEN TIMES
BY KENTUCKY VOTERS.
DO THEY HAVE TO DISTANCE
THEMSELVES FROM McCONNELL TO
HAVE ANY HOPES OF GETTING A
(10:25):
THUMB'S UP FROM TRUMP?
>> THEY EVIDENTLY THINK THEY DO.
MORRIS, CAMERON AND BARR, WORKED
IN MITCH McCONNELL'S SENATE
OFFICE AS HAVE ALMOST EVERYONE
AMONG KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS OVER
THE LAST TWO GENERATIONS.
IT WAS A RITE OF PASSAGE.
NOW, THEY RANGE FROM TRYING TO
(10:45):
QUIETLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM
MITCH McCONNELL TO OPENLY
INSULTING MITCH McCONNELL IN
VERY COLORFUL LANGUAGE.
TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE MITCH
McCONNELL.
THEY WANT TRUMP TO ENDORSE THEM
AND SUPPORTERS TO SUPPORT THEM.
THEY WANT DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THEIR
FORMER MENTOR AND EMPLOYER.
KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS HAVE SENT
MITCH McCONNELL TO THE SENATE
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SEVEN TIMES.
AS THEY COURT THE SUPPORT OF
THESE VOTERS HOW FAR CAN THEY GO
IN INSULTING MITCH McCONNELL
AND TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE
HE IS BEFORE THEY INSULT THESE
VOTERS WHO DECIDE IN SEVEN TIMES
IT WAS THEIR GUY.
IS THERE ANY RISK OF CRITICIZING
THE PEOPLE WHO THEY NOW COURT?
(11:28):
OR HAVE THE VOTERS CHANGED THEIR
MINDS, TOO.
ISAIAH WHAT WILL YOU BE
WATCHING FOR ON SATURDAY?
>> MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A
McCONNELL TRUMP COUNTER HOW
MANY TIMES PEOPLE MENTION TRUMP
AND McCONNELL.
I HAVE SEEN DISCREPANCY I THINK
OTHERS HAVE TOO, AS FAR AS HOW
THE THREE CANDIDATE AS
(11:49):
APPROACHED THAT.
I DO THINK YOU HAVE DANIEL
CAMERON WHO HAS WORKED IS LINKED
WITH McCONNELL FOR MOST OF HIS
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
HE HAS ONLY MENTIONED SENATOR
McCONNELL WHEN SAYING HE
DISAGREED WITH SOME OF HIS
CABINET NOMINATION VOTES AND
SAYING HE WOULD HAVE VOTED YES
(12:09):
FOR AN R.F.K., JR.
FOR A ACTUALSY GABBARD OR PETE
HEGSETH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE CONGRESSMAN
ANDY BARR UNLESS HE IS ASKED
DOESN'T MENTION MITCH
McCONNELL A LOT.
HE STAYS FOCUSED ON HIS VOTES
FOR TRUMP AND HE CAN DO THAT
BECAUSE HE IS A SITTING MEMBER
IN CONGRESS.
AND YOU HAVE NATE MORRIS THE
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LEAST NAME RECOGNITION OF ALL
THREE.
HE CENTERING HIS CAMPAIGN AROUND
THIS IN ALL HONESTY HE NEEDS TO.
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE
BUILT-IN ADVANTAGES THAT THE
OTHER TWO DO OUTSIDE OF MONEY,
OF COURSE.
DEREK WHAT INTRIGUES
YOU ABOUT THESE THREE CANDIDATES
ON STAGE ON SATURDAY?
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
WATCH THE WAY THEY FRAME THEIR
(12:52):
RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRUMP.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT DANIEL
CAMERON WHO WAS ENDORSED BY
TRUMP WHERE WHEN HE RAN FOR GOV.
AND THOMAS MASSIE --
SORRY YOU'VE GOT NATE MORRIS WHO
HAS BEEN ON DONALD TRUMP JR.'S
PODCAST.
AND BARR WHO HERALDED THE
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PASSAGE OF THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL
BILL AS THE BEGINNING OF A
GOLDEN AGE IN AMERICA AND PLUS
THIS WASHINGTON OUTSIDER
NARRATIVE THAT MORRIS IS
CRAFTING IT MAKES FOR A
COMPELLING RACE.
BY THE TIME THE SHOW
AIRS SUNDAY WE WILL HAVE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE WILL
LOOK SMART OR NOT.
BUT AT THIS POINT, IS IT LIKELY
THE REPUBLICANS WHO WANT
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McCONNELL'S JOB WILL CRITICIZE
HIM TO HIS FACE IF HE IS THERE
ON STAGE OR LIKELY THEY WILL GET
HIM IN LATE AND OUT EARLY?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT
THE ORDER OF THE SPEECHES.
IT WOULD BE LIKELY IF SENATOR
McCONNELL DOES SHOW AND SPEAK
AT FANCY FARM I'M TOLD THE
(13:57):
EXPECTATION HE WILL BE THERE AND
HE WILL SPEAK.
HOWEVER, ULTIMATEDLY, NONE OF US
KNOW ONLY HE KNOWS UP UNTIL THE
LAST-MINUTE WHETHER HE IS GOING
TO BE PRESENT AND SPEAK AT, OF
COURSE, THIS MAJOR EVENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE SENSE
FROM MANY OF THE REPUBLICANS IN
THAT COMMUNITY THAT ULTIMATELY
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THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
THE SENATOR.
AND YOU GET THE SENSE THEY
WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE HIM IN THE
FINAL YEARS IN OFFICE BASICALLY
BE BASHED IN FRONT OF 12,000
PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE SENSE I GET.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE
CANDIDATES WILL SORT OF READ
THAT AND REACT ACCORDINGLY.
I CAN TELL YOU LIKELY NATE
MORRIS IS GOING TO STAY CLOSE TO
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HIS MESSAGING TO THIS POINT.
BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY BEEN
CENTRAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
THERE WILL BE A LOT TO
WATCH ON THE STAGE.
CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR'S DECISION
TO RUN FOR THE SENATE MEANS HIS
HOUSE SEAT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WILL BE OPEN HE GOES TO THE
SENATE OR GOES HOME.
JOHN THE RACE FOR CONGRESS IN
(15:02):
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS FORMING
THREE DEMOCRATS AND THREE
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO WIN IN A
RACE THAT SOME BELIEVE COULD BE
COMPETITIVE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THEM
DISCUSS ISSUES.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, WITH A HALF DOZEN
CANDIDATES SO FAR WE ARE GETTING
A CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
(15:24):
SEVERAL CYCLES IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND THAT WILL BE
INTERESTING AND MORE CANDIDATES
MAY COME.
NOT A LOT THIS WEEK A COUPLE OF
THE DEMOCRATS CHERLYNN STEVENSON
AND ZACK ZACK MADE A POINT OF
MEDICAID'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND THE CUTS THAT ARE EXPECTED
TO COME SHORTLY BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIONS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
(15:44):
THE REPUBLICAN LED CONGRESS.
I THINK IT IS
FUNDRAISING SEASON IN THE SIXTH
DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS A LOT OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
KENTUCKY ELECTS THE LOCAL
LEADERS NECK YEAR, INCLUDING
MAYORS AND JUDGE EXECUTIVES
STATE-WIDE.
AND SO JOHN IN LEXINGTON WE KNOW
THAT MAYOR LINDA GORTON WHO
(16:05):
ANNOUNCED SHE WILL SEEK A THIRD
TERM.
AND LAST WEEK, AUSTIN HORN WE
HERE AND CALLED HER A POLITICAL
FORCE.
SHE DID WIN CONVINCINGLY HER
FIRST TERM AND REELECTION IN
2022.
ANY SENSE AS TO WHETHER VOTERS
WOULD HAVE ANY HESITATION ABOUT
GIVING HER A THIRD TEAM?
>> I THINK IT'S LINDA GORTON'S
(16:27):
RACE TO LOSE.
SHE BEAT TWO OPPONENTS SHE WAS
ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 16
YEARS.
EVERYONE IN LEXINGTON KNOWS HER
AND PEOPLE ARE AS HAPPY AS
ANYONE GETS WITH POLITICIANS.
LEXINGTON DOES HAVE A FEW
PROBLEMS LIKE A LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
(16:47):
FOR A CHALLENGER TO MAKE HAY
WITH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
COME FORWARD WITH A CONCRETE
SUGGESTION WHAT THEY WOULD DO AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT MAYOR GORTON IS
DOING.
OTHERWISE I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE
COULD LOSE IT THIS TIME.
WE KNOW THE LEXINGTON
MAYOR WILL SEEK REELECTION WHAT
(17:09):
ABOUT LOUISVILLE MAYOR CRAIG
GREENBERG.
>> IT'S HAPPENING.
HE IS SEEKING REELECTION I DON'T
KNOW IF THE WEBSITE IS STILL UP,
IF YOU WENT TO HIS OLD CAMPAIGN
WEBSITE, CRAIG GREENBERG, IT
ACTUALLY HAD CHANGED AND SAID
REELECT GREENBERG FOR MAYOR.
IT'S NO SECRET.
HIS TEAM HAS SAID THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE A FORM WILL
(17:31):
AANNOUNCEMENT SOMETIME LAST YEAR
AND THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN
SPECIFICS.
BUT THIS MAYOR IS GOING TO RUN
FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
LOUISVILLE MAYORS CANNOT GO FOR
12 YEARS.
YOU GET THE SENSE HE IS GOING TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE AND TALKING LIKE
A CANDIDATE MORE AND MORE.
HE IS FOCUSING IN ON SOME OF OUR
HOMICIDE NUMBERS GOING DOWN.
HE POSTS THAT A LOT ON SOCIAL
(17:52):
MEDIA.
PUBLIC SAFETY WAS HIS TOP
PRIORITY HAD IN HIS WORDS GOING
INTO THE FIRST TERM.
AND THE BIG CHANGE IN
LOUISVILLE THAT RACE WILL BE
NONPARTISAN, RIGHT?
>> SURE.
WHICH COULD HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT POTENTIAL EFFECTS.
YOU'VE HAD REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S
(18:12):
GOING TO HURT REPUBLICANS AND
OTHERS SAY IT WILL BE REALLY
GOOD FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL RACES
INCLUDING METRO COUNCIL.
CRAIG GREENBERG IS SEEN AS
SOMEONE HE HAS DEMOCRAT BY HIS
NAME BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM
SPEAK, HE CAN SOUND A LOT LIKE A
MODERATE REPUBLICAN.
ESPECIALLY WITH HIS VIEWS ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOU'VE SEEN
(18:33):
SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
CITY GRAVITATE TOWARDS THAT.
ALSO THIS WEEK RAND
PAUL AND VIRGINIA TIM CANE FROM
OPPOSITE PARTIES LEANED INTO
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT
OF TARIFFS.
>> TARIFFS IN PARTICULAR AND THE
IDEA OF TRADE, TRADE IS
PROPORTIONAL TO WEALTH.
THE LAST 70 YEARS OF
INTERNATIONAL TRADE HAS
(18:55):
BASKETBALL A CURVE UP WORDS AND
THE LAST 70 YEARS OF PROSPERITY
HAS BEEN UPWARDS ALSO.
WE ARE RICHER BECAUSE OF TRADE
WITH CANADA.
AND SO IS CANADA.
THE CONSUMER WINS WHEN THE PRICE
IS THE LOWEST PRICE.
TARIFFS RAISE PRICES AND A BAD
IDEA FOR THE ECONOMY.
ISAIAH YOU SEE PAUL AND
(19:16):
TIM BIPARTISAN CONCERNS
EXPRESSED ABOUT TARIFFS?
>> AND SENATOR RAND PAUL, BILL,
HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ON THIS
PRETTY MUCH FROM THE START OF
THIS CONVERSATIONS.
I MEAN IT DOESN'T FOR HIM IT
HEADACHES SENSE WHEN YOU HAVE
COMPANIES LIKE U.P.S., AND FORD
AND THIS IS SORT OF WHAT HE HAS
ELUDED TO WHEN THEY ARE
REPORTING REVENUE LOSSES IN
(19:36):
QUARTER TWO, PROFIT LOSSES FROM
A YEAR BEFORE, BUYOUTS
HAPPENING, HE HAS PRETTY MUCH
SAID AS FAR AS KENTUCKY'S MAJOR
INDUSTRIES THAT THERE WILL BE
LOSSES.
OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE GDP
DID RAISE 3% THE ECONOMY HAS
GROWN.
THIS IS NOT A BIPARTISAN ISSUE
THAT HE HAS SORT OF COME ON TO
(19:58):
THE SCENE WITH LATER.
THAT AND MEDICAID WE'VE SEEN
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS GO
DIFFERENT WAYS ON AND SOME WAYS
FRACTURE THE PARTY.
WE'LL KEEP WATCH ON
THAT AND HIGH PROFILE STORIES
DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF HEALTH
AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS OF
CHILDCARE CENTERS IN KENTUCKY.
(20:19):
YOU'VE SEEN A STEADY CLIMB IN
REPORTS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
>> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN
2020, IT'S BEEN A DOCUMENTED
PROBLEM.
STATE HEALTH CABINET HAS TAKEN
NOTE OF IT AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN
SOLUTIONS PUT ON THE TABLE BY
ANYONE NOT BY THE HEALTH CABINET
OR THE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK
HELD A HEARING IN FRANKFORT TO
(20:40):
AIR OUT THE NUMBERS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE STAFF OF
DAYCARE CENTERS ARE NOT PAID
WELL.
THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THERE IS
NOT ENOUGH OF THEM AND THEY
OVERREACT BADLY WHEN THINGS GO
WRONG AT A CHILDCARE CENTER IT'S
SOMETHING THAT KENTUCKY HAS TO
ADDRESS SOON BEFORE THE KIDS GET
(21:01):
HURT IN WORSE NUMBERS.
THEY DISCUSSED THE
ISSUE --
>> DANNY CARROLL WHO HAS IN THE
PAST HELPED RUN A DAYCARE IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY MIGHT HAVE SOME
LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT
HE PUTS ON THE TABLE THIS
WINTER.
AND IT'S BEEN EIGHT
MONTHS NOW SINCE KENTUCKY'S
(21:22):
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM
LAUNCHED AND SALES HAVE NOT
STARTED, MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE
HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN
CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE
ONE OF THE SIX QUALIFYING
CONDITIONS BUT AT THIS POINT,
THE ROLLOUT IS APPEARS VERY SLOW
TO SOME.
>> IT DOES.
MY HERALD-LEADER COLLEAGUE
(21:43):
REPORTED THAT DISPENSARIES ARE
TELLING HIM IT COULD BE THIS
FALL, WINTER BEFORE THEY GET
MEDICAL MARIJUANA INTO THE HANDS
OF PATIENTS.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR BLAMES THE
DELAYS ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF
SENATE BILL 47 THAT LEGALIZED
MEDICAL CANNABIS IT REQUIRES THE
CANNABIS TO BE KENTUCKY, GROWN,
(22:04):
TESTED, PROCESSED AND RETAILED.
WE HAVE TO BUILD A SUPPLY CHAIN
FROM SCRATCH WITHIN THE STATE
AND THE GROWING OPERATIONS HAVE
TO BE LOCATED AT SECURE INDOOR
FACILITIES WITH STATE
INSPECTIONS.
NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO
OVERNIGHT.
JOE SONKA REPORTED THAT
SOME CULTIVATORS ARE BRINGING IN
(22:25):
HALF GROWN PLANTS TO GET
PRODUCTS TO MARKET SOONER?
SY.
JOE REPORTED THAT ONE CULTIVATOR
ARMORY KENTUCKY LLC, BROUGHT IN
A COUPLE THOUSAND MATURE PLANTS
FROM ANOTHER STATE AND THEY DID
NOT DISCLOSE WHERE THOSE CAME
FROM.
ARMORY KENTUCKY LLC IS OWNED BY
(22:46):
A MAN NAMED JOHN POWERS WHO OWNS
A CULTIVATOR, LICENSED HE OWNS A
COMPANY THAT IS LICENSED TO
GROW, PRODUCE AND DISPENSE
MEDICAL CANNABIS IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
SO A COUPLE THOUSAND OF THOSE
CAME IN THEY SAY THAT HARVEST IS
TWO MONTHS OUT WITH THE PRODUCT
PROBABLY SHOWING UP IN
DISPENSARIES SOMETIME IN OCTOBER
(23:07):
AND IN LIMITED AMOUNTS AND THAT
WILL BE THE FIRST MEDICAL
CANNABIS ON KENTUCKY SHELVES
LEGALLY.
JOHN THE STATE'S
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN
A FOCUS OF YOUR REPORTING.
YOU HAVE REPORTED ON SOME
DOCUMENTS THAT SAY JUVENILE
OFFENDERS IN SOME CASES ARE
ASKING TO STAY IN THEIR CELLS
OUT OF FEAR?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE STATE RUN JUVENILE DETENTION
(23:29):
CENTER PROBABLY THE MOST
TROUBLED OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM I
GOT DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THIS YEAR
OVER A THREE-MONTH PERIOD A
DOZEN OR SO KIDS ASKED TO NOT
LEAVE THEIR CELLS BECAUSE THEY
FEARED PHYSICAL ATTACK IF THEY
LEFT.
AND SOME CASES THEY HAD BEEN
PHYSICALLY ATTACKED BY OTHER
KIDS THE THE JUVENILE DETENTION
CENTER.
(23:49):
CALLED VOLUNTARY PROTECTIVE
CUSTODY.
THE STATES LET THEM DO IT.
AND ADVOCATES SAY WHY IS THIS
HAPPENING?
IT IS A SECURED STATE FACILITY
WHY CAN'T THE KIDS SET FOOT OUT
OF CELL AND TAKE PART IN
CLASSROOMS AND RECREATION TIME
AND DINING HALL WITHOUT GETTING
BEATEN UP IT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM
WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
(24:11):
JUVENILE JUSTICE.
THEY ARE MISSING THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THEY ARE STAYING IN THE CELL
THE SIZE OF A GARDEN SHED AND
GETTING A VIDEO GAME OR DIVIDEND
PLAYER TO WATCH MOVIES BUT IT'S
HARDLY THE PLACE TO KEEP KIDS
FOR A LONGTIME.
WE MENTIONED THE SITE
AT THE FORMER PADUCAH GASEOUS
(24:33):
DIFFUSION PLANT AND SEVERAL MORE
PROJECTS YOU ARE WATCHING.
>> THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE HUGE
DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING ALL BASED
AROUND THE FORMER PADUCAH
GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT WHICH
SHUTTERED IN 2013.
YOU HAVE FIRST OFF THE
PERSPECTIVE A.I. DATA CENTER
ENERGY PROJECT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAID IT'S
IN THE RUNNING TO GET ONE OF
(24:54):
THOSE PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE GLOBAL LASER ENRICHMENT
WHICH IS POTENTIALLY THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMMERCIAL LASER URANIUM
ENRICHMENT FACILITY THAT CAN BE
ON A PROPERTY ADJACENT.
AND ALSO WE BROKE THE STORY LAST
WEEK ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT FROM A
COMPANY GENERAL MATTER THAT SAID
IS TO BE THE FIRST PRIVATELY
(25:18):
URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY IN
THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE TRIES
TO PETER TEAL NOT A TON IS KNOWN
ABOUT WHAT METHOD THEY WILL USE
TO ENRICH OR WHAT ENDS.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IS
EXPECTED TO COME EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
WE EXPECT WE'RE HEARING
THE GOVERNOR AND THE SENATORS
WILL BE OUT THERE.
SOME MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT COMING
(25:39):
NEXT WEEK, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S TRUE ON TUESDAY.
HOUSING WAS ADDRESSED
THIS WEEK BANKS NOW PROPOSING
SOME SOLUTIONS.
WE GOT AN UPDATED TIME-FRAME
FROM EKU ON THE COLLEGE OF OS
PAT THICK MEDICINE, DAVID
McFADDEN PROPOSED IT TONIGHT
(25:59):
IT'S LIKELY IT WILL BE 2034
BEFORE THEY GRADUATE THEIR FIRST
CLASS THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE
CLASS STARTED IN 2030.
>> BY 2030 KENTUCKY WILL NEED
624 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS IN
RURAL COUNTIES THAT WILL BE A
NICE THING TO HAVE IF THEY CAN
DELIVER IT.
MAYBE THEY HAVE THEIR
(26:20):
TIMING RIGHT.
>> KET WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE
FROM FANCY FARM COVERAGE WILL
START AT 2:30 EASTERN TIME.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
"COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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