Now granted, I only heard a snippet… the stuff you get on the evening news. But I’m really left to wonder what our new governor believes “checks and balances” are all about.
So, maybe you don’t know… Kentucky, being the horse capitol of the world, and thus, horse gambling too I suppose, should have casino gambling as well. So say a LOT of heavy hitters in this state. Well, it appears that the constituents of this fair state have maybe made their voices heard and the legislature has voted down 2 different bills that would allow casino gambling in the state (apparently the house is pretty well split). Now, in an excerpt on the news, our governor, in all of his great wisdom says that the houses need to come together on this bill (which one?) for it to work? Now, maybe I didn’t hear quite everything just right. There’s probably a quote I could go Digg for, but I’ll skip it tonight. Maybe tomorrow when I’m less bleary eyed… you do remember I was up at 6 this morning, right?
Anyway, shouldn’t the split in the house be a sign that there are still a lot of people in KY who do not want casino gambling? Does he not understand that the legislature is there to keep him in check and allow the citizens to have a voice (or at least, they’re supposed to be there for that)? No, the legislature does NOT have to come together on this mister governor. Duh! You have been checked. At least for the time being.
Yes, I know that’s what politicians do. I’m just shaking my head and venting here. I truly do not understand why we elect some folks. But then, in my opinion, we didn’t have much of a choice and there usually isn’t much of a choice and when we think we have a choice… HE turns out to be a looser politician instead of the statesmen we kind of hoped we were getting. Sorry. Digging up the past here. The pendulum swings the other way. Maybe the best we can hope for is that not too much damage is done before the end of his term?
As an aside, the tweens came home a few Wednesdays ago talking about how all of the youth were having a hard time understanding this drive by politicians for more gambling. The lottery, that great (failed, by all accounts) salvation of the education system… now we’re to take money away from scholarship programs to build these casino gambling facilities in order to pump MORE money into the eduction system? Yeah, that’s the right track to take.
Let’s just stick with the horses and lottery and cut our losses.
