Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
The Anchoress weighs in on the Obama Pecs-tacular as only she can: The press corp mostly sneered at Bush’s commitment to exercise. They sneered at Condi Rice’s exercise regimen, as well; she was the over-achiever subsuming her emotions to the...
TMZ (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Filed under: Music , Beauty , 'Memba Them?! In the '60s, Bobby Sherman became famous for songs like "Little Woman" and "Julie (Do Ya Love Me)" and appearing on TV shows like "The Partridge Family." Guess what he looks like now.... Permalink
My left wing (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
What? What typo? Oh!!!! Holy shit! Oh well!! Hi groovy guys and groovy gals. Peace, Love and Bobby Sherman. Wink Dinkerson of KRUD Radio here. Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. All Most of us ( except Miki ) think this is an important day. I noticed that our blogmistress was having a little late-night angst last night, I hope she finally got to sleep. Me, I'm getting older by the minute. Came home,...
Gay Patriot (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
A scene in the movie Dick captures a pop culture phenomenon of the early 1970s. Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams), as did countless teenage girls across the nation in the Nixon era, plastered images of singer and teen heartthrob, Bobby Sherman, all over her bedroom wall. (Later, she’d replace Sherman’s pictures with those of Richard [...]
Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
First, they wanted to double their staff.Next, they wanted to double their budget.Now, the Horse Racing Commission is telling the Governor that they will need a 150% budget increase to "take a leadership role" which is necessary because "times are...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Republican Senate President David Williams has written an op-ed piece ripping House Speaker Jody Richards in defense of the 47 percent recent pay raise the General Assembly's leaders approved for Legislative Research Commission director Bobby Sherman.Williams said the raise pales in comparison to what he described as a bloated office staff employed by the House Democrats. In the letter, released...
I Am A TV Junkie, A Blog For The Cl (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Okay, who's smoking the copious amounts of weed at NBC'Is it you, Ben? Betcha it is, this is after all a Reveille property and I know how you love to...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Candidates for the open 13th state Senate seat in Lexington, Kathy Stein and Chuck Ellinger II, both said General Assembly leaders erred by approving a 47 percent pay raise to the legislative research director Bobby Sherman at a time other state workers will receive a 1 percent pay raise. "I think it was wrong and I think it was unethical,"...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
House Speaker Jody Richards said he does not yet have the votes to overturn a 47 percent pay raise that legislative leaders voted to give the General Assembly's staff director last week.
Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Displaying the familiar shortsightedness usually reserved for promoting new government spending, the Courier-Journal actually defends LRC Director Bobby Sherman's 47% pay raise as saving money.In true liberal logic, they posit that raising his salary to prevent him from retiring saves...
Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
I don't think Jody Richards is a Bobby Sherman fan.Because he is Kentucky's longest-serving Speaker of the House, during a time when we have seen the size of Kentucky's government and debt rapidly grow and Kentucky's competitiveness diminish, we are...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
FRANKFORT – House Speaker Jody Richards is seeking a special meeting of legislative leaders to reverse a 47 percent pay hike a majority of them approved this week for Legislative Research Commission director Bobby Sherman. Richards, D-Bowling Green, will make the formal request Monday to Sherman, “and there will be a meeting on a date still to be determined,” said...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
The Kentucky House speaker is looking to revoke a $62,000 raise for the head of the General Assembly's Legislative Research Commission.
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
FRANKFORT -- House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said he has prefiled legislation for the 2009 General Assembly that would rescind the 47 percent pay hike a majority of legislative leaders have approved for Legislative Research Commission director Bobby Sherman. Richards said in a telephone interview that he has prefiled the measure with Rep. Brent Yonts, D-Greenville. "We think the...
Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Every year, state government employees receive some sort of raise. In recent years, it's been lower, but it has occurred. Usually it is a flat percentage across the board. Because many state employees have served the state for many years,...
