Michelle has not only become more comfortable speaking in public and in large social groups, she’s worked up the courage to begin her spot in the contest with a brief song…..part of her seven minute presentation called “Finding My Voice.”
When the second round’s ten winners were announced, Kentucky was not on the list. “We got zero points for charter schools, so we were at a 32 point deficit even before the judging began,” said state Education Commissioner Terry Holliday.
The next three months will likely be a hard political fight as the candidates grapple for those undecided voters and try to pull supporters from each other. The candidates are drawing the battle lines now.
The track draws large crowds, but NASCAR rebuffed entreaties from its original owners to let the venue host a Sprint Cup Race.
Not far from the stage, waiting for the political speaking to begin, Ralph Warren of Beaver Dam was decked out in a Stetson hat, black Converse tennis shoes and an AARP T-shirt. He was wearing a Conway sticker but confided that he kind of likes Rand Paul.
Two days of legislative hearings on containing the spiraling costs of Medicaid in Kentucky were held this week in Frankfort. The General Assembly created a 12-member task force, co-chaired by Rep. Jimmie Lee, D-Elizabethtown, and Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine, R-Southgate.
In recent years, the economy has sent some theme park profits and attendance numbers rolling downhill. But smaller parks have been able to ride out the recession because of some specific strategies.
