Enough Reason To Vote For Beshear / Abramson

People who know me know that I have not been overwhelmed with the Beshear administration. I think he missed a huge opportunity with the budget crisis and special session a few years ago, when he had the opportunity to fix the ongoing mess that is Kentucky's revenue system, and instead brought forward a lackluster gambling bill. Then he followed that up by proposing a budget that counted on gambling revenue to be balanced, instead of doing something sensible like pushing Jim Wayne's bill. So, I've not been a huge Steve Beshear fan.

For a long time, I WAS a huge Mayor Jer fan. That lessened considerably when I saw how Fourth Street Live went down. Having local businesses like Lynn's Cafe and Hawley-Cooke Books shut out in favor of national chains left a sour taste in my mouth. Add to that the ongoing questions about Cordish, the various audit findings, and some discussions I've had with local Metro government employees, and I've become less of a Mayor Jer fan over the past few years.

So, while I think both of these men have done many good things, I was not real enthusiastic about voting for them next year. Then, in this morning's C-J, I saw something that certainly made me much more determined to see these two men serve the next four years in Frankfort: