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COVINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WINS $10,000 GRANT!
The city-wide effort in the online voting at Liberty Mutual's Be Fire Smart competition has paid off. CovFD will get $10,000 to use toward fire safety programs.
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REP. GEOFF DAVIS IS POOREST MEMBER OF KY'S DC DELEGATION
With an estimated net worth of just $105, 502, Congressman Geoff Davis (R-Hebron) is at the bottom in income of Kentucky's federal representation in Washington. In fact, he's 57th from the bottom of the entire 535-member Congress. The order, from richest to poorest: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville), $27,213,024; Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville), $9,608, 004; Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Somerset), $3,683,641; Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville), $2,794,523; Sen. Rand Paul (R-Bowling Green), $774,009; Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Versailles), $654, 006; Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Bowling Green), $582,815. The entire list compiled by USA Today (and report Greg Korte who used to cover Cincinnati City Hall for the Enquirer) is fascinating and worth wasting a few minutes with.
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DAVIS WINS AWARD FROM ADOPTION ORG THAT SUPPORTS SAME-SEX ADOPTION
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Interesting. Voice for Adoption, a national adoption advocacy group that includes same-sex parenting in its list of campaigns, awards vehemently anti-gay Geoff Davis with "Legislator of the Year". From the release: "Voices for Adoption commended Congressman Davis for his legislative efforts to help eliminate the barriers to permanency that children and families regularly encounter during the adoption process. Congressman Davis introduced the bipartisan Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (H.R. 2883) which was signed by President Obama on September 30, 2011. The law improves and extends child welfare programs that were set to expire on September 30, 2011, and renews the authority of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to grant approval for child welfare demonstration projects. "
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That's a great accomplishment, but the Adoption group says on its own website, "VFA supports and encourages legislation that breaks down barriers to achieve more adoptive homes for children in foster care through prohibiting discrimination of adoptive and foster parents based on sexual orientation and or marital status."
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Meanwhile, Davis has a 0% voting record from the Human Rights Campaign and is even co-signed the Manhattan Declaration which states, "The impulse to redefine marriage in order to recognize same-sex and multiple partner relationships is a symptom, rather than the cause, of the erosion of the marriage culture. It reflects a loss of understanding of the meaning of marriage as embodied in our civil and religious law and in the philosophical tradition that contributed to shaping the law. Yet it is critical that the impulse be resisted, for yielding to it would mean abandoning the possibility of restoring a sound understanding of marriage and, with it, the hope of rebuilding a healthy marriage culture. It would lock into place the false and destructive belief that marriage is all about romance and other adult satisfactions, and not, in any intrinsic way, about procreation and the unique character and value of acts and relationships whose meaning is shaped by their aptness for the generation, promotion and protection of life. In spousal communion and the rearing of children (who, as gifts of God, are the fruit of their parents' marital love), we discover the profound reasons for and benefits of the marriage covenant."
Just sayin'...
SEE ALSO: Geoff Davis's weekly column
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MEANWHILE, DID YOU THINK THERE WOULD EVER BE A CONGRESSMAN FROM KENTUCKY THAT SAID THINGS LIKE THIS:
A member of the 1%, but speaking on behalf of the rest. Interesting.
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REDISTRICTING PLANS WOULD BRING CHANGES TO NKY BOUNDARIES
Kentucky's 4th Congressional District would lose lots of counties under this plan. Check it out, and pay close attention to this process. Both parties love this creepy, ridiculous part of our democracy called gerrymandering.
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SEN. THAYER ROLLING IN CASH ALREADY
State Senator Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown) whose district includes South Covington (See: Gerrymandering comment above) announced via Twitter that he already has $100,000 in the bank for the 2012 race. That makes him a formidable incumbent.
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CROSBIE TO WORK FOR STATE GOP
She lost a heartbreaker last week to incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Todd Hollenbach, but KC Crosbie will be working with money anyway. The Lexington City Councilmember is now the state finance chair of the Kentucky Republican Party.
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DID YOU MISS ANY OF THE RIVER CITY NEWS FROM EARLIER?
COVINGTON: A new Brent Spence by 2023?; TANK to increase fares; No wonder Dippin' Dots is going under; Finally, we can all start shooting sandhill cranes; Is it true that women can only keep secrets for 32 minutes?; and a hilarious video from behind-the-scenes of a KY political commercial. Those and more at the link!
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COVINGTON: Sex abuse by Covington priests may cost prominent attorney Stan Chesley his law license; Is karma catching up to Omnicare?; George Clooney's locally filmed movie is on its way out of theaters; and from Monday: Covington daytime curfew gains support; Louisville's mayor gives Covington advice; and a train will derail in Latonia. Click the link.
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