Open Letter to Kentucky Legislators: I am drafting this letter to every legislator in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In particular, I seek to reach those who serve me locally as a resident of the City of Independence and as the superintendent of Campbell County Public Schools: Sen. Damon Thayer, Sen. Wil Schroder, Sen. Chris McDaniel, […]
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Op-Ed: River Cities Academy Charter School Would Be Good for Students
When our state legislators passed the Kentucky charter school law last year, we celebrated – and immediately got to work. We poured hours into researching and designing a charter school for a special type of student learner in the six River Cities of Northern Kentucky. We collected information for developing the best alternative school in […]
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Op-Ed: Villa Hills Project is Not the Result of Community Input
Mr. John Yeager’s recent opinion regarding the proposed development by Ashley development failed to mention the single largest feature of the project. It is this aspect that has generated unprecedented opposition to a zoning change. Ashley wants to build a massive, four-story apartment building with 187 units and 300 parking spaces. Nothing similar exists in […]
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Op-Ed: Have We Not Learned Our Lesson?
Written by Governor Matt Bevin For many months, we have been working to resolve the toughest financial crisis Kentucky has ever faced, a crisis that began many years ago and that previous governors and legislators either negligently handled or ignored. It is now snowballing out of control. Nothing about this process has been easy. That […]
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Op-Ed: Cuts Approved in General Assembly Will Result in Layoffs, Hurt Vital Programs
Minority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins, Minority Whip Wilson Stone, and I (Minority Caucus Chair) were excluded from conference committee meetings on the budget last week because of partisan politics. So when the budget was finally unveiled, just a few hours before we were asked to vote on it, there was no time to analyze the […]
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Letter: NKY Teacher Explains Why She “Walked In” at Her School in Protest of Cuts
A Northern Kentucky teacher writes about the “walk-ins” conducted by teachers in protest of cuts to education and teacher retirements: Today I walked for Kentucky children. Today I walked for my great-grandmother who was born over 100 years ago, earned her college degree, and made the decision to put kids first and became a teacher. […]
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Op-Ed: Political Dialogue in U.S. Poisoned by Anger, Violence
A few days ago, Republican candidate for Secretary of State Carl Nett sent an ill-advised tweet in which he jokes about using Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth for target practice. I’m glad that many Republicans are rebuking the tweet, including the Scott County Republican Party which rescinded his invitation to speak at their Lincoln Day […]
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Op-Ed: Villa Hills Development to Be Among Most Thoughtful, Innovative in NKY
As a life-long resident of Northern Kentucky with more than 40 years of experience in residential and commercial development, I want to set the record straight about the misinformation spread throughout Villa Hills during the rezoning process for our proposed development on property owned by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery. The Benedictine Sisters […]
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Op-Ed: It’s Time to Get Serious About Medical Cannabis in Kentucky
Kentucky has three critical reasons to legalize and regulate medical cannabis during the current legislative session: stemming the opioid epidemic, providing funding to help the state’s fiscal crisis, and providing compassionate relief to thousands of Kentuckians who suffer from chronic pain. Medical cannabis reduces opioid-related addiction and deaths Kentucky now ranks third in the nation […]
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Covington Mayor: Cities Should Not Suffer Because of Pension Board’s Inaction
Cities face many financial hurdles every day. We work to provide our citizens essential services, from police officers and firefighters who are there in your time of need to safe roads and sanitation systems. There are a lot of expenses with limited income opportunities. Most city officials have learned to do more with less. That […]