News release: Gatewood for Governor.

I forgot to post this news release from Gatewood Galbraith for Governor campaign. My apologies:

Step Up, Kentucky!

FORMER GOVERNOR JONES ENDORSES GATEWOOD’S PLAN FOR KENTUCKY

[February 6, 2007 - Lexington, Kentucky] – Gatewood Galbraith and Mark Wireman, candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor in this May’s Primary, announced their Eastern Kentucky media tour today and issued a challenge to their opponents to reveal how they would seek to cure Kentucky’s problems without an increase in tax revenue and with the repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax. "All our opponents are talking about gambling and what they would do with the new money. That is pure conjecture at this point and we must construct programs that will address Kentucky’s problems without being dependent on passing gambling legislation or the continuation of the Alternative Minimum Tax. Our proposals for lifting Kentucky from poverty and illiteracy have been endorsed by former Governor Brereton Jones, who said that every Kentuckian should read Gatewood’s autobiography The Last Free Man In America before they vote in this election. "Gatewood’s book is one of the finest statements on behalf of the Democratic Party and whether he wins the Primary or not, whoever wins, would serve the state well by advancing his solutions,’" said Governor Jones. Galbraith said his solutions such as the "Commonwealth Incentive", whereby each high school graduate in Kentucky would receive a $5,000 for books, tuition and fees at any institution of higher learning in Kentucky, would not cost one penny of additional taxes. "In 1991, we spent 68% of the state’s budget on education. Today it is 60%. We are de-funding education at the very time we should be increasing it by restoring funding that has been stripped away for other projects." "And as to the gaming issue, let me be clear," said Galbraith. "We believe the issue of gaming should be presented to the citizens by referendum. If they do not want it, fine. If they do want gaming and it produces new revenues, we believe that money should go to bolster education, remove the automobile property tax and improve the environment. If it passes, we want to center such enterprises at the race tracks to preserve their existence. We do not want slot machines at the 7-11s. "Finally," said Galbraith, "we believe we will have the vote of every Democrat who voted for Ben Chandler in the ’03 Primary. Ben was seen as the reform element in the Democrat’s Party and garnered 53% of the vote. The majority of Democrats in Kentucky want the party to reform and we are the candidates of reform in this election. Our opponents are the face of the old Democrats who were defeated by the Republicans in ’03. We cannot afford to resurrect the Party in its old image. It needs a new face and the Galbraith/Wireman ticket is a winner."

Eastern Kentucky Media Tour, Thursday, February 8th,, Schedule:
9:00 AM – Old Country Inn, Jetts Shopping Center, Hwy 15, Jackson, Kentucky
11:30 AM – Ponderosa, 308 Morton Boulevard, Hazard, Kentucky
1:30 PM – Jenny Wiley State Park, 75 Theatre Court, Prestonsburg, Kentucky
5:30 PM – Ponderosa, 711 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Ashland, Kentucky

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