Meet our next two Contributors.

Our next two Contributors come to us from Northern Kentucky and South/South East Kentucky.

The first up for introduction is Marcus Carey, a fellow Lawyer and Conservative. Marcus Carey needs NO introduction in Northern Kentucky, and he knows the area's politics and happenings, probably better than anyone, but for those of you who may NOT know him, here's his short(?) bio:

Fiercely independent Marc respectfully declined his parent’s offer to help with his educational expenses. He married Harriet just out of high school and set his own course. For thirty four years they have made their own way together.

Marc excelled as a law student. Not only did he graduate with honors in the top five of his class, but he accomplished this distinction while working full time, while successfully chairing political campaigns and while serving as president of his law school student body elected by a vote of historic proportions.

Marc Carey’s career has included the civil prosecution of what was at the time the largest corporate corruption case in America. He has successfully championed case after case, representing the underdog for over 27 years. In fact, some of the language used by lawyers today to describe routine practice activities was coined by Marc for the first time in hard fought battles in state and federal courts.

As chairman of the Kentucky Bar Association Unauthorized Practice Committee Marc stood up for the rights of consumers against risky practices used by sub-prime lenders.

As a decade long member of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Ethics committee Marc was respected as a reasoned voice of practical experience.

And last year, as a candidate for the Kentucky Supreme Court, Marc Carey championed the constitution against what had become the conventional wisdom of an entrenched legal practice and won for all Kentucky voters the right to examine the biases and prejudices of the men and women seeking to become the final authority over our lives and liberty as judges and justices of the Kentucky courts.

No nonsense, unyieldingly faithful, firm with a sense of humor, and accomplished on many levels, as a jazz musician, hunter, trapper, writer, poet, photographer, horseman, environmentalist, farmer, philosopher, storyteller, radio show host, public speaker, Christian, husband, father and friend, we welcome Marc Carey as a contributor to this effort.


From the "Hillbilly" country, we have Jonathan Gay, a fellow Lawyer and Conservative. Jonathan knows the politics and culture of Eastern Kentucky better than most, and blogs as CyberHillBilly. For those who know NOT the man, here's his (short?) bio:

Johnathan Gay is a lawyer who currently works in the field of technology driven economic development for Morehead State University. Johnathan hails from Appalachian Kentucky where he was raised in Leslie, Clay and McCreary County. His late father was a disabled coal Miner while his mother was a school teacher. Thus he grew up understanding both the difficulties and the promise of industrial work as well as escape education offers. After high school he spent two years in the U.S. Army as an Infantryman. He graduated EKU in 1999 with a degree in Political Science, then UK College of Law in 2002.

Johnathan has been blogging at www.cyberhillbilly.blogspot.com since 2004. He comments on important issues related to a Flat(tening) World, the New Economy, and on issues of concern to his homeland, Appalachian Kentucky. Johnathan’s political philosophy is one part Ronald Reagan conservativism, one part Abe Lincoln Whiggery, and one half part Dan Pat Moynihan neo-conservatism.

Johnathan previously practiced law in London, KY with legendary Kentucky trial lawyer Warren Scoville but left the practice of law shortly after his son Jackson Alexander was born in order to spend more time with family and to give back to his community. Johnathan currently lives on his wife’s family farm in Wolfe County where they try to keep up with their rowdy boy as he attempts to defy the laws of gravity with his toddler sized John Deere motorized tractor.

Favorite Book: The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History by Philip Bobbitt

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Osi