Is "gaming" providing the spur kick for Kentucky Legislators to BOPTROT -- again?

It sure sounds like it, if you believe the above exchange!

So sad. Louisiana is about to clean up its politics, thanks to Governor Bobby Jindal. Kentucky will be all ALONE in that corrupt politics regard!

Here's an update from the Republican Party of Kentucky:

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY URGES LEGISLATORS TO BLOW THE WHISTLE ON CORRUPTION

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) today urged any legislator who has knowledge that House Democratic Leadership is extorting members of the horse industry and race tracks for campaign contributions in exchange for support of casino legislation to come forward and report the information to law enforcement immediately.

“Any legislator who knows about an illegal quid pro quo and does not come forward is nothing but a co-conspirator,” said RPK Chairman Steve Robertson. “This is no longer a Democrat or Republican issue; this is a criminal issue.”

This plea comes in the wake of a statement made by WHAS 11 television reporter Mark Hebert that members of the horse industry were telling him privately that they were “being taken to the woodshed by Speaker Jody Richards and his close allies” who believe the horse industry spent too much time and cash on Beshear and did not commit enough money to Democratic legislative races this fall. The reporter went public with his accusations on the February 22nd edition of KET’s Comment on Kentucky.

Robertson added that the Republican Party of Kentucky plans to file a complaint with the Legislative Ethics Commission and the Attorney General’s office tomorrow asking for an immediate investigation into this matter.

Potential violations include various provisions of state and federal law.

“While we will be asking these watchdog agencies to investigate, it is our hope that House Democrats will blow the whistle on this illegal activity and restore integrity to the legislative process,” concluded Robertson.

Another update, 5:32 p.m.: It sounds like Governor Steve Beshear has scheduled a meeting with the Democratic leaders for tonight, right after he flies back from Washington, D. C. .

I wonder out LOUD if it has something to do with the story, especially since there is a lot of chatter that FBI agent or agents have taken an interest in Frankfort.

Stay tuned for more. I am unsure yet whether there is substance to ALL of this or just speculation, but we'll soon find out.