"Leave Politics Aside Until After Session". I AGREE!
Leave politics aside until after session
Gov. Steve Beshear and Senate President David Williams will have plenty of time after this year’s legislative session to campaign and trade political jabs, so we urge them during this short session to save their fight for the state’s highest office until after the session is over.
Unfortunately, political posturing has already begun between Democrat Beshear and Republican Williams and some worry that it could affect work actually getting done for the state when legislators convene in Frankfort today. Louisville businessman Phil Moffett, a tea party candidate, is also seeking the Republican nomination.
We elect our legislators to get work done for Kentuckians during their time in Frankfort. There are far too many pressing issues our state is facing such as education, pension liability, building new schools, roads and bridges, Medicaid costs, tax reform, growing jobs and many other issues for political aspirations to get in the way of moving our state forward.
Odd years in Kentucky mean that the sessions are 30 working days long instead of the 60 working days during an even year session, which means there is far less time to get the work done for Kentuckians during this session.
For too many years, Kentuckians have watched as politicians on both sides of the aisle play partisan games, sometimes at the expense of getting the work done that they were elected to do.
These politicians, including Beshear and Williams, need to realize that these sessions are paid for by the taxpayers and we expect results, not political posturing and partisan bickering.
Moffett made a statement recently about the upcoming session that we hope will not come to fruition, but shouldn’t be ruled out.
“What Williams and Beshear will get out of the 2011 session is pension credits and face-time on TV playing partisan games,” Moffett said. “What Kentuckians will get is more debt and no resolution to our most pressing problems.”
Moffett makes a interesting point. It is unfortunate that political posturing and shots across the bow have already begun before the regular session.
We hope Moffett is wrong and urge the candidates to begin campaigning after the people’s work is completed.
No one would deny that politics is part of the legislative process, but it should not be allowed to trump attending to business for the state’s citizens.
Gov. Steve Beshear and Senate President David Williams will have plenty of time after this year’s legislative session to campaign and trade political jabs, so we urge them during this short session to save their fight for the state’s highest office until after the session is over.
Unfortunately, political posturing has already begun between Democrat Beshear and Republican Williams and some worry that it could affect work actually getting done for the state when legislators convene in Frankfort today. Louisville businessman Phil Moffett, a tea party candidate, is also seeking the Republican nomination.
We elect our legislators to get work done for Kentuckians during their time in Frankfort. There are far too many pressing issues our state is facing such as education, pension liability, building new schools, roads and bridges, Medicaid costs, tax reform, growing jobs and many other issues for political aspirations to get in the way of moving our state forward.
Odd years in Kentucky mean that the sessions are 30 working days long instead of the 60 working days during an even year session, which means there is far less time to get the work done for Kentuckians during this session.
For too many years, Kentuckians have watched as politicians on both sides of the aisle play partisan games, sometimes at the expense of getting the work done that they were elected to do.
These politicians, including Beshear and Williams, need to realize that these sessions are paid for by the taxpayers and we expect results, not political posturing and partisan bickering.
Moffett made a statement recently about the upcoming session that we hope will not come to fruition, but shouldn’t be ruled out.
“What Williams and Beshear will get out of the 2011 session is pension credits and face-time on TV playing partisan games,” Moffett said. “What Kentuckians will get is more debt and no resolution to our most pressing problems.”
Moffett makes a interesting point. It is unfortunate that political posturing and shots across the bow have already begun before the regular session.
We hope Moffett is wrong and urge the candidates to begin campaigning after the people’s work is completed.
No one would deny that politics is part of the legislative process, but it should not be allowed to trump attending to business for the state’s citizens.
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