Great AP article about the divisive issue of Unions in Kentucky not endorsing Lunsford-Stumbo campaign. It really is too bad that Stumbo chose to join up with this campaign.
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Organized labor generally hasn’t decided which candidate to support in Kentucky’s crowded governor’s race, but several unions know who won’t benefit from their political muscle - wealthy businessman Bruce Lunsford.
In recent days, several unions have lined up against Lunsford, a Democrat whose chief transgression, in their view, was endorsing Ernie Fletcher in 2003 and playing a role on Fletcher’s transition team after the Republican was elected governor.
Fletcher angered unions in the past by wanting to repeal Kentucky’s prevailing wage and to open union-represented workplaces to nonunion workers. Fletcher failed on both efforts. Labor leaders haven’t forgotten, or forgiven, Lunsford for backing Fletcher.
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May 11th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Where do all the candidates for governor stand on separation of church and state issues such as abortion, prayer in schools, science curriculum, government funding of faith-based organizations, school vouchers, etc.?
With the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, state governors will have a profoundly important role on these most divisive issues that have consumed political debate across two generations.
The silence is deafening. Why aren’t the candidates addressing these issues and why isn’t the media asking? I mean, I like talking about mountain-top coal removal as much as the next guy, but I’ll be crushed if I vote for a candidate in the primary on the basis of their views about mountains and they turn out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing when it comes to where to draw the line between church and state.
Please help. Will you ask the question?
May 18th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
I think Stumbo made a huge mistake, going after Fletcher, it was obviously politics at its worst.