Beshear airs 2 new TV ads

FRANKFORT-Democrat Steve Beshear's campaign for governor has two new TV ads.  Both deal with issues.

The first ad, called "Can't Afford," addresses health care. It started airing this morning. The second, called "Energy," is expected to begin airing tonight.

Here's the first ad:

Here's the second ad:

-- Jack Brammer

Comments

Beshear keeps referring to his business experience--I know him only as a politician/lobbyist/lawyer--Have I missed something in his resume?

Hmm, good inquiry. Sounds like another misleading ad.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

I paid more than $3.00 for regular gas today. Environmental surcharges are killing me on utility bills. If nothing else, the timing is good.

Public gaming would have to raise at least 1 billion dollars a year to do everything Breshear says he will do; and I doubt we will ever see public gaming in Ky. as long as we have David Williams in control of the senate; not to mention, it will be at least 3 years bfore it could go on the ballot and get enacted. I support public gaming but, let's not put all our eggs in one basket in hopes it will solve all of our problems.

When are you going to add some links to Beshear's ads in the column on the right? Miller's has been there for quite some time...

Public Gaming is a sweetheart deal for a few horse guys. These same horse guys are running this ticket. The strategy here is to say we can fix everything with Public Gaming. Nothing will get fixed because it will not happen for at least 3 years. So their out is their re-election. They will say we could not do these things because you did not approve Public Gaming. It will get approved in 3-4 years and then they would be re-elected to put in place some sort of minor fixes. By that time it will all be lost anyway, Do not take these guys serious because they are working for 10 people not Kentucky

Good add for todays issues. Are their revenue estimates on how much expanded gambling would help?

[Spanky Roundpants]

Amen 6:31 and two of Beshear's fattest cats would be Brer Jones and Tracy Farmer. Tally Ho y'all.

[DP]

Rather than knocking Beshear and his ideas (which means you are probably staffers for Jody or Jonathan) why not propose alternative ideas. All I read is it won't work but show us what does work. Compare the plans that way if you can.

I'm not predicting how the primary will shake out, but Beshear's commercials are pretty good, and he seems to be moving at the right time. I'd say he's likely to make the runoff, anyway.

What will work is the economic development of Governor Fletcher and Debra Clayton. Governor Fletcher has hired one of the sharpest woman in the country to work in Economic Development and her name is Debra Clayton, she is doing an incredible job. The things that will happen if this state does the right thing and returns the Governor to office is incredible. Beshear and the good Doctor are rediculous in their commercials, they can not accomplish anything they are stating because they are barking up the wrong tree. Which means they do not mean what they say. They work for 10 people to make 10 people more wealthy which is where their funds came from. If Mongiardo wanted to fix healthcare he would go after the KHA, he is not doing that. So he does not want to. He wants to sound good, thus the sound bites. The state is running fine, the strategy is sound and strong, and the tactics the Governor has in place will work in 4 to 6 years. It is a long process to fix 40 years of abuse. Give the man a chance to do it, or you will have more abuse. The reality should be the perception. I hope that answers your question.

DP Unless Beshear thinks the governorship is a dictatorship there will be no casinos unless there are serious and major changes in the little ol thing called the Senate! I know rich fatcats always get their way but not in politics-not always anyway.

9:33 is correct, the rich fat cats usually get their way, but in this case they are greedy, it is only about 10 guys that want this Public Gaming in the horse industry, that is why Beshear could not get it passed as a lobbyist, so those 10 people thought they would run him as Governor and let him talk about solving peoples problems with the ungodly ill of Gambling. Maybe it would not be so bad if he helped the poor with the Devil of Gambling. It is not going to work because only 10 fat cats are involved. You need at least 1000 fat cats involved to get something like this done. So all of his garbage will not work, it was not going to be the savior the people looked for because it is from the Devil. Wake up people, we all know what right and wrong are and this is wrong. There is no such thing as a free lunch. It is all about economic development, check out what the Governor and Debra Clayton are doing, it is pretty amazing.

[Rick Johnson]

Cauley, Good ads. Looks like you're gaining some momentum.

Beshear is the only hope for real Democrats to beat liar Lunsford and bigger crook Stumbo. Greg have you paid your child support this month? Real family values!

9:52, I think everyone in the Commonwealth would agree with you. What Ernie Fletcher has done is pretty amazing.

It's even more amazing he hasn't been federally indicted ... yet.

[ja]

If old steve wins B jones and t farmer can fill up that failing bank with slot machines.

[Spanky Roundpants]

Would that be American Founders Bank which was recently ordered by the FDIC and the KDFI to fire its top management and replace it's Board? Tally Ho Y'all.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

The current administration and the General Assembly have placed Kentucky in an economic situation that many feel can be resolved with Casino gaming by a host of Democratic and GOP candidates for Governor.

Projections for the income of Casino Gaming are owned and presented by KEEP. Keep is the horse lobby. Brer Jones shopped until he found someone who would agree, in advance, to champion casino gaming. Steve Beshear commented he is in favor of Casino Gaming and has some figures to show, I assume, and pretty much better a saw buck, these figures came from Brer Jones and the American Gaming Association.

Steve Beshear is not the only candidate to say he favors gaming others, including Miller and Lunsford are convinced gaming is the “miracle in the Bluegrass.”

Other states have enacted gaming and that is one of the facts that Beshear states in his message. The claim that Indiana is robbing our road fund, education fund, etc
may have some impact, but it has no logic.

Gaming is cancer and devastating blows to those who can leas afford it. John Y. Brown said it best.
“Gaming may just be the crack cocaine of the future.”

If gaming is allowed then there will be a constant struggle between the gaming owners and the Commonwealth of Kentucky over profits, regulation and money.

If you look at the example of Missouri you will see that the state only gets about 20% of the total revenue. Casinos claim an 80% operating cost. Jeez.

And, some Casinos have never paid taxes due to what they claim is a lack of profit.

I said before and I repeat who is to say how accurate the count of the states money when the gaming people count the money. If it were an honest business, it may be legal but, it is as John Y 111, has referred;”THE CRACK COCAINE OF THE FUTURE.”

Missouri lawmakers are striving to find a combination of tax increases and spending cuts to close the projected budget deficit of $1 billion for fiscal year 2003. Like other states,Missouri is turning to the casino industry as a possible source of added tax revenues.

The casino industry has been a growing source of tax revenues since its inception in 1995. The gaming tax rate in Missouri is currently set at 20 percent of adjusted gross revenues.

The state receives 18 percent and local government receives two percent. In addition, the state currently receives a $1 admission fee and local government gets the other $1 admission fee.

In their attempt to raise tax revenues and close budget gaps, Missouri policymakers are now considering a number of regulatory changes affecting casinos. Under consideration is an increase in the gaming tax rate to 22 percent and a doubling of the admission fee to $4.

Also under review is a proposal to remove the $500 loss limits currently in place in Missouri. These changes would have significant effects both on the casinos and on the Missouri economy.

As you can see it may show some greenbacks, but is it good public policy?

Kentucky faces many education problems: lack of accountability; entrenched labor bosses opposed to school choice; high dropout and remediation rates; and a widening race-based achievement gap in Louisville, our state’s largest school district.

But teachers’ salaries do not make that list

Casinos could be the biggest thieves of all, but it is not the governments place to regulate them. They have positive and negative affects, but the market must be the regulators not David Williams.

[What]

Although I don't particularly like gambling and am a born again Christian. I can see the point of Beshear. The people that gamble are doing it anyway and are giving our money to other states. Why not keep the money in our state? Also i don't believe having casinos here will make anyone more adicted to gambling than liquor stores make more peole drink. The Republicans are trying to lie to us again and act as though they are at the foot of the Lord when all they are interestedc in is getting elected. All I can say to you all is vote your conscience. Don't let either side lie to you. After all what good moral person could be a politician?

The statistics tell the story about gambling. It does not work.

[Brother White]

I usually never make a comment about political races but some of my church members have asked me to read this blog and respond. Let me first say that gambling is a sin. If you look at the states that have passed it to fund there problems it has only caused more problems. Mr Beshear has a right to be for the slots and big Casinos but one must ask, why the FBI places a special unit in the Capitol area during the vote by Legislatures. No my sons it is not the right way and will bring only pain and sorrow to children and adults while lining the pockets of out of state fat cats. Thank you

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson.
"(Gambling) involves simply sterile transfers of money or goods between individuals, creating no new money or goods. Although it creates no output, gambling does nevertheless absorb time and resources. When pursued beyond the limits of recreation, where the main purpose after all is to kill time, gambling subtracts from the national income."
According to one report, there is little reliable information on the social and economic impacts of gambling. A great deal of research does exist, but often it is prepared by groups advocating one position or another and is biased or suffers from such basic flaws as to render it virtually unusable. In short, much of what has been done is not sound.
Merrill Lynch financial analyst David Anders;
“Putting casinos at racetracks is the fastest-growing and most popular form of gambling expansion and produces a lot of revenue, it takes place where gambling is already accepted, and it permits the gambling to be up and running quickly," But the prospect of more state-sanctioned gambling isn't a pretty one for some people.
In most states, income from gambling provides less than 5% of tax revenue, says Keon Chi, editor of The Book of the States that is published by the Council of State Governments in Lexington, Ky.
Perhaps no state points up as well as Tennessee why gambling looks like easy money. Last year, lawmakers ended a budget impasse that had shut down most of government for three days by approving the largest tax increase in state history. They increased the sales tax a penny and imposed higher taxes on businesses, alcohol and tobacco to raise $933 million.
I wonder does this sound familiar to Kentucky and will legislators use gambling as the “CURE FOR BUDGET SHORT FALLS? . . . OR . . . Will they bite the bullet and follow the lead of Tennessee. HMMMM, maybe the legislators in Tennessee are more moral and more concerned about the problems of more legalized gambling?

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

If there is to be a vote on gaming then the issue should state that Casinos will be owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

No sense to give away 80% to the mafia for operating cost.And, since when did a person that owns a casino ever count "others" money as well as they count their own.

The best way, to get the most bank for the buck, would be for the CASINO issue to state the CASINOS will be owned and operated by the Commonwealth. Now they could be built on space donated or leased by the racetracks.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

bang not bank, jas

[GiGi]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we can nick pick all the candidates...but bottom line is, who will best serve the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its' people....

Steve Beshear is getting my vote.

Had Enough Vote Democratic!!

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