Chris Frost must have Bill Farmer scared.
From Bill Farmer’s response to the Herald Leader endorsing Chris Frost:
“By endorsing my opponent the editorial board is supporting one of its own, a leftist who masquerades as a moderate only when beneficial to accomplishing his radical agenda.
My opponent supports a constitutional amendment relating to stem-cell research. I have voted in favor of stem-cell research.
However, I do not support changing the Constitution for social reasons which will resolve themselves over time.”
Way to go Bill. Drag out that leftist label, call the man a radical. I was a college student in 1969, I know what radical leftists look like, and they sure don’t look like Chris Frost.
Use that tried and true Republican tactic, create fear. It’s not working this time.
Bill Farmer claims the voted in favor of stem-cell research. What bill did he vote for?
In the 2006 General Assembly the only bill relating to stem cell research was HB 347 that wanted to ban stem cell research and was shelved in the Judiciary Committee. Farmer is not on the Judiciary Committee so he didn’t vote for it there.
And Bill Farmer doesn’t support “changing the Constitution for social reasons”.
I must have missed this one.
But, did he vote against the gay marriage amendment? If gay marriage wasn’t done for a social reason, then I have no idea why it was done.
Bill Farmer, desperate looser, trying to salvage his do nothing political career
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Lexington Council At-Large, A Three Way Tie for Second
A recent poll shows Jim Gray with a commanding lead Lexington Fayette County Council At-Large race. After Gray there is a virtual three way tie for second place between Steve Kay, George Brown and Chuck Ellinger.
The At-Large race has six candidates; voters get to pick 3 candidates to serve on the council. Historically the voters usually vote for about 2.5 candidates per voter. Some vote for three, some vote for two and some vote for one, or what is known as bullet voting.
The poll, with a 5% margin of error, breaks down this way:
Gray 41%
Ellinger 29%
Kay 27%
Brown 24%
Gorton 16%
Shafer 15%
The simple interpretation is that Gray is running away. Kay, Brown and Ellinger are in a dead heat. Gorton and Shafer are dead in the water.
First, before the email flames start, I am a Kay partisan. I think Steve Kay will make an excellent member of the council, and I have worked to get him elected.
So here is the interesting part to me.
How did these three guys got in such a close race. Ellinger, because of the years his father severed on the Council runs on name recognition alone. Chuck Ellinger, even if he died tomorrow, would still get 30 percent of the vote.
George Brown, in spite of a dismal record as the First District Council Representative has parlayed support of the German owned Kentucky American Water Company and an appeal to see if a black man can be elected to an At-Large seat into a viable campaign.
Steve Kay has spent over a year talking to people in small groups all over Lexington and doing a good job raising money, (over 900 separate contributions) to get his ideas of stewardship out to the voters.
And how did Linda Gorton and Sandy Shafer end up finishing out of contention. The main problems with Gorton and Shafer are that neither of them raised sufficient money or ran a truly county-wide race.
Where Kay worked hard to build a wide ranging number of supporters and contributors, Ellinger relied on a family name and Brown banked on connections with the water company, neither Gorton nor Shafer achieved the necessary organization nor raise sufficient money to be viable.
Money, and the exposure it buys, is necessary in this kind of race.
The At-Large race has six candidates; voters get to pick 3 candidates to serve on the council. Historically the voters usually vote for about 2.5 candidates per voter. Some vote for three, some vote for two and some vote for one, or what is known as bullet voting.
The poll, with a 5% margin of error, breaks down this way:
Gray 41%
Ellinger 29%
Kay 27%
Brown 24%
Gorton 16%
Shafer 15%
The simple interpretation is that Gray is running away. Kay, Brown and Ellinger are in a dead heat. Gorton and Shafer are dead in the water.
First, before the email flames start, I am a Kay partisan. I think Steve Kay will make an excellent member of the council, and I have worked to get him elected.
So here is the interesting part to me.
How did these three guys got in such a close race. Ellinger, because of the years his father severed on the Council runs on name recognition alone. Chuck Ellinger, even if he died tomorrow, would still get 30 percent of the vote.
George Brown, in spite of a dismal record as the First District Council Representative has parlayed support of the German owned Kentucky American Water Company and an appeal to see if a black man can be elected to an At-Large seat into a viable campaign.
Steve Kay has spent over a year talking to people in small groups all over Lexington and doing a good job raising money, (over 900 separate contributions) to get his ideas of stewardship out to the voters.
And how did Linda Gorton and Sandy Shafer end up finishing out of contention. The main problems with Gorton and Shafer are that neither of them raised sufficient money or ran a truly county-wide race.
Where Kay worked hard to build a wide ranging number of supporters and contributors, Ellinger relied on a family name and Brown banked on connections with the water company, neither Gorton nor Shafer achieved the necessary organization nor raise sufficient money to be viable.
Money, and the exposure it buys, is necessary in this kind of race.
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