All Politics are Personal

A well DUH moment from David Williams, from the Courier-Journal:

Senate President David Williams yesterday accused Rep. Harry Moberly of ramming Eastern Kentucky University projects into the state budget during closed-door conference committee meetings.

Moberly, D-Richmond, is the chairman of the House budget committee and a high-ranking official at EKU.

"I've been at the conference table in the conference many times when he has stood up to have things added for EKU in the budget," Williams, R-Burkesville, said in a session with reporters. "If he doesn't get what he wants in the budget nobody else is going to get what they want in the budget, or other people can't get things for UK or U of L if he doesn't get what he wants in the budget."

Who in their right mind would ever think that Harry Moberly, the most powerful person in relationship to the budget, wouldn’t have an agenda? Did you think EKU made him the Executive Director of Administration because of his good looks? Maybe his years of protecting his University had something to do with it. Of course Harry is going to take care of EKU.

Williams is whining because he doesn’t have total control of the budget. This is called compromise, you get some of what you want and I get some of what I want. Williams just doesn’t play well with others and wants to get back a Moberly for killing the Republican backed bill to eliminate the CATS test in public schools.

With Williams, all politics are personal.