Day Late and a Dollar Short

The saying “better late than never” doesn’t apply here.

I received the following Commonwealth News Center Updates via email on June 23.

Media advisory
URL : http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/finance/etransparency.htm
Date : Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Issued By : Finance and Administration Cabinet
Summary : The Kentucky eTransparency Task Force to hold its first meeting

Governor Beshear Issues Call for Special Legislative Session to Address Pension Reform
URL : http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/governor/20080617special.htm
Date : Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Issued By : Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Summary : Governor Steve Beshear today issued the call for a special session of the General Assembly to convene on Monday, June 23, 2008, to act on the state's public pension crisis.

Chief of Staff Jim Cauley Announces Decision to Leave Post in Beshear Administration
URL : http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/governor/20080618cos.htm
Date : Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Issued By : Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Summary : Governor Steve Beshear today announced the decision of Chief of Staff James Cauley to resign in order to pursue his own political consulting business.

And this one on June 24th:

eTransparency Task Force holds inaugural meeting
URL : http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/finance/etransparency.htm
Date : Thursday, June 19, 2008
Issued By : Finance and Administration Cabinet
Summary : Gov. Beshear's vision for making public information more available, accessible discussed

Now I know email is not perfect, but a 5 or 6 day lag?

I don’t know if this time lag is intentional or just blazing incompetence but it is another example of how this administration appears to be clueless when dealing with the public appearance of doing the right thing.

I do know that all four of the items were things that I have commented on in this blog.