Now a bill that I know everyone in my District has been clamoring for, from my state senator Alice Forgy Kerr.
SR 10 (BR 1140) - A. Kerr, J. Denton Declare February 6, 2008, "Ronald Reagan Day" in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Jan 8-introduced in Senate
Jan 9-to Senate Floor
I can salute this only if all state offices are closed in honor of what Voodoo Economics has produced in this state and country.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Plausible Deniability
Here is a bill I don’t understand.
HB 112 (BR 83) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to the purchase of real property by the Commonwealth. Amend KRS 45A.045, regarding the purchase of real property by the Commonwealth, to eliminate the requirement that the Governor approve the purchase of real property from a state employee; retain requirement that the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet approve such a purchase.
The actual sentence, I use the term loosely, being changed is below. My Senior English teacher Miss Virginia Neptune would have a few caustic comments about the inability to write a coherent sentence, but that is another rant.
Subject to the provisions of this code, real property or any interest therein may be purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired from any officer or employee of any agency of the state upon a finding by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, based upon a written application by the head of the agency requesting the purchase, and approved by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet[ and the Governor], that the employee has not either himself or herself, or through any other person, influenced or attempted to influence either the agency requesting the acquisition of the property or the Finance and Administration Cabinet in connection with such acquisition.
So, is the problem the Governor is overwhelmed with the number of purchases of property owned by state employees or is this too trivial a matter to the Governor’s attention?
Or maybe, it just provides a governor with the veil of plausible deniability.
HB 112 (BR 83) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to the purchase of real property by the Commonwealth. Amend KRS 45A.045, regarding the purchase of real property by the Commonwealth, to eliminate the requirement that the Governor approve the purchase of real property from a state employee; retain requirement that the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet approve such a purchase.
The actual sentence, I use the term loosely, being changed is below. My Senior English teacher Miss Virginia Neptune would have a few caustic comments about the inability to write a coherent sentence, but that is another rant.
Subject to the provisions of this code, real property or any interest therein may be purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired from any officer or employee of any agency of the state upon a finding by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, based upon a written application by the head of the agency requesting the purchase, and approved by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet[ and the Governor], that the employee has not either himself or herself, or through any other person, influenced or attempted to influence either the agency requesting the acquisition of the property or the Finance and Administration Cabinet in connection with such acquisition.
So, is the problem the Governor is overwhelmed with the number of purchases of property owned by state employees or is this too trivial a matter to the Governor’s attention?
Or maybe, it just provides a governor with the veil of plausible deniability.
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