In Hopkins County last night the Governor Ruby Laffoon & Governor Steve Beshear Dinner was a success according to multiple sources. The name was changed, according to local party leader Brenda Glover, to honor both former Gov. Ruby Laffoon and current Gov.Steve Beshear.
Thanks to Hopkins County we now have some issues established in the 2010 U.S. Senate race. Conway and Fitzgerald both spoke at the event. Mongiardo was unable to attend and was represented by Hopkins County Sheriff Frank Latham, just another reminder that Mongiardo's support runs deep in Rural Kentucky.
Conway spoke of his support for Kentucky coal, after-all he was in coal country....
. For the first time in his young campaign Conway stood infront of a pro-coal crowd and voiced his support for the coal industry. He did not share his opinion in regards to the controversial cap-and-trade legislation that passed the House yesterday. Our Democratic Congressional Delegation voted in favor of the legislation. Our delegation is of course John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler, both endorsed Conway's candidacy. Conway did not stick around for very long, he left shortly after his speech.
Mongiardo's message continues to echo what he has been saying all along; he supports Kentucky coal through and through. For the coal community to embrace any candidate that candidate must show that he or she openly supports Kentucky coal, with actions not just words. Mongiardo has nothing to prove in that regard.
Jack Conway can not in any way play both sides, he either supports the coal industry or he does not. Words don't cut it, he must prove it. He has so far exhibited his contempt for the coal industry in Kentucky by signing the now infamous EPA letter meant to protest an 11th hour Bush Administration policy change in regard to surface mining. It's really not important if this issue was or was not important, it was the fact that this protest was considered a preemptive strike on coal country. Instead of lobbing grenades and acting like the king of the hill, he should have sit down and discussed this issue with our coal county officials.
I have also heard that Jack Conway was in the Eastern Kentucky coal fields meeting with coal industry officials last week. He is apparently trying to grab some of that coal money.
Jack Conway has one hell of a hill to climb in coal country.
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