"Never before have so few with so much promised to take away so much from so many and then laugh their asses off as the so many with so little vote for the so few with so much." A James Pence Quote
"We're where we are because we've forgot where we've been and how we got to where we are." A James Pence Quote
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THE PLAYERS: Donna Groves WKYX-WKYQ News Director. Informational Health Care Meeting Panel. Karen Farthing Reporter For West Kentucky Star. Informational Health Care Meeting Panel. Dr. Shawn Jones of Paducah, Vice-President of the Kentucky Medical Association. Informational Health Care Meeting Panel. THE VENUE: Trace Creek Baptist Church. WKYX 94.3 News Talk. I know this may be boring, but it's important to document what occurred last night at Trace Creek Baptist Church. WKYX-WKYQ and The West Kentucky Star are Operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company. According to their Web Site Donna Groves is the News Director and Karen Farthing is a reporter for WestKentuckyStar.com. The informational meeting concerning Health Care and HR 3200. A Bill that hasn't been voted on yet.
West Kentucky Star WKYX-WKYQ News Director Donna Groves and Karen Farthing, a reporter for WestKentuckyStar.com, have closely studied the lengthy, complicated health care bill and have become knowledgable about it. They will answer questions at the informational meeting.
A Tea Party protest, with over 400 protesters, was held on the Hardin County Courthouse Square April 15 2009, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The News-Enterprise
Organizer Debra Tennison said she does not think current representatives are speaking for the will of the people. Specifically, she mentioned President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan — actually calling it a “non-stimulus” — bailout spending and the proposed federal budget. “We’re just not in agreement with what is going on,” she said.
State Rep. Tim Moore, R-Elizabethtown, and Republican Lisa Williams, who ran for the State House last year spoke at the event. I didn't see any Democratic officials there. Click here and here to view photos of the event. The video and more after the hump.