Are laws optional in Kentucky? I’m serious! The more I research politics, the more frightened I’ve become that the truth has been murdered. Why do we have laws when some politicians/bureaucrats believe laws don’t apply to them? This article illustrates why I may move to Mauritius, where ever that is.
I’m not a lawyer. I’m a concerned taxpayer who asks questions and very seldom receive concrete answers. I just learned about another local issue that may cause you to lose faith in every politician. Shockingly, it involves local taxpayers being required to play by the rules and local taxtakers (politicians/bureaucrats) playing by their own rules.
Remember the petitioners who fought to place the $3.4 million taxing authority, Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission (NKAPC), on the November ballot? They worked tirelessly for 90 days to comply with all the legal requirements in an effort for the taxpayers to have a voice in NKAPC’s future.
Petitioners were required to submit over 17,000 validated signatures to put NKAPC on the ballot. They collected over 24,000 petitions that were scrutinized more closely than the hanging chads in the 2000 Presidential election. The Kenton County Clerks Office failed to certify the required number of signatures. That’s fine and I’m all for compliance with the law, but is the local political country club required to comply with the law as well? That’s where this article takes a bizarre twist. Continue reading
