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SOUTH 61 ISSUE: We ran out of money? Say it ain't so By Ralph R. Waggener We ran out of money! Just as we have for 50 years. Only three governors have seen Adair County as important Seems like Happy Chandler, Louie Nunn and Ernie Fletcher are the only governors who saw Adair County as important. Fletcher sent more road money to Adair County than any other governor. Of course, The Courier Journal and The Lexington-Herald went after him because he was "corrupt." Not that any other governor before Fletcher weren't doing road projects. It seems to only be corrupt if it's not in the backyard of our largest cities. Thirty years ago, The Courier Journal wrote about Leonard Lawson's road building contracts before Lawson bought into an Adair County road building company. But there was no FBI investigation until a Republican governor planned road projects in southern Kentucky, in places not so close to the two biggest cities in Kentucky. It's really "corruption" when it's not in the backyards of our two biggest cities. I know that I-75 goes through Lexington and I-65 goes through Louisville and these roads are a big part of the success if these cities. Seems only road money spent in rural areas is "corrupt" money, and anyone who has been to Elizabethtown or Bowling Green can see the growth that the two cities have made and yes, the road system has been a big help. Somerset and Glasgow have seen big growth as well, in part due to the Cumberland Parkway and better roads going through their communities. Would it be that Joe Prather, a man that I have never met, but have always admired, sees what we see? If the Heartland Parkway connects to Louisville, and 55 South to Columbia is improved as part of the Heartland Highway system, and 61 South to Burkesville and pick up TN Hwy. 111 into Chattanooga and save some 80 miles of driving. Making route 80 miles shorter will save a lot of gasoline Just think of the gasoline that would save. Eighty (80) miles saved is a big gas savings for our nation. 80 miles of saved gasoline per auto that takes this route, but of course, it would bypass Prather's E-town. If you look at the map, the new East End Bridge at the Gene Snyder Freeway in Louisville and Chattanooga is almost a straight line South. So, I am biased about Columbia, but that don't change the fact that this is politics, as usual. Spend some tax money in our part of Kentucky and it will give a good payback, and while I'm at it, why would you put Columbia, KY in the same congressional district as Paducah. Most Columbians have never been to Paducah. We have little to no connection to Western Kentucky. Conveniently, Bowling Green is not in our congressional district. Get the picture! We have been pooped on again by the big cities and state government. The only large city in the first district is Paducah and our congressman, Ed Whitfield, lives as close to Columbia as my sister, Jean Cravens, does, and she lives in Indianapolis. With the first congressional district having no large cities in it and conveniently bypassing Owensboro and Bowling Green, leaves us with a little or no political pull in Washington. Democrats should learn to spend a more money in "other state" of Kentucky If the Democratic Party has any leadership at all, they would see it wise to spend more money on the "other state" of Kentucky. Roads in southern Kentucky would produce the dollars to pay our way just as roads made the difference for our two biggest cities in the little Kentucky, in the northern part of our state. Sign me "A conservative democrat that is fed up with our democratic party which ain't working for my town," Ralph R. Waggener Editor, Just for a Smile News P.S. David Williams of Burkesville helped get the roads started and after Beshear was elected governor, David gave the governor a hard time using his acidic tone. So our new governor took away our Hwy. 61, whiich is in Adair County to show David Williams who's boss. Again, Adair County lost, Southern Kentucky lost, we all lost because of the childish antics of Williams and Beshear. David's sharp tongue helped us lose our road and bypassing Prather's E-town did not help any either. No road this far along with contracts under budget some 7% and the right of ways mostly purchased and all utilities right of ways relocated for the new road. Politics? Say it ain't so! This story was posted on 2008-10-07 12:18:20
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