June 19, 2020 (Bardstown, KY)
The Nelson County Fiscal recently changed the rules on having citizens address the Fiscal Court during meetings. Then in its first in-person Fiscal Court meeting on Tuesday of this week they voted to raise the Nelson County Garbage Fees.
Last year I pointed out to the Fiscal Court that there has been over $2 Million dollars...
June 9, 2020
In a Debate for State Representative for District 50 last night at PLG 13 Studios, Chad McCoy attacked SB 9. SB 9 also known as the Born Alive Act was passed by the KY Senate with numerous Republican sponsors including State Senator Jimmy Higdon. The House failed to take up the bill to give time for an...
June 7, 2020 (Cox's Creek, KY) by Don Thrasher
You may have heard recently from Chad McCoy that he is working hard to make sure elections in Kentucky are safe. But when you look under the hood of the law McCoy helped get pushed through you will see you have been misled.
McCoy was the main driver to get votes to...
June 3rd, 2020 (Bardstown, KY) by Don Thrasher
Today Nelson Countians received a post card in the mail that has been touted as the information they need to know how to vote for the June 23rd Primary. However, many locals are upset and accusing officials of voter suppression.
The postcard fails to mention the fact in the "HOW TO VOTE" anything...
May 16, 2020 (Cox's Creek, KY) by Don Thrasher
The vast majority of the taxes you pay on your Property Tax Bills are School Taxes. But amazingly the School Board members are usually unopposed. Nelson County has the 5th highest county school property tax in the state of Kentucky. Wes Bradley the current Superintendent, makes a good point that the...
May 10, 2020 (Cox's Creek, KY) by Don Thrasher
Nelson County School District Superintendent Wes Bradley in a phone interview and by written response provided the KY Record further information in regards to the article about the recent approval of a $1.4 million property purchase.
Bradley also agreed to give more information and provide raw data on tax rates and per...
May 9, 2020 (Bardstown, KY) by Don Thrasher
Today a 3 judge panel of the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an Injunction enjoining Governor Andy Beshear from trying to criminalize church services during Covid-19.
On Easter weekend Kentucky State Police arrived in the parking lot of the Maryville Baptist Church in Bullitt County and issued notices to the congregants that...
May 8th, 2020 (Cox's Creek, KY) by Don Thrasher
Nelson County School District has the 5th highest property taxes of the 120 counties in Kentucky. According to the KY State Board of Education the district as of Dec 2019 is in debt of $4,663,595.39 for construction bonds. But without the ability for the public to be able to voice regular...
May 1, 2020 (Bardstown, KY) KY Record Staff
If there was a villain of the Second Amendment Resolution push at the beginning of the year, many would point to Judge Harry Berry. The Hardin County Judge Executive killed the 2A Resolution movement in Hardin County and his Op-Ed article gave Democrats cover and talking points that hurt the movement.
Nelson County...
April 30, 2020
The days of going to the Nelson County Court Clerk to get a Drivers License or ID will soon be extinct. HB 453 a bill backed by Chad McCoy was recently signed into law. This is not directly related to the REAL ID issue although that seemed to open the door to take it out of local...
