Secretary Grayson Has Earned a Second Term
October 2, 2007
Four years ago I met Trey Grayson at a Republican Party event here in Jefferson County and was immediately impressed. I had planned on voting for the late former Jefferson County Commissioner Russ Maple, I had worked in a neighboring commissioner’s office and had come to know him personally. That changed as soon as I shook Mr. Grayson’s hand. As a political science geek I tend to ask candidates tough questions and Mr. Grayson answered them all; I agreed with everything he wanted to do as our Secretary of State more importantly everything he wanted to do was something he could do if elected. That is the most important thing to me when I vote for administrative offices like SOS, Treasurer and Auditor.
That November the majority of Kentuckians agreed with me and voted to elect Trey Grayson our Secretary of State and he hasn’t let us down. His accomplishments are far too long to list here on the blog; I invite you to go to his website and see them in their entirety. He has pushed for more civic education in the schools, something extremely important to me, and has been a strong and vocal advocate for a regional presidential primary system. His office is an office that provides many bureaucratic services to voters, municipalities, and businesses in Kentucky. He has made these services more accessible by revamping his official website. The website was hard to navigate and could confuse those who aren’t very computer savvy; now you can click on the large buttons and they take you directly to the page you need.
You would think a politician with a record like Secretary Grayson would be re-elected by a landslide. Unfortunately that isn’t the case this year; an anti-Republican wave could wash Mr. Grayson out of office. Mr. Grayson has had nothing to do with the scandals that have led to the anti-Republican feelings of voters, in fact the only thing he has in common with those who are hanging like an albatross around the GOP’s neck is that he is a member of that party. Think about this as KY’s Secretary of State, he has had nothing to do with the mishandling of the war in Iraq, the bad behavior of the Republicans in Congress, and he certainly hasn’t had anything to do with the piss poor performance of our scandal prone current governor, Ernie Fletcher.
Democrats hope that the problems of Governor Fletcher and President Bush will trickle down to Secretary Grayson and result in their election to one of our state’s highest offices- We can’t let this happen! The Democratic challenger, Bruce Hendrickson, is the complete opposite of the man he wants to unseat. Go look at his website, the link is at the bottom of this posting, his platform is ridiculous. Please tell me, Mr. Hendrickson how exactly do you propose to reduce taxes for small businesses? He also says that he will work to reduce voter fraud and the disenfranchisement of Kentucky’s voters; I think he has our state confused with Florida and Secretary Grayson confused with former Florida Secretary of State, Katherine Harris. I don’t think there has been any effort to purposefully disenfranchise any voters here in Kentucky;haven’t wrongly purged minority voters from the rolls like other states. I would once again ask Mr. Hendrickson to tell me if the Grayson Administration has been directly responsible for any case of malicious voter disenfranchisement in Kentucky?
On his website he lists an endorsement from an organization that pushes to protect Kentuckian’s second amendment rights. Nothing against those folks, but why is that relevant to the office he is currently seeking? The Secretary of State’s office has absolutely nothing to do with gun control in any way. You don’t even get a gun permit or a hunting license from the Secretary of State's office. I am also unaware of a movement in Kentucky to usurp our right to form a well organized militia and to bear arms. That is nothing short of pure political pandering to shore up votes from gun aficionados and sportsmen: don’t fall for it.
You can see the clear difference between the two candidates; Trey Grayson knows what he can do as Secretary of State and what he can not, his opponent does not. Secretary Grayson does not make wild promises or mislead voters into thinking he can affect an issue that he has no control over. Most importantly Trey Grayson has a long record of success and delivering for Kentucky. I beg you not to punish Mr. Grayson for the bad behavior of his Republican peers, he doesn’t deserve it- he deserves the second term he is seeking. Mr. Hendrickson claims that if he is elected, Kentucky will have a “true public servant” as Secretary of State: too late that position has already been filled. Please join me in voting to keep Trey Grayson our Secretary of State this November.
Candidates web sites:
http://www.treygrayson.com/
http://www.hendricksonforsecofstate.com/
October 2, 2007
Four years ago I met Trey Grayson at a Republican Party event here in Jefferson County and was immediately impressed. I had planned on voting for the late former Jefferson County Commissioner Russ Maple, I had worked in a neighboring commissioner’s office and had come to know him personally. That changed as soon as I shook Mr. Grayson’s hand. As a political science geek I tend to ask candidates tough questions and Mr. Grayson answered them all; I agreed with everything he wanted to do as our Secretary of State more importantly everything he wanted to do was something he could do if elected. That is the most important thing to me when I vote for administrative offices like SOS, Treasurer and Auditor.
That November the majority of Kentuckians agreed with me and voted to elect Trey Grayson our Secretary of State and he hasn’t let us down. His accomplishments are far too long to list here on the blog; I invite you to go to his website and see them in their entirety. He has pushed for more civic education in the schools, something extremely important to me, and has been a strong and vocal advocate for a regional presidential primary system. His office is an office that provides many bureaucratic services to voters, municipalities, and businesses in Kentucky. He has made these services more accessible by revamping his official website. The website was hard to navigate and could confuse those who aren’t very computer savvy; now you can click on the large buttons and they take you directly to the page you need.
You would think a politician with a record like Secretary Grayson would be re-elected by a landslide. Unfortunately that isn’t the case this year; an anti-Republican wave could wash Mr. Grayson out of office. Mr. Grayson has had nothing to do with the scandals that have led to the anti-Republican feelings of voters, in fact the only thing he has in common with those who are hanging like an albatross around the GOP’s neck is that he is a member of that party. Think about this as KY’s Secretary of State, he has had nothing to do with the mishandling of the war in Iraq, the bad behavior of the Republicans in Congress, and he certainly hasn’t had anything to do with the piss poor performance of our scandal prone current governor, Ernie Fletcher.
Democrats hope that the problems of Governor Fletcher and President Bush will trickle down to Secretary Grayson and result in their election to one of our state’s highest offices- We can’t let this happen! The Democratic challenger, Bruce Hendrickson, is the complete opposite of the man he wants to unseat. Go look at his website, the link is at the bottom of this posting, his platform is ridiculous. Please tell me, Mr. Hendrickson how exactly do you propose to reduce taxes for small businesses? He also says that he will work to reduce voter fraud and the disenfranchisement of Kentucky’s voters; I think he has our state confused with Florida and Secretary Grayson confused with former Florida Secretary of State, Katherine Harris. I don’t think there has been any effort to purposefully disenfranchise any voters here in Kentucky;haven’t wrongly purged minority voters from the rolls like other states. I would once again ask Mr. Hendrickson to tell me if the Grayson Administration has been directly responsible for any case of malicious voter disenfranchisement in Kentucky?
On his website he lists an endorsement from an organization that pushes to protect Kentuckian’s second amendment rights. Nothing against those folks, but why is that relevant to the office he is currently seeking? The Secretary of State’s office has absolutely nothing to do with gun control in any way. You don’t even get a gun permit or a hunting license from the Secretary of State's office. I am also unaware of a movement in Kentucky to usurp our right to form a well organized militia and to bear arms. That is nothing short of pure political pandering to shore up votes from gun aficionados and sportsmen: don’t fall for it.
You can see the clear difference between the two candidates; Trey Grayson knows what he can do as Secretary of State and what he can not, his opponent does not. Secretary Grayson does not make wild promises or mislead voters into thinking he can affect an issue that he has no control over. Most importantly Trey Grayson has a long record of success and delivering for Kentucky. I beg you not to punish Mr. Grayson for the bad behavior of his Republican peers, he doesn’t deserve it- he deserves the second term he is seeking. Mr. Hendrickson claims that if he is elected, Kentucky will have a “true public servant” as Secretary of State: too late that position has already been filled. Please join me in voting to keep Trey Grayson our Secretary of State this November.
Candidates web sites:
http://www.treygrayson.com/
http://www.hendricksonforsecofstate.com/
Labels: 2007 Statewide Elections, Endorsements, Trey Grayson
posted by Jacob Conway at
5:34 PM
4 Comments:
You are buying a song wrote with invisible ink. You conclusions on Hendrickson are completely wrong, ditto for your conclusions on Grayson. I guess you support McConnell as well, because a vote for Grayson is a vote for Mitch. Think before you endorse. Like it matters.
VOTE HENDRICKSON
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Anonymous, at 5:52 PM
If you read my post applauding Steve Nunn you will see that I am not exactly a big fan of Senator McConnell. I look at every race and choose to support the best candidate running individually; it is quite obvious that Secretary Grayson is the best candidate running for Secretary of State.
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Jacob Conway, at 6:18 PM
No.. he is the one that graduated from Harvard and has a proper tone. He is in no way more qualified. His youth is appealing though I will give you that. Study Grayson in depth instead of just on the surface.
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Anonymous, at 6:24 PM
I didn't realize graduating from Harvard was a bad thing.
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Jacob Conway, at 6:49 PM
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