Mark Pitsch over at the Courier Journal had a great article today about the continuing investigation into the merit hiring problems of our state government.

Jury likely to extend inquiry to 7 cabinets
Judge grants Stumbo request to give panel 90 more days

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Testimony and other evidence about Gov. Ernie Fletcher's personnel initiative suggest the likelihood of illegal hiring practices across state government, Attorney General Greg Stumbo said in a court filing yesterday.

"The evidence has given rise to probable cause that violations of (the state merit law) may have been committed in various cabinets … extending beyond the Transportation Cabinet," Stumbo said in the motion, which names seven other cabinets.

It looks like this is going to get bigger. This is turning out to be a great big scandal but as some have pointed out, there's still two years until the next gubernatorial election. Certainly Fletcher's credibility will be in the toilet but 2007 is a political lifetime. People do good to remember month to month let alone year to year as the audience/voter attention span is so short. Will we be talking about this during next year's congressional elections? All the Democrats' efforts should be getting people elected in Congressional seats. We've got some beatable candidates out there who need to be left home. We just need to get rid of them.

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