May 12, 201511 yr I thought this was a trick question for a second. Also, add me to the crowd who doesn't have a clue who the Lieutenant Governor is.
May 12, 201511 yr I actually follow Ky politics fairly closely, and I drew a blank for a minute or two on Lt. Gov.
May 12, 201511 yr I know who the Governor is. Should know the LT. Governor is but I can't remember. There's been a few changes under our current Governor, I think.
May 12, 201511 yr Let's make it even more interesting, how many people know the name of the Lt. Governor, who immediately preceded the current one, who resigned to take a position in the Obama administration? FWIW, Lt.Governor may be a more useless position then vice president.
May 12, 201511 yr Let's make it even more interesting, how many people know the name of the Lt. Governor, who immediately preceded the current one, who resigned to take a position in the Obama administration? FWIW, Lt.Governor may be a more useless position then vice president. Jerry Abramson?
May 12, 201511 yr I've long been a fan of our current lieutenant. I wish that person was in a more influential job than this one.
May 12, 201511 yr I have a related question. Is there a documented process of succession for the governor similar to the one for the U.S. President?
May 12, 201511 yr After Lt. Governor I don't know. At one time (as recently as the Julian Carroll/Thelma Stovall admin.) the Lt. Governor assumed the role any time the governor left the state. Under a since-repealed constitutional provision, as lieutenant governor Stovall often invoked her powers as acting governor when Governor Julian Carroll left the state. In 1978, as acting governor in Carroll's absence Stovall issued pardons and called the Kentucky General Assembly into special session to enact legislation limiting property tax increases. Most famously, she "vetoed" the legislature's repeal of its ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment,[4] an action that was strongly opposed by conservatives, both women and men. Some politicians went on record to ridicule Stovall for her actions because only the state legislatures ratify proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution, with state governors playing no role.[5] In an oral history interview, Stovall explained why she defended Kentucky's ratification of the ERA: I am awfully disappointed that the John Birch Society has gotten into the thing. Of course, it's an emotional issue. It has absolutely nothing at all to do with homosexual marriages or lesbians or abortion. ERA is exactly what it says it is. It's ridiculous after 200 years that women are still second class citizens. No -- black men were allowed to vote fifty years before women could vote. As long there is still some statutes that say there are certain things that a woman can not do, we are still second class citizens.[6] LINK to full Wikipedia article.
May 12, 201511 yr Let's make it even more interesting, how many people know the name of the Lt. Governor, who immediately preceded the current one, who resigned to take a position in the Obama administration? FWIW, Lt.Governor may be a more useless position then vice president. That one I knew. I remember reading about the new Lt. Governor on here, but since I have moved I am not as invested with KY politics. I couldn't recall who it was.
May 12, 201511 yr I have a related question. Is there a documented process of succession for the governor similar to the one for the U.S. President? 1) Lt. Governor 2) President of the Senate (if the Senate is in session) 3) Attorney General 4) State Auditor If either of the people listed third or fourth is sworn in, then they are required under the state constitution to immediately call the state senate into session to elect a senate president who would then become governor.
May 12, 201511 yr 1) Lt. Governor 2) President of the Senate (if the Senate is in session) 3) Attorney General 4) State Auditor If either of the people listed third or fourth is sworn in, then they are required under the state constitution to immediately call the state senate into session to elect a senate president who would then become governor. Actually, (2) is Head Coach University of Kentucky Men's Basketball
May 12, 201511 yr Actually, (2) is Head Coach University of Kentucky Men's Basketball I don't know how good that is for Kentucky, because he might appoint a Cabinet of "one and done" individuals.
May 12, 201511 yr I don't know how good that is for Kentucky, because he might appoint a Cabinet of "one and done" individuals. THAT would be an upgrade
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