Friday, April 23, 2010
Senate Candidates Criticize Actions
KENTUCKY....
Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, says he doesn't deny attempting to develop a 54-acre Frankfort farm as a partner with Frankfort businessman Jerry Lunsford in 2003, but he has no plans to develop the land, about 20 acres he bought last year with the help of a $30,000-a-year state housing allowance. Attorney General Jack Conway has called on Mongiardo to give up the housing allowance and return to the state any money that has been used to pay for a house he doesn’t live in. Mongiardo has dismissed the comment, noting that no law requires the stipend to be spent on housing, and he eventually plans to move into the farmhouse. Mongiardo Thursday criticized his rival in the Democratic primary for taking money from utility companies as a U.S. Senate candidate while intervening in those utilities' rate hike cases as the state's Attorney General. Mongiardo asked Conway to return more than $60,000 in contributions from utilities and their employees and to recuse himself from future rate hike decisions.
Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, says he doesn't deny attempting to develop a 54-acre Frankfort farm as a partner with Frankfort businessman Jerry Lunsford in 2003, but he has no plans to develop the land, about 20 acres he bought last year with the help of a $30,000-a-year state housing allowance. Attorney General Jack Conway has called on Mongiardo to give up the housing allowance and return to the state any money that has been used to pay for a house he doesn’t live in. Mongiardo has dismissed the comment, noting that no law requires the stipend to be spent on housing, and he eventually plans to move into the farmhouse. Mongiardo Thursday criticized his rival in the Democratic primary for taking money from utility companies as a U.S. Senate candidate while intervening in those utilities' rate hike cases as the state's Attorney General. Mongiardo asked Conway to return more than $60,000 in contributions from utilities and their employees and to recuse himself from future rate hike decisions.
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