EKB News

KENTUCKY....
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul declined Wednesday to confirm his support for a well-known drug-fighting program in eastern Kentucky. On Friday, Clay County Sheriff Kevin Johnson said Paul had assured him in a telephone call asking for Johnson's endorsement that he would not seek to cut funding for Operation UNITE or other regional drug task forces. In July, Paul was asked whether he supported UNITE, and Paul answered the question directly by saying he would "rather see drug abuse and dependency treated and paid for at the local level." Paul explained that by saying, when tax money goes to Washington, much of it gets wasted. Paul did not say he would seek to cut federal funding for Operation UNITE.