Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS...Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded...Much yet unknown...Please do not speculate or spread hearsay...Let’s let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us...— Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) January 23, 2018 Before any media was aware, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin tweeted about a Benton, Ky. school shooting on January 23rd. The national media took his lead and quickly spread limited details of a tragedy that left at least one Marshall County High School student dead and at least six others injured. Bevin asked for measured reaction, only triggering anti-gun voices to shout even louder via posts and imagery. A statement from Gov. Bevin
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Larry & Terry: just shooting the breeze
Bisig Impact Group co-owner Larry Bisig invited me to his advertising/marketing company for a chat on camera. Cool. We talked about my radio history, growing up with discipline, the last days of Ron Clay, my evolving tolerance, how to interview big ego people, dealing with violent students, and drunk college buddies trying to ruin my job. Good talk, L Man. Thanks for having me.
Gov. Matt Bevin pops in for a year-end chat – predicts “a doozy” of a legislative session – more rancor with media
Of the hundreds of political people I've interviewed over 40 years in broadcasting, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin understands the value of radio more than any other. He knows that long form conversations give him instant, unedited contact with constituents as opposed to edited clips packaged through the prism of any given reporter. Bevin and I have a scheduled monthly chat - he calls them Talk Radio Tuesdays and appears on 4 or 5 shows in different areas of the state - and I am usually last on the clock. Because WHAS is in his home city, I often get in-studio interviews, a rarity for governors. We had a scheduled interview on December 12th. The text shows that he decided to make
Gov. Matt Bevin on Pope Dan Johnson, loaning his campaign $4+ million, 2018 outlook, more
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin visited my WHAS Radio studio yesterday to discuss multiple allegations of wrongdoing by controversial conservative state representative Dan Johnson. The "pope" of Heart of Fire Church was accused of molesting a 17-year-old parishioner in 2012. Johnson met with media earlier in the day. Governor Bevin and I discussed his situation at length in this interview. About 24 hours later, Johnson would take his own life by shooting himself in the head in Bullitt County. Pastor Dan Johnson drove to a remote area and killed himself the next day after posting on Facebook that he was innocent. He alluded to PTSD issues and declared that he was now heading to his real home in Heaven. Bevin tweeted about
Andy Beshear on Louisville murder rate, JCPS cops, Bevin intervention at UofL, more
AUDIO ? Ky. Attorney General Andy Besmear appeared on WHAS Radio with me to talk about Louisville's murder rate, anonymity for young felons, cops in JCPS schools, Gov. Matt Bevin involvement with the UofL board firing Tom Jurich, the Western Union settlement, and more #kypolitics
Gov. Matt Bevin on UofL without Jurich, gambling, drinking, and being alone with a woman
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin joined me on 840WHAS for a wide-ranging interview on: expanded gambling to bolster pensions, sexual harassment among Kentucky legislators, being alone with a woman, was his UofL board of trustees correct in firing Tom Jurich, a potential LouCity FC stadium, Kentucky outpacing Indiana, tax perks, imbibing, and would he consider being a running mate to Mike Pence in 2020.
We, the hazy future of Louisville
Tom Jurich and Rick Pitino have both been fired with cause. Pitino’s sixteen year term was burdened by multiple scandals. That’s cause. More litigation to come as Pitino's lawyer promised "a bare knuckle fight." Earlier today, Jurich was offered a relatively miniscule buyout if he resigned before the University of Louisville board of trustees voted to fire him. He declined the offer and was then told the school is considering filing a lawsuit against him. No other details were given. Legal teams for both Pitino and Jurich were given very short appearances before the boards. Pitino lawyer Steve Pence said he had "a well prepared and solid one hour presentation" at Monday's hearing yet there wasn't "a
Pushed by writer, John Calipari keeps it vague re: shoe scandal; both Pitino and Jurich are definitely out at UofL
Lexington Herald Leader sports writer Jerry Tipton did not allow University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari to wriggle out of media questions about the FBI shoe company pay-for-play scandal. When Calipari sidestepped KSR's Matt Jones inquiring about the loss of Cal's rivalry with Rick Pitino, Tipton pressed Calipari to reassure Big Blue Nation that UK has nothing to worry about now that NIKE is being investigated. Instead of denying any involvement, Calipari gave no such assurance to BBN. Coach Cal said that he wouldn't comment beyond saying that neither the FBI or the NCAA has contacted UK. It was a golden moment for Coach Cal to "swear on the lives of my children" that he knows nothing of shoe
AUDIO – Gov. Matt Bevin on UofL chaos, Tom Jurich’s future, and who controls the board of trustees
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin popped by the WHAS Radio studios today. I was expecting him on the phone but he said he was speaking nearby and decided to make it a studio visit. He stayed for three segments (a total of 45 minutes) as I ran through a litany of topics: the chaos at U of L, whether he controls decisions of its board of trustees, the future for suspended athletics director Tom Jurich, since Jurich raised $300 million and was paid $19m - how is that not a great ROI, snaring Amazon HQ2, coal vs EPA, casino gambling or marijuana to rescue pension collapse, Lil Andy Beshear, and a Twitter question from my son Simon. I appreciate the governor hanging
The Louisville meltdown – bare knuckle fights, sleepless nights
Could Tom Jurich retain a position of authority at the University of Louisville? Yes. Don't believe the denials. There is backstage maneuvering to examine that possibility. More on that in a moment. First, let's deal with the nuclear meltdown that rocked our world. Since the University of Louisville's ties to a funneled shoe money scandal rocked the basketball world, the commonwealth of Kentucky is soaking in schadenfreude - taking pleasure in the misery of others. Rick Pitino is out. Tom Jurich is out (for now) after once again refusing to fire Pitino. That's the Jurich loyalty factor. "If he goes, I go." Well, Pitino is definitely gone after the FBI sting illustrates Louisville's involvement in a pay-for-play scheme to