Bevin talks jobs, roads, medical marijuana during pit stop at DEE’S
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LOUISA, Ky. — Republican Governor Matt Bevin visited our beloved Dee’s restaurant yesterday in Louisa, Oct. 27th along with state Rep. Jill York.
The governor began by telling a short bio of his life and the poor beginnings that he had personally overcome then moved on to answer questions from the small crowd of local politicians and concerned citizens that had gathered there.
He made it a point to let the people of Lawrence Co. in on some of the things he had in the works for our great state. Most of the questions were centered on our declining coal industry, and the lack of jobs plaguing our economy. He told of his trips to several countries in order to persuade company owner’s to take a chance on Kentucky.
The discussion quickly led to the reason many people in our state are unable to work, and sometimes the consequence of depression from losing their livelihood. The Drug Epidemic that also plaques our small community, state as well as the country. He was asked by Mayor Harold Slone about Medicaid paying for drug rehabilitation.
“I have fought for the use of Medicaid to pay for drug rehabilitation, the money being used keeps trickling down until we get to the core of the problem!,” Bevin said. One of the facts that he made very clear after being posed a question about funding for our roads (by the Levisa Lazer) was that the previous administration had broken our state. He did recently award a $250,000 grant to Louisa for our roads, but he said he just couldn’t “draw blood from a rock”!
Bevin stated that during the three and a half years he has left, he has confidence to turn that around. Another question posed by the Levisa Lazer was being a man of faith, if he was for the legalization of medical marijuana, his reply, “Yes! But only in the medicinal form and no other.”
The Republican Governor was well received by both parties in Louisa.
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As I was leaving, I stopped to explain that I was a recovering addict that had lived in Lawrence Co. most all of my life. I wanted him to know that once you’ve made a mistake, retaining gainful employment was nearly impossible having had any kind of criminal record. He explained that he was heavily involved in passing a new law that allows the expungement of non violent felonies after paying your dues to society, and no other charges in a five year time. Music to my ears!
