NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, May 19, 2022 — The Nelson County Gazette’s video of the last week’s Republican candidate forum at Bardstown High School was taken down by the video service early Thursday morning. The removal came as a result of YouTube’s determination that the video violated its Community Guidelines in regard […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 17, 2022 — The 2022 Primary provided election watchers a number of surprise outcomes in local races. JUDGE-EXECUTIVE. In the three-way Republican primary in the judge-executive’s race, voters overwhelmingly chose former magistrate Tim Hutchins over former Democrat Bill Gentry and former county GOP chairman, Don Thrasher. Hutchins […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette Monday, May 17, 2022 — Spelling errors. They are the thing that journalist’s nightmares are made of. No journalist enjoys seeing their work in print and finding a glaring misspelling. In this instance, it wasn’t a journalist’s mistake, but an error committed by some unnamed web designer for the “unauthorized” […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, May 16, 2022 — Nelson County voters will have their final chance to vote in the May primary election tomorrow, May 17, 2022. The ballot shown below includes both Republican and Democrat races. Only the races the voter is eligible to vote on will be show on their […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, May 15, 2022 — Tim Hutchins, a Republican candidate in the race for Nelson County Judge Executive, took time late Friday to respond to a series of allegations he was hit with earlier the same day in a radio broadcast by Pete Trzop and Esther McCune. The duo […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, May 13, 2022 — Candy Massaroni, one of the two Republicans on the May primary ballot for 50th District state representative, was the studio guest Friday on a special edition of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. The winner of the Tuesday primary between Massaroni and Trey Bradley […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, May 13, 2022 — David Avis, a Democrat seeking the office of 3rd District Nelson Fiscal Court magistrate, was the guest on the Wednesday, May 11, 2022 edition of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. David is facing off in the May 17th primary against fellow Democrat David […]
To the Editor, Today I received two mailers for Trey Bradley, one of the two Republican candidates for 50th District state representative. One is from the “Friends of Nelson County”. This group registered with the Kentucky Registry for Election Finance May 10th as an Unauthorized Campaign Committee. The chair is Isaac Oettle who lists himself […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, May 13, 2022 — The local Republican candidates on the 2022 primary election ballot gathered Thursday night at Bardstown High School for a candidate forum. Each of the 14 participating candidates had approximately 10 minutes to talk about their race and their willingness and qualifications to serve their […]
By JIM WATERSBluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, May 12, 2022 — Tuesday’s primary election will be the first test of new state election laws. Will they help increase turnout? Let’s hope so. Turnout in the 2020 presidential primary election – moved from May to several weeks in June after the World Health Organization […]
