BREAKING: KY Lt Governer Abramson is new WH Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

My wife just got an alert text from WHAS11, a local tv station.


From WHAS11-

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 6, 2014) – Kentucky's Lieutenant Governor, Jerry Abramson, will resign effective Nov. 13 to take a new position as Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House, and Governor Steve Beshear will appoint former state Auditor Crit Luallen as the state's new second-in-command.

Governor Steve Beshear announced the resignation and appointment today in the Capitol's formal State Reception Room, flanked by his current and incoming lieutenants.

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Abramson's role is to be the nexus between the President's domestic agenda and city, county, state, and tribal governments. He will help state and local governments manage policy issues and challenges, such as infrastructure, natural disasters, and public health.

"The challenges that face America's local communities – such as workforce training, education, infrastructure investment, shrinking budgets, affordable housing, public transportation, and emergency response – are the issues that I've worked on for more than 30 years in local and state government. I'm honored to be in a position to help this country's mayors, county executives, governors and other local officials tackle these issues and work to find innovative solutions," said Lt. Gov. Abramson. "I'm grateful to Gov. Beshear for bringing me on board three years ago, and I'm proud of the work we've done together to bring jobs to our state and to strengthen Kentucky families. My experience in the Kentucky Capitol will be vital as I step into my new role."

I lived in Louisville for about 35 years and Abramson was absolutely horrible for the economy of Louisville. He strong armed the cities around Louisville to merge, making Louisville the 17th largest city in the US covering all of Jefferson County Kentucky. He then took all the extra tax income from the suburban and semi rural areas of Jefferson County and used to to add a bunch of attractions to downtown Louisville in a bid to get more people to move downtown. Needless to say, it failed and the burbs didn't get any of the the promised improvements.