Here's a few court quotes from the following Courier-Journal story:
The year's top quotes — from sublime to ridiculous
“There you go, lock me up. I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell."— Tweet from teenager Savannah Dietrich as she named the two boys who sexually assaulted her. The boys’ attorneys asked that she be held in contempt for defying a judge’s order, but the effort was dropped after a public outcry over Savannah’s treatment in the court system.
“Some of the judges need to decide if this job interferes with their lifestyle.”
— District Judge Sean Delahanty on fellow judges’ work habits after surveyed attorneys complained that a year-old Jefferson County court reorganization effort has been a flop.
“If you ever call me on my cellphone again. I’ll strangle you.”— Senior Judge Martin McDonald to assistant public advocate David Barron during a September Jefferson County court hearing. McDonald was later removed from the case.
“I have kept my word and have accepted responsibility for my actions, and anything questionable, just as I said I would.”
Kentucky's pension debt to hit local governments' balance sheets
Despite roughly $27 million in net assets, a $7 million cash reserve and an AA- credit rating, the city of Hopkinsville, Ky., could be broke in less than two years — at least on paper.That’s because new accounting rules that take effect July 1, 2014, require Kentucky and its 1,500 local governments, public agencies and other public employers that pay into the state retirement system, to reflect their portion of Kentucky’s massive pension debt on their financial documents.
That means that Hopkinsville, for example, will have to show an estimated $36 million pension debt, while cities such as Louisville and Lexington will be saddled with an accounting debt of $823 million and $191 million, respectively.
The newly reflected debt won’t alter those cities’ actual pension obligations. Public employers will pay for liabilities through annual pension contributions, as they do now.
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Of course, now take a look at those judicial appointments of legislators and the senior status program. Who do you think is going to fund those folks getting large retirements? Yup. You and me.
Homicides in Jefferson County soared 28 percent in 2012, claiming 69 victims through Sunday — the first increase since 2007 and a grim reflection of a violent span that saw a high-profile triple shooting in May and three deaths around the Christmas holiday.