Monday, December 21, 2009

Welcome Aboard the Kentucky Sunshine Ship, Minton

The Kentucky Courier Journal is reporting that there is another member who has joined the crew of the SS Kentucky Sunshine Ship.

Welcome, aboard, Minton!

Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton should not only be recognized for supporting Rep. Tom Burch's actions to open family courts, but he should be supported as a national advocate, empowering the people their right to accountability and transparency in governance.

Fraud, particularly Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse in child welfare is perniciously pervasive, growing at an alarming rate under the iron curtain of secrecy.

Any issue challenging the ability of public scrutiny should be considered as suspect, if not an ad hominem, invalid and fallible argument.

If there is nothing to hide, then remove the iron curtain.

The chief justice of Kentucky’s Supreme Court, John D. Minton, said he supports a pilot project to allow access to Kentucky’s now-secret family courts.

The project would require a change in state law and a similar effort failed two years ago. But some supporters of the measure, including Rep. Tom Burch, D-Louisville, believe it’s time to try again in the 2010 legislative session...read more

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