GISH MEANS FOUR MORE YEARS OF UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT

Apparently Paula Gish will be supported by the many of the same people who supported Duane Murner for Judge-Executive, that being those heavily involved in the building and real estate industry in Oldham County. Simply put, this would mean four more years of higher taxes, higher fees, and poor management of county government. After all, Murner has been her mentor. If the people want the same failed leadership that Murner has provided, then they should vote for Gish. She will undoubtedly follow Murner's ideals of asking Oldham County residents to subsidize the building and real estate industries with higher taxes and fees. Just look at the storm water fee and sewer rates to start with.

If Gish were to be elected, that would obviously mean that the developers would continue to control the county. That translates to even higher sewer rates and mandatory sewer connections for existing residents in order that the sewer district could provide more sewer connections for the developers at as low of a cost as possible. Why else is the sewer district over $10 million in debt - uncontrolled development and subsidizing developers at the direction of Murner and Gish during their numerous years on the Oldham County Fiscal Court. People need to ask themselves one question, what will more housing development do for me? Isn't there clearly already a glut of housing available in Oldham County now? Won't more development just continue to erode property values?

Simply put, Gish will have to defend Murner’s record of higher taxes, larger fees, deficit spending by Planning and Zoning, his won/loss record in the courts, and his determination to leave the Oldham Reserve debacle for the next administration. She will have to do this while trying to convince people that her lack of education is offset by four years in the appointed position of Deputy County Judge. That will be a difficult task to accomplish. Judge Murner has proven time and time again that he thinks the majority of people in Oldham County are ignorant and cannot see what he is up to.

Finally, Gish will have to show that she won’t wilt under the pressure of a tough campaign. As far as I know she has never been in a stressful position where the focus is on her – certainly not at a county-wide level. Without question she is going to face a very tough and challenging race, likely from at least two other strong candidates - both with much stronger resumes and accomplishments. However, it is not very difficult to have a stronger resume than Gish - one year of part-time secretarial work repeated twenty-five times.