Kentucky Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on February 28, 2008, to establish the Office on Racial Disportionality within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and specify duties of the office to include training, targeted recruitment and employment efforts, data collection, and strategic planning. The bill requires the department and its contractors to collect and analyze data by race, evaluate and implement a plan to address disportionality

The vote was 95 in favor, 0 opposed and 5 not voting

(House Roll Call 0 at House Journal 0)

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I thought we were supposed to be color blind. So why does the black guy keep sticking it in our face? Oh yeah, job security. I want the Indian slot.

I thought we were trying to overcome our budget shortfall in Kentucky. Why are we creating more agencies and services that we taxpayers are to pay for. Eliminate...not add on. The state taxes are killing us and hurting our economy. No more new groups/departments, etc. to study, look at or grab our tax dollars...please!!!

Is this what we are calling affirmative action this year? Yah, that has always helped getting the best qualified person hired. Just another feel good boondoggle that will accomplish nothing and cost lots of money doing it. Oh, but I'm sure somebody will get a nice press conference out of it.