Bevin, Conway clash over policy at Chamber forum

cn|2 Pure Politics ^ | 7/28/2015 | Nick Storm

[Republican Wildcat]

In their third joint appearance of the general election gubernatorial candidates Matt Bevin and Jack Conway traded barbs as policy took center stage.

The forum between Bevin and Conway keynoted the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s annual business summit in Louisville on Tuesday. The forum was moderated by former Pure Politics managing editor Ryan Alessi.

The next governor will assume office in December and will quickly have to produce a budget to guide the state over the next two years. A seemingly straightforward question to Bevin about what his top budgeted priority would be drew a quick rebuke.

“If I told you that I’d have to kill you,” Bevin said after Alessi tried for a third time to learn Bevin’s top-budgeted program. (2:00 in the video)

“I’m not going to give you a specific priority because we have 11 cents and to do so then causes people to think they’re not going to be heard. We have to cover a dollar’s worth of need with 11 cents.”

Conway said the billions allocated in the budgeting process does allow for “some flexibility for a governor to put forward his or her priorities.”

Among the top priorities for Conway is early childhood education.

“I think it’s one of the most important things we could do,” he said.

[taterjay]

What we really need Mr. Conway is late childhood learning. The dogwhistle call is that you want these kids at 3 for indoctrination of socialism, sex, and servitude.