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LEXINGTONIAN RALPH RUSCHELL GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. MR RUSCHELL HAS VAST REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE AND HAS DONE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING 3 DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. HE RECIEVED THE OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD FROM SAYRE SCHOOL. HE ALSO HEADED THE EFFORTS THAT LED TO THE RESTORATION OF THE OLD SAYRE SCHOOL BUILDING. HE SERVED ON SAYRES BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 9 YEARS AND WAS THE TREASURER. HE IS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BLUEGRASS SOCIETY OF MBAS AND A FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.MR RUSCHELL ALSO SERVED AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE KENTUCKY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMS HE AND HIS FAMILY GO TO OLD PARIS ROAD CHURCH OF GOD. HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO PAMELA FOR TWENTY YEARS AND IS THE VERY PROUD FATHER OF LILLIE, KYLE AND EVAN

GEORGE A. BROWN, JR. PREVIOUSLY SERVED SIX (6) TERMS, THIRTEEN (13) YEARS AS THE FIRST (1st) COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE. HE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS CONTRACTOR/SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY’S FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. BROWN IS A LEXINGTON NATIVE. HE IS A MEMBER OF ST. PETER CLAVER CATHOLIC CHURCH. AS AN ADOLESCENT, BROWN PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. HE IS A 1966 GRADUATE OF THE ORIGINAL PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL. HE RECEIVED A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE, TN. HE HAS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH EMPHASIS IN ACCOUNTING. BROWN IS A LIFE MEMBER OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC. AND THE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY’S ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. HE HAS WORKED AS A COACH, MENTOR, BOARD AND STAFF MEMBER FOR VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT FAYETTE COUNTY. HE IS A VISIBLE, VOCAL, CREDIBLE, RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE AND INFORMED LEADER. CITIZENS DESERVE AN INTELLIGENT, BOLD AND COURAGEOUS LEADER. HE WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MANY INFRASTUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. CAMPAIGN SLOGAN IS “BROWN MEANS BUSINESS”. CAMPAIGN PLATFORM IS “SEE”. THE “S” STANDS FOR SAFETY. COUNCIL’S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND ALL OTHER BASIC SERVICES. THE 1st “E” IS FOR EDUCATION, EMPHASIZING THE STEM DISCIPLINES (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH). THE 2nd “E” IS FOR EMPLOYMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. *EXPERIENCED *KNOWLEDGEABLE *PASSIONATE

Steve Kay is a founding partner of Roberts & Kay, Inc. (RKI), a research and organization development firm established in 1983. Steve’s major clients at the local level have included Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and University of Kentucky. At the state level his clients have included the Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy, Council on Postsecondary Education, Kentucky Department of Education, and Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. Steve currently serves on the board of the Lexington Transit Authority (LexTran) and of the Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association. He is a former Vice Chair of the LFUCG Planning Commission. Steve is married to Rona Roberts and has three grown sons.

“National group finds Kentucky among top ten most vulnerable to gas price shock”

Excerpt from BizLex.com, posted March 23, 2010
By Erik A. Carlson

LEXINGTON, KY – Kentucky is the sixth most susceptible state in the country to gas price shock according to a report issued by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

“Ranking States Oil Vulnerability: Assessing the Continued Threat of Gas Price Spikes,” puts Kentucky in the company of Mississippi, Montana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Maine, Georgia and Idaho as the 10 most vulnerable states to oil price fluctuations based on the average percentage of the average driver’s income spent on gasoline each year.

According to the NRDC findings, Kentuckians spent on average $1,583.50 on gas in 2009. In comparison, residents of Connecticut – which fared best in this report – spent $1,391.18 on gas over the same time…Read more at BizLex.com