Rolling Bluegrass | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Chapter: Rolling Bluegrass

If you think there should be a way for you to have more of a say about issues in Scott and Harrison counties, you're right! 

The Rolling Bluegrass Chapter of Kentuckians For The Commownealth is committed to holding elected officials accountable and making our democracy stronger while working to make our community better a better place for all of us. Come join us and get involved. We are currently working locally on making curbside recycling available in Georgetown, on pushing for a fairness ordinance in Scott and Harrison Counties, protecting water, and affirmatively furthering fair housing.

Recent Activities

ORSANCO work continues, hearings in early April

Joe Gallenstein on March 29, 2019 in Coal and Water, Big Sandy, , Jefferson County, , Northern Kentucky, , Rolling Bluegrass, , Rowan County, , Western Kentucky, Water Quality

For more than a year, KFTC has worked with allies to protect the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission’s (ORSANCO) mission to clean and protect the Ohio River through monitoring and enforcement. This commission, made up of representatives of the federal government and 8 members states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois) of ORSANCO maintains pollution control standards that are higher than the EPA or state enforcement agencies.

While these standards have not solved the Ohio River’s pollution issues, it has made considerable progress since the founding in 1948. Yet some political appointees in ORSANCO want to make these essential standards optional for states to enforce, giving states the ability to ignore damage to our water systems that disproportionately impacts lower income people and people of color across the region.

Water Justice Field Hearing

Joe Gallenstein on February 4, 2019 in Coal and Water, Big Sandy, , Jefferson County, , Northern Kentucky, , Rolling Bluegrass, Climate Justice, , coal ash, , Empower Kentucky, , Leadership Development, , Water Quality

More than 110 people turned out on February 2 to affirm the need for clean and safe drinking water.

Rolling Bluegrass Prepares for MLK Day Celebrations

Joe Gallenstein on January 18, 2019 in Racial Justice, Rolling Bluegrass, Racial Justice

The Rolling Bluegrass chapter will again be celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by working the local Georgetown - Scott County NAACP.

Scott County residents stop landfill expansion!

Scott County residents filled the Fiscal Court chambers!
Joe Gallenstein on April 9, 2018 in , Rolling Bluegrass, Air Quality

Since last January Scott County members have been working with others in the community to stop a proposed expansion of the landfill in the north end of the county.

Members host Georgetown Town Hall

Joe Gallenstein on March 1, 2018 in Economic Justice, New Energy and Transition, Campaign For Our CommonWealth, , Sustainable Energy, Rolling Bluegrass, Climate Justice, , General Assembly, , Leadership Development, , LGBTQ equality, , State Budget

On February 24 members in Scott County hosted a town hall for residents to ask the questions of their state legislators they were concerned about.

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Regular Meetings:

Scott County Public Llibrary
104 S. Bradford Ln.
Georgetown, KY 40324
Monthly chapter potluck

We meet on the 1st Thursday of the month starting at 6:30 p.m. People are encouraged to bring food to share, if they can. However, there always more than enough to go around!

Chapter Organizer:

Joe Gallenstein
Georgetown, KY
859-380-6103

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