Although the fiscal court did not choose the site to build the plant, residents feel Mr. Moore and some of the commissioners should have done more to fight for the community's concerns. Some of those residents are already pledging a political fight against Mr. Moore when he is up for re-election in three years. No More Moore. Mr. Moore isn't the first, and he sure won't be the last, politician to be targeted by Northern Kentuckians getting fed up with suburban sprawl. That probably will be the major issue in the next round of countywide elections.
Growth has a price.
And some politicians, for all their work trying to bring development to the area, may have to pay up. Political thoroughbred Seven years ago, Damon Thayer came to Northern Kentucky to work in public relations and marketing for Jerry Carroll at Turfway Park. He wanted to get involved in Republican politics, but he didn't know anybody on the local political scene. He'll commute each day from his Grant County home. And earlier this year he was named vice chairman of the Kentucky Republican Party after serving as 4th District GOP chairman and as an officer in the Grant County Republican Party.