I wish I could tell you the answer to that question. There is only one thing I can definitively tell you: it was not from a lack of effort from some very talented and hard-working people who put their heart and soul into this. Anyone who wants to criticize or finger-point is making a mistake. I can tell you this didn't die in committee because of anything anyone did wrong. People like Governor Steve Beshear; House Speak Greg Stumbo; Representative Susan Westrom; lobbyists like Gene McLean, John Cooper, Smitty Taylor, David Switzer and Judy Taylor; Nick Nicholson; Brereton Jones; and Bill Hoskins and the KEEP team, led by an extremely capable and smart Patrick Neely; gave it every ounce of fight they had.
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