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Kentucky

era veteran

(4,069 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2012, 01:38 PM Jan 2012

Gatewood dead

Known him 35 years and did not support him politically but he was a fine speaker and debater.
The Paddock/High on Rose crowd is dwindling.

http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/04/2015454/longtime-political-figure-gatewood.html

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Gatewood dead (Original Post) era veteran Jan 2012 OP

very sad JohnnyLib2 Jan 2012 #1

Joel Pett on Gatewood. era veteran Jan 2012 #2

Geessshhh.... lostnote12 Jan 2012 #3

This is a good one on Gatewood BridgeTheGap Jan 2012 #4

Thanks for the archived post..... lostnote12 Jan 2012 #5

Ben Carter wrote this. I'm not sure that he would see your response. You can reach him BridgeTheGap Jan 2012 #6

JohnnyLib2

(11,211 posts)

1. very sad

Reply to era veteran (Original post)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 09:13 PM

Jan 2012

era veteran

(4,069 posts)

2. Joel Pett on Gatewood.

Reply to era veteran (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 06:58 AM

Jan 2012

http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/05/2017159/joel-pett-gatewood-retrospective.html

lostnote12

(159 posts)

3. Geessshhh....

Reply to era veteran (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 03:15 PM

Jan 2012

..............Many Kentuckians will miss Gatewood....he was a friend to all native sons and daughters...I knew him 30 yrs and it was always a treat to cross paths with him....he had the common touch of being able to walk with Kings or Paupers....I'll miss him and the energy that he brought to the public venue....RIP my old buddy, it was an honor to count you as a friend.....

BridgeTheGap

(3,615 posts)

4. This is a good one on Gatewood

Reply to era veteran (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 10:46 AM

Jan 2012

In law school, I had a radio show at WRFL, UK’s student-run radio station. Gatewood was a guest[1] on the show twice: in January of 2005 and in March of 2006. The audio from the 2006 interview is at the bottom of this post and the 2005 episode (which has really bad sound quality), is in a separate post.
In all of the remembrances and statements regarding Gatewood, one word keeps surfacing: “colorful”. That’s how the Kentucky Democratic Party described Gatewood in a tweet last week.
This pisses me off.

http://bluegrassroots.org/home/2012/1/7/gatewood-spoke-to-me.html

lostnote12

(159 posts)

5. Thanks for the archived post.....

Reply to BridgeTheGap (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 08:42 PM

Jan 2012

......I'll get to it shortly.....do you recall Bill Scott of RFL ?.....my wifes Barber Shop was eminant domained by UK about the time you were in Law school at UK.....I mentioned it one time in the studio (on-air) and low and behold the powers that be replaced some people at the station as well as altering the protocol of the "live" interview...."fascism", hillbilly style....The term "colorful" is a laughable description because of its use by people that live and speak in a world of "brown".....

BridgeTheGap

(3,615 posts)

6. Ben Carter wrote this. I'm not sure that he would see your response. You can reach him