Interview with Michael R. Moloney, October 2, 2003
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Moloney (Senate 1971-1996, 13th district; Democrat) discusses his father's Senate term in the same district as his own, and his father's influence on his own political ideology and reputation with constituents. He then covers events from the Ford through Patton administrations, including redrawing the district map of Fayette County, the move towards legislative independence, legislation on the criminal code, court reform, the transition to a House and Senate-drawn budget process, his role as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, higher education reform, Toyota, campaign finance reform, and healthcare reform. Highlights include details of contentious relationships between Governors Wilkinson and Jones and the legislature, running for reelection against his sister as the opposition candidate, the physical affects of stress from role as legislator, and the BOPTROT scandal.Interview Accession
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Appropriations and Revenue Committee Black Sheep Squadron campaign finance reform campaigning court reform criminal code reform Eck Rose education reform Garvis Kincaid Joe Clarke juvenile justice Kentucky Central Life Insurance legislative independence Mary Mangione military service party factions Richard Moloney Toyota Manufacturing (Georgetown, Ky.) UKInterview LC Subject
Apportionment (Election law) Apportionment (Election law)--Kentucky Brown, John Young, Jr., 1933- Budget Carroll, Julian Morton, 1931- Coal trade Collins, Martha Layne Committees Criminal procedure--Kentucky Educational change Fayette County (Ky.) Ford, Wendell H., 1924- Jones, Brereton Judges--Selection and appointment--Kentucky Kentucky Education Association Kentucky--Elections Kentucky. Education Reform Act (1990) Kentucky. General Assembly. Joint House and Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee. Kentucky. Governor (1971-1974 : Ford) Kentucky. Governor (1974-1979 : Carroll) Kentucky. Governor (1979-1983 : Brown) Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins) Kentucky. Governor (1987-1991 : Wilkinson) Kentucky. Governor (1991-1995 : Jones) Kentucky. Governor (1995-2003 : Patton) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Merit pay Moloney, Michael R. Moloney, Michael R.--Interviews Moloney, Richard P. Patton, Paul E., 1937- Practice of law Prichard, E. F., (Edward Fretwell). Tax assessment Tobacco industry--Law and legislation--Kentucky Washington (D.C.) Wilkinson, Wallace G.Interview Rights
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Moloney, Michael R. Interview by Eric Moyen. 02 Oct. 2003. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Moloney, M.R. (2003, October 02). Interview by E. Moyen. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Moloney, Michael R., interview by Eric Moyen. October 02, 2003, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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