<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Joe Graviss <joe@joegraviss.com><br><b>Date:</b> October 11, 2019 at 2:57:33 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Joe Graviss <joe@joegraviss.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>legislative update</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Hi Everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">When looking at the foundation of Kentucky’s enduring success in making things and getting them from points A to B, two things stand out: Vision and location.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Vision, of course, is the one we control, and it says a lot that decisions our government and economic leaders made decades ago are proving to be even more valuable today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Few people in 1913, for example, would have believed that Louisville’s work to make Henry Ford’s cars would ultimately lead to four major assembly plants in the commonwealth
that produce more automobiles than all but two states.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> One of those plants, Toyota’s in Georgetown, is the product of what at the time was a somewhat-controversial decision by former Gov. Martha Layne Collins to lure the
company here in the mid-1980s through tax incentives that have since proven their worth many times over. Now, the city is home to Toyota’s largest facility in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> These plants have long churned out some of the country’s best-selling trucks and cars, and Bowling Green has been home to the iconic Corvette for nearly 40 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> All told, there are now 525 factories across the commonwealth that are part of the auto industry, and they employ more than 100,000 people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> As substantial as this work is within the United States, it’s a distant second when measuring the exports Kentucky ships to nearly 200 countries each year. First on
that list is aerospace, which shows no signs of slowing. According to the Cabinet for Economic Development, this sector’s already massive exports grew by almost 17 percent during the first six months of this year alone when compared to the same period in
2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> On a smaller scale, there’s a good chance that some of the products you buy or use regularly were made here in Kentucky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> If you’re a DirecTV subscriber, for example, your satellite dish was likely made in London. The durable screens on iPhones come out of Harrodsburg; Post-It Notes predominately
come from Cynthiana; Northern Kentucky makes most of the country’s decks of cards; Mt. Sterling churns out Hot Pockets; Owensboro is home to Ragu spaghetti sauce; and Louisville has manufactured Reynolds Wrap since the company was founded in 1919.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> That city also makes most of the country’s disco balls, and Hopkinsville rolls out a half-million bowling balls annually.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Other notable products from here include Uncrustables sandwiches, which come from Scottsville; and Snuggle fabric softener, which flows out of Bowling Green. Lexington
is also home to the world’s largest peanut butter facility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> As for restaurants, Kentucky has the corporate headquarters of two of the country’s largest pizza chains – Pizza Hut and Papa Johns – and also Taco Bell, KFC, Fazoli’s,
Long John Silvers and Texas Roadhouse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> As I mentioned, location is a major contributor to our economic success, given we’re within 600 miles of two-thirds of the country’s population.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> UPS, DHL and now Amazon have taken advantage of that by investing billions of dollars in their air hubs in Louisville and Northern Kentucky, with hundreds of millions
of dollars more on the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> We also have 20 interstates and parkways, 2,700 miles of railroads; and nearly 2,000 miles of navigable waterways. When it comes to moving products by plane, train,
automobile or by ship, few states can match what we have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> The key to sustaining that success is making sure we act with the same vision that previous leaders have shown. That especially includes investing more in our workforce,
both in their education and training and in their paychecks. One recent federal report indicates that goods-producing employees in Kentucky are earning just seven cents more an hour on average than they were two years ago. Hopefully we can boost that much
higher in the next two years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As we look back on what we’ve accomplished and look ahead, I’m confident our best days are still in front of us and that “Made in Kentucky” and “Kentucky Proud” will become even
more prevalent down the road. Getting there is no guarantee, but we have certainly shown we have the tools, ideas and dedication to make it happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> If you have any thoughts on this or other issues affecting Kentucky, please let me know. My email is
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#954F72"><a href="mailto:joe.graviss@lrc.ky.gov">joe.graviss@lrc.ky.gov</a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, and you
can leave a message for me or any legislator by calling the General Assembly’s toll-free message line at 800-372-7181. For those with a hearing impairment, the number is 800-896-0305.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joe Graviss<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">56<sup>th</sup> District Representative<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kentucky House of Representatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box 1002<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Versailles, KY 40383<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">859-433-4392<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at it’s best is love correcting everything that stands against love.” Dr. Martin Luther King, August 16, 1967<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">“I believe we can agree that hearing and considering opinions differing from our own is important, and acknowledging the honorable and sincere intentions of our adversaries in advocacy should take precedence
over partisan interests.” </span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Nathaniel Adams-- April 20, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">“Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.” </span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Franklin
Delano Roosevelt—June 27, 1936<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion
toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black."
</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Robert F. Kennedy, April 4, 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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