Kenneth Stepp is a Veteran that supports the Equal Pay Act.

KENNETH STEPP IS A VETERAN . . .

KENNETH STEPP IS A NAVY VETERAN.

I went into the U.S. Navy as a Seaman in November 1968.
Kenneth Stepp is a Viet Nam era Navy veteran. In 1968, Kenneth Stepp joined the United States Navy, and was proud to wear the uniform of a United States Navy Seaman--an enlisted man. Although a Seaman, Kenneth Stepp was trained to handle a rifle at the United States Navy boot camp at Orlando, Florida. Marching, standing watch, and attending class were the orders of the day. After completing basic training in early 1969, Stepp worked at the Recruit Training Command library, while awaiting further orders. Stepp was ordered to the United States Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island beginning March 1969. Once again Stepp was drilled in marching and attending classes--this time in Naval Operations, Weapons, Engineering, and Navigation. On July 18,1969, Stepp was commissioned an Ensign (the same as an Army, Air Force or Marine Second Lieutenant) in the Navy, and ordered to report to the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California for further schooling. In 1969 I attended Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, where I emerged as an Ensign. In the summer of 1969, I married and attended the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, from which I graduated with a Master's degree in Management in 1970. Next, I was assigned as the Gunnery Assistant on the USS Blakely (DE 1072) where I was JOOD Underway, and in charge of supervising maintenance of the five-inch caliber gun, the AIM-7E point defense missiles, and the small arms locker. After my time on the Blakely, I was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range (AFWR) in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. My first position at AFWR was as Assistant Inner Range Officer, supervising Naval Gunfire Support exercises on Culebra Island and on Vieques Island. My next position at AFWR was as Assistant Underwater Range Officer supervising underwater submarine exercises and torpedo and ASROC firing exercises at the AFWR Underwater Range at St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. After five years in the United States Navy on active duty (Nov. 1968 through Sept. 1973) I resigned my Lieutenant (junior grade) commission with the United States Navy and entered Law School.






In Monterey, California, Kenneth Stepp, pictured at left in his United States Navy khaki longs uniform, attended postgraduate classes with United States Naval and Marine officers, and Naval and Marine officers from approximate thirty allied or friendly countries, including some NATO countries. In 1970, Stepp graduated from the United States Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Science degree in Management.
Stepp, by then a Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) (the same is an Army, Air Force or Marine First Lieutenant), was assigned to the USS Blakely (DE 1072, later FF 1072) where he was assigned the job of Gunnery Assistant and Second Division Officer. He supervised the Navy enlisted men who operated the five inch (5"/54) gun and the anti-aircraft missile system, in addition to supervising the small arms locker (including Thompson submachine guns, rifles, and a Browning Automatic Rifle). He often had the conn of the USS Blakely while it was underway, as JOOD, giving directions to the ship's helmsman and lee helmsman concerning the direction and speed the ship was to travel.
After Stepp was transferred from the Blakely, the Blakely crew served with distinction patrolling the waters off the coast of Viet Nam.
When Lieutenant (junior grade) Kenneth Stepp was transferred off the USS Blakely, he was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range in Puerto Rico. His first job there was Assistant Inner Range Officer at Culebra and Vieques Islands in Puerto Rico, supervising Naval Gunfire Support operations on the two islands. Because of safety considerations, the Navy used nonexplosive shells to fire at Culebra, while it used explosive shells and star-shells at Vieques, while naval ships were firing at targets on the two islands, under the safety supervision of Kenneth Stepp.
Stepp's final assignment with the United States Navy was supervising weapons testing as Assistant Underwater Range Officer at the United States Navy's Underwater Range of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Stepp was aboard surface ships and submarines, on one submerged submarine, in addition to being the Navy's highest ranking officer present on the Navy test facility at St. Croix, observing the various anti-submarine rocket, torpedo, and submarine tests. Stepp left the Navy in September 1973 to attend law school.

. . . THAT SUPPORTS THE EQUAL PAY ACT.
"Some things are just so important, they justify blocking the will of the majority.
"Making sure that employers are free to discriminate against women is one of those, according to Mitch McConnell.
"And once more, McConnell has blocked popular, bipartisan legislation from a vote, as only 57 Senators favored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act last night. Add women to the growing list of constituents that Mitch McConnell enjoys screwing over (sick kids, union workers, troops, veterans, etc….) . . . ."

You have a clear choice this year. Mitch McConnell uses the power of filibuster to block the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Kenneth Stepp, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and supports equal pay for women, generally. Of the nine remaining Kentucky candidates for U.S. Senate (there are two Republicans in the race, you remember), only Kenneth Stepp, as a trial lawyer has filed a Federal Civil Rights suit against an employer on behalf of a woman employee, alleging that the employer discriminated against the woman because she was a woman. The suit was in Federal Court, out of Kentucky, but the owner of the Defendant corporation was an organization based in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Of the nine remaining candidates for U.S. Senate, Kentucky, only Kenneth Stepp would be active and on the job the first day on the job defending the interests of women, sick kids, union workers, troops, veterans, etc.

If you want six more years of War with 6,000 more U.S. troops dead, then vote for McConnell; otherwise vote for Stepp. If you want torture, rendition for torture, and waterboarding by U.S. Federal employees, then vote for McConnell; otherwise, vote for Stepp. If you want U.S. Federal employees listening to your telephone conversations with warrantless wiretaps, the vote for McConnell; otherwise, vote for Stepp. If you want a repeat of the recent cut in Federal spending on education, the vote for McConnell; otherwise vote for Stepp who favors full government payment of education expenses for regular public college students. If you oppose the Lilly Ledford Act and want to allow pay discrimination against women, then vote for McConnell; otherwise vote for Stepp, who--as a civil rights lawyer--has filed Federal Civil Rights Suits including a suit for a woman against her employer alleging discrimination against women, a suit against a supervisor alleging discrimination against a black person, and a suit against a big power corporation alleging age discrimination against an older employee. Vote for the candidate that is ready to stand up for you in the Senate. Vote for Stepp!

End Gender Discrimination, Vote for Stepp!

The following report is from DitchMitchKy:
"Mitch filibusters to protect gender discrimination
April 24th, 2008 Joe Sonka
(crossposted at B&P)
"Some things are just so important, they justify blocking the will of the majority.
"Making sure that employers are free to discriminate against women is one of those, according to Mitch McConnell.
"And once more, McConnell has blocked popular, bipartisan legislation from a vote, as only 57 Senators favored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act last night. Add women to the growing list of constituents that Mitch McConnell enjoys screwing over (sick kids, union workers, troops, veterans, etc….) . . . ."

You have a clear choice this year. Mitch McConnell uses the power of filibuster to block the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Kenneth Stepp, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and supports equal pay for women, generally. Of the nine remaining Kentucky candidates for U.S. Senate (there are two Republicans in the race, you remember), only Kenneth Stepp, as a trial lawyer has filed a Federal Civil Rights suit against an employer on behalf of a woman employee, alleging that the employer discriminated against the woman because she was a woman. The suit was in Federal Court, out of Kentucky, but the owner of the Defendant corporation was an organization based in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Of the nine remaining candidates for U.S. Senate, Kentucky, only Kenneth Stepp would be active and on the job the first day on the job defending the interests of women, sick kids, union workers, troops, veterans, etc.

Kenneth Stepp is a Navy Veteran.

KENNETH STEPP IS A NAVY VETERAN.

I'd match my military record against that of any of the remaining candidates for U.S. Senate, Kentucky. I went into the U.S. Navy as a Seaman in November 1968. In 1969 I attended Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, where I emerged as an Ensign. In the summer of 1969, I married and attended the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, from which I graduated with a Master's degree in Management in 1970. Next, I was assigned as the Gunnery Assistant on the USS Blakely (DE 1072) where I was JOOD Underway, and in charge of supervising maintenance of the five-inch calibre gun, the AIM-7E point defense missiles, and the small arms locker. After my time on the Blakely, I was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range (AFWR) in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. My first position at AFWR was as Assistant Inner Range Officer, supervising Naval Gunfire Support exercises on Culebra Island and on Vieques Islant. My next position at AFWR was as Assistant Underwater Range Officer supervising underwater submarine exercises and torpedo and ASROC firing exercises at the AFWR Underwater Range at St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. After five years in the United States Navy on active duty (Nov. 1968 through Sept. 1973) I resigned my Lieutenant (junior grade) commission with the United States Navy and entered Law School.

Kenneth Stepp is a Viet Nam era Navy veteran. In 1968, Kenneth Stepp joined the United States Navy, and was proud to wear the uniform of a United States Navy Seaman--an enlisted man. Although a Seaman, Kenneth Stepp was trained to handle a rifle at the United States Navy boot camp at Orlando, Florida. Marching, standing watch, and attending class were the orders of the day. After completing basic training in early 1969, Stepp worked at the Recruit Training Command library, while awaiting further orders.
Finally, after working as a Seaman assisting a civilian librarian, Stepp was ordered to the United States Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island beginning March 1969. Once again Stepp was drilled in marching and attending classes--this time in Naval Operations, Weapons, Engineering, and Navigation. On July 18,1969, Stepp was commissioned an Ensign (the same as an Army, Air Force or Marine Second Lieutenant) in the Navy, and ordered to report to the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California for further schooling.

In Monterey, California, Kenneth Stepp, pictured at left in his United States Navy khaki longs uniform, attended postgraduate classes with United States Naval and Marine officers, and Naval and Marine officers from approximate thirty allied or friendly countries, including some NATO countries. In 1970, Stepp graduated from the United States Naval Postgraduate School with a Master of Science degree in Management.
Stepp, by then a Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) (the same is an Army, Air Force or Marine First Lieutenant), was assigned to the USS Blakely (DE 1072, later FF 1072) where he was assigned the job of Gunnery Assistant and Second Division Officer. He supervised the Navy enlisted men who operated the five inch (5"/54) gun and the anti-aircraft missile system, in addition to supervising the small arms locker (including Thompson submachine guns, rifles, and a Browning Automatic Rifle). He often had the conn of the USS Blakely while it was underway, as JOOD, giving directions to the ship's helmsman and lee helmsman concerning the direction and speed the ship was to travel.
After Stepp was transferred from the Blakely, the Blakely crew served with distinction patrolling the waters off the coast of Viet Nam.
When Lieutenant (junior grade) Kenneth Stepp was transferred off the USS Blakely, he was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range in Puerto Rico. His first job there was Assistant Inner Range Officer at Culebra and Vieques Islands in Puerto Rico, supervising Naval Gunfire Support operations on the two islands. Because of safety considerations, the Navy used nonexplosive shells to fire at Culebra, while it used explosive shells and star-shells at Vieques, while naval ships were firing at targets on the two islands, under the safety supervision of Kenneth Stepp.
Stepp's final assignment with the United States Navy was supervising weapons testing as Assistant Underwater Range Officer at the United States Navy's Underwater Range of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Stepp was aboard surface ships and submarines, on one submerged submarine, in addition to being the Navy's highest ranking officer present on the Navy test facility at St. Croix, observing the various anti-submarine rocket, torpedo, and submarine tests. Stepp left the Navy in September 1973 to attend law school.

Click: here to see Kenneth Stepp speech at Owensboro May 10, 2008

Thanks to Jim Pence for the YouTube video. Please click the above title to see it.

Click: to see Kenneth Stepp speaking at Louisville Rally.

Click the above to see Kenneth Stepp speaking at the Louisville AFL-CIO rally.

Click this: to see Kenneth Stepp speaking at Ruby Laffoon Dinner, Madisonville.

Click the above headline to see Kenneth Stepp speaking at the Ruby Laffoon Dinner.

Campaigning in Bowling Green, Florence, and Owensboro.

This week Kenneth Stepp was campaigning in Bowling Green at two meetings, in Florence, and then, on Saturday at Owensboro. I try to see as many of you as I can. Kenneth Stepp.

Stepp in Second Place Among Black Voters.

The latest SUSA poll shows Kenneth Stepp is in second place among Kentucky's black voters with nineteen per cent (19%) of the vote; first place goes to the millionaire Bruce Lunsford. The previous poll had shown Kenneth Stepp in first place with fifty seven per cent (57%) of the Hispanic voters in Kentucky, but the most recent SUSA poll did not list the Hispanic voters. Kenneth Stepp.

Owensboro

I was told by Ted Marksberry, at (270) 993-0536 that there will be a Candidates' Forum during the Barbeque Festival at Owensboro on May 10 at 10:00 Central Time at the Owensboro Executive Inn Convention Center. Maybe I will see you there. They had 450 people for the Candidates' Forum there last year. Kenneth Stepp.

Campaigning.

It's been a busy week for me campaigning.
Last night, I was campaigning in Louisville and speaking to about 200 people. I finally got to hear Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Williams address the audience there. That makes all of the active Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, KY that I have seen on the campaign trail.
On Monday night, I was campaigning at two Democratic meetings in Bowling Green. I saw "Mr. Speaker" Jody Richards at both meetings. After his unsuccessful run for Governor last year, he is back to being "Mr. Speaker" in the Kentucky House of Representatives--an awesome task.
Kenneth Stepp.

Louisville Courier-Journal cited "betrayal of party" by Lunsford.

The Louisville Courier-Journal, in a recently reprinted editorial, noted that many yellow-dog Democrats are soured on Bruce Lunsford for the reason of his treachery against the Democratic Party, and not for his alleged treachery against elderly nursing home residents who were Vencor customers, as follows:

"Fischer is actually repeating the strategy of Ben Chandler in the 2003 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Chandler released similar attack ads against Lunsford, one of his primary opponents in that race, forcing Lunsford out of the race. After Chandler won the nomination, Lunsford supported the Republican, Ernie Fletcher, who went on to victory in the general election. Lunsford then headed Fletcher's transition team.
"It was this betrayal of the party rather than the Vencor scandal that soured many diehard Democrats on Lunsford."

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. Of course a man's character is important, in determining if he is the best choice for U.S. Senate--Kentucky. Is kicking little old ladies out of nursing homes evidence of bad character? Is turning your back on your party and endorsing a Republican for governor after a failed Democratic Primary attempt to become governor evidence of bad character? Pundits expect the relatives of those little old ladies who were kicked out of nursing homes by Vencor, and the friends of Ben Chandler will be quick to overlook and forgive such actions, because they admire millionaires, and want to turn the Kentucky Democratic Party over to millionaires. Bruce Lunsford has a lot of name recognition, but he also carries a lot of baggage. I promise to vote for the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate-KY and the Democratic candidate for U.S. President this November. Can the other candidates make the same promise? Kenneth Stepp.

Another American Killed in Iraq.

"Louisville man killed by bomb in Iraq
By Sheldon S. Shafer sshafer@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal
May 03, 2008 03:48 AM

Jim Lockard, a civil engineer from Louisville working for a contractor overseeing the rebuilding of Iraqi schools and hospitals, was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, his wife said. "He felt he was really doing something good in Iraq," where he had been working for about three years, said his wife, Maria Lockard of Louisville. She said today that she had seen her husband the second week in April, when she met him in Jamaica. The couple have two daughters, Danielle, 16, and Nicole, 13, "who were his life," his wife said. She said two Kentucky State Police troopers came to her house off Bardstown Road yesterday to tell her of her husband's death. "He wasn't in so much danger. He always worked in the office and seldom left," she said. "He felt pretty safe. He didn't have to go out," but he apparently wanted to see one of his projects that had been completed. She said her husband didn't see a lot of devastation and would frequently send home pictures of Iraqi children. "He was going to come home for good in July," she said, adding that she had never been to Iraq. "He felt he was on the adventure of his life." Her husband was 46 and was raised in Louisville before moving to Marshall County, where he attended Marshall County High School. He received his engineering degree from the University of Kentucky. The couple lived in Louisville before he left for Iraq. He worked for several Kentucky-based companies as an engineering project manager before signing on with the Louis Berger Group, an overseas contractor. Its Web site says the company, which has headquarters in Morristown, N.J., offers a wide range of engineering services. Attempts to reach the company were unsuccessful. His wife said Lockard "was a great outdoorsman. ... He was an awesome guy, who would give you the shirt off his back." The couple belonged to St. Raphael Catholic Parish. She said she taught at St. Raphael School for six years before recently switching to teach Spanish at Our Lady of Lourdes. Other survivors include his parents, Jim and Jan Lockard of Paducah, two brothers, Russ Lockard of Antioch, Tenn., and Martin Lockard of Paducah, and a sister, Ellen Shunks, of Farmington, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending. Reporter Sheldon S. Shafer can be reached at (502) 582-7089."
Let's Ditch Mitch, and get our people out of Iraq.

The toll of Mitch's war rises.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings remain at half-staff in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died April 29 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the Department of Defense, Staff Sgt. Bryan E. Bolander, 26, of Bakersfield, Calif., died in Baghdad from wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell.

Flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of the funeral, for which arrangements are pending. Individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies are encouraged to join in this tribute by lowering flags to half-staff.

Flags are currently at half-staff in honor of Staff Sgt. Clay A. Craig, 22, of Mesquite, Texas, who died April 29 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when he received small arms fire during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell.

Stepp gets 57% of Hispanic Vote.

The April 29, 2008 SUSA poll showed Stepp getting 57 per cent of the Hispanic vote in the seven-man Democratic contest. Hasta la vista, baby!