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Smith was arrested just after 9pm Tuesday night and Kentucky State Police say they initially stopped him for driving 65 mph in a 45 mph zone on Leestown Road in Frankfort. When the trooper approached Smith's car, the trooper says he immediately smelled alcohol on Smith's breath. |
Smith was arrested just after 9pm Tuesday night and Kentucky State Police say they initially stopped him for driving 65 mph in a 45 mph zone on Leestown Road in Frankfort. When the trooper approached Smith's car, the trooper says he immediately smelled alcohol on Smith's breath. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/State-senator-charged-with-DUI-speeding-after-Frankfort-traffic-stop-287800191.html | author = Vilines, Jordan | title = Sen. Brandon Smith charged with DUI | work = WKYT | date = Jan 7, 2015 </ref> |
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Brandon Smith | |
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| Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 30th district | |
| Assumed office February 5, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Mongiardo |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 84th district | |
| In office 2000–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Fitz Steele |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brandon D. Smith June 14, 1967 (age 57) Hazard, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Spouse | Jamie |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Hazard, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
| Website | www.lrc.ky.gov/... |
Brandon D. Smith (born June 14, 1967) is an American businessman from Hazard, Kentucky who serves as Majority Whip in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate. He is a Republican.
Background
Born in Hazard, Smith is a 1991 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in political science. He is the owner of Mohawk Energy, a small mining company based in Lexington; the company is unrelated to the Texas fracking supply corporation by the same name. He is a Presbyterian and a Freemason. Smith and his wife Laurel have four children.[1]
Public office
Smith served on the city commission of Hazard from 1993-1998. He was elected to District 84 of the Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives in 2000, unseating Democratic incumbent Scott Alexander,[2] and served there until February 5, 2008, when he was elected in a special election to the 30th district (Bell, Breathitt, Johnson, Leslie, Magoffin and Perry counties) of the Commonwealth Senate, to replace Daniel Mongiardo, newly elected as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (and himself a Hazard native and resident).[3] Smith was re-elected in 2010, and is the Republican nominee for his seat in the 2014 legislative election.[4]
Trouble with law
Smith was arrested just after 9pm Tuesday night and Kentucky State Police say they initially stopped him for driving 65 mph in a 45 mph zone on Leestown Road in Frankfort. When the trooper approached Smith's car, the trooper says he immediately smelled alcohol on Smith's breath. [5]
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Climate change and Mars
In 2014, Smith attracted local and eventually national news media attention when he stated during a legislative committee hearing, "As you (Energy & Environment Cabinet official) sit there in your chair with your data, we sit up here in ours with our data and our constituents and stuff behind us. I don’t want to get into the debate about climate change, but I will simply point out that I think in academia we all agree that the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here. Nobody will dispute that. Yet there are no coal mines on Mars. There are no factories on Mars that I’m aware of."[6][7][8] Despite Smith's assertion, the average temperature of Mars is colder than that of Earth by 138 degrees Fahrenheit.[9] At the time of the senator's remarks, the Curiosity rover had last reported a high of −17 °C (1 °F), low −80 °C (−112 °F).[10] The temperature in the capitol city of Frankfort, Kentucky ranged from 21 °C (70 °F) to 27 °C (81 °F).[11]
References
- ^ "Senator Brandon Smith". Kentucky Legislature.
- ^ "Kentucky 2000: General Election Results". followthemoney.org.
- ^ Alessi, Ryan (December 6, 2007). "Brandon Smith to be GOP's pick for special senate race". Bluegrass Politics.
- ^ "Brandon Smith's Biography". Project Vote Smart.
- ^ {{cite web | url = http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/State-senator-charged-with-DUI-speeding-after-Frankfort-traffic-stop-287800191.html | author = Vilines, Jordan | title = Sen. Brandon Smith charged with DUI | work = WKYT | date = Jan 7, 2015
- ^ Sonka, Joe (July 3, 2014). "Sen. Brandon Smith has important things to say about climate change, Mars". Fatlip news blog. LEO Weekly.
- ^ Meador, Jonathan (July 4, 2014). "Kentucky Lawmakers Attack Climate Change Science In Discussion on Carbon Regulations". WFPL News.
- ^ Plait, Phil (July 7, 2014). "Bad Astronomy: Stop Giving Airtime to Crackpots". Slate.
- ^ "All About Mars". NASA.
- ^ "Sol 676". twitter.com. Mars Weather Report. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ^ "Weather History KFFT". wunderground.com.
External links
- Senate District 30: Senator Brandon Smith (R) at Kentucky Legislature
- Brandon Smith at Project Vote Smart
- Brandon Smith at Ballotpedia
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