Public Life Advocate
The Public Life Advocate (PLA) is published quarterly by the Public Life Foundation of Owensboro. Distributed electronically at no cost, the PLA includes articles, reports, issue briefs, discussion guides, and opinion produced internally by the foundation staff, guest writers, or freelance journalists.
The PLA focuses primarily on local issues: downtown and riverfront redevelopment to tax fairness; the debate over a new public library to dental care for the poor; a proposed smoking ordinance to the tradeoffs from coal and industry emissions.
However, the PLA occasionally examines state or national issues: the state budget to the federal deficit; paying for hurricane reconstruction to social security reform; offshore drilling to campaign spending.
The foundation makes a conscious effort to present different points of view, reliable and balanced perspectives so that citizens can examine and deliberate over pros and cons, tradeoffs, costs and consequences in order to come to an informed judgment on options and choices we face as a community, state and nation.
Journalists who have served as editorial advisors include:
John Hager
- Former Editor and Publisher of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
- Founding Member, Public Life Foundation of Owensboro
David Boeyink
- Former Editorial Page Editor of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
- Former Associate Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
Fran Ellers
- Former reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal
- Communications Consultant
Ed Staats
- Former Kentucky Bureau Chief, Associated Press
- Communications Consultants
2015
Volume 12, Issue 1
2014
Volume 11, Issue 4
Volume 11, Issue 3
Volume 11, Issue 2
Volume 11, Issue 1
2013
Volume 10, Issue 4
Volume 10, Issue 3
Volume 10, Issue 2
Volume 10, Issue 1
2012
Volume 9, Issue 3
Volume 9, Issue 2
Volume 9, Issue 1
2011
Volume 8, Issue 2
Volume 8, Issue 1
2010
Volume 7, Issue 4
Volume 7, Issue 3
Volume 7, Issue 2
Volume 7, Issue 1
2009
Volume 6, Issue 6
Volume 6, Issue 5
Volume 6, Issue 4
Volume 6, Issue 3
Volume 6, Issue 2
Volume 6, Issue 1
2008
Volume 5, Issue 5
Volume 5, Issue 4
Volume 5, Issue 3
Volume 5, Issue 2
Volume 5, Issue 1
2007
Volume 4, Issue 10
Volume 4, Issue 9
Volume 4, Issue 8
Volume 4, Issue 7
Volume 4, Issue 6
Volume 4, Issue 5
Volume 4, Issue 4
Volume 4, Issue 3
Volume 4, Issue 2
Volume 4, Issue 1
2006
Volume 3, Issue 6
Volume 3, Issue 5
Volume 3, Issue 4
Volume 3, Issue 3
Volume 3, Issue 2
Volume 3, Issue 1
2005
Volume 2, Issue 6
Volume 2, Issue 5
Volume 2, Issue 4
Volume 2, Issue 3
Volume 2, Issue 2
Volume 2, Issue 1
2004
Volume 1, Issue 6
Volume 1, Issue 5
Volume 1, Issue 4
Volume 1, Issue 3
Volume 1, Issue 2
Volume 1, Issue 1