Kentucky: Hayes

I've written extensively on how Steve Beshear's administration has been completely eff'd up by Larry Hayes. And today, journalist extraordinaire John Cheves sheds a bit more light on the matter:
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear hopes to lure a major employer to a small Hardin County community where two of his cabinet members — acting Economic Development Secretary Larry Hayes and Transportation Secretary Joe Prather — own nearly 90 acres of land.

Hayes leads the effort to bring a lithium-ion car battery plant to an industrial site in Glendale, about 12 miles south of Elizabethtown, despite being advised by an ethics panel to abstain from any state activity that improves the site or otherwise enhances the value of his nearby properties.