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Kentucky: Jay Blanton

June 29, 2009 - 04:05 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Larry Hayes continues to plague Steve Beshear

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

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.

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Mon, 12/08/2008 - 16:46

Amid revenue shortfall, Governor cuts his own pay

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

Gov. Steve Beshear's (D-Lexington) paychecks will be a little bit lighter in 2009, as he announced today that he and his senior staff will take a ten percent pay cut to contribute towards remedying the $456 million state budget shortfall.

Along with the Governor, 10 percent will be shaved off the salaries of Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo (D-Hazard), Beshear's Chief of Staff Adam Edelen, Deputy CoS Vince Gabbert, executive cabinet secretary Larry Hayes, General Counsel Ellen Hesen, and Communications Director Jay Blanton.

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Fri, 07/11/2008 - 07:03

Winners and losers of the week

By Wally Edge

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Every week we pick the state's power players that are moving up or taking a dive. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell had a good week, but it's a mixed bag for John McCain. Find out why, and check out all of this week's Winners & Losers: CLICK HERE

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Thu, 07/03/2008 - 16:14

Another change in Beshear's office as Brown makes way for Blanton

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

Staff reshuffling in the office of Gov. Steve Beshear (D-Lexington) continued today, with the announcement that communications director Dick Brown will be replaced by Jay Blanton.

Blanton comes to the position after a nearly four year tenure as executive director of marketing and public relations for the University of Kentucky.

Prior to that job, he served as deputy communications director for Louisville's Democratic mayor, Jerry Abramson.

He also worked with the public relations firms Guthrie-Mayes and Preston-Osbourne.

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