Posted on 08/23/2015 11:23:04 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
GEORGETOWN — Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer is known for his ability to stir the pot when it comes to partisan politics.
Thayer, R-Georgetown, is doing just that in the gubernatorial election by connecting Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jack Conway, the state’s attorney general, to an imbalance in university board appointments in the state which has landed a previous Republican governor in court.
“The for sale sign is up” in the executive branch, Thayer said, pointing to reporting done by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and Louisville Courier-Journal showing university boards around the state are out-of-whack with the partisan makeup of the state.
Because of the political disparity in university board appointments, which also landed former Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher in hot water during his term, Thayer said it’s time to clean house in the executive branch, adding that the current attorney general should be suing Beshear.
In 2007, then-Attorney General Greg Stumbo filed suit against Fletcher for the partisan makeup of university boards.
“I believe that the governor has broken the law. The statute is clear that when it comes to board appointments for our universities that it must reflect the partisan makeup of the two major parties” Thayer told Pure Politics. (6:19) “The Democrats only represent 52 percent of registered voters in Kentucky yet if you look at the appointments to the U of L, UK and KCTCS boards, the Democrats represented on there make up 70 to over 80 percent of the board appointments. That is against the law.
“And Jack Conway is a complicit partner,” Thayer continued. “As Attorney General he should be suing the governor to get him to correct the overly hyper partisan appointments to the university boards. And he’s not doing it. And it’s exact proof of why Jack Conway is not
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partisan dirty tricks in Kentucky politics?
Say it ain’t so!
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