Fair Board Fracas
About this episode
The episode discusses the political controversy surrounding Beshear's control over the Fair Board and the implications of recent rulings.
Beshear lied from the podium at a press conference while claiming State Representative Bivens is spreading "misinformation" and should be ashamed. The state Supreme Court ruled that Beshear regained the power to control the Fair Board and the Executive Ethics Commission. Outside of the absurdity that the commissions and boards the legislature created by statute can now no longer be changed by the legislature, the ruling had another impact. When Beshear regained power over the board, he immediately appointed new commissioners and fired the Fair Board CEO weeks before the state fair. He also removed agriculture from the mission statement. When asked about the change in the mission statement and the removal of agriculture from it, Beshear lied. He claimed he didn’t even know if the Fair Board’s website was the Fair Board’s website and that they hadn’t changed anything—which, of course, is false. Also, the JCPS audit is out. I’ll give you a quick summary of the findings before I dig deeper into the audit next week.
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