Sunday, June 28, 2009
Ethics Commission Warns Cabinet Members To Abstain From Battery Plant Plans
Governor Steve Beshear hopes to lure a lithium-ion car battery plant to a 1,551 acre industrial site in Glendale (Hardin County), where the state plans to put the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries. Just a few lots away from the site, acting Economic Development Secretary Larry Hayes and the family of Transportation Secretary Joe Prather own 8.5 acres. Additionally, Prather and his family own 81 acres around Glendale where the Transportation Cabinet plans to spend millions building roads and a new Interstate 65 interchange. The Executive Branch Ethics Commission has advised Hayes and Prather to abstain from any state activity that would improve or enhance the value,or, in any way, benefit their properities.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:20 PM 
