Ernie Fletcher
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcheris an American physician and politician. In 1998, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th Governor of Kentucky and served in that office until 2007. Prior to his entry into politics, Fletcher was a family practice physician and a Baptist lay minister. He is the second physician to be elected Governor of Kentucky; the first was Luke P...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1952
CountryUnited States of America
What makes my job easier is a unified focus, ... Regardless of the resources we have, they're always limited. What vision you have for your community can make the difference in you getting money or some other county getting it.
The geography of Kentucky is drawn not only on the map but also on the culture. Everyone here, regardless of age, lives as part of a generation that has yet to know the full power of true unity as Kentuckians, one and all.
I never dreamed we would win by the margin we won by. That's something else, ... It's a new era in Kentucky.
Taxing tobacco products according to relative risks is a rational tax policy and may well serve the public health goal of reducing smoking-related mortality and morbidity and lowering health care costs associated with tobacco-related disease,
It looked like there was so much bipartisan support for the COLA, I didn't think anybody wanted to make it a major, controversial issue.
It won't be perfect, and it will receive criticism, and rightly so, but if we don't address it, we won't be able to provide the education we need, ... We can't tax our way out of it.
We have to consider the bond requirements to make sure we can meet that,
This type of redundancy in disseminating information is important if we are to rescue abducted children quickly,
And we're looking at some education reform. We're going to be looking at some very aggressive agendas for this next session,
Five years from now Medicaid will consume 20 percent of the state's budget if we don't make changes,
Ben talks about change, ... The biggest change he wants is to move his desk 100 feet.
What can we do to make your experience better? And why are you here? What makes this class so exciting for you and something special?
I stand behind that recommendation. It was made to move Kentucky forward.
is one snapshot in time. It probably doesn't mean anything in the long run.