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
I urge all citizens to visit assisted living communities in the Commonwealth to learn how senior adults can age in a nurturing, home-like environment with choice, security and a true quality of life,
Film making is another very effective form of economic development for Kentucky, ... A positive picture of Kentucky projected by the film and television industry has a direct effect on our image as a state. People like what they see, so they'll want to visit or live here, which, in turn creates more jobs ... and more opportunity for our people.
Whenever I am among my fellow Governors, I am struck by how many face the same education improvement issues.
I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
We will attract more people to Kentucky by lowering our income tax rate. In fact, lowering the income tax rate is the single most important thing we can do to create opportunity.
outside of the students and the preparation that you had before you arrived at school, there is no question that the quality of the teacher is the single most important factor in how much a student learns.
It is now clear to me that there were mistakes made by staff members.
I thought I gave you a challenge you wouldn't do, ... but you did it, very quickly.
That's tough, but I think that's what a leader is called to do.
Over the next couple of years we will work very hard to serve the people. And then I'll leave the future in their hands,
We've made some tough decisions, and I don't expect you to understand that,
It's going to be some time before the city is back up and operating normally,
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 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.