Connect Kentucky Disconnected At Home

[Commentary] While Connected Nation is expanding around the country, it hit a big snag at home. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) Monday let the world know what his administration thinks of the controversial Connect Kentucky program. He vetoed $2.4 million in funds for the organization, which was founded under his predecessor, Ernie Fletcher (R). Connect had tried to obtain a 26 percent increase in funding over the last budget cycle, and Gov Beshear wasn't going to let them have it at a time when there were severe budget cuts all over the state. He resisted the full-court press put on the legislature and his Administration by AT&T and its allies, but at the end of the day, CK’s vaunted program was found to be lacking. Gov Beshear said that the program was being rejected for state financing because it had asked for funds “without specifically identifying any services to be rendered to the state or providing for any oversight, control or performance measures relative to the services being rendered.”
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