Richie Farmer charged with 42 counts of violating Kentucky ethics laws

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Herald-Leader

Richie Farmer charged with 42 counts of violating Kentucky ethics laws
Published: March 18, 2013 Updated 36 minutes ago

By Jack Brammer — [e-mail]


FRANKFORT — Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer was charged Monday with 42 counts of violating the state ethics law, the most ever issued against an individual by the Executive Branch Ethics Commission.

The ethics panel also charged seven other people, six of whom are former or current employees of the state Department of Agriculture. The commission also charged Farmer's sister, who works for the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.

The charges against Farmer included misuse of state employees, misuse of state resources, improper use of grants and improper use of "Kentucky Proud" marketing funds.

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Farmer was a University of Kentucky basketball star in the 1990s who unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 2011 on a Republican ticket with then-state Senate President David Williams. Farmer now sells cars in his hometown of Manchester in Clay County.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/18/2562888/richie-farmer-charged-with-42.html#storylink=cpy

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[yellowcanine]

1. "Farmer now sells cars in his hometown of Manchester..."

You can't make up this stuff. Farmer charged with 43 ethics violations and now he is selling cars for a living??????

[Roland99]

2. Should be 42 counts for having that moustache!

[alfredo]

3. Another right wing asshole. I think he was screwing around on his wife too.

[A Little Weird]

4. He faces $5000 per violation

He's going to have to sell a lot of cars!