The freaking governor was influential in Ramsey's negotiations, AND he appeared at the first BOT meeting of the new board. That is the very definition of there being "political influence" (that governor's). That is the very point the accreditation agency is making. A governor cannot be involved in that type of micromanagement of a university.
The previous board had 20 members, 17 of which were placed by governor Beshear.
You don't know what you are talking about, and you're so biased in your Bevin hate you are just spouting rhetoric.
I don't see how anyone can read the facts and say what was going on wasn't already shady as ****. There was a tremendous amount of political influence present in the previous board, and much less of that now.
"The university’s former board also included nearly all registered Democrats, despite a state law that requires that political parties are proportionally represented. Among the board members appointed by Bevin, four are Democrats, four are Republicans and two are Independents.
But few on the new board donated to Bevin’s 2015 run for governor, according to online records from the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. In fact, trustees named by Bevin have given substantially more to Steve and Andy Beshear, the records show.
Trustees donated $18,000 to Steve Beshear’s campaigns, $5,250 to Andy Beshear’s run for attorney general and $3,000 to Bevin’s largely self-financed 2015 campaign for governor. Schnatter, who has donated $3,000 to Steve Beshear, gave $2,000 to Bevin last year."
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