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 would like this to be a new day. I would hope now that we can focus on doing the people's business.
A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.
Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.
Government cannot do everything, so we need to first decide what government ought to be doing, then figure out what it's capable of doing, and then follow the jobs we choose to completion.
My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here.
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.
wanted to wait to get all the information I could.
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.
I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
Whenever I am among my fellow Governors, I am struck by how many face the same education improvement issues.
We want this issue to be resolved quickly, ... It is important to get a decision. She has to look at the legal aspects and make the right legal decision. She knows where I stand on the issue.