• "Gov. Steve Beshear has given a $90,000-a-year political appointment to a business partner of Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo. Beshear signed an executive order last week appointing Jerry T. Lunsford, a Frankfort building contractor, as commissioner of the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction in the Public Protection Cabinet." [Bluegrass Politics]

Photo: Courtesy Beshear and Mongiardo campaign