Richie Farmer filed for unemployment after his ag commissioner term ended

[DJD]

Then we have the really sad part. He did not get laid off or fired, he quit to run for Lt. Gov.!!!

If he would have ran for another term as AG. COM. he would have been reelected by a landslide.

Ya know I never heard anything but bad news about farmer. How was he at his job? I mean other than the crap stuff he did.....

[kydonky]

Ya know I never heard anything but bad news about farmer. How was he at his job? I mean other than the crap stuff he did.....

Good question! Cattle are doing really well in the state, but this could be due to the extreme drought in the west. Soy bean production is doing well, but that is not just in KY and overall agriculture is one of the shinning areas in the economy nationwide. We could focus more on cattle production. 50 acres of KY. grass will support as many head as 250 acres of texas brushland. I toured a Texas ranch years ago. It was 1500 acres and they said they ran 250 head on the ranch and suffered in drought years.

[Bobby Headrick]

He didnt do much I can tell, other than get a fleet of gas guzzlers, big screen tv.s. Well he didnt let his employees take furlough days, like the rest of us, he is a peice of trash, like all of em. He abused his position, didnt do squat, cost money, I have no respect for him at all. Sad what politics does to people. After he signs up for unemployment, maybe he will slide down here and apply for food stamps and welfare, Oh he has already been on welfare. he is a politician, gets paid for no work and being unproductive.

[RoadToad]

Wow. Did he do that on a dare, or what? Seriously, that just takes the cake! He's always been sort of "teflon," and it takes a lot to commit political suicide these days, but I think he just did it. And at a relatively young age. What the hell was he thinking? Oh well, good riddance!

[pontooner]

How was he at his job?

Let's see, he Averaged 7.6 points a game, 1.55 assist a game, 1.55 rebounds a game, shot 38.9% from the field and shot 34.3% from 3pt range during his UK career. He was solid not great but a fan fav.

Farmer was one of the players known as "The Unforgettables" at UK, now maybe he can be a forgettable in the political scene.

[pontooner]

Thought I'd add this.


Ex-ag chief Richie Farmer returns some missing computers.


http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/19/2...r-returns.html

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

I am a Kentucky Fan and I can't stand the Clay County Clutz. Didn't it take him like 9 years to get a degree? I remember the commercials that Caywood did on the radio asking for donations to help Farmer, Woods, Pelphrey and Feldhouse obtain their degree after their eligibility had ran out. Slogan was something like "the fans can give back to help those players that gave so much". Seems to me a FREE 4 year education and everything that came with being supported all thru college was enough. I would laugh everytime I heard the commercial. Richie was not that bright back then and no way he has increased his intelligence since.