Farmer Defends Hiring Of Girlfriend

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Outgoing Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer says he did nothing improper in hiring his girlfriend, Stephanie L. Sandmann, as a special assistant in his Frankfort office. He says Sandmann is qualified for the job, which is a non-merit position paying $5,000 a month. Farmer's successor James Comer said Sandmann will have to make her case before a transition team and says he "wouldn't bet on her staying." Farmer lost his bid for lieutenant governor in November on the Republican ticket with Senate President David Williams.