Beshear Takes State Plane To SEC Tournament

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Beshear spokeswoman Kerri Richardson said the Kentucky Democratic Party will pay for the trip after Governor Steve Beshear used a state plane to go to the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament in New Orleans on March 9th and to take first lady Jane Beshear to Florida to visit friends. State Republican Party chairman Steve Robertson said personal use of state property was not appropriate, and he noted that the governor used a state plane last April to take his family to the NCAA Final Four in Houston. Richardson says the Kentucky Democratic Party will pay for the trip because Beshear "participated in some Democratic Party activities" during the trip.