Moxietalk With Kirt Jacobs

Prior to serving as KY.’s 61st Gov. overseeing basically a $10 billion enterprise with over 30,000 employees, Steve served as Attny. Genl. from 1979 to 1983 & LT. Gov. from 1983 to 1987, as well as a KY. House of Reps from 1973 to 1979.  In, 1987, prior to his 1st  term as Governor in 2007, he joined the Stites & Harbison law firm & supervised the firm’s Lexington office. As Governor, Steve successfully brought KY. through the historic 2008 recession by making KY. a leader in job creation.  Not to mention weathering an apocalyptic Jan. 2009 Ice Storm that crippled almost a million Kentuckians in total darkness for days & in some cases weeks! However, under his leadership, KY’s. the unemployment rate dropped from 10.7% to 4.9%, & set export records for 4 years in a row.  In all, Beshear’s administration announced almost 2,300 new expansion projects-creating some $19.3 billion in investment & more than 87,000 jobs.  The economic turnaround culminated in 2014 by KY. winning Site Selection