Interview with Edward Ford, September 29, 2003
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In the second part of this two-part interview, Ford (Senate 1978-1994, 30th district; Democrat) picks up with a discussion about the 1985 special session called by Governor Collins on education reform. He also covers legislation on nuclear waste destruction, water quality, the bottle bill, road improvement, economic development, high incarceration rates, education reform, and workers compensaInterview Accession
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Beshear, Steve Black Sheep Squadron BOPTROT bottle bill Central Midwest Compact Commission (Chair) Charles Wethington coal industry Eck Rose Economic development education reform ethics legislation Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation (Executive director) Illinois incarceration rates Joint Interim Environmental Quality Committee (Chair) lottery Maxey Flats (Ky.) nuclear waste Recycling (Waste, etc.) roads tax legislation testing (students) testing (teachers) University of Kentucky Water quality worker's comp Worker's compensation bill Workers' compensationInterview LC Subject
Beshear, Steven L., 1944- Brown, John Young, Jr., 1933-2022 Coal trade Collins, Martha Layne, 1936- Economic development Educational change Educational change--Kentucky Fayette County (Ky.) Ford, Edward, 1930-2010 Ford, Edward, 1930-2010--Interviews Horse industry Illinois Jones, Brereton C., 1939-2023 Kentucky Education Association Kentucky. Education Reform Act (1990) Kentucky. Governor (1987-1991 : Wilkinson) Kentucky. Governor (1991-1995 : Jones) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Maxey Flats (Ky.) Nicholas County (Ky.) Nuclear waste Radioactive waste disposal -- Kentucky Recycling (Waste, etc.) Roads--Design and construction--Kentucky Robertson County (Ky.) Rose, John A. Scott County (Ky.) Southern Regional Education Board Taxation--Law and legislation University of Kentucky Water quality Water quality--Kentucky Wethington, Charles T. (Charles Turner), Jr., 1936- Wilkinson, Wallace G., 1941-2002 Woodford County (Ky.) Workers' compensationInterview Rights
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Ford, Edward Interview by Eric Moyen. 29 Sep. 2003. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ford, E. (2003, September 29). Interview by E. Moyen. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ford, Edward, interview by Eric Moyen. September 29, 2003, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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