22 Quotes by Jay Blanton

We're hopeful that it will be adopted by the legislature. But obviously there's a lot of competing interests ... it's too early to tell.

UK has a unique mission and a unique mandate and I think we've articulated the financial needs for meeting that mandate in our business plan and we've been consistent from Day One that that be adequately funded not only to help the university but to help the commonwealth.

Obviously what we've heard and read, we're very excited about. But we have not seen the final numbers and we won't until the General Assembly approves the budget.

We've been very gratified with the conversations we've been having with policy-makers.

He values merit-based pay systems that emphasize and recognize individual achievement and rewards it, rather than a collective, regulatory scheme that does not.

We have a great facility and staff, but it needs to be updated. That patient care facility is over 40 years old and needs to be replaced.

We have a long-term agreement with CHA. We expect there will be no changes to benefits or services for at least five years.

Those funds will plug back into the operation of the hospital.

Those are coal severance dollars and they have to go back to the region and they're going for an educational use which is something we've supported.