Earle C. Clements

UK Football Player, Captain Infantry, Sheriff, Coach, Union Co Court Clerk, County Judge,State Senator,US Congress,47th Kentucky Governor, United States Senator

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Friends & Foes, you won’t want to miss this upcoming book about me in 2027! I’m not sure if I should be considered a “Kentucky Giant “ but hope my Union County (Morganfield) & Western Kentucky friends & family will read & celebrate this @ruralj book! Thanks!

[UKY_DOGE @DogeUky68114]

Oh, fantastic. So UK can use cutting-edge AI to read charred, 2,000-year-old scrolls, but taking a black Sharpie to an expense receipt is a technological impossibility.

Clearly, unlocking the secrets of the ancient world is light work compared to the Herculean task of blurring out a lunch bill. Let’s manage our expectations here.

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Regardless of what our land grant university invests in, purchases or saves financially pertaining to Hospitals or Insurance, should we have an LLC in a British Overseas Territory? Can we not invest in our great country and Commonwealth?

[Lexington Herald-Leader @heraldleader]

One of UK’s new limited liability corporations is based in Grand Cayman. Why? https://t.co/m2NqQv39rN

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Congratulations to the next Senator from our great Commonwealth of Kentucky @barrforsenate he is simply a class act & understands how to govern!

[Andy Barr @barrforsenate]

God bless @DanielCameronKY. Daniel ran a great race and made me a better candidate. Daniel is a man of faith, family, and he will always be my friend.

Davis and I want to thank both Daniel and Makenze Cameron for their years of service to the Commonwealth we all love.

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

An interesting read on the current state of affairs with @universityofky

[Linda Blackford @lbblackford]

https://t.co/wGrhEP9wUt

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

UK actually started as The Kentucky Agricultural & Mechanical College for the son’s & daughters of the Commonwealth …now it’s The Kentucky Athletics & Medicine University for out of staters &…NIL..our first UKY Prez James K. Patterson wouldn’t believe it!

[UKY_DOGE @DogeUky68114]

The University of Kentucky Was Built for the People. Let's Not Forget That.

In 1862, in the middle of a civil war, Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, a radical bet that higher education shouldn't be reserved for the wealthy. Every state would get federal land to establish a university whose mission was clear: serve the working people. Teach agriculture, mechanical arts, and the practical sciences. Lift up communities that had never seen the inside of a college classroom.

The University of Kentucky exists because of that promise.

Not because of a business plan. Not because of a revenue model. Not because someone saw an opportunity to build a brand. UK was born from the idea that a public university belongs to the people of the Commonwealth, the coal miner's daughter in Harlan County, the farmer's son in Christian County, the first-generation student in any of Kentucky's 120 counties who dared to believe education could change the trajectory of a family.

That mission is sacred. And it's worth saying plainly: “it is being eroded.”

When a land-grant university begins operating more like a holding company than an institution of learning, spinning up LLCs, layering subsidiaries, embedding consultants so deeply they become indistinguishable from leadership and something fundamental shifts. The question stops being “How do we serve Kentucky?" and starts being "How do we grow the enterprise?"

Those are not the same question.

When transparency gives way to complexity. When organizational charts require a forensic accountant to interpret, when public dollars flow through structures that obscure rather than illuminate, the people who own this university lose their ability to hold it accountable. And accountability isn't a bureaucratic inconvenience. For a land-grant institution, it's the whole point. The public trust IS the product.

Kentucky ranks near the bottom nationally in educational attainment, health outcomes, and household income. These aren't abstract statistics, they represent the very communities the Morrill Act was designed to serve. Every dollar, every decision, every partnership should be measured against one standard: “Does this move the needle for the people of this Commonwealth?”

Not for the consultants. Not for the contractors. Not for the executives. For the people.

A university can pursue excellence and still honor its soul. It can modernize without corporatizing. It can grow without forgetting who it grows for. But that requires intentionality. It requires leaders who understand that a land-grant charter isn't a historical footnote, it's a living covenant.

The University of Kentucky doesn't belong to its administration. It doesn't belong to its board. It doesn't belong to the firms it contracts with or the subsidiaries it creates.

It belongs to Kentucky.

And Kentucky deserves to know that the institution built in its name is still being run in its interest.

@GovAndyBeshear

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

I can’t imagine what these invited guests, coaches and UK administrators to the Memorial Coliseum Dedication would think of @universityofky in 2026….77 years later….please don’t change the name! @wildcatnews

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

My fellow Kentuckians..please don't "crowd" with others like I was at @UKAthletics Memorial Coliseum dedication in Feb 1949 with Coach Adolph Rupp, me in hat in center, UKY Prez Herman Donovan,Bernie Shively, @ukfootball Coach Paul Bear Bryant #teamkentucky #togetherky #patriot

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

You couldn’t have said it better @wildcatnews !!

[Oscar Combs @wildcatnews]

Food for thought . . . if you were born in Kentucky, or if you work in Kentucky, or if you live in Kentucky and certainly, if you’re a senior citizen in the twilight of your life.

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

@wildcatnews Please continue to advocate for not renaming Memorial Coliseum!

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Here I am as Board of Trustees Chair laying the cornerstone to the @UKAthletics legendary Memorial Coliseum…..sad to think there will be a presenting or in tribute sponsorship to this piece of @universityofky history! Find other facilities to name and sponsor!

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Here I am as Board of Trustees Chair laying the cornerstone to the @UKAthletics legendary Memorial Coliseum…..sad to think there will be a presenting or in tribute sponsorship to this piece of @universityofky history! Find other facilities to name and sponsor!

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

As a UK alum, former UK Football Player, former Kentucky Governor, and former UK Board of Trustees Chair....I am embarrassed at what has taken place. Proud of fellow Governor @GovAndyBeshear for bringing this to our Commonwealth's attention.

[Governor Andy Beshear @GovAndyBeshear]

A statement from Gov. Beshear.

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

For those not following this feed about @univofkentucky , it is quite interesting and entertaining about my Alma Mater!

[UKY_DOGE @DogeUky68114]

This is a public assessors record from a state down south that everyone has been talking about recently.

The 2023 calendar year represents a definitive turning point. A longitudinal study of the timeline reveals that this period served as the foundational phase for Monday’s subsequent organizational expansion of his empire.

2022 King’s Daughters “member substitution” acquisition by Beyond Blue

2023 Mark Newman removed as UKHC VP to $1M role never to be heard from again

2023 Monday named as co-EVP for UKHC

2024 Senate Faculty abolished

2024 Beyond Blue “member acquisition” of St. Claire

2024 $300M budgeted for Beyond Blue IT project

2024 $95M contract with Deloitte for Beyond Blue project

2025 Champions Blue LLC “ innovative”

2025 KRS updated to say "shall appoint a president"

2025 JMI Sports Revenue Sharing contract

2026 Barnhart $950K “Golden Parachute”

The current landscape suggests a significant decoupling of official leadership from operational control. It appears that while President Capilouto maintains a highly compensated role-further distanced by a perceived lack of consistent physical presence within the Commonwealth-the functional governance of the University has been ceded to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration. This geographic and administrative detachment has created a power vacuum, allowing for a strategic centralization of authority by Monday. The recent upheaval in the Athletics Department and the ongoing contractual instabilities are not isolated incidents, but rather the predictable outputs of an unmonitored expansion of influence, facilitated by a Board of Trustees that has effectively abdicated its oversight responsibilities.

It is time for the Board to be held accountable to the Commonwealth who they represent. The next BoT meetings are April 23 and 24th where the public needs to show up and demand accountability.

@EDSecMcMahon
@KYGOP
@KYSenateGOP

Source: Jexxxxxxn Cxxxxy Assessor

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Could not have said it better @wildcatnews !!!

[Oscar Combs @wildcatnews]

When men were men and leaders were leaders on the University of Kentucky campus. UK Coach Fran Curci, country music singer Glen Campbell, All-American QB Derrick Ramsey, Dr. Otis Singletary and Dr. Charles Wethington. The latter 2 ran a pretty tight campus ship.

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

The Federal Courts and Judicial System will Decide if we stay or fold in Morganfield……regardless of our salaries, performance, and past history we have impacted lives….this should not be a political issue.

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Call your legislators at the state and federal level regarding our local job corp that bears my name to stop it from closing forever!

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Call your legislators at the state and federal level regarding our local job corp that bears my name to stop it from closing forever!

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

One of the best things that ever occurred was turning Camp Breckinridge, a military base, into what is today the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center in Morganfield, Kentucky....it has changed numerous lives for the better & provided jobs to those in Union & surrounding counties

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Congratulations @UCBraves on your amazing football title game on Lexington!!! We’ve had some great matchups and title games over the last 150 years!! Bring that winning 🏆 back to UC!!! Those of the past will be with you! #ucproud #unioncountybraves #uchs

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Union County has produced multiple football players & basketball players at UK and beyond….I am the one who helped start this!!!

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Thank God for our law enforcement….especially our @SecretService ….prayers for everyone involved in this tragic incident

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

My proudest accomplishment as the Governor of Kentucky was creating our @kystatepolice …..Happy 76th Birthday! What a nice picture of me up on the left next to our state seal! #kystatepolice

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

Here’s some food for thought…..why not hire Union County born Dwayne Casey to be the next UK Men’s Coach..he played at UK under Joe B. Hall, was an assistant to Eddie Sutton, and coached in the NBA! @UKAthletics @KentuckyMBB @KySportsRadio @UKMitchBarnhart @KentuckySports

[Earle C. Clements @SenatorClements]

I hope it is me!!

[Kentucky Senator Bourbon @KentuckySenator]

The 4 releases…so far..with mashbills & info on each namesake. Who will grace our 5th release bottle this summer? 🥃