Oct 7 Local News Blanton Leaving Governor's Office From Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh Jay Blanton, spokesman for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, is leaving the administration at the end of October to take a job in the private sector. Jay Blanton is Gov. Beshear’s second communications director, after Dick Brown, who now works for Environmental and Public Protection. Blanton, who began work for […] By Rick Howlett Oct 7 Local News Blanton Leaving Governor's Office Rick Howlett