Donald Joseph Blandford (born April 4, 1938) is an American retired politician in the state of Kentucky.
[vague] He played an essential role in the passage of major education reform legislation in 1990.
Approximately 10% of the state's sitting legislators were indicted as a result, many for accepting bribes of as low as $100.
[4] In the wake of Blandford's conviction and the scandal that rocked the Kentucky General Assembly as a whole, the House elected Joe Clarke of Danville, the longtime chairman of the Appropriations and Revenue Committee, as Speaker.
Clarke's impeccably clean image and sterling reputation for honesty was a marked contrast to that of his predecessor.