Kentucky has several commissions/boards that are approving hundreds of millions a year in tax incentives while the people approving the incentives are the same ones profiting from the incentives. One such program, as recently covered by KYFREE, is the $75 million-a-year Kentucky Entertainment Incentive program, which pays out cash equivalent to about 30%-35% of the production budget. On the commission that approves these incentives are individuals who own production companies that have and do get paid to work on the same projects they are approving. One such example is major political donor Misdee Wrigley Miller, who just in the last few years has been a maximum donor to politicians like Governor Beshear, Speaker Osborne, and Senate President Stivers. Miller was the major pusher behind setting up the Kentucky Film Commission to oversee the already existing Kentucky Entertainment Incentive program, which allows up to $75 million a year to be handed out to entertainment companies. Just over the past few years, Misdee Wrigley Miller has been paid by projects that have received over $8 million in incentives from the program. Miller's defense to her involvement with the board is that she will recuse herself from any votes that involve projects she may financially benefit from. However, just being on the commission obviously gives a leg up to those seeking approval. Just her act of recusal lets the rest of the board know it's one of her projects, and the internal board politics of that can affect the rest of the members' approval. As KYFREE has detailed, it's not as if the $75 million program as a whole is delivering huge returns. One example is the recent movie filmed in Kentucky starring Ethan Hawke. The movie had a $9 million production budget. Kentucky gave it $2.9 million in cash. The movie made less than $600,000 at the box office. With the cash handouts, it is hard to see how a $9 million budget generates enough other tax revenues through payroll/local services/etc. to offer $3 million in incentives. There have been many other questionable projects as well that have received massive amounts, such as: 1,000-Lb. Sisters receiving between $600,000-$1,100,000 a season Sassy Maids 1, 2, and 3 receiving over $3,000,000 each I Never Should Have Slept with Him receiving over $3.3 million. Plus many, many more that leave you scratching your head on why Kentucky would be subsidizing these productions to the tune of millions.