Below is a letter I sent earlier this week regarding the SportsPlex analysis. I think we are all interested public opinion on this topic. We probably cannot "slow boat" this analysis without consequences. 🧐👇 VIA EMAIL ONLY: Judge Executive Craig Clymer Commissioner Bill Bartleman Commissioner Jeff Parker Deputy Judge Steve [...]
Well . . . today I enjoyed some attention from the Paducah Sun. 😏 I'm still processing their words and thoughts. The paper feels I should have disclosed the fact I assisted Scott Darnell with his last days at PED. The County Attorney said I was not required to disclose. Frankly, I [...]
In recovery, we recovering addicts count time. Initially, we count 90 meetings in 90 days. Very soon we start to feel the power of gratitude and we keep counting because "counting" reminds us to continue to use the power of gratitude. In the early days of recovery, I remember the comfort from [...]
During the past few weeks I have written three (3) blog post about the “Ohio River Triple Rail Mega Site.” This post combines those three (3) posts into one (1) post and makes for a little easier reading. Post 3 is intentionally listed before Post 2 because . . . well, it [...]
In 2016, Sentury Tire Company vetted one hundred (100) communities and building sites in fifteen (15) different states for the purpose of constructing a 1.3 million square foot facility. The anticipated construction costs of the facility would be $530 million dollars. The expansion would result in one thousand (1,000) new jobs with an average annual [...]
In 1968, the United States Supreme Court rendered an opinion which changed the future of a small community in Tennessee known as Tazewell. Technically, the Tazewell community is made up of two separate towns named Tazewell and New Tazewell. Apparently, the town suffers from a lack of UNESCO type creativity with [...]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN McCRACKEN COUNTY, KY During the campaign for McCracken County Commissioner, I want to elevate the public conversation about two (2) key pieces of real estate located within McCracken County, Kentucky. The first (and probably most important) of those two real estate tracts is a 410 acre site located in [...]
Below are the questions and my riveting (humor) answers in The Paducah Sun article interviewing candidates for County Commissioner. 1. Tell us about you. I am a fifty-three (53) year old father, military veteran, and small business owner. My education experience includes an undergraduate degree in Public Administration and a law [...]
“How can you tell if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry they will tell you.” (Stolen from some anonymous Facebook post.) In the early part of 2017, I encountered a little of “life irritability,” and I found that running in a local running group was cheap, effective therapy. Paducah resident Bill Culiver [...]
A big "shout out" to local folks who ran the Boston Marathon yesterday. Good stuff from Carl Baker, Jim Eicholtz, Jessica Mathis (pictured above), Abbey Reeves and Madison Sewell.
