The more you really find out about some of these Board Members, and where they reside(outside City),the more it makes you wonder really who has Corbin's best interest at heart. This is beginning to sound like SOUR GRAPES. You have the Tourism commission fighting the Chamber, and all the Bickering between these Boards. Read the Local newspapers! Then when you you start researching,you find that OVER HALF of these board members DO NOT RESIDE IN CITY , OR PAY CITY TAXES. Wow! How can we as a City grow, when folks don't have to be a part of the City or pay taxes like we do and be appointed to these Boards and handle your Tax dollars and tell you the Tax payer of Corbin whats best for you? Where is the Incentives Mr.Commissioner when you want to ANNEX? These folk's have Best of Both World's. There are Plenty of skilled Buisness leaders in the City Limits that have never ever been asked or approached to be on one of these Boards. Why? There should be standards and strict requirements set on memberships.No if's and's or but's when dealing with Corbin Tax funds. These that are Bickering with one another all the time very well could be part of that old 'Sour Grape Brigade' someone often refers too. Let's change the way we do Buisness for the sake of the Tax Payer and residents of Corbin. Start With the Boards!

The Last Poster is trying to change the Subject, sure there is in-Fighting, I am sure the chamber folks have the same opinions of about the Tourism Board.

Read what the Last few posters have said, this is about Particiapting on these bOards but living in the City and Or Paying City Tax's on their personal property.

Who On the Chamber Board from the List of Names does not live in the City, who from the tourism Board does not live in the City and does not pay any Tax's????

oh they pay Tax's but to London, B'ville, W'burg, Laurel County. Knox County but guess what? No money to Corbin but yet they want to serve???????? Sounds like to me your serving alright, just different cities!!!

The New Mayor & City Commission should do the Following:

Pull anny support from any Board that does not have city residents deployed, they should not be able to use the city name, spend any city money or operate in the name of the city. They have every right to form a Citizens For the Better ment of Corbin and Operate as a Private Entity.

Again This is almost Criminal

Businesses in the city limits pay property taxes if they own the property, which I believe Mr. Curry does. Why in heavens name would you give this family more of an incentive to get the heck out of Corbin? They have spent a TON of money on a very risky venture DOWNTOWN, in a building that was falling apart. Why insult the man and ask him to resign from a board that is undoubtedly no fun to be a part of, alot of work, and desperately in need of some business experienced members to wisely handle the restaurant tax funds? People have such a chip on their shoulders about a few that they don't like, they'd throw the baby out with the bath water just to get rid of them.

No one is saying these are not good folks, this is not about one person either. Bob, you very well know the issue of paying Business Tax's and City tax's are somewhat different. Nobody wants to Build a wall or has for that matter, folks have gotten away with this Practice for years, I could name 50 people since 1970 that have did the same thing, as you say this still does not make it fair, not about the Best person or what someone may think is their Heart or Intention, it's about being Fair to tax paying city residents and giving then 1st Chance at being on these Boards.

But!!!!! Unfortunatley the Tax's on personal property is and has been the Largest Funding stream for any city (You know this) for years. The City desperatly needs personal property tax's especially on Values that Exceed 250K and 1 Million Dollars, these are funds that at present are Supporting W'burg, London, B'ville and the supporting Counties.

It also turns in to a fairness issue and keeping the money Clean, your very well aware of the point I am trying to make. If all you had to do was own a Business then you could run for Mayor, City Commision, School Board, why do you think the Cities preclude folks from doing this? I think you know why, because of Massive Conflicts of Interest and the above mentioned points I have just made, once again as many posters on here have made, someone else always has the City's Best Interst at Heart, Right? again, not a Clean move in 2007 to Operate Like this.

I find it somewhat sad to see these different Boards Fighting one another and most of their members do not even live in the city and have paid Zero city tax's. Guess we are just going to have to Dis-Agree here, smart people making Excellent points, I supported Bob sr in his race for Judge but he is wrong on this one.

just not Clean or fair for tax paying City Residents to be subjected to this, someone keeps mentioning Mr Curry, what about the other 50% that are serving on the Boards and paying no Personal Tax's on their property, look at the Public PVA assessments on what their residents are listed at, look at the money the city is losing. Guess I am struggling to follow the points on the other posts about all the Goodness (And alot of it really is) but then their personal property tax heads in another direction????

Still respect the Points here made by some great folks.

Look for Future Scrutiny by City Tax Payers on this issue.

The last post was put on by me, and I am sorry I did not include my name. Please pardon the senior moment.

Bob Terrell, Sr.

Mr. Terrell,

The people have lost faith in these boards, based on the way your situation developed. I don't want to get into your personal life, but, that's a fact.

Being a small town, and we are a small town, this has came out to smell of pure politics from the persons still on these boards, that were involved when all this came about. Most all that have lived in corbin for some time, were totally shocked when this happened. Shocked!!!!!! I was.

And when asked for an explaination for their reasoning, none was given. This implicated even more is was a personal and/or political issue.

Then, financial issues over nibroc expenses fueled the fire even more. Add the treatment of the reporter as they did, and it gets bigger.

Until that board explains what happened and why with regard to your situation, this will not die down. Again, your personal life and issues are none of our business, but, the way things happened, it sort of became our business. Most feel it was solely political.

That said, thank you for your service and dedication to the city of corbin and the surrounding area.

The last time I was at the Depot I was invited by Mr. Curry to watch a ball game on his 65” TV in his 2000 sq ft studio apartment that has a 2 car garage and he also gets his personal mail there. If that’s not living in the middle of Corbin what is? He obviously lives in Corbin more than London because he and his wife manage the restaurant and is also trying to develop 22 acres in the city limits that he pays city taxes on, and if successful will bring more tax dollars to Corbin. He also pays city taxes on the Wendy’s and the property adjoining it, Shell station, the Depot and his apartment heck he probably pays more city taxes in a year than the persons ranting on this site does in a life time. I would like to commend him on taking a chance and vesting an interest in Corbin because every time I see him he talks about long term ideas that can help the City of Corbin. I hope he ignores the tunnel vision narrow minded persons who have targeted him on this site, some of the statements are embarrassing. One last thing for all you people that say “JUST MY OPINION” stick to the facts or at least find the facts before you post, cause opinions are like you know what and everyone has one of those!

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The last time I was at the Depot I was invited by Mr. Curry to watch a ball game on his 65” TV in his 2000 sq ft studio apartment that has a 2 car garage and he also gets his personal mail there. If that’s not living in the middle of Corbin what is?

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Oh yeah, the 2-car garage Rick built right in the middle of Main Street that makes that section of downtown look like The Projects. Yeah, the garage you have to drive a car over the City sidewalk to park in. Yeah, the Garage that was built on Corbin's Main Street with no consultation with the City. His Contribution the the Mainstreet Project I guess.

You would think Rick's best friend, the man who lobbied for and received control of the Mainstreet project, would have talked Rick out of that piece of architectual brilliance.

Not my opinion, just sticking to the facts.

 

Alot of the Folks have spent their Money here, it's called Personal Tax's-----This is not about Rick Curry, it is about the Entire System, 3/4 of these Folks are not listed as city residents who serve on these Boards, if Mr. Curry lives in Corbin he is off the Hook, but his and at Least 9 Others are listed in the updated Phone books and online white pages as being outside the city!!!!!

The city residents whether you think they will particiapte or not have already spent their Personal Money here pal, every year they get their Tax Bills!!!!!!!!!!

What Part of this is hard to understand?????? If you live in the City you have an obligation to pay Personal Tax's on your Property, this enables you to run for any office and help manage the city and direct the Tax payer funds that are budgeted.

If you do not live and help fund the city you should not be allowed to make these decisions, if you care that much about particiaption buy a home in the city, the last option here is to move on and stop whinning!!!

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I think all the previous poster was relaying is that Mr. Curry has residency in Corbin. So move on to someone that dosen't.

The garage looks a lot better than the broken up store front that was there. If the main street project goes well and more apartments are built like in other towns you may see more garages in Corbin.

If the previous posters have so many opinions and ideas, run for a position in city government or go to the boards and express your thoughts. It's a free country so why moan on message board that will get you nowwhere when you can go direct to the boards you are not happy with.

I guarantee the boards won't here a peep from these complainers on this message board because they don't have the kahunas to get out and help the city personally,or personally spend there time when there off,or spend personal money or donate money or collect money for the city.

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So you are saying that Mr. Curry's official residency is in Corbin, not London? I also agree with a previous post, you don't see garage doors on Main Streets in promising or well kept downtowns, unless you are in Brooklyn, and on top of it having to drive over the citys sidewalk into the enter the structure. You are entitled to think that a garage door looks better than a Main Street store front, but you won't have many downtown business owners agreeing with you - one I know of.

Another thought csx wanted to put there main office in corbin. What is the reason its not here and instead is in Florida

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I thought Mayor Miller just before he went out of office announced that CSX was coming in the City? That has not happened, has it?

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No not yet but what I was referring to was years ago when csx wanted to put there main office in Corbin and instead went to Florida. Does anyone remember why the people of Corbin didn't want them here? If this had happened Corbin would have been the largest and richest town in southeastern Ky.

What?????????????????????????????

The Tourism Board Leader does not Live in the City City Limits either?????????????????????????

Tell me this is not SO???????????????????????????????????????????

These guys will Handle a Million Dollar Budget, what in this world is going on???????

I just saw this on another post, tell me this is not soooooo?????