Seems the weekly is bragging, again, as they have in the past, that they have the highest daily "paid" circulation of both the local papers. I don't see how this could be, but, that's what they say.
The story goes, this is how they get the government advertising they put in their paper, on the forclosures and such.
They say they can provide postal service documentation as to this, but, it's only paper. I wonder "where" all those subscriptions are going.
The Times Tribune was born in Corbin. Their facility is on Kentucky Street in Corbin. Their employees pay an occupational tax in whiich 75% goes to Corbin. They eat meals in Corbin, some of them have homes in Corbin, and many of their kids go to school in Corbn.
CTA Acoutics is in Corbin. Their owners are in New York and Michigan. Northern Contour is just outside of Corbin in Knox County. Their owners live in Minnesota. Two of the main owners of Pepsi Cola have two operations in Corbin and one of them lives in Whitley County and another in Knox County. Pearson was owned in England and they recently were sold to a company in California. Williamsburg Plastics is owned by the Jones family in Louisville but they have employees from Whitley, Williamsburg, Corbin. Knox, Barbourville, Laurel, London and other communities and counties.
Aisin is owned by a Japanese Company that is part of the Toyota Group. They have employees from about ten different counties and towns. Kentucky Cabinet is now in the American Greeting Building and their owners live in Brookly, NY. Classic Vault is in the NCR building and their CEO lives in Georgia.
If we want to grow and develop we had better get out of this "they don't live in Corbin stuff". This afternoon I talked to a businessman in Corbin, Knox County and he said in the future he plans to move out of Corbin to the county. He said Corbin is not business friendly. Many of our citizens are business friendly. We have such potential but you can't deposit potential in the bank of life. We must appreciate the jobs we have whether they are owned in or outside of Corbin. We are competing with the world for jobs. We must make management and employees clearly understand that we are glad to have them just as long as they follow our rules and laws.
