There is a lot of truth in what you say.


They are doing exactly that with the Expo center, hiring a company to run and promote it, and they're not from corbin. Although,I sometimes worry they are trying to find someone locally to run it, as I don't think they've signed a contract to do it. 

Estep said in last nights News Journal that his tenure is up next year as tourism chairman, so, maybe we can survive till then. 

If it is comical  to you why do you watch it? Because you get a chance to express your opinion. I may not agree with you but when I served in the military part of the reason was to be sure we could all freely express our opinions. You have freely expressed yours. What else do you want?

I hear there are some people considering the establishment of a Whitley County Tourism Commission, Whitley County Chamber, Whitley County Economic Development Office, and an annual Yeltihw Festival. ( the Yeltihw name is Whitley spelled backwards.) Yeltihw is pronounced yel-teh-wu and is a Native American term for "bright color".

The Yeltihw Festival would be held each year in October starting the first night of the full moon. Many of us out in the county are fed up with Corbin and Williamsburg. We are people without a government. Sheep without a shepherd.
A herd without a cowboy. A ship without a Captain and a jet without a pilot. We will boycott the two largest towns in Whitley County, and the Yeltihw Festival will be held out in the County. We may prohibit citizens of Williamsburg and Corbin from attending the Yeltihw Festival.

We will likely form our own county government. We will attract our own restaurants, bed and breakfast inns, and other amenities. Since Cumberland Falls State Park is out in the county this will be our center of activity.

We are no longer welcome in Corbin and Williamsburg so we must press on to survive.

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I hear there are some people considering the establishment of a Whitley County Tourism Commission, Whitley County Chamber, Whitley County Economic Development Office, and an annual Yeltihw Festival. ( the Yeltihw name is Whitley spelled backwards.) Yeltihw is pronounced yel-teh-wu and is a Native American term for "bright color".

The Yeltihw Festival would be held each year in October starting the first night of the full moon. Many of us out in the county are fed up with Corbin and Williamsburg. We are people without a government. Sheep without a shepherd.
A herd without a cowboy. A ship without a Captain and a jet without a pilot. We will boycott the two largest towns in Whitley County, and the Yeltihw Festival will be held out in the County. We may prohibit citizens of Williamsburg and Corbin from attending the Yeltihw Festival.

We will likely form our own county government. We will attract our own restaurants, bed and breakfast inns, and other amenities. Since Cumberland Falls State Park is out in the county this will be our center of activity.

We are no longer welcome in Corbin and Williamsburg so we must press on to survive.

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I know several people who live in the counties who will support this.  Great idea!

There is no answer to this question, and that is the problem. No matter how you feel about it either way, there is no answer that will win this argument.

The idiot three posts up is a great example. They take one small portion of the whole post, and they use it as their platform. 

The biggest part of the whole issue is a committe spending corbin city tax dollars, and that committee's majority of members do not live in the city.  That's what gets people fired up.

So, if that's all it is, put the approval stamp on the mayor, and he will have final approval of the expenditure. 

Those of us working on the Yeltihw (Whitley spelled backwards) Festival are aware that we don't need luck, we need a miracle.

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I AGREE WITH THE ORIGINAL POSTER WE DONT NEED PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY ON THESE BOARDS ESPECIALLY THE MAIN STREET BOARDS GOD BLESS YOU

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And God bless you. Do you have to live in the City to get to heaven?

I am at a loss to understand what some of these posters have against people who may live outside of Corbin but may still work in Corbin, own property in Corbin and even serve on Corbin boards.  It is a mistake to alienate these people.  They contribute too much to our city.

When the census for 2010 is completed London will have surpassed Corbin in population for the first time since the early 1900's, Corbin should be out showing people the advantqges of being in the city of Corbin instead of making people want to stay out of the City of Corbin.

I don't want to be on any more boards, committees, commissions or other organizations in the City of Corbin, and yet I love Corbin and many of its people. I grew up in Corbin. I left Corbin for military service and came back here to raise a family. There were no good jobs and I had to move out.

From Ohio, Texas Michigan and Oklahoma my gifts to organizations in Corbin were accepted and nobody told me you can't be involved because you don't live in Corbin.

The sad thing is that Corbin has such wonderful opportunities. We must stop accepting what we are and plan and work to become the best we can be. I believe it would be to our advantage if Corbin could get its population up to 15,000 by 2012 and to 25,000 by 2017.  Georgetown is getting a mall that is a mini Hamburg place. Georgetown has grown from far below 10,000 people to about 20,000 people as a result of getting Toyota in their area. It would be to the advantage of the people of this area if our population would hit those goals. We would have so much more influence in Frankfort and Washington, DC.

We have one strong characteristic we must utilize. We have many women who are outstanding leaders. Some places in America and other parts of the world still live in the dark ages. At the present time and in the future this will be a major resource for our business and community development.

Let's all pull for each other. Let's use all the talent we have. My best days are over but I am pulling for all of you to have high expectations and do your best together to reach them. Let's quit this in town or out of town battle. We don't have to agree but we can still work together.

Bob Terrell, Sr. 

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Man, am I confused!
I just don't get it--What's the big problem with good citizens who live on the otherside of the line serving on boards and committees? I get the impression they can't be trusted with 'money' if they live outside the city limits. Not everybody can live in the city limits. It would be a bit crowded. Don't most of those residents work in the city limits? Don't they eat in your restaurants, buy gasoline, send their children to schools, all in the city limits? Do they shop for groceries in the city limits? Will the churches refuse their membership, tithes and donations? Do you question a person when he contributes to local charities, Nibroc, etc., etc.? What would Corbin tourism do without Cumberland Falls State Park? Is it in the city limits???
Yes, my questions may sound ridiculous, but don't you think this whole issue is ridiculous? Nobody is going to agree to the point of getting the job done, especially if the majority of the action is on a chatlist where no one gives his name. There will always be those who oppose decisions. I pity all the people working on the boards and commissions. They are up against a brick wall no matter what they decide. I'm beginning to wonder if the issues are the problem, or is it a matter of personalities? If a person has lived in Corbin his entire life, how could he not be interested in the growth and progress of his own town?
Have you ever hired a consultant to solve your problems? If they don't have the appropriate solution, they still expect to be paid--big bucks!
Another thing that bothers me is name-calling. You may not like what I say, or agree with my comments, but please, please don't call me an idiot.
I lived in Corbin. I do not now live in Corbin, and from what I have been reading, I don't want to live in Corbin. A lot of damage has, and is, being done to a lot of good people. I feel that the character assassination and backbiting are totally unnecessary? Nothing can be accomplished by this. Chat lists are supposed to be entertaining, informative, and fun.

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Corbin has great opportunities. We are finally discussing issues. This is how you improve. By sweeping things under the rug  it does not get improvement.
When Poneal talks about how we should not criticize she should remember that prior to this message board the only means get ideas in print were newspapers. The publisher could slam anyone he wanted but there was no way to defend yourself or present your side of anything.

Having team spirit has to start with the captain of the team. Team spirit can't just be a few members of the team running everything their way. Go back and read about the forming of our nation's constitution. Read about the debate, criticism that took place as they shaped our great constitution. Liberty is not a one way street. Freedom of speech is not just saying everything the way the power brokers want it to be said.

The people deserve to be able to speak, and the big bosses of society should listen to the good and the bad.  Poneal you have some good ideas, but remember that Corbin does have some great opportunities but we must act with a sense of urgency to be competitive in this rapid changing world.
Bob Terrell, Sr.

Bob SR. is right.  If he and other Corbinites are excluded from Boards we will loose consierable experience and talents.  I for one hope that Bob and others will continue to donate their time and talents.

I agree with the last poster, and have always wondered why this "out of city limits" stuff even started.

One thing we can do is put more responsibility on our city commissioners and mayor. They ran for office, so let them run the town.  We elected them, so now they can earn their keep.

I like the idea from another thread having a commissioner in charge overall of each of the committees.  I like that.

Even though I do not approve of anything Estep has done, it has nothing to do with whether he does or does not live in the city limits.

It would seem to me there is a lot of fuss going on about this "living in the city or not".   Isn't the goal of our community to find positive leadership and work toward a common goal?   I believe all our present goverment leaders are good, decent, hard working  volunteers with a desire to do the right thing.  I dont think the approach to fixing problems is bashing and damaging the character of individuals.  I do think we need to ALL step up and challenge each other to be better.   Everyone posting here is in agreement about one thing... they are passionate about what they believe.  Everyone here wants either a change or forward movement.  Its time to come together, without smearing another member of our community, and work toward the goal of making Corbin stronger, better, and more desireable for business and tourism.  Talking about where we live in relation to the city limit sign is a waste of time.  If you are passionate about Corbin, lace em up and get in the game.  Like I stated in a post prior, I don't live in the limits, but that wont stop me from doing my part to make our community better.  I dont need your votes, pats on the back, or agreeing with my opinion on this forum... I am going to do what is best for my family.... working in this community to make it a better place than I found it is what I am going to do.  There is more benefit in allowing people to be on committees who dont reside in the limits and are passionate about this town,  than the collection of their tax dollar.  If we work together, the tax dollars can be generated on the basis of new money coming into this area, by way of new industry, restaurants, retail, and the list goes on and on.  If UK had the opportunity in recuriting the top HS bball player in the nation, and they lived in Florida, would you disagree with that?   I doubt anyone who is a passionate about our Wildcats would.  This is our town, and it requires all of us to make it better.  Teamwork is a combination of each and every person on the team doing their part to accomplish a common goal.  Your opinion is vital, but your action is crucial.