Who's Chamber of Commerce is it ??????

Date: Sep 8, 2007

RE: Who's Chamber of Commerce is it ??????

Date: Sep 8, 2007

This is not the way Chambers of Commerce are supposed to operate. Both Fletcher and Beshear should have been extended invitations to speak. Regardless of what political party you belong to, both parties should be treated equal. This was a big blunder.

Date: Sep 8, 2007

I don't enjoy calling the Economic Development and Chamber Office anymore because Lynda Meadows is no longer there. She was the heart and spirit of that place. What happened to her? Did she get fired the same way Shirley Clark and Sharon Reeves were fired?

Many Chamber members joined because of her. That place has really changed to the worst in the past two years. What happened to Lynda? She has been an inspiration to all of us with her dedication to Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society.

Date: Sep 9, 2007

It would be my opinion that the Chamber Board will correct this oversight and invite Steve Beshear to speak at their October meeting. I am sure they can juggle things to avoid ignoring one of our candidates for Governor. Especially after they invited the other candidate. For Governor Fletcher they even changed their regular meeting date. They should be able to do the same for Beshear.

Date: Sep 11, 2007

I agree. But, we'll have to see if and when it happens. Surely they will realize the importance of this. Not all the members of the chamber are republicans.

Date: Sep 11, 2007

The Chamber Board in Corbin is dominated by one person. I doubt seriously they will invite Steve Beshear to get equal treatment.

Date: Sep 12, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

The Chamber Board in Corbin is dominated by one person. I doubt seriously they will invite Steve Beshear to get equal treatment.

I agree. The Chamber Board is impotent. It is ruled by one person. That person has another person who is like his puppy dog. They will never invite Steve Beshear. They are making another huge mistake. When is the Chamber Board going to take charge and run things like a Chamber is supposed to operate?

Date: Sep 12, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The Chamber Board in Corbin is dominated by one person. I doubt seriously they will invite Steve Beshear to get equal treatment.

I agree. The Chamber Board is impotent. It is ruled by one person. That person has another person who is like his puppy dog. They will never invite Steve Beshear. They are making another huge mistake. When is the Chamber Board going to take charge and run things like a Chamber is supposed to operate?

The chamber board is an excellent group of people so why would you degrade them when the intentions are for the good of the town? It seems as though all you want to do is degrade everything that is being done. For your information, the chamber is not dominated by one person, you are trying to dominate by yourself.

Date: Sep 12, 2007

If the Chamber Board is so effective why did they not invite the other candidate for Governor to speak at a luncheon? If the Chamber is so effective why doesn't the Chamber President preside at the monthly luncheon meetings? That's the way it is done in other cities. The Expecutive Director doesn't preside over everything.

If the Chamber board is so effective why don't you stand up for our Director of the Downtown Corbin program instead of having your top two people treat her like dirt?

Actions speak louder than words. I agree there are some fine people on the Chamber Board. But if fine people sit on the hands and fail to stand up to demogogues it means they are not effective.

Lynda Meadows was great in getting members for the Chamber. She was a wonderful team player and recognized across the State for her work on the cancer programs. Why was she treated so shabily by the leader of that office?

If you think you are going to shut the people up in this area you are dead wrong. You seem to direct your criticism for messages on this website to my son or me. You have no idea in addition to this message board which has many participants, how many phone calls we receive from people in the area urging my son to keep allowing them to have an outlet for their comments.

You are not going destroy freedom of speech.

Bob Terrell, Sr.

Date: Sep 14, 2007

In all fairness to the Chamber Board, I would bet they never even had on the agenda inviting Beshear to a monthly meeting. The ones who determine the agenda would never have wanted to do that. I have heard the board members don't get an agenda till the last minute. How dare for me to even suggest that the Chamber Board give equal consideration to Fletcher's opponent, Beshear.
I am a trouble maker.

There are some good people on the Chamber but they are kept in the dark about many things. I doubt they had any idea about the way Lynda Meadows was treated. If they did, why do good people tolerate those kind of leaders? They fear to speak up, they are intimidated, they are deceived, and are in denial. And who are usually the victims of autocratic, dictatorial leaders? Most often women are the victims. Sometimes men who stand up to them are the victims of their punishment. These kind of leaders see any criticism, suggestions, or questions as a threat to their power and control. In their minds they believe the people they control have to be watched, given detail directions, and things have to be done exactly the way the dictator wants it. If not, you will soon have to be run off people like Shirley Clark, Sharon Reeves, Lynda Meadows, and me.

This is not the first time I have seen this kind of leadership. There are some people with guts who stand up and oppose it. Because some managers who worked for me had a trail of firing or losing good people I used to have an exit interview with every employee who was fired or who resigned. You have to look beneath the surface.

I worked in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan twice, Texas( Houston and Dallas), Illinois,
Oklahoma, England, Germany, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rica, Cuba, and Panama and at age 71 I got bounced out in my own hometown. One year after being named Tri-County Leader of the Year. Many people were upset about it but nobody in authority did anything about it. When this kind of controlling leadership is tolerated and ignored it only gets worse. Sharea, Samantha, Bob, Jr. and I are threats to the established power. Bob provides a means for people to speak up. Power people don't like for the people to speak up.

You may say don't whine just accept it and move on with your life. Well, as long as I live I will stand up and be counted when I see others abused, treated with disrespect, and steam rolled by dictatorial types. That even happened to my own mother in her hometown of Corbin. It happened to her at American Greetings after she had undergone a serious operation. When she got back to work she found out she had been demoted. Some of my friends from American Greetings have filled me in on the details.

You may choose to just ignore and overlook these kinds of intimidating leaders but I won't.
Bob Terrell, Sr.

Date: Sep 14, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

In all fairness to the Chamber Board, I would bet they never even had on the agenda inviting Beshear to a monthly meeting. The ones who determine the agenda would never have wanted to do that. I have heard the board members don't get an agenda till the last minute. How dare for me to even suggest that the Chamber Board give equal consideration to Fletcher's opponent, Beshear.
I am a trouble maker.

There are some good people on the Chamber but they are kept in the dark about many things. I doubt they had any idea about the way Lynda Meadows was treated. If they did, why do good people tolerate those kind of leaders? They fear to speak up, they are intimidated, they are deceived, and are in denial. And who are usually the victims of autocratic, dictatorial leaders? Most often women are the victims. Sometimes men who stand up to them are the victims of their punishment. These kind of leaders see any criticism, suggestions, or questions as a threat to their power and control. In their minds they believe the people they control have to be watched, given detail directions, and things have to be done exactly the way the dictator wants it. If not, you will soon have to be run off people like Shirley Clark, Sharon Reeves, Lynda Meadows, and me.

This is not the first time I have seen this kind of leadership. There are some people with guts who stand up and oppose it. Because some managers who worked for me had a trail of firing or losing good people I used to have an exit interview with every employee who was fired or who resigned. You have to look beneath the surface.

I worked in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan twice, Texas( Houston and Dallas), Illinois,
Oklahoma, England, Germany, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rica, Cuba, and Panama and at age 71 I got bounced out in my own hometown. One year after being named Tri-County Leader of the Year. Many people were upset about it but nobody in authority did anything about it. When this kind of controlling leadership is tolerated and ignored it only gets worse. Sharea, Samantha, Bob, Jr. and I are threats to the established power. Bob provides a means for people to speak up. Power people don't like for the people to speak up.

You may say don't whine just accept it and move on with your life. Well, as long as I live I will stand up and be counted when I see others abused, treated with disrespect, and steam rolled by dictatorial types. That even happened to my own mother in her hometown of Corbin. It happened to her at American Greetings after she had undergone a serious operation. When she got back to work she found out she had been demoted. Some of my friends from American Greetings have filled me in on the details.

You may choose to just ignore and overlook these kinds of intimidating leaders but I won't.
Bob Terrell, Sr.

I am glad you didn't forget to sign your name this time. It also sounds like you have a terrible chip on your shoulder.

Date: Sep 14, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In all fairness to the Chamber Board, I would bet they never even had on the agenda inviting Beshear to a monthly meeting. The ones who determine the agenda would never have wanted to do that. I have heard the board members don't get an agenda till the last minute. How dare for me to even suggest that the Chamber Board give equal consideration to Fletcher's opponent, Beshear.
I am a trouble maker.

There are some good people on the Chamber but they are kept in the dark about many things. I doubt they had any idea about the way Lynda Meadows was treated. If they did, why do good people tolerate those kind of leaders? They fear to speak up, they are intimidated, they are deceived, and are in denial. And who are usually the victims of autocratic, dictatorial leaders? Most often women are the victims. Sometimes men who stand up to them are the victims of their punishment. These kind of leaders see any criticism, suggestions, or questions as a threat to their power and control. In their minds they believe the people they control have to be watched, given detail directions, and things have to be done exactly the way the dictator wants it. If not, you will soon have to be run off people like Shirley Clark, Sharon Reeves, Lynda Meadows, and me.

This is not the first time I have seen this kind of leadership. There are some people with guts who stand up and oppose it. Because some managers who worked for me had a trail of firing or losing good people I used to have an exit interview with every employee who was fired or who resigned. You have to look beneath the surface.

I worked in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan twice, Texas( Houston and Dallas), Illinois,
Oklahoma, England, Germany, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rica, Cuba, and Panama and at age 71 I got bounced out in my own hometown. One year after being named Tri-County Leader of the Year. Many people were upset about it but nobody in authority did anything about it. When this kind of controlling leadership is tolerated and ignored it only gets worse. Sharea, Samantha, Bob, Jr. and I are threats to the established power. Bob provides a means for people to speak up. Power people don't like for the people to speak up.

You may say don't whine just accept it and move on with your life. Well, as long as I live I will stand up and be counted when I see others abused, treated with disrespect, and steam rolled by dictatorial types. That even happened to my own mother in her hometown of Corbin. It happened to her at American Greetings after she had undergone a serious operation. When she got back to work she found out she had been demoted. Some of my friends from American Greetings have filled me in on the details.

You may choose to just ignore and overlook these kinds of intimidating leaders but I won't.
Bob Terrell, Sr.

I am glad you didn't forget to sign your name this time. It also sounds like you have a terrible chip on your shoulder.

I signed my name and always do. Have you ever signed your name?
Bob Terrell, Sr.

Date: Sep 15, 2007

Here is the current chamber of commerce as listed, along with two other boards I included to show where this invitation for Fletcher, and the non invitation for Beshear could have easily came from.

Corbin Chamber of Commerce Board

Marlon Sams - President
Christy Babb
Bill Hanson
Jeanne Hensley
Guy Jones
David Keck
Lynn Tipton

Corbin Industrial Commission

Becky Myers - Chairperson
Gerald Baker
Cheryl Ellis
David Huff
John Wolley
Ron Herd

Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission

Don Estep - President
Rick Curry
Steve McBurney
Sudir Patil
Suzie Razmus
Missy Shelton
Wes Tipton

Those boards reek of political activity, and republican politics at that. They all lead back to the Forcht group. Pick which 4 people would have made the call to call Fletcher to speak, and which ones would decide NOT to call Beshear.

Pretty obvioius to me.

How about you.

Date: Sep 15, 2007

OK

I support the last posters thoughts, so let's turn the Question around:

Re-Write how you think these boards should Look, just your Opinion if you were Mayor, County Judge, whatever for a day. What names would you put on these Boards?

Be specific and show us what party they would belong to and what their background currently is. Also tell us which names are Republican activist that reek with Activist activities.

Also, what Moderate Democrats that would be fair and just and not have the same political activism?? Maybe their out there, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt when I see your new suggestions for New Board members and are able to see if they have any Democrat activism?

My Guess is you will avoid these questions and not produce a new list of names, but let's see what your list of members looks like.

Waiting

Date: Sep 16, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

OK

I support the last posters thoughts, so let's turn the Question around:

Re-Write how you think these boards should Look, just your Opinion if you were Mayor, County Judge, whatever for a day. What names would you put on these Boards?

Be specific and show us what party they would belong to and what their background currently is. Also tell us which names are Republican activist that reek with Activist activities.

Also, what Moderate Democrats that would be fair and just and not have the same political activism?? Maybe their out there, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt when I see your new suggestions for New Board members and are able to see if they have any Democrat activism?

My Guess is you will avoid these questions and not produce a new list of names, but let's see what your list of members looks like.

Waiting

Being a Democrat in this area is not most often a pleasant experience.

Why? When I got fired in January 2006 I now know who and why were behind it and a big reason was that I was a Democrat. Some Republican friends West of here filled me in on it.

Why? The attacks on my son and his website are another effort to get back at both os us. We didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday. There are some very good Republicans who don't like the way this song has been sung.

I promise you if the Chamber of Commerce had snubbed a Republican Candidate for Governor after inviting his or her Democratic opponent to speak I would be just as upset. And I would speak up about it.

I have no interest in telling anyone who should be on any boards, commissions, or committees. However, I do believe the President of the Chamber should be a member of the business community and not city government. I don't care what political party he or she belongs to, and in fact the current President who works for the city professes to be a Democrat.

One of my very favorite members of Commissions, Suzie Razmus is from a prominent Republican family, and her mother, Nelda has my highest respect as a person, business leader, and political leader.

When a Governor comes to a community for a celebration of a grant or some other kind of good news it should be a day when all citizens feel uplifted by the event. Whether you like former Gov. Patton or not, when I attended the announcement of the new Regional Business Park there was not anything that was political done at that meeting. Gov. Patton bragged on Charles Siler. He told us about the great opportunity we all have for growth and a better Quality of life for all our people. He didn't bring in a large cardboard check. He didn't criticize the Republicans.

I like Gov. Fletcher as a person and have talked to him many times. But I never attended any announcement meetings he held in which I really felt it was held for all the people of the area. Those meetings were partisan political meetings.

As I was planning to retire from Ford in Detroit, I was invited to Washington, DC by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and grandson of a prominent Republican family from Oklahoma. He planned to return to Oklahoma at the end of President Reagan's second term. He knew I was a Democrat when he invited me to be President of one of his companies. In eight years as an executive in his company we never argued or debated politics. We worked together to build a strong company. He was a good friend of Democrats and Republicans.

All we ask for is fairness. About half my family are Republicans. There have been many of us, democrat and republican who have served in our military.

This nation belongs to all of us, just like this area belongs to all of us. We can't have a narrow band of the few who don't listen and don't care about even the lowliest of us all. Isn't that what Christ told us? "When ye minister unto the least of these ye minister unto me."

Bob Terrell, Sr.

Date: Sep 16, 2007

Strang how the poster two above can't post their own suggestions, but wants to wait for someone else to so they can criticize that persons suggestions. He/she should have taken the stand and suggested their own.

That person either has no idea how they are all tied together, or does know, and is trying to bait someone into posting it for them.

Date: Sep 16, 2007

You are really full of yourself.

UK Wildcat · Senior Member

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In all fairness to the Chamber Board, I would bet they never even had on the agenda inviting Beshear to a monthly meeting. The ones who determine the agenda would never have wanted to do that. I have heard the board members don't get an agenda till the last minute. How dare for me to even suggest that the Chamber Board give equal consideration to Fletcher's opponent, Beshear.
I am a trouble maker.

There are some good people on the Chamber but they are kept in the dark about many things. I doubt they had any idea about the way Lynda Meadows was treated. If they did, why do good people tolerate those kind of leaders? They fear to speak up, they are intimidated, they are deceived, and are in denial. And who are usually the victims of autocratic, dictatorial leaders? Most often women are the victims. Sometimes men who stand up to them are the victims of their punishment. These kind of leaders see any criticism, suggestions, or questions as a threat to their power and control. In their minds they believe the people they control have to be watched, given detail directions, and things have to be done exactly the way the dictator wants it. If not, you will soon have to be run off people like Shirley Clark, Sharon Reeves, Lynda Meadows, and me.

This is not the first time I have seen this kind of leadership. There are some people with guts who stand up and oppose it. Because some managers who worked for me had a trail of firing or losing good people I used to have an exit interview with every employee who was fired or who resigned. You have to look beneath the surface.

I worked in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan twice, Texas( Houston and Dallas), Illinois,
Oklahoma, England, Germany, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rica, Cuba, and Panama and at age 71 I got bounced out in my own hometown. One year after being named Tri-County Leader of the Year. Many people were upset about it but nobody in authority did anything about it. When this kind of controlling leadership is tolerated and ignored it only gets worse. Sharea, Samantha, Bob, Jr. and I are threats to the established power. Bob provides a means for people to speak up. Power people don't like for the people to speak up.

You may say don't whine just accept it and move on with your life. Well, as long as I live I will stand up and be counted when I see others abused, treated with disrespect, and steam rolled by dictatorial types. That even happened to my own mother in her hometown of Corbin. It happened to her at American Greetings after she had undergone a serious operation. When she got back to work she found out she had been demoted. Some of my friends from American Greetings have filled me in on the details.

You may choose to just ignore and overlook these kinds of intimidating leaders but I won't.
Bob Terrell, Sr.

I am glad you didn't forget to sign your name this time. It also sounds like you have a terrible chip on your shoulder.

Again, you comment on someone signing their name, but in the same thread you are too gutless to sign yours.

Also, enough people know Bob Terrell and know chips have nothing to do with it. When he sees people abusing other people with their so-called "power" he doesn't sit back and just watch. If we all did what he does, and exercised our real sense of "right" and "wrong", we would be as strong a community as we potentially could be. But as long as we keep supporting people who we know deep down abuse the system and just sit back and watch it happen, we will go nowhere.

Date: Sep 16, 2007

OK

I support the last posters thoughts, so let's turn the Question around:

Re-Write how you think these boards should Look, just your Opinion if you were Mayor, County Judge, whatever for a day. What names would you put on these Boards?

Be specific and show us what party they would belong to and what their background currently is. Also tell us which names are Republican activist that reek with Activist activities.

Also, what Moderate Democrats that would be fair and just and not have the same political activism?? Maybe their out there, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt when I see your new suggestions for New Board members and are able to see if they have any Democrat activism?

My Guess is you will avoid these questions and not produce a new list of names, but let's see what your list of members looks like.

Waiting

Being a Democrat in this area is not most often a pleasant experience.

Why? When I got fired in January 2006 I now know who and why were behind it and a big reason was that I was a Democrat. Some Republican friends West of here filled me in on it.

Why? The attacks on my son and his website are another effort to get back at both os us. We didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday. There are some very good Republicans who don't like the way this song has been sung.

I promise you if the Chamber of Commerce had snubbed a Republican Candidate for Governor after inviting his or her Democratic opponent to speak I would be just as upset. And I would speak up about it.

I have no interest in telling anyone who should be on any boards, commissions, or committees. However, I do believe the President of the Chamber should be a member of the business community and not city government. I don't care what political party he or she belongs to, and in fact the current President who works for the city professes to be a Democrat.

One of my very favorite members of Commissions, Suzie Razmus is from a prominent Republican family, and her mother, Nelda has my highest respect as a person, business leader, and political leader.

When a Governor comes to a community for a celebration of a grant or some other kind of good news it should be a day when all citizens feel uplifted by the event. Whether you like former Gov. Patton or not, when I attended the announcement of the new Regional Business Park there was not anything that was political done at that meeting. Gov. Patton bragged on Charles Siler. He told us about the great opportunity we all have for growth and a better Quality of life for all our people. He didn't bring in a large cardboard check. He didn't criticize the Republicans.

I like Gov. Fletcher as a person and have talked to him many times. But I never attended any announcement meetings he held in which I really felt it was held for all the people of the area. Those meetings were partisan political meetings.

As I was planning to retire from Ford in Detroit, I was invited to Washington, DC by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and grandson of a prominent Republican family from Oklahoma. He planned to return to Oklahoma at the end of President Reagan's second term. He knew I was a Democrat when he invited me to be President of one of his companies. In eight years as an executive in his company we never argued or debated politics. We worked together to build a strong company. He was a good friend of Democrats and Republicans.

All we ask for is fairness. About half my family are Republicans. There have been many of us, democrat and republican who have served in our military.

This nation belongs to all of us, just like this area belongs to all of us. We can't have a narrow band of the few who don't listen and don't care about even the lowliest of us all. Isn't that what Christ told us? "When ye minister unto the least of these ye minister unto me."

Bob Terrell, Sr.

OK B0b

I have alot of respect for ya, even cast my vote for you in your bid for Judge Executive. I do however think you just dodged the questions put to you and inserted how tough it is to be a Democrat (Actually Good Points), I have some friends in Western Ky that say how hard it is to be a Republican over in some areas of that part of the state, this is not unusual. I also agree Steve Beshear should have been Invited to the Chamber and allowed to speak, he's up 17 percentage points so I would not be real concerned, Beshear will win easy.

You did not however suggest who you think would make the best board members not did you address who are the Republican activist the poster claimed was reeking all the havoc???

From a Philosphy standpoint your always very close to good points and have very good strategy, when tactical hard questions are asked you seem to dodge them, my belief is if the shoe were on the other foot you would appoint strong Democrats who very much believe in the party line and would have some of the same issues.

Once more, who would you recommend for these boards, they maybe wrong but your the one with the issue so give us some suggestions of who you think would serve us best, you always are good with a summary so be clear and to the point, you added stories about Reagan, your work history, nice touch, but you absolutley ducked & dodged the questions that were ask as you even copied and pasted the points made but actually answered nothing, is this not the same things you are saying some of these folks who are on the Boards are doing???? Not answering questions, keeping audits secret, reeking of political activism???

I was with ya during your election bid, but I am not so sure this is about the right course for Corbin but a Battle between Staunch Republicans & Democrats with you in the middle??

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

Being a Democrat in this area is not most often a pleasant experience.

Why? When I got fired in January 2006 I now know who and why were behind it and a big reason was that I was a Democrat. Some Republican friends West of here filled me in on it.

Why? The attacks on my son and his website are another effort to get back at both os us. We didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday. There are some very good Republicans who don't like the way this song has been sung.

I promise you if the Chamber of Commerce had snubbed a Republican Candidate for Governor after inviting his or her Democratic opponent to speak I would be just as upset. And I would speak up about it.

I have no interest in telling anyone who should be on any boards, commissions, or committees. However, I do believe the President of the Chamber should be a member of the business community and not city government. I don't care what political party he or she belongs to, and in fact the current President who works for the city professes to be a Democrat.

One of my very favorite members of Commissions, Suzie Razmus is from a prominent Republican family, and her mother, Nelda has my highest respect as a person, business leader, and political leader.

When a Governor comes to a community for a celebration of a grant or some other kind of good news it should be a day when all citizens feel uplifted by the event. Whether you like former Gov. Patton or not, when I attended the announcement of the new Regional Business Park there was not anything that was political done at that meeting. Gov. Patton bragged on Charles Siler. He told us about the great opportunity we all have for growth and a better Quality of life for all our people. He didn't bring in a large cardboard check. He didn't criticize the Republicans.

I like Gov. Fletcher as a person and have talked to him many times. But I never attended any announcement meetings he held in which I really felt it was held for all the people of the area. Those meetings were partisan political meetings.

As I was planning to retire from Ford in Detroit, I was invited to Washington, DC by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and grandson of a prominent Republican family from Oklahoma. He planned to return to Oklahoma at the end of President Reagan's second term. He knew I was a Democrat when he invited me to be President of one of his companies. In eight years as an executive in his company we never argued or debated politics. We worked together to build a strong company. He was a good friend of Democrats and Republicans.

All we ask for is fairness. About half my family are Republicans. There have been many of us, democrat and republican who have served in our military.

This nation belongs to all of us, just like this area belongs to all of us. We can't have a narrow band of the few who don't listen and don't care about even the lowliest of us all. Isn't that what Christ told us? "When ye minister unto the least of these ye minister unto me."

Bob Terrell, Sr.

______________________________________

OK B0b

I have alot of respect for ya, even cast my vote for you in your bid for Judge Executive. I do however think you just dodged the questions put to you and inserted how tough it is to be a Democrat (Actually Good Points), I have some friends in Western Ky that say how hard it is to be a Republican over in some areas of that part of the state, this is not unusual. I also agree Steve Beshear should have been Invited to the Chamber and allowed to speak, he's up 17 percentage points so I would not be real concerned, Beshear will win easy.

You did not however suggest who you think would make the best board members not did you address who are the Republican activist the poster claimed was reeking all the havoc???

From a Philosphy standpoint your always very close to good points and have very good strategy, when tactical hard questions are asked you seem to dodge them, my belief is if the shoe were on the other foot you would appoint strong Democrats who very much believe in the party line and would have some of the same issues.

Once more, who would you recommend for these boards, they maybe wrong but your the one with the issue so give us some suggestions of who you think would serve us best, you always are good with a summary so be clear and to the point, you added stories about Reagan, your work history, nice touch, but you absolutley ducked & dodged the questions that were ask as you even copied and pasted the points made but actually answered nothing, is this not the same things you are saying some of these folks who are on the Boards are doing???? Not answering questions, keeping audits secret, reeking of political activism???

I was with ya during your election bid, but I am not so sure this is about the right course for Corbin but a Battle between Staunch Republicans & Democrats with you in the middle??

If it is a big battle just to suggest that the Democratic Candidate for Governor be invited to speak at the Chamber luncheon after his Republican opponent has been invited and presented his program, then that is an example that there is no fairness and equal opportunity for Democrats in this area. I have said several times that if a Republican candidate for Governor was snubbed by the Chamber I would be just as upset about that. I would speak up on behalf of the lack of fairness for the Republican.

But the way the Chamber is doing is old hat around here. How dare second class citizen Democrats having the nerve to question anything..... Don't we know how second class citizens should behave? All I am asking for is a level playing field for both teams.

Bob Terrell, Sr.

-- Edited by Bob Terrell (Sr.) at 06:31, 2007-09-17

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Bob, you are such a crusader.

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

But the way the Chamber is doing is old hat around here. How dare second class citizen Democrats having the nerve to question anything..... Don't we know how second class citizens should behave? All I am asking for is a level playing field for both teams.

Bob Terrell, Sr.

-- Edited by Bob Terrell (Sr.) at 06:31, 2007-09-17

I agree it would be good if they invited Beshear. I'd like to hear him speak. But, the chamber board ultimately answers to its dues paying members. We should respect their decision on this, especially those of us that don't pay dues, don't you think?

There's nothing to stop Beshear from making a campaign stop in Corbin as a guest of any number of organizations. The chamber isn't the only one.

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

But the way the Chamber is doing is old hat around here. How dare second class citizen Democrats having the nerve to question anything..... Don't we know how second class citizens should behave? All I am asking for is a level playing field for both teams.

Bob Terrell, Sr.

I agree it would be good if they invited Beshear. I'd like to hear him speak. But, the chamber board ultimately answers to its dues paying members. We should respect their decision on this, especially those of us that don't pay dues, don't you think?
There's nothing to stop Beshear from making a campaign stop in Corbin as a guest of any number of organizations. The chamber isn't the only one.

I agree in part, Breshear I'm sure will make campaign stops in this area, however the Chamber is also substantially funded by the city, sponsors for local events, and other sources. They should invite Besher to speak, but I could have told you years ago that would never happen. They don't ask us (Chamber members) who they would like to have as guest speakers, and they don't even have their board vote on this topic.

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

One of my very favorite members of Commissions, Suzie Razmus is from a prominent Republican family, and her mother, Nelda has my highest respect as a person, business leader, and political leader.

When a Governor comes to a community for a celebration of a grant or some other kind of good news it should be a day when all citizens feel uplifted by the event. Whether you like former Gov. Patton or not, when I attended the announcement of the new Regional Business Park there was not anything that was political done at that meeting. Gov. Patton bragged on Charles Siler. He told us about the great opportunity we all have for growth and a better Quality of life for all our people. He didn't bring in a large cardboard check. He didn't criticize the Republicans.

I like Gov. Fletcher as a person and have talked to him many times. But I never attended any announcement meetings he held in which I really felt it was held for all the people of the area. Those meetings were partisan political meetings.

All we ask for is fairness. About half my family are Republicans. There have been many of us, democrat and republican who have served in our military.

This nation belongs to all of us, just like this area belongs to all of us. We can't have a narrow band of the few who don't listen and don't care about even the lowliest of us all. Isn't that what Christ told us? "When ye minister unto the least of these ye minister unto me."

Bob Terrell, Sr.

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OK B0b

I have alot of respect for ya, even cast my vote for you in your bid for Judge Executive. I do however think you just dodged the questions put to you and inserted how tough it is to be a Democrat (Actually Good Points), I have some friends in Western Ky that say how hard it is to be a Republican over in some areas of that part of the state, this is not unusual. I also agree Steve Beshear should have been Invited to the Chamber and allowed to speak, he's up 17 percentage points so I would not be real concerned, Beshear will win easy.

You did not however suggest who you think would make the best board members not did you address who are the Republican activist the poster claimed was reeking all the havoc???

From a Philosphy standpoint your always very close to good points and have very good strategy, when tactical hard questions are asked you seem to dodge them, my belief is if the shoe were on the other foot you would appoint strong Democrats who very much believe in the party line and would have some of the same issues.

Once more, who would you recommend for these boards, they maybe wrong but your the one with the issue so give us some suggestions of who you think would serve us best, you always are good with a summary so be clear and to the point, you added stories about Reagan, your work history, nice touch, but you absolutley ducked & dodged the questions that were ask as you even copied and pasted the points made but actually answered nothing, is this not the same things you are saying some of these folks who are on the Boards are doing???? Not answering questions, keeping audits secret, reeking of political activism???

I was with ya during your election bid, but I am not so sure this is about the right course for Corbin but a Battle between Staunch Republicans & Democrats with you in the middle??

If it is a big battle just to suggest that the Democratic Candidate for Governor be invited to speak at the Chamber luncheon after his Republican opponent has been invited and presented his program, then that is an example that there is no fairness and equal opportunity for Democrats in this area. I have said several times that if a Republican candidate for Governor was snubbed by the Chamber I would be just as upset about that. I would speak up on behalf of the lack of fairness for the Republican.

But the way the Chamber is doing is old hat around here. How dare second class citizen Democrats having the nerve to question anything..... Don't we know how second class citizens should behave? All I am asking for is a level playing field for both teams.

Bob Terrell, Sr.

-- Edited by Bob Terrell (Sr.) at 06:31, 2007-09-17

First, I don't have any authority to name anyone to any boards.
Second, you obviously did not read my posts.
Third, during my business years, I never questioned the politics of any employees who worked in companies or divisions in which I was responsible.
Fourth, Race, sex, religion, political affiliation had nothing to do with how they were treated.
Fifth, performance, and living within our rules and the law were determining factors in evaluating our employees.

If a Democratic Governor pardoned his staff members who broke the law, I would condemn that action. If a Democratic Governor was part of a scheme to fire personnel because they were Republicans I would condemn that.

As I have said, but you evidently did not read, there are many fine Republicans I admire and who are my friends. One of my daughters and her husband who work in Washington, DC are Texas Republicans.

At age 72 I found out what it is like to be fired for political reasons. But that will not change my attitude of believing in fairness for others.

Date: Sep 17, 2007

YOU NEED TO GET OVER IT!!!! LET IT GO..................................

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Mr. Terrell, I think that you are basically a good man.

I would suggest for your own benefit that you sit back and enjoy life.

You do not deserve the flak that comes from all of this.

It is also past time that Junior left the nest.

Date: Sep 17, 2007

Anonymous wrote:

Mr. Terrell, I think that you are basically a good man.

I would suggest for your own benefit that you sit back and enjoy life.

I agree.

Are there no good shuffleboard courts for this guy to play on at the senior citizens center.