Very good article on John Ed Pearce by Mr. Chaney. John Ed was a great observer and interpreter of Kentucky. His 1994 book on the Kentucky feuds is one of a few books that kept me reading until I had finished. I sure hope that your readers who are new to Adair County ( called "drop-downs" at Fairplay) will go to the Adair Library and get all his writings.

After one particularly contentious legislative session he noted that he had, in the past, been a strong advocate of legislative independence. He repented and said that he had been wrong. He said that years earlier he had discussed legislative independence with Governor Bert Combs. Combs had said, "John Ed, it has been my experience that if nobody is running things, things don't get run". - DAVE ROSENBAUM