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Adair County Fiscal Court Big Picture: Shortest tenure ever? 2017-04-13 - Basement, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) ,. One for the World Record Book of Guinnesses, borrowing on the wisdom of Columbia's great mayor, the late Coy "Squaredeal" Downey, it seems entirely likely that Tom Brock has set record for the shortest tenure in Adair County history. Early in the 11 Apr 2017 session of Adair Fiscal Court, the legislative body appointed ordained the official Adair County Ticket-Taker-Upper for supplies from the blacktop plant, in order to properly assign the charges to each Magisterial District. Less than an hour later, the order was protested by County Road Foreman Terry Corbin, who found the court's micro-management went too far. Corbin protested that Tom Brock was far too important and too busy too much to be saddled with the clerical shore, and asked that he be given authority to assign the duty to most suitable person at any time. The court listened, made necessary legislative changes, stripping Mr. Brock of his unwanted and unsought title of Ticket-Taker-Upper. Tom Brock is profiled in front of Road Foreman Terry Corbin. - EW Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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