Jeff Jobe Commentary

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com It seems from a well balanced review of headlines and news articles that the coronavirus curve has flattened, but sadly our state and national economy continues to tank. Now, with a full month of following guidelines and stay-at-home advisories, Kentuckians will rightfully be looking for the lessening of restrictions and…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com For the past few weeks, I have done my very best to motivate our team of community reporters and editors to coordinate news so that we can offer the best and most honest coverage available. In a situation like this, it is so easy to get caught up in the…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com Each year our community newspaper publishers work very closely with each of our county schools.  We do all we can to coordinate business support for our schools. We have for years created adverting specials to help provide space at no charge for schools to print feature stories acknowledging accomplishments of…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com   I have found that in most things in life we need a healthy dose of reality and just plain common sense. These are the qualities that resonate with me because I can either embrace the thought, seek answers to help clarify it, or discredit it. Examples of this over…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke these words: “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”.  He also said, “Change doesn’t roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but come through continuous struggle.” It has always been understood that change never comes…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com   Without a doubt 2019 has been a year of effort.  We have seen a tremendous amount of effort expensed from all levels of government; city, county, state and national leaders wanting to help spur some much needed economic development growth. If you have lived long enough you will more…

By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com As a boy I remember reading a book about “Journalism,” and finding a quote credited to Walter Cronkite, a popular and distinguished broadcaster at that time.   He said, “ Journalism, is what we need to make democracy work.” I believe, although some may not even recognize the name, that his statement…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com Last week I shared with our online readers that I felt Glasgow could actually breathe a sigh of relief.  We had 7 of 12 city council members agree with our mayor to help fund a true independent consultant regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority 20-year agreement. I went so far as…

By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com One of the big differences between conservatives and liberals is that conservatives will freely admit that they have an ideology.  I kind of feel like an old out of touch white man today doing this because of all the social media spin and name calling. The mainstream liberals dating back…