Interview with Jerry Taylor

Partial Transcript: Mr. Taylor, I'd like to start the interview by asking you to relate some of your own personal history.

Segment Synopsis: Taylor talks about his family and his work as a teacher and as a Commodity Director.

Keywords: Commodity Director; Whitley County

Subjects:

Partial Transcript: After seven years of teaching, what did you do then?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor talks about the four elections that he has participated in and won. He describes his opponents and his supporters.

Keywords: Amez; County Judge; County Judge Executive; Murder; Sherriff; Whitely County

Subjects: County Clerk County government Election law Kentucky--Politics and government Political campaigns School superintendents

Partial Transcript: That's what I'd like to get into now, about your relationship with the fiscal court.

Segment Synopsis: Taylor talks about how the relationship of county government members.

Keywords: Fiscal court; Skinner; Whitely County

Subjects: County government

Partial Transcript: What have been the major problems that you and court have to address yourselves to in Whitley County?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor says that the main issue was the condemned courthouse and satisfying everyone.

Keywords: Corbin, Kentucky; County Judge; County Judge Executive; Court house

Subjects: County clerks

Partial Transcript: I'd like to turn now the the County Judge and the judicial responsibilities that the office used to have.

Segment Synopsis: Taylor says that the referendum helped lessen the workload and that the problems of the office are now different.

Keywords: County Judge; County Judge Executive; Whitley County

Subjects:

Partial Transcript: What would you like to accomplish in the remainder of this term?

Segment Synopsis: Taylor wants to help improve roads and fix a broken ambulance service.

Keywords: County Judge Executive; Whitley County

Subjects: Ambulance service Ambulance service--Rates Roads--Construction

Partial Transcript: One of the aspects of the project is to identify decision makers in Kentucky.

Segment Synopsis: Taylor mentions people and positions that have power in the county. He points out that he has leaned on Democratic positions because the governor is Democratic.

Keywords: Whitley County

Subjects: Bankers Democrat Kentucky--Politics and government School superintendents