Town Hall Forum - Speaker Stumbo and Senator Stivers - Issues Facing Southeast Kentucky

The Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the September, 2011 Town Hall Forum.  Kentucky Senator Robert Stivers and Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo will be the featured speakers at the event, which will be held on Tuesday, October 4, from 5:30—7:30 p.m. at the Gearheart Auditorium on the first floor of the Pike Building on the Prestonsburg Campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College.

       The Town Hall Forum is open to the public and is an event provided free of charge by the Chamber and event sponsor AT&T.   At the Forum, both Stivers and Stumbo will have an opportunity to speak, addressing business issues and issues pertinent to Southeastern  Kentucky.  Following their speeches, a moderator will pose questions to both men and the audience will have time for a question and answer session.

       Robert Stivers, II (born December 24, 1961) is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 25th Senate District since 1997. He serves as the Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate. Stivers graduated from Sue Bennett College with a B.S. in Industrial Management. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.  He worked as Assistant Commonwealth Attorney from 1989 to 1993. Stivers works in private practice and is married to Nancy Stivers. He and his wife Nancy live in Manchester, Kentucky.

       Stivers was sworn in 1997 to represent the 25th District. The 25th District includes Clay, Knox, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, and Wolfe Counties. Stivers won contested re-elections in 2000, 2004 and 2008. He was the Senate Majority Floor Leade in 2008, Stivers was elected Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate. He succeeded State Senator Dan Kelly (R) when Kelly was appointed to Kentucky Judiciary by Governor Steve Beshear (D).

       Gregory D. "Greg" Stumbo is the Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Stumbo, a member of the Democratic Party is a former Kentucky Attorney General from 2003 – 2007 and, prior to his election as attorney general, served in the Kentucky House of Representatives for twelve terms from 1980 – 2003. During this time, Stumbo was Kentucky's longest-serving House Majority Leader (1985 – 2003). Stumbo returned to the House of Representatives not long after his Attorney General term ended. On January 6, 2009 he was endorsed by Democratic lawmakers to be the party's nominee for Speaker of the House. He was sworn in as Speaker the next day, January 7.

       A native of Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Stumbo served as Assistant Floyd County Attorney and held the position of Martin city attorney for three years. He also served as trial commissioner to the Floyd County District Court for one year.

      Everyone in the community is invited to attend the October 4th event.  Make plans now to come and get answers to questions you may have about the leadership of our state.