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McCracken Official Opens Up about County/City Lawsuit

McCracken Co. Commissioner Jerry Beyer
McCracken Co. Commissioner Jerry Beyer

By Chris Taylor

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Paducah, KY – McCracken County's Fiscal Court voted Monday to sue the city of Paducah over annexation of a hundred-plus acres of Paducah Power and Tennessee Valley Authority property along Schneidman Road.

County Commissioner Jerry Beyer says the city's land grab is illegal because it wasn't adjacent to the city's boundaries. Instead, he says, it's corridor annexation' because it included a narrow strip of Paducah & Louisville Railway right of way.

Paducah Spokeswoman Pam Spencer says the city must decline to comment since the case is pending litigation.