A. Adair

“I want to be very very clear this is a growth company and there is a lot of noise and a lot of rhetoric out there And I have a pretty good history of saying I don't listen to the noise and I don't respond to things and I'm going to continue that. So I might be asked questions that I won't answer that I don't want to an...”

— From Copart Investor Conference Call | New CEO Jay Adair Outlines Long-Term Strategy Priorities, i101 (July 06, 2026)

“We're going to focus on things that that fit our industry. We're not going to be going outside of our industry.”

— From Copart Investor Conference Call | New CEO Jay Adair Outlines Long-Term Strategy Priorities, i101 (July 06, 2026)

“I just got thrown out of the AC board meeting. I went 0 to 60 real quick.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“You cannot go back in the meeting. So, I'll be arrested if I do. I'm going to come back to every meeting. As long as you keep cutting me off, I'll be back.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“Is that required by the Open Meetings Act? No. I get three minutes. I pay taxes in this. This might be your policy. This is not law.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“This discourages people's free speech. You're not limiting my free speech. I want three minutes. I'm a taxpayer.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“Three minutes is up. Thank you very much for your comments. We appreciate that. Well, I'd like for you — I just requested it be put on an agenda to talk about the checklist and I'm going to come back to every meeting.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“They can require a speaker's card, but they cannot refuse you the right to speak. They cannot say, 'You didn't fill out a card, so you don't get to speak.'”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“There was a big change in 2019 with House Bill 2840. This bill made it a right for the public to speak at a public meeting.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“This time we saw Emerald College air on the side of Gustapo tactics, tyrannical control, and silencing members of the public.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“The applicable law here comes from the Texas Open Meetings Act, more specifically section 551.607 which allows members of the public to address the board.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“I ran this whole chain of events through chat GPT for analysis.”

— From 🚨🚨 Amarillo College refuses to let citizens give public comment 🔥👀 , John Adair (December 05, 2025)

“I just wanted to say publicly thank you to all of you who are serving on the board — I know each and every one of you, I respect your business acumen and I'm very excited for this new board.”

— From Recapping the AEDC Board Meeting 👀 , John Adair (November 17, 2025)

“During my time we enlisted Todd Jorgensson for an executive search and I was utterly impressed with the caliber of candidates he brought to the table — we interviewed four to five people and each one of them stood out.”

— From Recapping the AEDC Board Meeting 👀 , John Adair (November 17, 2025)

“If you hear chatter that no one wants to come to Amarillo or that there's no good talent out there, that's not true — we were very pleasantly surprised by the real superstars they literally brought to the table.”

— From Recapping the AEDC Board Meeting 👀 , John Adair (November 17, 2025)