ASHLAND —
First Friday is year-round event
As a studio-owner at the Pendleton Art Center, I am always grateful for the amount of coverage our facility and artists receive in The Independent; however, there is one misconception that appeared in a headline on the front page of the Saturday, Oct. 6 edition that needs to be addressed.
The headline “Folks flock to final First Friday until springtime” is not accurate. First Friday in an ongoing event that occurs year round. The Pendleton is always open on the First Friday of every month from 5 to 9 p.m., and other downtown galleries also participate in the monthly arts walk known as First Friday.
I believe the confusion occurs when people wrongly assume the Downtown Live events associated with First Friday during April, May, June, August, September and October are what First Friday is all about. These events, which include the car shows, inflatables and live music on the street, began as supplemental features meant to support the First Friday Arts Walk concept and are nothing more than that.
The truth is the Pendleton is always open for First Friday events, including from November through March. There is actually a benefit to attending First Friday during these months. Access to the Pendleton and other galleries is much easier since the streets aren’t closed (with the exception of December) and there is plenty of nearby parking.
Denise Spaulding, Catlettsburg
Numbers give false impression
The unemployment report at 7.8 percent with 32 days left before the election gives a false impression. Not counted were those who have stopped looking for jobs. Unemployment is closer to 14 percent, with more than 23 million Americans unemployed or underemployed.
More people are looking to the Fair Tax Plan to solve this nation's economic woes. It would (1) give every worker a full paycheck, (2) permit businesses to compete in the world market without having to pay high taxes and (3) require current tax dodgers to pay their fair share.
Any doubters this would work need only think what would happen if everyone has a full paycheck to put back into the economy and if every business and individual did not have to pay federal income taxes or report anything to the IRS ever again.
Roy T. Newsom, Granbury, Texas
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On the increase
It’s certainly good news that a new report by Kentucky’s Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet has found the economic impact of tourism grew by 5.2 percent in eastern Kentucky in 2012, outpacing the overall statewide growth rate. However, we would be more excited bout the report if we had more confidence in how tourism spending is calculated by state government.
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After the crash
Like thousands of other Kentuckians, we remember well May 14, 1988, when a drunken driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton struck a church bus returning home to Radcliff after day at King’s Island, causing one of he most deadly vehicle accidents in this nation’s history. The horrific crash killed 27, many of them teenagers, and injured 34 others.
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High price tage
Much has been said and written about the rapid and dramatic decline of air passenger service at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport. Much less has been said and written about the tremendous economic impact the loss of air service has had on the entire region.
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Return of pencils
It is a question asked by all of us whose lives and jobs are dependent on computers with email and Internet access, fax machines, cellphones and other other electronic essentials of this modern age: What do you do when the electronic devices fail?
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Banned
If you live in Boyd and Lawrence counties and are thinking of burning trash, wood, leaves or other debris outdoors, here’s a word of advice: Don’t even think about lighting that match. If you do, it could cost you dearly.
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Few citations
When the 2011 Kentucky General Assembly approved a bill banning texting while driving and cellphone use for drivers younger than 18, there was widespread public support for both restrictions.
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Booming times
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergran Grimes has launched a statewide tour to gauge public support for allowing more voters to cast their ballots before Election Day. While other states have enacted laws to allow early voting, the biggest obstacle to the proposal in Kentucky is the state’s history of widespread voter fraud.
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Step backward
We agree with Larry Brown, the lone member of the Ashland Board of City Commissioners to oppose a motion requesting City Attorney Richard “Sonny” Martin to draft an ordinance changing the time for all commission meetings to noon
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