ASHLAND —
Many non-voters cause for concern
Because of the low voter turnout in Tuesday’s “special election” regarding alcohol sales by the drink on Sundays, the measure was passed. I voted; 1,291 voters did not. The majority spoke.
My question is: Where were the 1,291 voters who were eligible to vote, but did not? With less than one-tenth of 1 percent of Ashlanders elligible to vote in the election, why were these citizens not able to cast their vote?
A little simple math and a little common sense makes one wonder what kind of “special election” this was for the entire community, and why have 1,291 voters lost their incentive to vote in the community in which they live? That to me, is the most serious issue at hand.
Kathleen Chamis, Ashland
Guards needed at all schools
We’ve had many school shootings across the country. That’s the truth.
Psychopathic killers have murdered children and teachers who were not protected by law enforcement at their schools. That’s the truth.
The president and many state governments have appointed groups to study things like gun control and other ways to make our children and teachers safe at school. That’s the truth.
Some state and county governments have already placed properly trained police officers in schools to protect our children and teachers from psychopathic murderers.
Recently, West Virginia placed police officers in many of its schools to protect the children and teachers — letting them know that they care enough to protect them. That’s the truth.
Most schools in Kentucky have not placed any police officers in schools to protect our children and teachers from psychopathic murderers. That’s the truth.
Given the fact that many children and teachers across this country have been murdered in schools without police protection, anyone that says we do not need a mature, properly trained police officer at the door of our schools is delusional and living in a fantasy world.
We need a properly trained, mature police officer at the door of every school to prevent some psychopathic murderer from just walking in and murdering children and teachers. That’s the truth.
Can you handle the truth? So, come on Kentucky, let’s be a leader, and show our children and teachers that we really care about their safety, and place police officers at the door of every school.
Lannie Ray, Varney
Story a day late, on wrong page
The article Tuesday on John Fankell was appreciated, but how can this tragedy of a 17-year-old boy be less important than front page drug article? A good Christian boy deserves more attention than drugs.
This article should of been front page in Monday’s paper since the accident happened Saturday. “Wrong page, day late!”
Janice D. Watson, Ashland
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Resentencing
The U.S. District Court of Appeals has rightly ruled that even those sentenced for crack cocaine violations before the approval of a 2010 law that restored a bit of sanity and fairness to federal sentencing laws can be resentenced under the 2010 law.
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It's the law
On Jan. 22, Greenup County voters — or at least those who took time to cast ballots in the special referendum — rejected a proposal that would have allowed the legal sale of alcohol in the county by a rather convincing margin of 4,872-3,830.
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Retiring
As members of the Ashland Board of City Commissioners look for a replacement for retiring City Manager Stephen W. Corbitt, they should seek someone just like Corbitt.
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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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