Author Archives: Guest Author

Written by Burlington resident Luke Brueggemann To the Editor,I’m asking voters for something simple in this election: vote for sanity.Thomas Massie has shown up. He has debated. He has taken questions. He has stood before voters and defended his record in public, as an elected representative should. Whether one agrees with him on every issue […]

Written by Mike Flanagan In 1979, my commanding officer handed me a book entitled Assault on the Liberty by James M. Ennes Jr., an officer on the USS Liberty when it was attacked. Many years have passed as my career has taken me to Captain in the U.S. Navy and Master with Military Sealift Command. […]

Written by Wiliam Goodwin Dear Governor Beshear,Kentucky’s homelessness crisis is in dire need of fixing, but our laws are moving in the wrong direction. Instead of directly addressing the causes of homelessness, recent policies have made it easier to punish people for being homeless, rather than helping them. The Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson allowed cities […]

Written by Florence resident Sheryle Pinson According to my mailbox, something called “Better Tomorrow” in Utah wants me to tell Thomas Massie to “stop voting with Democrats.” Unless I missed a massive seismic shift, Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District is nowhere near Utah. Thanks, “Better Tomorrow,” but I’ll form opinions of Kentucky’s candidates without advice from […]

Written by Mark Brackney To the Editor: Boone County has developed considerably over the last 32 years since my wife and I moved here from Edgewood. There’s been a tremendous growth in population and new business and with that a need for an increase in housing, transportation, and public infrastructure to support it. But it […]

Written by Andy Schabell, the Mayor of Alexandria and a candidate for Campbell County Judge/Executive Hello, my name is Andy Schabell, and I’m running for Campbell County Judge Executive. I’m a husband, a father, a lifelong Campbell County resident, a former volunteer firefighter and EMT, a transportation professional, and the Mayor of Alexandria. I live […]

Written by Maddie Beans Kentucky politics has long been defined by a tension between tradition and change, with national attention often flattening it into a story about partisan outcomes rather than the underlying forces shaping voter behavior. That framing misses something important happening beneath the surface. Within that landscape, figures like Charles Booker have come […]