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What did we learn from Nov. 5?
What did we learn from the majority of America’s voters Nov. 5? We learned that the majority of America’s voters want border security. Americans are tired of millions of undocumented people from any place in the world flooding into America. We want them to come legally. The reports of gangs growing in our cities, apartment…
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Grocery items are much smaller these days
Have you noticed how grocery and snack items have gotten much smaller over the last few years? Not only are they smaller, but you get less and less in what you buy. There is actually a name that someone came up with for the reduction in sizes of various products. “Shrinkflation” is indeed on the…
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Things will change for the U.S. in 2025
As I write this column a week away from the big election for our next president, all I know is that things will change in the year 2025. If you believed the polls you knew that it was likely going to be a close race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. These candidates…
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Is Robbie Fletcher a fat cat?
A recent flyer mailed out in support of constitutional Amendment 2 indicates that the fat cats are the ones opposing Amendment 2. Robbie Fletcher is one of the ones opposing Amendment 2. Many of us saw Robbie grow up in Martin County and advance through his career as a teacher, principal, school superintendent and now…
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Let’s end Halloween by Nov. 6.
This may be the most frightening Halloween of all time. People across America are scared stiff as we are bombarded 24 hours a day with terrifying scenes splashed across television, our telephones and tablets. We can’t get away from the howls, screeches, growls, ghastly facial expressions and horned-headed characters spewing menacing rhetoric. All of this…
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Are we stupid enough to vote for Amendment 2?
What is Amendment 2? According to Senator Phillip Wheeler Amendment 2 would allow the Kentucky Legislature to take money away from public schools and give it to private schools. In simple terms it would take money away from our children and give it to children in private schools. One of the recent advertising flyers mailed…
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Billionaire gives $5 million to PAC trying to sway Kentuckians to vote for school amendment
by Tom Loftus, Kentucky Lantern October 16, 2024 FRANKFORT — A multimillion-dollar television advertising campaign supporting the so-called “school choice” amendment on the November ballot is being single-handedly funded by Jeff Yass, a Pennsylvania billionaire and Republican mega donor. In early September a political action committee called Protect Freedom began running television ads advocating passage of…
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Martin County BOE renews opposition to Amendment 2
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Board of Education renewed its opposition to Amendment 2 during Monday night’s meeting, with board members and district leadership warning that the measure would siphon funding from public schools. “This is Amendment 2 that will be on the ballot as you vote in Kentucky,” board…
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Who will you make your next donation to and why?
Churches raised $135.78 billion in 2021. (GivingUSA) Churches in the U.S. received 27% of all donations in 2021. (GivingUSA) Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are digital donors. (Barna) An average congregation records a yearly income of $242,910. (Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion) Congregations in the U.S. collect around $74.5 billion each year. (Interdisciplinary Journal…
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VOTE NO on Amendment 2, urges Kentucky’s school leaders
BY DR. RHONDA CALDWELL CEO, KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS Between now and Election Day Nov. 5, our airwaves are filled with political messages. Whether you are a highly engaged voter or one who votes only when it matters to you, this election is dangerous for our society when considering Constitutional Amendment 2. The amendment reads, “The General…
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