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Wendy Gousha: Swayed by 1 candidate's answer on 1 vital issue For the writer, top issue is whether county should be wet/moist. She says she has been influenced on which candidate to vote for based on his answer as to whether or not county should be wet/moist. The writer presents her case for that option. Click on headline for complete commentary By Wendy Gousha Personal opinion of the writer We wanted to hear what the candidates had to say that are running for Judge Executive's office and made a point to listen to what CJE Ann Melton, Joe Rogers, and Micheal Stephens had to say. They were informative about what they wanted to do and what they have done for this community. We made a point to listen to the WAIN/Community Voice candidate interviews. It helped. I hope that the candidates get another chance to speak at forums like Friday night's before election day, May 20, 2014. We need to know how they stand on the issues important to each of us. Answer to one question overrides Hospital Ordeal: Going wet/moist The one question which stands out in my mind, was not only the hospital ordeal, but the chance of having Adair county going wet/moist. One candidate answered very well. Mike Stephens said, "Let the people put it to a vote." The other candidates wanted to talk about alcoholism. I do not believe that was the correct answer. This is my own personal opinion about this county as a whole going wet: I am not here to judge what one does or doesn't do with their life or what habit they may have. I believe that by having Adair county being moist/wet will bring in jobs and industry. We could potentially have more restaurants, more businesses, which could give this county more tax revenue; which means lower taxes, more money to build more infrastructure, more funding for our future. I want to move forward, I want to see this county be better. We have a beautiful county. I have lived in 3 other counties in this state, and I still think Adair is more beautiful and has more to offer than those around us. Going moist/wet will make more people want to travel to this community By going wet/moist more people will travel to this community and spend their money here, instead of having that money go into other counties. Having a wet county doesn't mean that there will be liquor stores on every corner, bums standing around with their brown bags covering their whiskey bottles. It means we could possibly be more independent, and thrive. I have talked with other people and listened to what can be done, but yet these ideas never make it to our 'elected officials' office because those doors are not always open. Some people do not like change, it can be scary because it is uncertain, but it can also be good. I believe this community must stand together in order to move forward. For some people, change is scary I would much rather have the money being spent here in this community than going out to help another county thrive. Our downtown needs to be revitalized, our 'Square' could be so much more, if some, not all property owners of those buildings would just see the potential they have and spend a little to fix their buildings to be more attractive, more appealing. We need more local businesses on the square. but in order to have that, they need a break on their rent if the building is in need of repairs. We need incentives for industry to be here, to keep them here. By becoming a wet/moist county we could do that with these changes. Adair county has Green River and is a gateway to Lake Cumberland, we could have travelers business, their money coming in to us. We could promote more of our natural beauty. The next generation of young adults are graduating college and some are bringing back their fresh ideas, new technology for agriculture and growth in their family businesses. Some of those ideas have made the way that we used to do things, better, more economical, and in some cases, easier. Why not look to our youth for fresh ideas, invite them to speak and we listen for a change. Not every human being has the answer, it takes watching someone else do a job or complete an idea in order for us to understand that might just work. Nothing will happen overnight for Adair county: we have had a debt put upon us that we did not incur. I know that I would not pay for my neighbors debt, so why should I pay for a debt that the hospital has because people mismanaged it. We can blame all day long who did what, but reality is this, we still have this debt over our heads and how will it ever go away, if at all? We do need a hospital, there is no question about that. We must have one! That is part of the bigger picture, if we have a hospital, with good service, good local doctors and local people being employed it shows that we want this community to grow and that we want industry to be welcomed here, and that we want them to be part of our community. I do not want to see the 'mom & pop' businesses go away either. I do not want to see any of the local restaurants disappear either and they could get a better tax break if we were to be a wet/moist county. The revenue brought in from alcohol sales could potentially grow their business. If you do not drink, then that is ok, you do not have to order an alcoholic beverage if you eat at a diner that serves alcohol. This matter is not about alcoholism, it is simply good business. This is the 21st Century and we should participate in it if this community wants to move forward; we need change not only in our local governments, but in state and federal. I also believe in term politics; that way, we are getting new people, fresh minds. We have people in Congress that have be representing their constituents since Jefferson and Washington were there. This is a large county and not everyone is going to get a chance to meet this individuals, so I think forums similar to the Friday night one was a good beginning. I hope there are many more, and will be watching for opportunities to hear their views. - Wendy Gousha This story was posted on 2014-03-30 12:08:48
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