Letters: McConnell, school tax and the possible headline: “The last time Kentucky beat Florida, Donald Trump was president”

Sty stench stinks

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s long ambition was to become Senate majority leader. Now he should lead. He will have no scraps of honor, integrity or patriotism left if he continues to abandon them for an agenda that placates the insecurity of a weak, degenerate, corrupt incompetent. He can only protect the degradations of a moral bankrupt for so long before he is also perceived as a moral bankrupt. When someone wallows with pigs in the sty, the stench sticks.

Elections chart our path

Nov. 6 will be here soon. Now is the time to consider what is important to you, your family, your neighbors and our country.

Will it be our teachers? Our police? What our state needs? Better jobs and a plan to address the opioid crisis? Rich people’s taxes? Maybe it should be how we treat people of color and immigrants. Will it be about a favored class, race or country? Will we take serious care of our environment or will we rip away the legislation designed to give us clean air, clean water and clean lives?

Your vote will define where we go.

No need for extra school tax

I do not feel safe in my house anymore, just as a student at Paul Laurence Dunbar said in a newspaper column about her school. I ask the students who want property owners to pay for their school protection: How safe are their neighborhoods?

In mine, no police drive on the streets anymore. This was halted after a new mayor was elected. What the students, the Fayette County school board and the school superintendent are asking for is more than some homeowners, citizens, voters and taxpayers are getting from Lexington’s government.

The student did not mention the $31 million the school system has in a rainy day fund, which is more than enough to negate the tax increase now on the backs of property owners. It’s not necessary.

SNAP vital issue

Veterans at a rally for Rep. Andy Barr criticized Amy McGrath for campaigning on her military service. Supporters of McGrath criticized Barr for comparing his legislative career to her military service. While both criticisms are valid, it’s important to remember that both have served this commonwealth and their country. We should all respect that.

McGrath and Barr should put aside campaigning for a moment to take a firm stance on an epidemic that affects 39,707 households in the 6th District alone. One in six Kentuckians doesn’t have access to the nutrition necessary to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle. I would like our chosen representative to support a final bipartisan farm bill with no harmful cuts to SNAP. Don’t let your constituents go hungry.

McGrath’s the one

I want to thank the liberals who have brought us Social Security and Medicare. I want to thank the feminists who won the right for women to vote. This liberal feminist is casting a very proud vote for Amy McGrath. She is everything I want to see in Congress and she will stand up to President Donald Trump.

Future shocks

As a long-suffering fan, I got to thinking that I will be 85 years old the next time Kentucky beats Florida. Liberal heads will explode when the broadcasters say, “The last time Kentucky beat Florida, Donald Trump was president.” Of course I am making two assumptions: that I will be around and that the U.S. will exist.

Our country may not survive even two more years, with all the new jobs, the lower taxes, rising stock market, etc. As the sage Charles Barkley may say, “It’s terrible.”