Whether early or on Election Day – go vote!

Attention all of you social media know-it-alls that are constantly complaining about state government. The same goes for the Grumpy Gus’s, who are griping all of the time about the this and thats, which Frankfort does.

Guess what? We have an election next week to decide who the next governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer and state agriculture commissioner are going to be.

I think I can speak for many people when I say that if you don’t go vote in this year’s November General Election, then I don’t want to hear all of your griping and complaining and crying about how bad government is or what it should be doing different.

Educate yourself on the issues and go vote. If you don’t like either candidate, then pinch your nose and vote for the one, who you mistrust the least. (Yes, I have literally done that before when I cast a ballot…LOL.)

Short of running for office yourself, this is the way that you change things and try to make them better, or in the alternative, keep them from getting any worse than they have to be.

Even if you can’t make it to the polls on Election Day Tuesday, you still have a chance to cast your ballot.

There will be three days of in-person early voting in Whitley County. You can do it Thursday, Friday or Saturday at one of two locations. You can either vote at the old courthouse in downtown Williamsburg or at the old district courtroom in the old Corbin City Hall.

Early voting will be from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, it will be from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

There are people around the world, who are ruled by dictators, that risk their lives to go vote.

I don’t think it’s asking too much for Americans to go do their civic duty, take a few minutes out of their day, and go vote a couple of times a year.

Now to touch on a few other topics before I conclude this column.

• From what I have seen on Facebook, it looks like the Department of Community-Based Services (DCBS) gun safety event at the Kentucky Splash waterpark Saturday was a big success with a lot of attendance.

The event was organized after a recent heartbreaking gun death where a three-year-old accidentally shot a two-year-old near Corbin.

I’m a big proponent of the right to keep and bear arms, but I am also a proponent of doing so responsibly.

If there are young children around, then please put your firearms in a safe place. Put them out of reach of those children. Put them in a gun safe, or put a trigger lock on them. Store your gun in one place and your ammunition in another place even if it is just in the dresser right next to your gun.

Put your guns up high where little children can’t reach them, and educate older children on the dangers of firearms and the proper way to handle them.

• Congratulations to the Whitley County High School Lady Colonels Volleyball Team for winning the 13th Region Tournament, and moving on to state.

The Whitley County High School Baseball Team has already brought home one state championship this year, and I am hoping that the Lady Colonels Volleyball Team can make that two state titles in one year for the Whitley County School District.