When faith is issued like a uniform

When one speaks with Donna Carter, one thing is clear: she loves Winchester and Clark County dear­ly, but is clear-eyed about both the chal­lenges and the oppor­tu­ni­ties before our com­mu­ni­ty. Although Donna was not born here, she has lived in Winchester with her hus­band — a native of our com­mu­ni­ty — and their daugh­ter for many years. And to hear her talk about it, one would think she has been here all her life. As she told me, “I love Winchester. If I did­n’t, I would­n’t live here.” 

In a gov­ern­ment of, by and for the peo­ple, choos­ing who will lead and serve us is a sacred duty, not to be tak­en light­ly. It isn’t pos­si­ble to be a respon­si­ble vot­er if all you know about can­di­dates is their par­ty affil­i­a­tion. Those who haven’t done their home­work should stay home and let those who take cit­i­zen­ship seri­ous­ly choose our lead­ers. Better yet, they should edu­cate them­selves to become bet­ter voters.