Campaign stops at Mary’s

    “Every generation must re-win its own freedom,” Gatewood Galbraith said at his campaign stop in Murray. “You are responsible for your own future.”
    Murray State College Democrats hosted an eat-and-greet forum Sunday at Mary’s Kitchen in Murray. Gatewood Galbraith, Independent candidate for Kentucky governor in the 2011 elections, and his running mate, Dea Riley for Lieutenant Governor, shared the candidate’s platform.
 “We invited Gatewood in order to allow all voices in Kentucky for governor to be heard,” Dennie Leach, junior from Paducah, Ky., and vice president of Murray State College Democrats, said. “We met him at Fancy Farm and thought what he had to say about Kentucky was relevant to the youth.”
    Riley said the two major issues of the campaign are postsecondary education and the economy in Kentucky.
    “The next 10 to 20 years belong to you,” Riley said, “Everything we achieve in the next four to eight years are issues that you, as young people, will have to deal with.”
    Galbraith ran for governor under the Democratic ticket in 2007, but lost to the current governor Steve Beshear in the primary election.
    This time he is running as an Independent candidate. He said running outside of the two-party system is the only way to get anything accomplished.
    “Dea Riley and I are running as Independents because we know that parties are the problem,” Galbraith said. “The Democrats and the Republicans are like two big deer elks with their horns locked together, fighting over territory. We feel that running the governor’s office as Independents will unlock their horns and meet in the middle for change. We want to do what’s right for the people.”
    “We would like to instate a commonwealth incentive for the people of Kentucky,” Galbraith said. “Instead of thinking of incentives for a few graduates in the state of Kentucky, we should be thinking of all graduates of the state of Kentucky.
    Galbraith said part of his platform included a $5,000 voucher for books, tuition and fees. He said the voucher could be used at any Kentucky institution for higher education.
    Leach said this wasn’t the end of Murray State Democrats activities. College Democrats will have Dan Mongiardo speak Oct. 23 at the Murray Banquet Center. 3/8 Drive will give a live     Find more information about Galbraith’s campaign at gatewood.com.
    David Borum can be reached at david.borum@murraystate.edu
 

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