Boone County FOP – Gary Moore for Judge/Executive
The Boone County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 46 proudly endorses Gary W. Moore in the upcoming Boone County Judge/Executive primary election.
Our members have full confidence in Judge Moore’s leadership and his continued commitment to standing alongside first responders while moving Boone County forward.
Our organization represents a broad cross-section of public safety professionals, including law enforcement officers, jailers and deputy jailers, and probation and parole officers. These men and women serve Boone County every day, often under the most challenging conditions.
From our perspective, effective leadership is defined not by words alone, but meaningful commitment to public safety that extends beyond rhetoric. He has played a key role in the development of Boone County’s public safety campus, bringing together the Sheriff’s Office, Detention Center, and Fire Training Center, with a new emergency services building soon to house emergency management and 911 dispatch. This forward-thinking investment strengthens coordination and enhances response when it matters most.
Judge Moore also led the merger of the Boone County Police Department and Sheriff’s Office — an effort that required vision, collaboration, and trust. The result is the largest full-service Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky, widely recognized for its professionalism and dedication to keeping our community safe.
As our county continues to grow, the demands on public safety will evolve. Meeting those challenges will require experienced, steady leadership and a continued commitment to investing in the people and systems that protect our community.
We are proud to support Judge Moore’s candidacy and look forward to continuing our partnership in service to the people of Boone County.
Drew Christian, President; Emily Blumberg, Vice President; Laure Humphrey, Secretary and Rick Crowder, Treasurer
Michele Kelley — Chet Hand for Boone County Judge-Executive
I have lived in Boone County since 1977. Since the late 1990s the county has started to explode.
While some expansion is necessary, the number of warehouses and apartments is alarming, and they just keep building more, without having any record of whether the ones already in existence are even being used. I have attended many Planning and Zoning and Fiscal Court meetings to try to get information but they do not keep track of the numbers. And rent for “affordable housing” is $1500/month?
The same people have been leading the Fiscal Court and Planning and Zoning Commission for too long. We need people who can be objective- not part of the “good ole boy” network. We especially need new leadership for the Fiscal Court.
I believe Chet Hand will provide the leadership that the current Judge Executive does not. Chet will have new ideas instead of “this is the way we have always done it.”
Michele Kelley
Hebron
Sheryle Pinson — Thomas Massie, 4th Congressional District
Why I’m voting for a third-rate grandstander.
According to my mailbox, something called “Better Tomorrow” in Utah wants me to tell Thomas Massie to “stop voting with Democrats.” Unless I missed a massive seismic shift, Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District is nowhere near Utah. Thanks, “Better Tomorrow,” but I’ll form opinions of Kentucky’s candidates without advice from political marketers in Utah.
At a recent Boone County GOP meeting at which Rep. Massie spoke and answered constituents’ questions for 90 minutes, a Republican voter hotly confronted him about voting “with Democrats” and “against Trump.” Frustrated that Rep. Massie agrees with him only 90% of the time instead of always, President Trump has routinely insulted his voting record, his intelligence and even his marriage. He’s called the congressman a loser—sorry, “LOSER!” — a third-rate grandstander and (Rep. Massie’s two MIT engineering degrees notwithstanding) a moron, among other petulant taunts.
Thanks, Mr. President, but even though I voted for you three times, I’ll form opinions of Kentucky’s candidates without advice from you, either.
And I’m voting for Thomas Massie.
The idea that Thomas Massie votes “with Democrats” is like assuming two vehicles are tearing down the highway at 90 mph for the same reason. They may both be on the same road, but one’s a getaway car hauling Bonnie and Clyde and the other is an ambulance.
Thomas Massie votes now the way he has voted since he’s been in office, long before President Trump came down the golden escalator or AOC stopped tending bar. He pushed back hard on the One Big Beautiful Bill, for example, for the same reason he’s voted against omnibus bills before—they’re a lazy dereliction of fiscal responsibility and feed Congress’s gluttonous appetite for spending. They force reps to vote for everything or nothing—and voters then get duplicitous marketing dreck like “Massie votes with Democrats.”
Rep. Massie insists on recorded votes instead of voice votes, because voice votes enable cowardice. How are constituents supposed to know where their reps stand if they won’t go on record? Stump speeches are easy. Taking a stand on the record is hard. People complain that politicians have no principles. In Rep. Massie, they’ve got a politician with rock-solid principles and now—post golden escalator and bar—that’s suddenly a problem?
The president hand-picked Ed Gallrein to run against Rep. Massie. Mr. Gallrein boasts a long and impressive military record, which can indicate not only leadership potential but also well-tuned muscle memory for obeying orders. In an article published at wkms.org, Kentucky Public Radio’s Capitol reporter Sylvia Goodman wrote, “Ed Gallrein touts his Trump endorsement and says he’ll act in lockstep with the president.”
In fact, the message of Mr. Gallrein’s campaign has been just that: “President Trump endorsed me, I’ll vote the way he tells me to vote and look at my military career.”
The 4th District has had virtually no opportunity to weigh the candidates side-by-side on policy, because Mr. Gallrein has steadfastly refused to debate. As one of several examples, I tuned in to KET on May 4, when both candidates were invited to respond to a moderator’s questions. Rep. Massie was there; Mr. Gallrein was again a no-show.
Consistently, on principle, Thomas Massie votes according to the US Constitution. He doesn’t work for the president. He works for Kentucky’s 4th District. He’s not afraid to stand alone, and that kind of courage is hen’s teeth among politicians. There are precious few with backbone in Washington. Kentucky is fortunate to have one in Thomas Massie.
Sheryle Pinson
Florence
Mark Brackney — Chet Hand for Boone Judge/Executive
Boone County has developed considerably over the last 32 years since my wife and I moved here from Edgewood. There’s been a tremendous growth in population and new business and with that a need for an increase in housing, transportation, and public infrastructure to support it. But it seems like now is a good time to take a step back, digest what growth we’ve enjoyed, and begin to consider more carefully what kind of growth we want in the future. A policy of build…build…build – without determining the things that need to accompany it — is not in the best interest of this county.
That’s why I hope the people of Boone County will choose Republican Chet Hand for Boone County Judge Executive in the primary election on May 19. We need new leadership – leadership fresh enough to understand the coming challenges and then provide meaningful solutions in today’s fast-paced world.
Mr. Hand is well acquainted with Boone County’s operations as he serves on the county’s Fiscal Court as a Boone County commissioner. He has many years of experience in public safety. In business, Mr. Hand has been entrusted with analyzing and managing risk for national multi-million-dollar corporations as well as increasing the efficiency of their operations.
Mr. Hand is responsible with the tax dollars we “donate” to the county every year. This past year, he worked long and hard to convince the Fiscal Court to turn down a proposal that would have, for all intents and purposes, set up Boone County as a business operating electrical vehicle charging stations. This would have required the county to build, operate, and maintain these stations financially. He believes this is something better left to the private sector.
All of the Mr. Hand’s campaign donations have come from individual donors. Volunteers have canvassed Boone County using their own time and gas to pass out materials, post signs, make calls, write postcards, and more. Mr. Moore has also raised donations from individual donors. But just last month, two campaign organizations received $85,904 from Great American PAC in Washington. D.C. to spend on behalf of Mr. Moore’s campaign.
Patriot Grassroots, a Washington, D.C. political field services firm specializing in door-to-door canvassing, signature gathering, voter communication, and outsourced campaign management received $61,578. Another $24,326 was received by The Strategy Group for Media, Inc., a Delaware, Ohio nationally recognized firm specializing in advertising, media placement, creative production, and digital marketing. The firm focuses on electing Republican candidates, including U.S. presidents, senators, governors and now, it seems, Kentucky county judge executives.
Mr. Moore’s campaign materials and videos have largely focused on his past accomplishments. Nothing forward looking. All of Mr. Hand’s campaign materials emphasize the work he has done the past three years as a Boone County Commissioner and on serious issues that face our county in the future. It is this kind of vision we need to ensure Boone County will be a place we can be happy and proud to call home.
Mark S. Brackney
Hebron