This is the second in a series of articles about candidates who have chosen to advertise on
The Logan Journal.
Dickie Carter has spent the majority of his adult life serving the public. He wants to continue doing so by returning to the First District seat on Logan Fiscal Court.
The native Logan Countian has been elected to that seat three times in the past, dating back to 1992. He served five years following that first election, as Kentucky was switching years for local elections. After an unsuccessful run for county judge-executive, he sat out four years and then was reelected to the court again. Then in 2009, he was elected to fill the final two years of the unexpired term of the late Starling Murphy.
Additionally, Carter owned and operated his own service business, Kleen Rite, for 40 years until 2012.
He continues to serve in unpaid roles as a member of Logan County Search & Rescue, Red Cross Disaster Services, and the Agape Prison Ministry. His sister, Janice Humble, and his brother-in-law, Mike Humble, head Agape Ministries. He is a state certified volunteer chaplain.
Whatever he does in public service is for the public good, not his own. He doesn’t try to get government jobs for family members, and he doesn’t get himself appointed to boards and committees that provide paid vacations for him and his family.
“The most pressing issue is the welfare of the people of Logan County,” Carter says. “The decisions made in court should be thought out for the good of the people.”
Dickie Carter has always been a leader. As a senior at Russellville High School in 1963, he was voted president of the student council, captain of the football team, Mr. RHS and Best All Around.
As the elected representative of the First District, he was a leader of the effort to provide funding for more opportunities for young people to have worthwhile, fun activities without using alcohol or drugs. He was the most vocal member of fiscal court in advocating a war on drugs in Logan County.
He plans to seek the following changes in county policies toward youth and drug control if he is elected:
*Allocate significantly more county funding for youth programs (“The only money designated for youth now is $23,000 to Russellville for operation of the park,” he says. “That’s not meeting their needs. We need to spend at least as much on our young people as we do on other programs.”)
*Have enough resource officers in our schools to provide a drug free, safe and disciplined place for our youth to learn
*Implement a supervised youth center with a parking lot where young people will be welcome to park
*Use the news media more to educate all people about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, speeding in vehicles and litter control
Additionally, if he is returned to the court, he also pledges to do the following:
*Work with more industries and businesses, existing and potential, to expand and locate here, offering incentives and an open door policy with county government
*Provide more night patrol in all cities in the county
*Improve relations between government, law enforcement, youth and adults in Logan County
*Control spending and keep taxes as low as possible
*Improve relations with all cities and county government
*Implement a better way of recycling
There are many more facets of county government that Dickie Carter supports. He says in his last two years as a magistrate, he voted ‘yes’ on 930 of 950 motions.
In addition to his service arenas, Dickie Cater has many other areas in which to relate to the public. He was a factory worker for seven years, and farmed for 36 years, still continuing to raise cattle and hay for the livestock. An alumnus of Western Kentucky University, he is a member of the Red River Meeting House Association, Logan County Cattleman’s Association, NRA, Concerned Citizens, Past Finders and the United Methodist Temple.
He is the father of educator Christy Marksberry and the grandfather of Laura Grace and Carter Marksberry. He is the son of Laura Lee Carter Stuart of Logan County.
Clem Dickerson Carter is also the son of the late Clem Carter. He honors his dad in every election by having his name on the ballot as Clem “Dickie” Carter.
Paid for by Clem “Dickie” Carter