Jonna Carter: Dayzed and confused

I’ve never met Ray Gilmore Jr. I know his father, Ray Sr. We met while Ray Jr. was stationed in Afghanistan. While my children were in school, home and tucked safely in their beds every night, I lay awake wondering how a parent functioned knowing that their child’s life was on the line at every turn. Fast forward to the current political landscape in which Ray Jr. is entrenched. What I know is what I’ve read by and about him, which of late has been considerable.

Ray is a Republican — the old-fashioned, common sense, fiscally conservative and ethical kind, i.e., a relic of a time not so long ago before the party nosedived into moral bankruptcy. To stay true to your values while wearing the “Republican” label isn’t easy. He’s living proof that there are still fine people affiliated with the party. Would that they could salvage the remnants of a deserving political faction.