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Notasulga and Macon and Surrounding Counties Interest Items

Macon and Lee Counties TEA Parties

Macon County residents no longer have to travel to Auburn, Wetumpka or Montgomery for our collective voice to be heard. The Macon County TEA Party Chapter will meet at 6 pm on July 15th in Elmer's Restaurant on Hwy 14 with State Senator Ted Little as the invited speaker. Senator Little's Republican opponent, Tom Whately, spoke during our June meeting. Come out and meet the Senator, certainly if you live in Senate District 27.

An outstanding reference to TEA Party activities nationwide is the TeaPartyPatriots and East Alabama and West Georgia TEA Parties. Please visit Our Redneck Stock Exchange.

Looking at the contents of this link Alabama State Legislator Scorecard may give you an idea how your Macon and Lee County Representatives have been doing in Montgomery. Learning more of your legislators and the candidates will help you cast a confident vote in the November 2010 elections.

Macon County People Against a Littered State (PALS)

pals crewRecently, I had the pleasure of meeting several very dedicated Macon County PALS volunteers. These volunteers will go to loaded_truckalmost any limit for the cleanliness of our streets and communities, including stepping up when our county government, sheriff, and the judicial system fail to help keep our roadways free of litter and hazards and attractive to interested businesses. These volunteers are frequently seen picking up trash along our streets, vacant lots, and streams not only for appearance sake but health and safety reasons as well. While young and senior citizens are braving the elements picking up trash we have Macon County prisoners permitted to sit on their butts, while we feed and provide shelter and health and dental care for them. Prisoners dressed in orange jump suits can be seen picking up trash in Lee County throughout the year. Lee County officials hold their litterers responsible for their actions and utilize prisoners to clean their streets while Macon County is unable to do so. To describe some of our road right-aways as filthy is an understatement.

UPDATE: April 17th As part of the Macon County clean up my daughter-in-law, two of my grandchildren, and I picked up 9 tires and 11 bags of garbage along Hwy 54 West in less than 1/2 mile stretch. Less than 10 minutes after we finished and before we could properly dispose of this road litter at least 3 soda bottles were along part of the highway we just cleaned. Only TRASH litters.

Macon County

Macon County Commissioners Office: 334-724-2557. Chairman Louis Maxwell, District 1 Commissioner Miles Robinson, District 2 Commissioner Albert Daniels, District 3 Commissioner Andrew "Drew" Thompson, and District 4 Commissioner Robert "Mike" Berry

County government meetings are the second Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. The County workshop sessions are the Thursday before each County meeting at 10:30 a.m. Both meetings are in the County Chambers across the street from the County Court in Tuskegee.

City of Notasulga

Macon County Planning Ordinance

This is not to be taken lightly. Why is this commission working so hard and with such intensity?

The Ordinance Preamble reads "An ordinance, in pursuance of the authority granted by Act no. 2001-562 enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, May 2001 to provide for the establishment of districts within Macon County, Alabama: to regulate within such districts the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards and other open spaces, the density of population and the use of buildings, structures, and land, and to provide methods of administration of this ordinance and penalties for the violation thereof."

I am sure you know who this legislation is to benefit. The Planning Commission and Macon County through collection of unnecessary fees. There is no benefit for me in being told how I may use my property for legal activities. There are laws on the books not fully enforced now so why have more laws and bureaucratic growth at a time when Macon County is experiencing financial belt tightening.

If you do not want to give up your rights to freely use your property then do not sign a petition being taken door to door here in Macon County and should it get on a ballot vote NO or give up your property rights and continue paying ad valorum taxes.

 

2010 Election Candidates

Registered to vote in the run-off on July 13th? If not, you are missing out on having your say in our local and state governments. You may register at your County Probate Office up to July 2, last day to make application for an absentee ballot is July 8, and July 12 is the last day for voter to hand-deliver or postmark an absentee ballot.

Allied Women has provided a handy and very informative voter guide as a resource to make an informed decision about the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. An attempt was made to send questionnaires to all of the candidates. Responses were received from those listed in this PDF document.

Legislator scorecard.

A polite and current reminder from the Montgomery Advertiser of these legislators who voted themselves that hefty 61% pay raise as their first piece of business during their 2007 session: Representatives George Bandy, Billy Beasley, Betty Graham, L. Vance, and Pebblin Warren and Senators Ted Little and Myron Penn raising their legislative pay to above $50K which is higher than our median household income of $36K. Even worse - ourlegislators serve us only PART TIME three months out of a year. Got one for ya - they are making the equivalent to over $150,000 a year.

Over the past few months I have gotten to speak and learn from and about James Thrash, a conservative running for Circuit Court Judge - Place 2 for Lee County. "Bubba" would receive my vote if I lived within the Place 2. Give it up, and vote, for James Thrash on July 13, 2010. Remember you can register to vote in this run-off up to July 2nd. Absentee voting registration can be done through July 8th.

Macon County School Board

Place 3

Place 4

Macon County Sheriff

Macon County Coroner

District 82 State Legislature

Alabama's Legislative Process, revised 2009 One provision of our Legislative Process provides for "Members of the Legislature are privileged from arrest and service of civil process while attending or going to or from a legislative session, except in cases of treason, felony, violation of their oath of office, or breach of peace. Any remarks made in a speech or debate on the floor of either house by a member cannot be questioned in any other place." So much for law abiding legislators and governmental transparency.

District 82 covers Macon County and parts of Bullock and Lee Counties

District 28 State Senate

NAACP forum in Tuskegee on 20Apr2010 - my notes

Eufaula Barbour County Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Barbour Alumni Association in Eufaula on 6May2010 - my notes.

Alabama Retired State Employees' Association Forum for the two Democrat candidates in the Senate District 28 contest, Mayor Johnny Ford and Representative Billy Beasley - my notes

Alabama's Legislative Process, revised 2009 One provision of our Legislative Process provides for "Members of the Legislature are privileged from arrest and service of civil process while attending or going to or from a legislative session, except in cases of treason, felony, violation of their oath of office, or breach of peace. Any remarks made in a speech or debate on the floor of either house by a member cannot be questioned in any other place." So much for law abiding legislators and governmental transparency.

District 28, a more detailed map, covers all of Barbour, Bullock, Henry, and Macon Counties and parts of Lee and Russell Counties.

District 5 Positions

State Board of Education

Public Service Commission

Place 1

Place 2

Commissioner of Agriculture

Attorney General

Secretary of State

State Auditor

State Treasurer

Criminal Court of Appeals

State Supreme Court

The Alabama League of Women Voters Education Fund has released online a nonpartisan voter guide about candidates running the the Alabama appellant courts in the statewide June 1, 2010 primary.

Place one

Place two

Place three

Lieutenant Governor

Governor

Third Congressional District

U. S. Senate

Items of concern for 2011 Legislative Session



Alabama Political Sites



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