What Do You Want from Your State Legislator?

So far, nine individuals have expressed interest in the District I House seat to be vacated by Tammy Irons. While it's not a given that each of these possible candidates will run, it's quite likely that others will enter the fray before the April 2010 deadline.

That's quite a covey of candidates from which to choose. Ideally, we would look at the field and choose the one who best personifies our interests and goals for state government. Sometimes that isn't possible, and we must choose by a process of elimination. In this particular election, we may have to settle for the latter.

Florence businessman Brad Holmes is one of those mulling the feasibility of joining the race for the District I seat. We will have more on Mr. Holmes in future columns, but today I will pose the question to our readers that Holmes set before us: What do you want from your State Legislator?

State Representatives often become State Senators, as Tammy Irons hopes to do. State Senators may become Governor, or perhaps a U.S. Senator. Therefore, it's important to choose wisely in House races. No office is small, but some offices are filled by small people. We don't need anymore small people in our state government; we need those with both probity and vision.

We urge you to make a list of what you think will improve this state, especially the Shoals area. We also ask that you e-mail your lists to us at shoalanda.speaks@gmail.com. During the coming months we'll be compiling these lists and researching the candidates' positions on each. Together, we can make a difference--a long overdue difference.


What's up with this: Apparently FloGas' Roger Lovelace isn't the only one who knows where the bodies are buried...stay tuned.