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Welcome to Sheffield...a town which will soon be saying goodbye to Mayor Steve Stanley. Who will replace him? We've endorsed Penny Freeman, but Tori Bailey is also a strong candidate. Cashetta Rutland is running for council.
Both women have campaign signs on this lovely corner lot where chiggers hold their annual convention. Are they trying to point out the Colbert town's major problems or have they lived in Sheffield for so long that they're now unaware of how normal people live?
Vote for Penny Freeman. We sincerely believe she'll make the city better, and there's no way she could make it worse.
Great to see Shoalanda Speaks highlighting some of the many challenges we have in Sheffield. I will not speak for any other candidate, but the owner of this particular property said that I could put a sign there. (At the time, there was also a political sign on that very corner for the other female mayoral candidate which has apparently since been removed.) It is always a good idea to show where our problems are, so that we can see what needs to be fixed. Those sidewalks have needed repair for many years. The sidewalks by the Boxcar Restaurant, and several others around our City, are also in terrible condition. All of our residents in ALL of our districts deserve decent sidewalks. That is only one challenge that we face. The problems in my District Four neighborhood date back for many years. When I was elected as a County Commisioner in 2018, my area included portions of Leighton, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, the County, and Sheffield's District Four. People that I know and care about - constituents who live in Sheffield - began to call me because their needs were not being met and no one was advocating for them. As Commissioner, we deal primarily with matters outside municipal limits. In other words, folks who live within the city limits should be able to rely on their mayor and especially their district's councilmember. But when people told me that their calls were going unanswered, I would meet with them anyway and try to work with city officials to help resolve their problems. Sometimes there was nothing I could do, but as the Mayor I will be able to finally help fix what is broken. Sheffield is a good place to live already, but it can be much better. We've got flooding, overgrown right of ways, potholes, and businesses that have closed or moved to other cities becauses we've made it too hard for them to stay in Sheffield. We have an opportunity to turn things around and expand on the good parts. And it's past time to shine a light on our issues then work together to resolve them. So we can talk, complain, and even laugh at our challenges, or we can roll up our sleves and go to work. Hope you will all go to the polls and vote for a worker who has shown that she gets the job done: Tori Bailey for Mayor of Sheffield. Put me to work for you.
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