Danny Hendrix: Hiding the Fact that He's a Democrat?

 

If you're registered to vote in Lauderdale County, you recently received a mailer from our current revenue commissioner Danny Hendrix. Danny has served in this office over two decades - always as a Democrat. Yet the two-sided political ad card had no mention of party affiliation.

Is being a Democrat the automatic kiss of death in Shoals politics? It failed to stop the election of a new mayor in Florence last month. We personally blame political apathy for that unfortunate event. 

Our take on the upcoming election is that straight party voting will cost incumbents across the state. This will not be a bad thing in many cases, but that doesn't excuse lazy voters who fail to do their homework.

Shall we now wait for our legislature to do away with straight party voting? We predict that law will be enacted immediately after the state constitution is re-written.