Remembering Greg Burdine

 

Gregory Keith Burdine (May 1, 1959 – December 13, 2020) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the 1st District from 2010 to 2014. He was elected on November 2, 2010, and served one term.

Burdine earned his BS in Finance from the University of North Alabama in 1982. He went on to receive his JD from Cumberland School of Law in 1988. Burdine was a Finance Officer from 1982 to 1985. He is a partner in the law firm of Suttle, Mitchell, & Burdine since 1989.

He died on December 13, 2020, in Florence, Alabama at age 61.

The above short bio of Greg Burdine was taken from Wikipedia. Yet Greg was so much more. During his four years in Montgomery, he fought for this area, all of it, all of its people. He was one of few who actually stood up to the Huntsville/Keller machine to demand Florence's new hospital be approved.

Yet Greg was a Democrat who lost to a much less qualified candidate due to straight ticket voting. Certainly, it was the people's loss. Now we've lost Greg forever, and there are few who can come close to replacing him.

Alabama motto: We dare elect the most imbecilic among us!