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A Jobs Platform to Build 18,000 Futures On

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February 22, 2012. A Jobs Platform to Build 18,000 Futures On. A pretty bold headline? Yes, and please give me the opportunity to describe the future I see for Fayette County and the nearly 18,000 that live here with me. That was 27 years ago and time has revised that statement. No, not the first part. Today I believe only more in the power of brotherly love that I witness in action around me. The word. Though, is now replaced by. It already has. Are we in charge of this new reality? In order to create t...

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Verifiable accountability, another path to better...

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February 28, 2012. Verifiable accountability, another path to better times? In my actions, verifiable accountability will mean that you will know my daily calendar. You will also know the detailed agendas, actions and minutes of all meetings I conduct on the public behalf. A second simple truth is that government belongs to the citizens, always. The Judge of Probate and every other officeholder are employees of the taxpayers, always. Welcome to my campaign blog! Designed by Artur Kim.

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Van Gravlee - a man with community in mind

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March 04, 2012. Van Gravlee - a man with community in mind. Share a brighter vision of Fayette County with Van. INNOVATOR - Access AL Wireless Downtowns - fayettecounty.biz. FOUNDER - Sipsey River Trails and Conservation Project - sipsey.org. CONSERVATIVE - will reduce own salary permanently by 25%. ACCOUNTABLE - will publish county checking registers. ORGANIZER - Fayette Bone Marrow Registration to fight Leukemia - fayettecares.com. VISIONARY - Local Economic development - fayettecounty.biz.

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Rally Speech 1

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January 29, 2012. The Newtonville Rally was the best forum thus far in asking the candidates to take positions and express the reasons they are running for office. I hope to see more events like this. Later yesterday we had other great fellowship and meals at New Liberty Freewill Baptist Church to benefit Fowler’s Crossroads VFD, plus truly inspirational entertainment at a benefit gospel singing at the Belk Community Center. Here is the speech I delivered at Newtonville Community Center, Saturday January...

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Exchange Club Speech

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March 05, 2012. As your Probate Judge I will reduce the salary of the office by 25% permanently, for a savings of two hundred four thousand dollars over the course of my term, and then for every Probate Judge you elect after me. I will give you new customer service options, such as online and by mail tag renewal and e-filing of Probate documents. I will make county check registers publicly viewable for full financial transparency. Welcome to my campaign blog! Designed by Artur Kim.

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The Accidental Politician

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January 19, 2012. Anne Tyler wrote a novel about a man who didn’t like to travel, whose job required him to travel occasionally. This character went to great lengths to give himself an illusion of never leaving home. Even as he visited the great cities of Europe, he isolated himself from anything unfamiliar. After sharing his methods. There are opportunities for our county that need to be taken advantage of for us to experience economic growth. Two years ago at an SBIR. This company spends an enormous am...

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Experience vs. Change

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January 30, 2012. Experience vs. Change. We will soon make choices at the ballot box that will have a great impact on the future of our county. We will be making choices that will affect education, roads, water, and the basic business of the county. The office decided by the race I have entered can affect the direction of the county in ways other positions cannot. I have joined a group willing to teach and share from their collective knowledge, it is the National College of Probate Judges.

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Talent, right off the shelf

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March 02, 2012. Talent, right off the shelf. In April, I attend an innovation seminar hosted in part by the National Institute of Standards and Technologies or NIST. The purpose of the course is to help companies hone their innovation process. The techniques to be covered include deep surveying of capabilities, in personnel and facilities, developing a culture that lowers the cost of small failures, increases the value of lessons learned from them, and prepares for blockbuster innovation successes. Rdquo...

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2013 -- A Hopeful Tale

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March 11, 2012. 2013 – A Hopeful Tale. Books and movies have a lot of cautionary tales about bad government misusing information. For that matter history and current events has real examples of tyrants collecting information for harm. Information is power. Information is control. We can have power and control over the government that belongs to us - the one that we pay for. Will we demand it? Will we settle for less? Welcome to my campaign blog! Designed by Artur Kim.