September 2018 Group Watch: Tweet of the Month
@thebloomgroup
Aug 26
Retweet from @DrABHosey
Happy 100th Birthday to Ms. Katherine Johnson, NASA human computer who calculated trajectories for the Apollo space missions by hand!
@thebloomgroup
Aug 26
Retweet from @DrABHosey
Happy 100th Birthday to Ms. Katherine Johnson, NASA human computer who calculated trajectories for the Apollo space missions by hand!
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall believes Alabamians have much to gain if Kavanaugh is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. He points out that legal scholars from the left and right agree that Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications are impeccable. Having him on the bench would be a significant step toward restoring the kind of restraint, limited government the Founders of this nation envisioned. Marshall calls for the swift confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.
The Alabama Department of Education will request more funding for school safety, reading and math programs and transportation when the legislature returns next year. State Schools Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey announced his department would also seek a $30 million increase for nurses and a $16.8 million increase for pre-K special education, in part to relieve financial pressure from local districts. Dr. Mackey proposes to hire 243 new teachers for grades 4 through 6.
Gulf State Park has been named the Alabama Tourism Department’s 2018 Attraction of the year. The park includes three miles of white sandy beaches and draws visitors from around the world. Alabama Tourism praised the park’s staff and volunteers who provide hospitality, educational and recreational offerings. A new lodge at the park is scheduled to open in November. Connectivity to the outdoors is the central focus of the environmentally friendly coastal development. The new lodge will have 350 rooms.
@thebloomgroup
Aug 5
Alabama school encourages students to ‘be the nice kid,’ and people love the message.
Alabama Supreme Court Justice (and GOP candidate for Chief Justice) Tom Parker recently traveled to Washington, D.C. with a group of local leaders from Alabama to meet with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and key members of President Trump’s staff in order to discuss issues critical to the future of our state and nation. Among the issues discussed were infrastructure investment and the growing opioid epidemic, as well as local issues throughout the state of Alabama. Parker faces an extremely well-financed Democratic challenger in Birmingham, Circuit Judge Robert Vance Jr.
Retiring Republican Rep. Mark Tuggle is in line for the position of Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon. A recently released opinion from the state Ethics Commission concluded that Tuggle’s duties as Chief of Staff would not violate the state’s revolving door provision, which prohibits elected officials from lobbying their former office for two years. The Commission voted 4-0 in favor of the opinion.
Governor Kay Ivey was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from the Alabama Agribusiness Council during its annual meeting. Ivey, who was born on a cattle farm in rural Wilcox County, said in her acceptance remarks that farming is a part of her heritage and part of who she is. She went on to comment that agribusiness is a driving force for the economy and expressed gratitude to the people who make farming a thriving industry.