Mobile lawyer Jack Miller dies

[Mobile Register, McElroy, 7/13/09]

Former state Democratic chairman called author of 'String of Pearls' redevelopment program

Attorney Jack Miller, described by former Mayor Mike Dow as the "author" of downtown Mobile's "String of Pearls" redevelopment program and whose tough but centrist political instincts helped put Democrats in the governor's mansion in Montgomery, has died.

Friends said Miller, 65, succumbed Saturday to a lengthy illness while surrounded by family at his Dog River home. He had returned to Mobile in recent weeks from another home in the Virgin Islands, law partner Palmer Hamilton said.

A Duke University graduate who earned his law degree from the University of Alabama, Miller was described Sunday by another partner, Ron Snider, as "a visionary in everything he touched."

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House District 6 Voters Should Cast Their Ballot for Jenny Askins

Tuesday, July 14th is an important day for Alabama and for Madison County, as it is the day for the Special General Election for House District 6. Our Democratic Nominee, Jenny Rhodes Askins, is an outstanding candidate who embodies the values, hopes and ethics of the people of Madison County.

It is critical that if you live, or if you have family and/or friends who live within this district, that you all go to the polls Tuesday and take someone with you! Turnout of loyal voters' means everything in a special election, especially one held in the heat of summer.

Jenny is one of the up and coming leaders in the Madison County area. She is a devoted wife, mother and courthouse professional. She comes from a great family and is ready to serve others with ability and passion in the Alabama House.

Please make a donation if you can, but remember to go and vote and help put Jenny over the top. Republican special interest money is trying to buy this election. But I know that Jenny's grassroots network is working hard. If you have not already joined the team, do it today.

Vote Jenny Rhodes Askins on Tuesday! Thanks.

Joe Turnham, Chairman

 

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Obama Names Alabama Doctor Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General

July 13, 2009 | In the News


Bloomberg News, 7/13/2009
By Jonathan D. Salant and Kate Andersen

July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Regina Benjamin, a specialist in rural health care who founded a clinic to serve the poor along Alabama's Gulf Coast, was named by President Barack Obama as his choice for U.S. surgeon general.

Obama, making the announcement today at the White House, called her an "outstanding candidate to be America's leading spokesperson on issues of public health."

Benjamin has focused on health-care delivery in areas that are underserved by medical facilities, according to a biography on the Web site of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthurFoundation, which awarded her a $500,000 fellowship grant in 2008.

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We should all resolve to do our part to secure freedom

July 13, 2009 | Chairman's Corner


In 1943 the American artistic icon, Norman Rockwell, painted The Human Freedom Series. Rockwell's four famous paintings portrayed America and her freedoms: Freedom of Speech; Freedom of Worship; Freedom from Want; and Freedom from Fear. In the spirit of Rockwell's America, I offer some tangible results of Democratic Party leadership actions in the past twelve months at the state and national level that have protected and enhanced Alabama and American freedom.

Freedom of Speech is also the ability to work and be compensated with equality. With the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Act, Democrats led the way for equal pay for equal work for men and women. Championed by Alabama tire worker Lilly Ledbetter, the Democratic Congress passed and President Obama signed this protection of speech and work.

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