Alabama Democrats raised major concerns that Representative Parker Griffith has STILL not received any committee assignments from Republicans in Washington in the over 30 days since his party switch. The Huntsville Times said that Griffith's decision to switch parties "throws his ability to influence decisions directly related to North Alabama into question" and that "saying goodbye to the Democratic Party comes with a price."

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MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Democratic Party hammered Governor Riley's pie-in-the-sky budget forecast today and called upon the Republican candidates for governor to reject his glowing assessment of state finances and confront the real challenges facing Alabama. The GOP candidates are scheduled to appear together at the Republican Women of Trussville Gubernatorial Forum this evening.

In the post-Nixon Watergate period of the 1970s, Democratic Gov. George Wallace and the Alabama Democratic Legislature created the state's first ethics law and commission. In 1992, current Democratic Speaker Seth Hammett, then serving as a young state representative, sponsored a complete rewrite of the original Alabama ethics law. The ensuing legislation Speaker Hammett championed became today's ethics law and for its time, it gave Alabama one of our nation's strongest ethics laws.

Today however, more needs to be done to strengthen and update our law, and subpoena power is a needed instrument which I support.

Dothan, AL - The Chair of the Houston County Democratic Party today has called on Houston County citizens of all political stripes to rise up against Governor Riley's attempt to shut down the Country Crossing Development through his gaming task force. Houston County Democratic Chairwoman Jennifer Adams today says that Riley's attempt to close a legal, private development is costing Houston County workers their jobs and hurting the local governments' that are benefitting from the new revenue Country Crossing has generated. Just last week Country Crossing presented $1.6 million in fees to the people of Houston County for water, schools and public libraries.

This is a reminder to all candidates for state office and their principal campaign committees that pursuant to Alabama Code § 17-5-7 (b) (2), they may not accept, solicit, or receive contributions as of 12:01 AM on January 12th due to the start of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session. (See Ala. Att'y. Gen. Op. No. 94-00228)

At that time, please discontinue all your fundraising efforts, including those on your campaign websites.

State office is defined as "all offices under the constitution and laws of the state filled by election of the registered voters of the state or of any circuit or district and shall include legislative offices." Alabama Code §17-5-2 (a) (15). Please note that this does not include candidates involved in a special election.

Fundraising efforts may resume beginning February 1, 2010 as Alabama Code § 17-5-7 (b) (2) indicates that the blackout period does not apply within 120 days of any primary, run off, or general election.

Guerra was president of the Shoals Democratic Club and Shoals chapter of the American Foundation of Democratic Women, treasurer of the state Foundation of Democratic Women and secretary-treasurer of the Shoals Labor Council. Click here to read entire article.

Services:
There will be a graveside service on Wednesday, January 6th at 2 p.m. at Tri-cities Memorial Gardens (Hwy 72 in Florence just east of Office Depot on the North side of Hwy 72).

The family will receive friends at the Nitrate City Church of the Nazarene (located just off of 2nd Street east of Muscle Shoals) following the graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN or to the Shoals Democratic Club (505 Bainbridge Rd, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661).

If you have questions or need more information, please contact the state party.

"More and more voters are seeing both Davis and Sparks as more 'gubernatorial' than the entire Republican slate. Their platforms regarding educational excellence; maintaining a vibrant agricultural base; new partnerships for economic growth and the creation of new jobs, as well as their renewed emphasis on ethics and personal responsibility are boding well with the electorate. With each passing day I firmly believe that either of these gentlemen have a real solid chance to become Alabama's next Governor," declared Democratic State Chairman Joe Turnham.

"The Democratic Party has spent untold sums of money building good data for elections and we make that data available to our Democratic candidates and officeholders. Mr. Griffith's campaign benefited from this asset, and he wouldn't be a Congressman today without it. Yet, in the wee hours before he became a Republican, Parker Griffith's political operatives, with full knowledge of what was occurring, went online and downloaded our confidential records," Chairman Joe Turnham said.

"Parker has been a friend for a number of years, but his announcement today, and the way in which he did it, deeply disappoints me. Democrats of every stripe and philosophy sweated and bled for this man. He narrowly became a Congressman through the hard work, votes and financial contributions of thousands of Democrats. Today, they feel betrayed." Turnham said.

The voters of Alabama should be the ultimate arbiters of who shall sit upon the highest court in our state; yet, big money interests and out-of-state shell groups formed by many of the entities with cases before the courts fund election year advertisement, that in essence buys these judicial elections by skewing communications toward their candidate.