Chairman of the Jackson County Commission Matthew Hodges - 2014 State of the County Address - Jackson County Alabama - Discussion with TVA Officials

State of the County Address  by Commission Chairman Matthew Hodges - Hollywood, Alabama, September 10, 2014 at TVA's cannibalized, 5 billion dollar nuclear facility which has never produced electric power. It has been a long time since BFN's, Bellefonte Nuclear Facility, parking lot has been this full. It was revealed that approximately 30% of the commission's budget relies on TVA's in-lieu-of tax payments. Mr. Hodges did not mention the diversion of TVA in lieu of tax funds by the Jackson County Legislative Delegation.

Prior to Mr. Hodges' presentation I sat down with TVA Public Relations and Plant Management personnel, impromptu, and asked about the current status of the Bellefonte Facility. I was told that the Quality Assurance Records were reconstructed to cover the time frame of the nuclear facility's cancelled construction license and that the current plan was to begin construction in 2016. The steam generators which were removed/cannibalized between 2006 and 2008 were still on order. The management team also commented that much was dependent on the current IRP, Integrated Resource Plan.

Mr. Matthew Hodges, Chairman of the Jackson County Commission delivers the State of the County Address at TVA's extremely wasteful, cannibalized, cancelled, then reinstated nuclear reactor project.

Comments and questions (33 min. 45 sec in the video) concerning the commission's history of support and non-support of open government and their recent history of secret agreements: Q 1) Secret financial settlement to previous County Administrator which cost taxpayers money (You Tube Video - http://youtu.be/Ld_L5zePSr4  ; Q 2) secret discussions concerning the 10 Commandments issue with representatives/attorneys of the right wing organization The Liberty Institute. (You Tube Video - http://youtu.be/nQkafuiph40  ) "The Liberty Institute is a conservative Christian advocacy and legal defense organization founded in 1972 under the name Free Market Foundation," Wikipedia.

Jackson County Alabama Election Results - President Obama Wins Election

 Jackson County Election Results

From Poll to Courthouse-Faces of an Election

 

 

 

 Probate Judge: Manning(D) 12,738; Dooley(R) 7,530

Chairman Jackson County Commission: Hodges(D)11,993; Woods(R)8,062

Commission District 1: Guffey(R)9,930; Colvin(D)9,563
Commission District 2: Venable(R) 10,586; Cornelison(D) 9,173
Commission District 3: Miller(D) 10,500; Thompson(R) 9,325
Commission District 4: Ledwell(D) 10,821; Sisk(R) 8,876

Local Amendment #1: Yes-8,889; No-4,996

Dailky Sentinel Report on Republican Party: http://thedailysentinel.com/news/article_88516ed4-29b7-11e2-a87a-001a4bcf887a.html

CNN declares President Obama the winner.

 

 

Roy Moore Wins Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 

 

Alabama Amendments: http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Alabama_2012_ballot_measures

Alabama Amendments: http://thedailysentinel.com/news/article_0b281b32-29b8-11e2-8300-001a4bcf887a.html

Jackson County Alabama Political Forum - Meet the Candidates

On February 28, 2012 the Student Government Association at Northeast Alabama Community College sponsored the 2012 Jackson & Dekalb County Political Forum. It was a packed auditorium, most of the candidates and voters were from Jackson County. Many said it is the largest political candidate participation in memory. Enjoy the photography and music. Good luck to the candidates, thank you for running for public office.

Also may be viewed on You Tube at: http://youtu.be/kFWFBZ4zFFo

Windows Media Audio-Video Production by Garry L. Morgan, Photography by Garry L. Morgan, audio by the Posies-audio rights aquired via Microsoft Inc. licensing aggrement. Usage is not for profit community educational awareness.

Town Hall Meeting, Congressman Mo Brooks

There will be a Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Representative Mo Brooks, Republican from Huntsville, Al., at the Jackson county Senior Center (Entrance of the Jackson County Park on the right.), Monday June 27, 2011 from 7PM till 8PM. Google maps link: Google Maps link: Jackson County Park

2302 County Park Rd, Scottsboro, AL

Mr. Brooks commented in the Daily Sentinel, ""The town hall is a question and answer session where District 5 residents can ask questions about legislation and federal issues that are important to them," Brooks said. "The discussion is driven by what folks are interested in talking about, so I hope that a lot of people will come out to this town hall."" Link: http://thedailysentinel.com/news/article_e580a48a-9c55-11e0-a974-001cc4c03286.html

Election to Watch, Senate District 8

The Barron(D)--McGill(R) election for District 8 Alabama Senate will be the election to watch come November. Will the Tea Party organization and Jackson County Patriots, both Republican organized, make a difference in the upcoming November election?
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Jackson County has been a traditional ultraconservative Democrat bastion. The political attacks pointed at President Obama via Fox News and other Republican Party mouthpieces are effective. The Democrats have done a terrible job countering the attacks of the Tea Party/ Republican Party propaganda mouthpieces. The Democrat counter arguments have been fractionalized and noneffective. The Democrats lack luster counter arguments concerning protecting the conservative wing, Blue Dogs, (Senator Barron) will be costly this November. I think the District 8 election will be separated by less than 500 votes.
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The Ballotpedia site lists stats on past elections and other info on Senator Barron. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Lowell_Barron
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What is interesting to note is the necessary numbers to win an election. The magic figure is 17,400, less than 2500 votes separated Barron and Stout in the last election. With less than 60 days out from the election I've seen Shad McGill ads on TV, his wife and children made a showing at the Labor Day First Monday event, not much visibility from Senator Barron at this point.

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Senator Lowell Barron's Site: http://senatorbarron.org/

Mr. Shadrick McGill's Site: http://www.shadrack2010.com/