Sometimes laws become outdated and begin to have negative consequences for the people they were originally meant to help. When that happens, it becomes necessary to vote out the old law to make way for an improved system.
It’s a situation dozens of cities around Alabama are facing, and we need the public’s help to change it. A decades-old provision deep within Alabama’s legal system requires certain municipal governments go into debt and pay interest when they want to take on specific capital projects
There is no longer a reason for this. In fact, it hurts the citizens of Alabama when their local governments must take on cumbersome levels of interest and loan closing costs in situations when they should be able to pay for capital projects as
Here is where you, the voters, come in. We are asking you to vote “yes” on Amendment 6 when you go to the polls on Nov 8. If approved by the people, Amendment 6 would free a number of Alabama’s cities from an antiquated system and allow us to be more responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars.
We recognize this may not be
One last thing. Amendment 6 is not a Democratic or Republican issue. When the bill proposing this amendment came before the state Legislature, it passed both chambers unanimously. Every member in attendance – representatives and senators from both parties – believed it to be a good idea.
Similarly, the mayors of the cities involved agree that a “yes” on Amendment 6 is the way to go. Don’t forget to flip over your ballot on Election Day and help support good fiscal management in local government.
Ron Anders Jr., Mayor of Auburn
Tommy Battle, Mayor of Huntsville
Randall Woodfin, Mayor of Birmingham
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