Election 2012: Time to vote

The Anniston Star

Election Editor: Ben Cunningham, bcunningham@annistonstar.com Sunday, March 11, 2012 • Page 1F

INSIDE • Profiles of the Calhoun County School Board Candidates. Page 2F • Local attorneys run for seat of longtime Circuit Judge Malcom Street.

Page 3F • Republicans will have many more choices than Democrats on Tuesday.

Page 3F • Sample Ballot. Page 4F

• Trio vying for Calhoun County Circuit Clerk. Page 6F • Bankson, McIntyre running for District Judge Place 2. Page 6F • Polling places and voter information. Page 6F • Goals collide as Republican rivals ready for Tuesday primaries in the South. PAGE 5F

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CALHOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES D E M O C R AT S Dennis Christopher Age: 50 Residence: 861 Noah Valley Road, Jacksonville Profession: Retired from JSU Building Services Education: Alexandria High School graduate Offices held: None Budget will be the most important issue for the board members.

“I’m sure it’s all going to be on the bud- board must do. get with the economy the way it is,” he said.

“The discipline in the schools, I just feel like it’s lacking,” Paul Ford said. “SupPaul Ford port teachers more. A teacher will send a Age: 43 student out of the room for disrespect or Residence: 1060 something like that and Ingram Well Road, they’re back in there by Ohatchee the end of the day.”

Profession: owner of Sharon Gaines Pool Boy Pool Service Education: high Age: 56 school graduate Residence: 181 Offices held: none Saddle Club Road, JackThinks supporting sonville teachers is the most important thing a Profession: retired

educator Education: master’s degree in elementary education, certification in administration Offices held: none Tight budgets are going to make dealing with rapidly changing education needs difficult.

“That’s the reason why we’re going to have to be very open and communicate and stay abreast of the needs in Calhoun County,” she said. “We need to listen to parents and listen to the children and know where they’re headed when they graduate so we can have them prepared.”

REPUBLICANS David Gilmore

Jason Granholm

June Evans

Joseph Roberson

Jeff Winn

Age: 52 Residence: 409 Woodbrier Lane, Anniston Profession: Minister of Music, Lakeview Baptist Church; Special Promotions Director, Prism Music Inc. Education: Oxford High School graduate Offices Held: Current Board of Education member The budget is the most pressing problem facing the school system.

“Proration has been kind of difficult. I’m very proud that we’ve been able to keep our teachers working,” Gilmore said.

“We asked all of our people to cut back to the bare minimum.

It seems like all of them are very willing to do it.”

Age: 36 Residence: 1403 Herndon Drive, Weaver Profession: administrator for Camp Robert E. Lewis Education: bachelors of science in criminal justice from Troy University, master of science in criminal justice from Jacksonville State University, master’s in public administration from Jacksonville State University.

Offices held: none A real pressing issue in Calhoun County Schools is the over-burdened teachers with the amount of paperwork they have to do.

“I was able to curtail a lot of the paperwork that my teachers have to do,” Lewis said. “Can I fix every problem? No, but I promise I’ll look into every problem.”

Age: 62 Residence: 5006 Buggy Lane, Anniston Profession: retired teacher Education: bachelor’s in physical education from Jacksonville State University, masters in English and physical education from Jacksonville State University.

Finances are the most pressing issue facing Calhoun County Schools today.

“Our focus is and has been as a board is to try to keep our teachers in the classroom,” Evans said.

“I hope it remains our focus.”

Age: 64 Residence: 1885 Mohawk Cliff Road, Ohatchee Profession: retired lieutenant colonel from the Air National Guard Education: bachelor’s in business administration and master’s in public administration from JSU Offices held: mayor of Ohatchee, 1984-2008 Funding is the most pressing issue facing the system.

“I’d like to get inside the organization and evaluate it and see if there’s ways I could recommend to save money or make the resources we have go further, perhaps pursue private and corporate funding for schools,” Roberson said.

Age: 55 Residence: 7465 U.S. Highway 431, Alexandria Profession: retired Calhoun County administrator, works part time as a sales representative Education: bachelor’s degree in physical education, master’s degree in public administration and AA (now called a specialist degree) in public administration.

Offices held: none Believes funding is the most important issue school board members will face.

“Because of looming proration and cut backs and teacher cuts and personnel cuts, to look for creative ways to secure money so that teachers can teach and students can learn,” he said.

Robert Smith

Jerry Yarbrough

Age: 45 Residence: 76 Collins Road, Ohatchee Profession: owns Awards to Remember in Ohatchee and sports broadcaster for WHMA Education: bachelor’s in finance and marketing from JSU Offices held: none Funding is the most pressing issue facing the system.

Age: 62 Residence: 4763 Nisbet Lake Road, Jacksonville Profession: Calhoun County bus driver, retired truck driver Education: attended Southern Union and Wallace State junior colleges Offices held: vice chairman of Republican Party of Talladega, constable for Talladega County for eight years Money shortage is the most important issue the board members will have to deal with. Jerry Yarbrough said he would have to examine the budgets before he could make any sort of recommendation.

Dale Harbin Age: 46 Residence: 407 Watertower Road, Weaver Profession: department manger at Lowe’s in Anniston Education: bachelor of technology from Jacksonville State University Offices held: Current Board of Education member The most pressing issue facing the school system is finances.

“There are just a lot of questions out there. I don’t like the instability of the state,” Harbin said. “I think you just kind of have to look outside the box.”

Tobi Burt Age: 37 Residence: 50 Tomahawk Trail, Anniston Profession: Owns B & B Developers and works as a general contractor Education: Alexandria High School graduate; attended Jacksonville State University Offices held: none Funding is the most pressing problem facing Calhoun County Schools today.

“We need to certainly take a common-sense approach,” he said. Burt also said he supports looking for alternative sources of funding, like grant writing and added that, if elected, he would use his school board salary to develop a local scholarship program.

Doug Mooneyham Age: 40 Residence: 1056 Chosea Springs Road, Anniston Profession: Attorney Education: Bachelors degree from JSU, Juris Doctorate from Birmingham School of Law Offices held: none A lack of teacher-resources is the most pressing problem facing Calhoun County Schools today.

“As the spouse of an educator, I know what teachers spend out of pocket in their classrooms,” Mooneyham said. “I think there is a direct correlation between the resources available and the results of education.”

Debbie Hess Age: 58 Residence: 700 Creek Trail, Anniston Profession: Retired teacher Education: Bachelor of Science in Secondary education from JSU, Masters in Special Education from Jacksonville State University.

Offices: none Proration is the most pressing issue facing Calhoun County Schools.

“I think we’re going to have to look at new alternatives to get funding,” Hess said. “And use every means possible to get extra funding.”

Dara Murphy Age: 46 Residence: 343 Lisa Drive, Alexandria Profession: Hillcrest Baptist Church special events and children’s director Education: bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Jacksonville State University.

Funding, school lunches and bullying are the most pressing problems facing Calhoun County Schools.

“I think they’re going to have to join together as a unified group,” Murphy said, and “review our policies that are already in tact concerning these matters and make sure they’re up-to-date.”

Mike Almaroad Age: 60 Residence: 699 West Point Road, Jacksonville Profession: administer at the Opportunity Center Easter Seal Education: bachelor’s in business administration from Jacksonville State University Offices held: none Funding is the most pressing problem facing Calhoun County Schools.

“We’ve tried to tighten our belts everywhere in the central office,” Almaroad said. “I think the board has to do exactly what we are doing now, which is watching every dollar.”

Ron Chambless Age: 63 Residence: 2399 Cedar Springs Road, Jacksonville Profession: high school principal Education: education specialist degree from Jacksonville State.

Apathy is the biggest problem facing Calhoun County Schools today.

“For the parents, they’re not getting involved,” Chambless said. “We need more parent involvement … I’d like to see the superintendent elected so the parents have more of a say in who is running the school system.”

Trudy Hardegree Age: 58 Residence: 71 Moana Drive, Alexandria Profession: retired Calhoun County commissioner of license chief clerk/ substitute teacher Education: business administration associate degree from Gadsden State Community College Offices held: none Aging buildings and financial shortcoming are the biggest problems facing Calhoun County Schools today.

“They’ve got to be able to find funding to build those buildings,” Hardegree said. “We’ve got to find a way to try to raise money without taxing people.”

Phillip Murphy Age: 59 Residence: 985 Comanche Trail, Anniston Profession: minister with nonprofit organization, Circle of Champions Education: bachelors in education from University of Alabama, master’s in theology from Liberty Seminary Offices held: current Board of Education member Economics is the most pressing problem facing the school system.

“I’m proud to say that we are solvent, that we’re in the black, but due to proration and the tightness of the dollar, handling a $100 million budget is a challenge,” he said.

Larry Stewart Age: 64 Residence: 409 Newberry Drive, Weaver Profession: retired educator Education: bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Jacksonville State University Offices held: current Board of Education member With the Legislature debating changes to the Education Trust Fund, budget uncertainty is the most pressing issue the board members will face.

“We might be dealing with budget issues up to the last minute or even after the school year starts,” he said. “The budget affects personnel ... It’s supposed to let you know how many teaching units, but if the budget’s not passed, then that creates a quandary.”

Gene Taylor Age: 62 Residence: 612 Connemara Place Apt. F1, Weaver Profession: retired coach and teacher Education: master’s degree in physical education from JSU Offices held: none Interference by the federal government is the biggest issue the board of education will face.

“I’d like for the federal government to get out of the local education business,” Taylor said.

“I believe we have too much interference in local matters by the federal government, too many regulations and too much government.”

Tom Young Age: 53 Residence: 4929 White Gap Road, White Plains Profession: attorney Education: bachelor’s in political science from JSU, Juris doctor from University of Alabama School of Law Offices held: current Board of Education member Good budgeting while progressing academically is the most pressing issue for system.

“We’re one of the only county systems in the state that hasn’t had a terrible financial problem, and part of that’s attributable to good money management,” Young said. “We just need to continue good money management to avoid fiscal problems.”

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Republicans have more choices to make on Tuesday

By Paige Rentz

didates. Although no cost projections are available for this year’s election yet, the county paid The changing tide of local $123,271 to run a similar primary party politics is finally playing in February 2008, according to out on paper. When Calhoun County Administrator Ken Joiner.

County voters head to the polls The ballots alone in 2008 cost for Tuesday’s primary, they’ll find $28,660 for the Democratic ballots an unusual sight: No local Demo- and $29,990 for the Republican crats will appear on the ballot. ballots. “I’ve never seen it go A Democratic voter’s only down, I’ll tell you that,” Joiner said choices will be between President of the anticipated costs for the Barack Obama and an uncommitprimary election. ted candidate for president and The Democratic choices might then eight Obama delegates to the be slim, but the double-sided Democratic National Convention.

Republican ballot includes seven A quirk of the state Democratic Party requires voters choose from presidential candidates and more than a page of potential among two gender-specific candelegates committed to each of didate lists — four men and four the candidates. In addition, there women. are Republican candidates for six Circuit Clerk Ted Hooks said this is the first time he’s seen such state and local offices, including an empty Democratic ballot in his 19 candidates for seven at-large seats on the Calhoun County 18 years in office.

Board of Education.

The county pays a pretty hefty price for ballots with no local canBut the Democrats do have Special to The Star

a few candidates for local office come November. They are fielding three candidates to the GOP’s 19 for those seven school board seats, and Missy Hall and Foster Marshall are running for circuit clerk and circuit judge, respectively.

The Republicans are “pleased as punch” with the new state of things, said Gene Howard, chair of the Calhoun County GOP. Of the 27 local officials within the county, 24 of them are now Republicans, most of whom were initially elected as Democrats, he noted.

Howard said those who have switched parties in recent years have expressed to him discomfort with the atmosphere of the Democratic Party on a national level.

Sheila Gilbert, the chair of the county Democratic Party, said the state of the Democratic ballot shouldn’t be a great surprise with the recent trend. But she said she

believes the trend may be temporary. “I think the Democrats just need to ride out the storm and wait for 2014,” she said, noting that once the policies of Republicans play themselves out, voters may be ready to return Democrats to office.

But the present disparity in local candidates between the parties, Hooks said, could lead to cross-voting on Election Day. The Alabama Republican Party has no rule against it, and with no local offices to vote on, he expects that even national Democrats will request a Republican ballot to vote for their local officials.

“That is what is going to happen, believe me,” he said.

But Hooks wonders whether the somewhat-complicated Republican ballot will be confusing for voters on Election Day. Clayton Turner, a project manager for the Alabama Republican

Trio of local attorneys run for circuit judge seat

By Cameron Steele

Law graduate said, if elected, he plans to reduce the stress of an understaffed courthouse.

Three local attorneys all agree on “I will reduce the labor intensity at least one thing: Experience is a on our clerks and law enforcement by necessity for the candidate who fills using the best available technologies,” the seat of longtime Circuit Judge he said. “I will give particular attenMalcolm Street in January 2013. tion to victims’ rights to assure their That’s when the presiding judge voices are heard.” of Calhoun County Courthouse will Turner said he will do that by have spent 36 years on the bench and, studying the special circumstances of with that milestone, will retire from each case that comes before him. his post.

“Though there are hundreds of Each of the three lawyers hoping cases on the docket,” he said, “I will to win election to the judgeship has look at each one with the perspective promoted his own experience with that every case is unique and requires the Calhoun County court system as thoughtfulness and thoroughness.” an attractive quality for voters.

Ray Bryan Bud Turner and Ray Bryan, who Turner’s primary opponent, Ray both have practiced law in Anniston for decades, will face off in Tuesday’s Bryan, has been a local attorney in Anniston for more Republican primary. The winner of than 22 years. The that race will run against Democrat Foster Marshall, a longtime prosecu- 55-year-old lawyer was elected as cirtor for the Calhoun County District cuit judge for family Attorney’s Office. court in 2008 but Bud Turner was disqualified Bud Turner, 59, has practiced law after then-incumfor 24 years and also served a previbent Judge Mannon ous term as a 7th circuit judge, begin- Bankson turned in ning in 1999 until he was defeated in a evidence that Bryan Bryan 2004 election. Curhad filed one of his rently, he serves as campaign finance the municipal judge reports too late. for Piedmont and “It was really disappointing,” has also temporarBryan said. “This (campaign) proily filled in that role vides another opportunity to serve in for Anniston and a different capacity.”

Oxford.

If elected to the seat vacated by The Golden Street, Bryan said, he plans to discuss Springs resident ideas about how to reform sentencing said his years as an practices for felons. turner attorney have given Specifically, Bryan is concerned him the opportunity to handle the about the “revolving door” aspect of felony criminal cases and large civil the corrections system and the fact cases that circuit judges deal with on that convicted felons rarely serve the a daily basis. sentences they’re given because of During his past term as a circuit overcrowding. judge, Turner said, he reduced the He mentioned creating a program number of pending criminal cases in that allows the county to confine felCleburne County from approximately ons locally and put them to work dur220 to 50. ing their sentences.

That kind of hard work and abilThat way, the community would ity to keep a court docket moving is be taking care of its own while workessential, he said, especially in light of ing to address the root of the probthe funding cuts the state courts have lems that lead individuals to commit had to endure and most likely will crimes, Bryan said. continue to battle.

He proposes seeking grant money The 1985 Cumberland School of as part of the way to fund such a projcsteele@annistonstar.com

ect. He also said the county could ask the state to pay half of what it costs the Department of Corrections to house one inmate for every offender the county keeps out of state custody.

“We can do it much cheaper here if we can get the state to pay us to do it,” Bryan said of such a program. He also noted that his idea would address prison overcrowding issues.

“It would reserve prison for those who need to be there,” he said.

Party, explained that the state party requires that a voter’s choice for delegates must match the choice for presidential candidate.

But voting for non-matching delegates will not invalidate a ballot, said Calhoun County Probate Judge Alice Martin. “Our voting machines will not reject the ballot if you vote under every single delegate and you vote for one candidate as it directs you to.”

The vote for presidential candidate supersedes any votes for delegates, said Turner, so any votes for non-matching delegates simply will not be counted.

“Technically, a person should vote for the delegate for the person that is associated with the candidate they’ve chosen,” said Martin, “but as long as they don’t over vote — don’t vote for two when it says vote for one — their ballot will be accepted by the machine.”

OTE JOSEPH K.

ROBERSON

Foster Marshall Foster Marshall said his focus is on keeping the court dockets “moving and current.”

The 43- year- old has spent the past 11 years as a prosecutor — first under Joe Hubbard and now as part of Brian Mcveigh’s staff.

He said he would address prison overcrowding issues by examining Marshall sentencing options on a case-by-case basis.

For non-violent offenders, the Birmingham School of Law graduate said he will take into consideration sentencing alternatives such as community corrections, probation and drug rehabilitation.

But more than anything, Marshall said, he promises to keep residents safe by seeking proper prison sentences for violent offenders.

“The citizens need to know that the primary importance and the primary concern … is safety for the community,” he said, noting that he has received positive feedback from members of the Alabama State Bar Association.

He attributed that support to his well- roundedness: Before his time as a prosecutor, Marshall spent three years in civil practice.

“I have been a tough but fair prosecutor, and I will be a tough but fair judge. I will carry all these qualities and values to the bench,” Marshall said. “I will make the best candidate because I am ready to serve.”

Star staff writer Camerson Steele: 256-235-3562. Twitter: @Csteele_star.

Board of Education • Married to Pat Borders Roberson for 45 years.

• Father (2 children, Monica and JoJo) • Education: Graduate of Saks High School Degree in Business Administration - JSU Masters Degree in Public Administration - JSU • Former Mayor of Ohatchee for 24 years.

• Veteran of U.S. Army - 1967 - 1969 • Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Alabama Air National Guard (1974-2002) • Retired federal employee, Fort McClellan (31 years) • Former Project Manager, Engineering & Industrial Support Services (EISS), for Homeland Security, at McClellan (2007-2009) • Occupations listed above provided experience in management analysis, training and training support, student support, transportation, maintenance, planning/coordinating, supervision, public speaking, construction planning, and human resources.

• Very Active Member of the Ohatchee United Methodist Church • Proven Leader with the knowledge, experience, time and dedication to work and support the County School System, Teachers, and the Children.

• A person that recognizes the importance our teachers and their contributions to the success of our children.

VOTE JOSEPH K. ROBERSON

“A NEW VOICE FOR EDUCATION”

CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

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BALLOT STYLE - 1

"By casting this ballot, I do pledge myself to abide by the result of this Primary Election and to aid and support all the Nominees thereof in the ensuing General Election."

MARY E. "Lil" WILLIAMS

JUDY BELL WEST

SHIRLEY SCOTT-HARRIS

STEPHANIE REYNOLDS

REBECCA (Stephenson) MARION

ALEX FOX

MATT LEMBKE

GRACE BUSH

BALLOT STYLE - 1

CONTINUE VOTING ON BACK

J. ANDREW MYHAN

COLIN H. LUKE

QUINTIN REECE

ADRIAN WILLIAM BOND

(Vote for One)

BRANDON FISHER

(Vote for One)

JOHN THOMASON

PAUL Delegates, Place 11

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 9

JOE E. FULLER

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

JOE DOMNANOVICH

TOM DAVIS

CLAIRE AUSTIN

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 9

PAUL Delegates, Place 10

ROD HERRING

JESSICA A. SULT

S. C. BUTTS

SALLIE M. BRYANT

BOBBY L. TAYLOR

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

STEPHEN M. ROBERT

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 8

PAUL Delegates, Place 9

WILLIAM GLASS

ADAM THOMPSON

TIM COWLES

(Vote for One)

MELISSA ROBERT

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 6

(Vote for One)

MARTY CONNORS

LEISA WOLFF

PAUL Delegates, Place 8

CAITLIN CONNORS

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

DOUGLAS McCULLOUGH

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 4

PAUL Delegates, Place 7

JERRY LATHAN

HATTON C. V. SMITH

JOEL EPPERSON

(Vote for One)

RICHARD WENDEL

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 3

(Vote for One)

CAM WARD

JAMES ROMETT

PAUL Delegates, Place 6

SHAUN McCUTCHEON

TRIP PITTMAN

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

JACKSON PRUETT

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 2

PAUL Delegates, Place 5

LISA PATE

KAY IVEY

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

GREG MILLER

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 1

PAUL Delegates, Place 4

JASON ELAM

LEE ANN MELENDEZ

BEAU BELLOT

(Vote for One)

HECTOR CABALLERO

PAUL Delegates, Place 24

(Vote for One)

ERIC PHILLIPS

CARYN GLEASON

PAUL Delegates, Place 3

BRIAN DUDA

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

SCOTT BOWEN

PAUL Delegates, Place 22

MICHELLE V. WINDSOR

ROBERT A. BELL

PAUL Delegates, Place 2

ROBIN COOPER

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 8

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 7

CARLA KING

JOEL R. BLANKENSHIP

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 6

JAMES MATHEWS

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 4

BOB SMITH

TERRY L. BUTTS

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 3

DALE PETERSON

PAT "Patsy" JONES

STACY LEE GEORGE

JIM BONNER

SHEILA GILBERT

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 2

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TAMARA "Tammy Knight" FLEMING

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BARBARA B. BOYD

BETH CLAYTON

JOE REED

QUINTON T. ROSS

ELLA BELL

KAHLIA BELL-FLEMING

GREG PIERCE

MICHAEL SIMSON MATTIA, JR.

HERSHEIL MANN

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UNZELL KELLEY

FRANK CHRISTOPHER LEE, III

RICK SANTORUM

MARCELO D. MUNOZ

MITT ROMNEY

FRED GRAY, JR.

SAMUEL L. HARRIS

DOUG MILLER

RICK PERRY

HARRY GILLIAM

(Vote for One)

RON PAUL

PAUL Delegates, Place 20

JON HUNTSMAN

JOHNNY FORD

JAMES FREEMAN

CHARLES POND

(Vote for One)

REGAN WILLIAMS

NEWT GINGRICH

MICHAEL S. BRIDDELL

JAME A. KITCHENS

PAUL Delegates, Place 1

LEE A. SCHMITT

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

JESIE WEST

PAUL Delegates, Place 17

STEPHEN A. MOSELEY

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 19

MARK BRAY

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

JIM ENTREKIN

PAUL Delegates, Place 12

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 14

POINTING TO YOUR CHOICE(S), LIKE THIS:

MICHELE BACHMANN

"I hereby declare my preference for candidate for the office of President of the United States and for delegates pledged to such candidate to be as follows."

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ABSENTEE OFFICIAL BALLOT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA MARCH 13, 2012

THOMAS J. BELL, III

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OBAMA MALE DELEGATES 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for not more than Four)

FOR DELEGATES (MALE) TO THE 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

POINTING TO YOUR CHOICE(S), LIKE THIS:

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OBAMA FEMALE DELEGATES 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for not more than Four)

FOR DELEGATES (FEMALE) TO THE 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

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OFFICIAL BALLOT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA MARCH 13, 2012

ABSENTEE

JOE FREEMAN

CLAY PRUITT

TOM PARKER

WILLIAM KING

GREG WALDROP

CINDY NETTLES DOUGLAS

(Vote for One)

SANTORUM Delegates, Place 8

(Vote for One)

SANTORUM Delegates, Place 7

LOWELL WOMACK

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 26

HOBBIE L. SEALY

EMMET O'NEAL

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 22

MICHAEL KOZLIK

SCARLETT R. FARLEY

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 21

JULIE WARD

CONNIE P. BUTLER

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 20

ANTHONY "Sal" SALADINO

CALEB N. BUTLER

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 19

CALEB C. WOLANEK

DOUG MOORE

RHONDA HETHCOX

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 16

LEWIS KELLY

VICKI SELF BAILEY

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 14

MARSHA ROGERS

KAREN FISHER

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 13

CLIFFORD CLIFF WALKER

KAY FOX

MACK N. BUTLER

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 12

VICKIE EVANS FULLER

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 11

KELLI WISE

JOHN SELLERS

DON FISHER

ED ISOM

KENNY DEAN

(Vote for One)

CHIP BROWN

RAY BRYAN BUD TURNER

END OF BALLOT

(Vote for One)

FOR CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, PLACE NO. 1

KATHY PETERSON

TWINKLE ANDRESS CAVANAUGH

(Vote for One)

FOR PRESIDENT, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

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TOMMY BRYAN

FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, PLACE NO. 1

ROY MOORE

CHUCK MALONE

CHARLIE GRADDICK

(Vote for One)

FOR CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

MARK MONTIEL

(Vote for One)

SANTORUM Delegates, Place 1, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

MIKE SPEAKMAN

(Vote for One)

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 2, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

GRANT A. WILLIAMS

MICHAEL McCURDY

(Vote for One)

PAUL Delegates, Place 2, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

JOHN STELMACK

GAIL ROUGHTON

(Vote for One)

PAUL Delegates, Place 1, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

JON G. WAGGONER

P. KEITH KELLEY

BENJAMIN CRAWFORD

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 2, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

TOM WHATLEY

STEVEN D. HENRY

(Vote for One)

GINGRICH Delegates, Place 1, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

FOR DELEGATES TO THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

STEVE SMITH

WILL BARFOOT

(Vote for One)

RANCE M. SANDERS

SANTORUM Delegates, Place 9

(Vote for One)

CALHOUN COUNTY

BACK OF BALLOT

ROMNEY Delegates, Place 10

BALLOT STYLE - 1

TOM YOUNG

JERRY "The Bus Driver" YARBROUGH

JEFF WINN

GENE TAYLOR

LARRY B. STEWART

ROBERT SMITH

JOSEPH K. ROBERSON

PHIL MURPHY

DARA MURPHY

DOUG MOONEYHAM

DEBBIE HESS

TRUDY HARDEGREE

DALE HARBIN

JASON GRANHOLM

DAVID C. GILMORE

JUNE EVANS

RONALD D. CHAMBLESS

TOBI BURT

MIKE ALMAROAD

(Vote for not more than Seven)

FOR MEMBER, CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, PLACE NO. 1-7

TINA WALKER

JAMES "Eli" HENDERSON

(Vote for One)

FOR CIRCUIT CLERK, CALHOUN COUNTY

CHRIS McINTYRE

MANNON BANKSON

(Vote for One)

FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, CALHOUN COUNTY, PLACE NO. 2

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Republican presidential candidates, from left, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are all trying different approaches as they transverse the South in the days leading up to the Tuesday primaries in Alabama and Mississippi.

Southern Goals collide as GOP rivals ready for Tuesday primary slog

By Michael Finnegan Los Angeles Times

MOBILE — Newt Gingrich sees victory in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday as a chance — perhaps his last — to show he remains a viable contender for president.

For Rick Santorum, wins in the Deep South hold the potential to drive the former House speaker out of the race, strengthening him for the battle to topple GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.

As for Romney, Alabama and Mississippi are an opportunity to diminish, if not crush, the insurgent candidacy of Santorum with an aggressive ad campaign.

The three colliding goals are in play as Tuesday’s vote nears. But if the stakes are high in the two states, so is the peril. The Republican presidential candidates have been crisscrossing the South for days, calibrating their messages for an audience far more conservative than the swing voters who will decide in November whether to replace President Barack Obama with one of them.

At times, Alabama and Mississippi have proved irresistible settings for the candidates to play up appeals to the religious right, a tactic that could backfire for the Republican nominee in the fall.

Gingrich has taken the biggest gamble, in terms of strategy and rhetoric. He abandoned a six-stop swing across Kansas, where caucuses were being held Saturday — which Santorum won — to focus this week solely on the South. Even though he has captured Georgia and South Carolina, his disappointing third-place finishes in Tennessee and Oklahoma last week cast doubt on his prospects.

In Mississippi, he went hard to the right. At a rally on Thursday in Jackson, he ripped into Obama’s patriotism and religious bearings in an effort to draw support from the evangelical Christians who dominate Southern primaries.

He accused Obama of “declaring war on the Catholic Church and every right-to-life institution” with a rule requiring religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals, to include contraception in their employees’ health plans. That line of attack — which Romney and Santorum have also used — has left many Republicans fretting that the party is alienating women, whose support

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Mitt Romney faces a tough challenge in

At times, Alabama and Mississippi have proved irresistible settings for the candidates to play up appeals to the religious right, a tactic that could backfire for the Republican nominee in the fall. they will need in the fall.

Gingrich told the crowd that “the right to bear arms came from God,” through the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He described the 2010 laws that overhauled health care and imposed rules on banks and investment companies as a “repudiation of the Declaration of Independence.”

In Montgomery, the day before, Gingrich used still stronger rhetoric to cast Obama as an un-American “food-stamp president.” In a state where many question whether the Christian president is a Muslim, Gingrich used a cultural and religious framework to promote his vow to cut gas prices by expanding domestic energy supplies.

“If you want $9-a-gallon gasoline and bowing to Saudi kings, vote for Obama,” he said. The president, he added, apologizes “to radical Islamist fanatics while attacking the Catholic Church,” so “if you want somebody who believes in religious freedom in America and is willing to say to the Saudis they ought to have religious freedom in Saudi Arabia too, vote for Newt Gingrich.”

Santorum, too, has made religion a prime focus. At a banquet Thursday here in the Gulf Coast port city of Mobile, he renewed his criticism of John F. Kennedy for saying during his 1960 presidential campaign that he believed “in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.”

“That’s not America,” Santorum said. “That’s France. That’s a naked public square where people of faith are out of bounds.”

Santorum backed away from an earlier statement that Kennedy’s speech made him want to “throw up,” but pledged to keep speaking out for religion’s place in public life.

“Please pray for me that I do so more articulately in the future,” he said.

Santorum also took on Gingrich obliquely, reminding the crowd that he and his own wife, Karen, have been married 21 years and home-

schooled their seven children. On Friday, he was less subtle in drawing an implicit contrast with Gingrich’s history of marital infidelity, castigating him for sitting on a sofa next to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in a TV ad calling for steps to address climate change.

“I didn’t sit on the couch with anybody,” Santorum said. “I would only sit on the couch with my wife. Period.

No other women — particularly not Nancy Pelosi.”

Several signs point to Santorum strength, or at least the appearance of strength, in his tussle with Gingrich — first and foremost, the political map. As Gingrich retreated south, Santorum left Alabama on Friday for a dash across Kansas and Missouri before returning to Mississippi on Sunday. Missouri holds Republican caucuses March 17.

More than Gingrich, Santorum has adjusted his pitch with an eye toward the general election, should he beat the odds and win the nomination. Asked twice about Alabama’s tough and controversial new law to crack down on illegal immigration, he avoided the sort of rhetoric that has proved toxic with Latino voters.

He also sought to broaden beyond social issues on Friday at the Alabama battleship museum here. Surrounded by vintage warplanes and military choppers, Santorum went after Obama on national security, energy and climate change.

As in other states, Santorum’s big obstacle is the blast of TV and radio attack ads aired by Restore Our Future, a “super PAC” run by Romney allies. Romney, who showcased his support by the region’s Republican establishment at a Pascagoula harbor event with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday, is a long shot in states packed with the sort of conservatives who have shunned him elsewhere.

But the Romney ads could block Santorum from emerging Tuesday as a stronger challenger in upcoming contests across the nation.

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3 vying for Calhoun circuit clerk

By PATRICK MCCRELESS

To Walker, the main issue facing pmccreless@annistonstar.com the clerk’s office is Three people are running for the budget cuts from position of Calhoun County Circuit the state last year, Clerk this year but only two will face which resulted off in the March primary. in several layoffs.

On Tuesday, voters will choose a Walker said her nominee between Tina Walker, 48, extensive experiof Ohatchee and current Calhoun ence in the office WAlker County Commissioner Eli Hendercould help ease the son, 75, of Wellborn, on the Repubburden from those lican ticket. Missy Hall, 39, of Oxford cuts. is unopposed and will be the Demo“I’ve worked all cratic nominee. Current Circuit Clerk the divisions and I Ted Hooks decided last year that he have the experience would not seek re-election. to go back,” Walker The circuit clerk heads the chief said. “And with the administrative office of the court shortage of people, system, accounts for all the money I can help with the going in and out of the courts and is workload.” in charge of summoning, organizing Walker said she Henderson and paying jurors. In addition, the did not expect to circuit clerk is the official custodian make any changes of court records, oversees the issuing to the operation of of warrants in district court, handles the office. payments of all traffic tickets, handles “They are just so lawsuits more than $10,000, handles short on staff — I’ll the filing of court motions and hanbe able to assist and dles alimony payments and divorce get the workload filings. done,” she said.

The Calhoun County Circuit Clerk A graduate of salary starts at about $69,000 a year Oxford High School, Hall and increases incrementally based on Walker started years of service. Tina Walker working at the cirWalker has already worked in cuit clerk’s office when she was 23 every division of the Calhoun County years old and since then has worked Circuit Clerk’s office. She decided it for three different circuit clerks. Eli was time to give the circuit clerk job Henderson itself a try.

To Henderson, when it comes to Walker retired from the clerk’s being a successful circuit clerk, it is office in April after working 25 years all about who you know. Henderson there. sees the circuit clerk’s lack of state “It’s just something I’ve always funding as its main issue and says wanted to do,” Walker said about run- political know-how is needed to fix ning for circuit clerk. “But I didn’t the problem. want to do it until I retired.”

“You need a polished, professional

politician over there,” Henderson said. “I’m good at that.” He said a good politician would have a better chance at obtaining extra money for the circuit clerk’s office.

“It’s all about who you know,” Henderson said. “Particularly if you get funding … you need someone political to make that happen.”

Henderson has been a county commissioner for the last 18 years, but decided to run for circuit clerk after receiving requests.

“Ted Hooks talked me into this, he asked me to run,” Henderson said.

“And three other judges asked me to get involved.”

If Henderson becomes circuit clerk, he would have to vacate his County Commission seat. Missy Hall Hall wants to bring change to the Calhoun County Circuit Clerk’s office, such as by en-suring it remains open five days a week. The office was forced to close on Fridays for several months last year due to state budget cutbacks and layoffs.

“We can put some things in place … some time management,” Hall said.

“People have a right to get in there.”

Hall said she has wanted to be the circuit clerk and serve the public for some time.

“I’m running because it is a position I’ve always been interested in,” she said. “People who come into the circuit’s clerk office usually don’t understand the system. I want to make it an easier process for them.”

Hall said she has the experience to be a circuit clerk due to her nine years working as an assistant for former Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Joel Laird.

Star staff writer Patrick McCreless: 256-235-3561. On Twitter @PMcCreless_Star

Bankson, McIntyre running for District Judge Place 2

By BRIAN ANDERSON

circuit judge for two years before his appointment by Gov. Robert Bentley in 2011 to serve as district judge.

A young lawyer hoping to make the Although the district judge in leap behind the bench and a veteran Place 2 mostly handles misdemeanor incumbent are the two candidates on crimes and traffic- related incidents, the Republican primary ticket for the district judges can also be called upon position of Calhoun County District to cover any type of trial.

Court Judge Place 2.

“That’s where experience comes Mannon Bankson, 65, of Chocin,” Bankson said. “I have to be knowlcolocco, and Chris McIntyre, 33, of edgeable in all aspects. I have to know Jacksonville square off in the polls the facts and be able to handle other March 13. Bankson now serves as dis- cases.” trict judge under an appointment last “It can change at any time, and I’ve year from Gov. Robert Bentley. got the experience to know how to The Place 2 district judge handles handle that,” he said. misdemeanor criminal cases includBesides experience, fairness is the ing drunk-driving charges, bad other quality important for the job, checks and traffic tickets. This judge Bankson said. Bankson said a judge’s also oversees felony pre-trial hearings only job is to conduct a fair and honand sets bond for defendants. Like all est trial. judicial positions in the state of AlaBankson said judges are the “ultibama, district judges serve six-year mate attorney,” and what he’s aimed terms. A law degree is required for the for his whole career. position.

“That’s what we all strive for,” Bankson estimated the starting Bankson said. “Being the best. That’s salary for the job to be approximately a good judge, an honest and fair one.” $110,000. banderson@annistonstar.com

Chris McIntyre

Mannon Bankson Having worked in courtrooms for 27 years, Mannon Bankson said one word — experience — can sum up why he believes he is the best man for the district judge position.

The Arkansas native received his law degree at the Birmingham School of Law before setbankson tling in Calhoun County in 1974.

After years serving as an attorney in the county, Bankson became a

Chris McIntyre knows people might see his age as a disadvantage in the race for district judge, but the 33-year-old said he shares something in common with another Calhoun County judge. “I want people to know, ( Circuit) Judge (Malcolm) Street was 34 when he became a judge,” McIntyre said. “I may be young, but I’m knowledgeable enough to do this job.”

Since moving to Jacksonville when he was 9 years old, McIntyre has never lived outside Calhoun County except for his college days when he studied at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and then Samford University for his law degree. He now

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runs a law practice in Jacksonville, where he is city prosecutor and also served as an assistant district attorney under longtime former district attorney Joe Hubbard.

McIntyre said he felt compelled to run for the district judge position last year due to concerns he had with the current judge.

“When practicing in front of Judge Bankson, there were some deciMcIntyre sions rendered I was concerned with,” McIntyre said.

In particular, McIntyre said he took issue with Bankson dismissing a case on which he had worked as an attorney prior to his judicial appointment.

Bankson said he dismissed the case in question after it was brought before another judge and dismissed.

He said the district attorney’s office had the chance to reinstate the case, but did not exercise that option.

McIntyre said the biggest problem he saw in the court system was the low bond set for violent criminals and “extraordinary high (bonds) for drug offenders.” He said most drug offenders sentenced 10 to 15 years in prison only serve months because of overcrowding. If elected, McIntyre said, he’d like to work closely with rehabilitation centers in the state to curb the problem.

“The answer is not to lock them up and throw away the key,” McIntyre said. “Our job is to help them and get them to be productive members of the community.”

Star staff writer Brian Anderson: 256-235-3546. On Twitter @BAnderson_Star

The Alabama Voter ID law requires residents to show identification at the polls. This ID can be: A. Current, valid photo identification • Government-issued photo identifications (current and valid) • Employee identification for employee with photo of employee produced by the employer • Photo identification card issued by Alabama college or university • Photo identification issued from Alabama technical or professional school (current and valid) - OR B. One of the following • Utility bill of voter with voter’s name and address • Bank statement with voter’s name and address • Government check with voter’s name and address • Paycheck with voter’s name and address • Valid identification card (authorized by law) issued by the State of Alabama (including any branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Alabama) • Valid identification card (authorized by law) issued by any of the other 49 states (including any branch, department, agency, or entity of that State) • Valid identification card (authorized by law) issued by the government of the United States

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Without one of these forms of identification, a voter is permitted to: • vote a challenged or provisional ballot • vote, if he or she is identified as a voter on the poll list who is eligible to vote by two poll workers and both poll workers sign the voting sign-in register by the voter’s name Source: Alabama Secretary of State’s Office, alabamavotes. gov

• Started the helping schools tag program • Started employee of the month for school personnel • Part of many great building projects I believe in Calhoun County Schools!

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ELECT

In the Primary Election March 13, 2012 PD PO ADV BY COMMITTEE TO ELECT BUD TURNER PO BOX 401 ANNISTON ALABAMA 36202

POLLING PLACES

All polling places statewide are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Precinct & Beat nos., Location, Address 01-01 Glenwood Meadows Meeting Room, 785 Gardner Drive SE, Jacksonville 01-02 Eagle Point Church, 301 Henry Road SW, Jacksonville 01-03 West Side Baptist Church, 713 W. Mountain Ave., Jacksonville 01-04 First Baptist Church, 230 7th Street NE, Jacksonville 02-01 Civitan Club Building, 2273 Alex-Well Road, Alexandria 03-01 Four Mile Methodist Church, 536 Four Mile Church Road, Jacksonville 04-01 Eulaton United Methodist Church, 401 Westover Road, Anniston 04-02 Bynum School, 200 Harry Ayers Drive, Anniston 04-03 West Park Heights Baptist Church, 500 West Park Drive, Anniston 04-04 Betta View Hills Church of Christ, 2140 U.S. Highway 78 W., Oxford 05-01 First Methodist Church, 101 Anniston Street, Weaver 05-02 Angel Fire Department, 55 Angel Station Road, Jacksonville 06-01 Friendship Baptist Church, 1153 Nisbet Lake Road, Jacksonville 07-01 Webster Chapel Fire Department, 1152 A.P. Hollingsworth Road, Jacksonville 08-01 Asberry Baptist Church, 3682 Roy Webb Road, Jacksonville 09-01 National Guard Armory, 503 3rd Avenue, Piedmont 09-02 Fire Station, 312 North Center Avenue, Piedmont 09-03 Recreation Building, 400 McFarland Avenue, Piedmont 09-04 Community Building, 703 Cook Street, Piedmont 10-01 White Plains Fire Department, 12900 AL Highway 9, Piedmont 11-01 First Baptist Church of W.P., 160 White Plains Road, Anniston 12-01 DeArmanville United Methodist, 370 Dearmanville Road, Anniston 12-02 Choccolocco Community Center, 220 Iron City Cutoff Road, Anniston

13-01, Oxford Civic Center, 401 McCullars Lane, Oxford 13-02 Cheaha Club House, East Boozer Drive, Oxford 14-01 Boiling Springs Baptist Church, 6510 Boiling Springs Road, Ohatchee 15-01 City Hall, 715 M. L. King Drive Hobson City 15-02 Moore Avenue Church of Christ, 2200 Moore Anenue, Anniston 15-03 Carver Center, 720 West 14th Street, Anniston 15-04 South Highland Community Center, 229 S Allen Street, Anniston 15-05 Thankful Baptist Church, 2610 West 14th Street, Anniston 15-06 County Health Department, 3400 McClellan Blvd., Anniston 15-07, Anniston Meeting Center, 1615 Noble Street, Anniston 15-08 Wiggins Community Center, 2201 West 17th Street, Anniston 15-09 Church of the Covenant Presbyterian, 401 Lenlock Lane, Anniston 15-10 God’s Covenant Ministry, 1000 Parkwood Drive, Anniston 15-11 Oxford Public Library, 110 East 6th Street, Oxford 16-01 Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 542 Vigo Rd, Piedmont 17-01 Ohatchee First Baptist Church, 2090 Spring Road, Ohatchee 18-01 Oak Grove Baptist Church, 2800 Reads Mill Road, Glencoe 19-01 Saks High School, 4401 Saks Road, Anniston 19-02 Civil Defense Building, 4510 Bynum Leatherwood Rd, Anniston 20-01 Friendship Community Center, 2930 Friendship Road, Oxford 21-01 Mount View Baptist Church, 1354 Mount View Road Alexandria 22-01 First Presbyterian Church, 1701 Henry Road, Anniston 22-02 Mental Health Center, 331 East 8th Street, Anniston 22-03 Golden Springs Community Center, 3125 Spring Valley Road, Anniston 22-04 The Donoho School, 2501 Henry Road, Anniston

★ To Donate Board Salary to Students for Scholarships

(7) $1,000 scholarships will be established and awarded yearly if elected - $42,000 in scholarships duing 6 year term of office

★ Promote and Expand Career Tech Programs Apprenticeship with Local Businesses to Ensure ‘Career Ready’ Graduates

★ To Ensure Quality Lunches ★ To Be Fair and Equitable ★ To Always Be Available Pd. Pol. Adv. by Tobi Burt for Board of Education, 50 Tomahawk Trail, Anniston, AL 36206