(04-13-2015 02:07 PM)blazinrunner Wrote: I just received this letter from the UA Alumni Association. It looks straight from the PR Firm.
Dear Fellow Members:
Senate Bill 348 has been introduced in the Alabama Legislature that would be highly detrimental to The University of Alabama System and all of our campuses. Currently all members of the Board of Trustees serve the System as a whole, which has produced tremendous success over the years.
This bill would inject politics into the selection of Trustees and pit our campuses against each other. The issue is driven by a small group who want to take our valuable academic funding and divert it to fund football at UAB. Senate Bill 348 must be stopped in Montgomery.
Your Senator serves on the committee that will consider Senate Bill 348 this week. It is important as a respected supporter that you contact your Senator and ask him to vote NO on Senate Bill 348. Please take five minutes to call. Committee members and their phone numbers are listed below.
Senator Paul Bussman (Cullman, Lawrence and Winston Counties) 334-242-7855
Senator Del Marsh (Calhoun and Talladega Counties) 334-242-7877
Senator Jim McClendon (St. Clair and Shelby Counties) 334-242-7898
Senator Trip Pittman (Baldwin County) 334-242-7897
Senator Shay Shelnut (Blount and North Jefferson Counties) 334-242-7794
It is critical that you call your Senator before Wednesday and urge a NO vote on Senate Bill 348.
Thank you.
Jimmy Warren
President
National Alumni Association
Evidently "Jimmy" isn't all that bright because he doesn't seem to have the latest list of the Senate Education Committee members. It looks like he only included the he only included the five Republican members of the committee. Surprise, three Democrats on the committee can vote too. Also It doesn't appear that Senator Del Marsh is still on the committee this year. It looks like he has been replaced on the Republican side by Senator Dick Brewbaker.
So here is the entire list:
Senator Paul Bussman - 334-242-7855
Dick Brewbaker - 334242-7895
Senator Jim McClendon - 334-242-7898
Senator Trip Pittman - 334-242-7897
Senator Shay - 334-242-7794
Quiton Ross- 334-242-7880
Vivian Figures- 334-242-7871
Hank Sanders - - 334-242-7860
As noted, the Senators are not in their offices today, so it will only take a few minutes to call all seven of these folks and leave a message to urge them to support the UAB bills in the Education Committee. You might want to mention that "we'll see you Wednesday" because we will have a delegation in the the Education Committee room when they meet Wednesday
Let's it done today!