By Harold Bearden
Saturday, February 19, 2011 | 5:02 PM
https://hbtv.us/news/?story_id=646
Representatives Mike Millican and Ken Johnson, Senators Roger Bedford and Greg Reed |
Gary Warren, State Board of Education member and Executive Director of the Haleyville Chamber of Commerce, organized a meeting Tuesday, February 15 at the Lakeshore Restaurant. The purpose of the gathering was to establish a unified voice for Winston County with the theme: Many People. One County. We are Winston! One Voice.
Winston County is unique in that it has three state representatives and three state senators. With last fall's general election, some of Winston's representatives were replaced by members of the Republican party and Mike Millican switched to the Republican Party. This is important, especially considering Alabama now has a Republican controlled House and Senate and a Republican governor. According to Mr. Warren the meeting was not about Democrats or Republicans. It was about having good representation with "one voice" in Montgomery.
Grady Batchelor, the president of the Industrial Development Authority of Winston County, gave an overview of the progress of the county's industrial park located near Lynn. This single tract of land is the largest "AdvantageSite" in the state. It presently has three prospective industries. More info: http://www.winstonadvantage.com/. Batchelor also pointed out in addition to the development of this large industrial park, improvements have also been made in several city industrial parks citing road work for the Haleyville Industrial Park as an example.
For more information or to be included in the Winston County One Voice effort, please contact Mr. Gary Warren at 205-269-4223 or email garywarren08@yahoo.com.
You can contact our state Senators and Representatives at the following addresses:
Richard Baughn
3119 CR 1
Lynn, AL 35575
205-893-5815
205-242-7593
Ken Johnson
15900 Count Street
Moulton, AL 35650
256-301-9200
256-242-7554
Greg Reed
300 Hyw 78 East
Suite 200
Jasper, AL 35501
205-295-1523
Mike Millican
999 Country Estates Drive
Hamilton, AL 35570
205-921-3214
205-242-7534
Roger Bedford
P.O. Box 370
Russellville, AL 35653
256-332-6966
334-242-7862
Paul Bussman
611 2nd Avenue SE
Cullman, AL 35055
256-734-1700
334-242-7861