Solving the Jefferson County Sewer Crisis:
Through JeffCoCan (www.jeffcocan.com), a citizens’ coalition, I have worked hard to help find a solution to the Jefferson County sewer crisis. Why? Because no one else has been willing to step forward to find a smart, positive solution and it’s not going away. In fact, the problem has caused our county to be on the brink of declaring the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States. Even though JeffCoCan has had tremendous support with scores of people seeing the critical urgency to solve the situation, our Legislators have not made it a priority. I’ll have to admit that I’m tremendously frustrated, as many of you are.
This is one of the main reasons I’m running for the District 15 Senate seat.

Jefferson County will not be able to grow or even maintain new roads, hospitals, schools if our bond rating continues to slide downward and financing for these kinds of projects becomes impossible. That is exactly what’s happing because of the sewer debt crisis. Currently, not a single elected official has proposed a workable solution to this problem and it will continue to take a devastating toll on our economy and the entire state of Alabama if no positive action is taken to resolve it. Our legacy could be a huge debt and languishing county to pass on to our children. “If it’s true you can’t take it with you, then maybe it’s about what you leave behind,” and, I choose not to leave failures and corruption for my children to face. Don’t you?