CRAWFORD WINS

With 255 voters casting their ballots, Elkmont chose Danny Crawford, a Republican, to succeed the late Rep. Dan Williams in a special election Tuesday.   Crawford received 176 votes, Henry White gathered 78 votes and rounding out the vote tally was one write-in. Unofficial District #5 results showed Crawford with 2,216 votes, or 59 percent, to White’s 1,540 votes, or 41 percent. This means our small community of Elkmont was responsible for almost 8% of the winning candidate's total.

Getting to Know Our New Senator:
Danny Crawford said his top priorities as the new representative will include budget reforms to increase accountability for how taxpayer dollars are spent as well as raises for teachers who have not seen a pay increase since 2008.

“They do hard work and they do it for the kids,” he said. “It would be nice to show appreciation for them with a raise. I hope we work toward that.We seem to be losing more rights, and we’re taking God out of our country, out of schools, out of our families, and we need to get things right.”

Crawford also said he would work to make sure Alabamians’ Second Amendment rights are protected.“I support concealed carry without permits. I think the Constitution says you’ve got a right to bear arms.” 

Source: Decatur Daily