The following legislative agenda for 2010 has been developed and approved by the Public Affairs Council and The Chamber’s Board of Directors:
1. Actively advocate cooperative relations and accountability among and between all elected officials in TuscaloosaCounty and West Alabama and the legislative delegation in order to create a unified agenda critical to improving and maximizing the community’s effectiveness and influence in Montgomery.
2. Aggressively support passage of legislation which provides the citizens of Tuscaloosa County with the right to vote on identified issues of significant public concern and achieve home rule.
3. Actively advocate and support legislation or local ordinances for the implementation of “red light” traffic safety, monitoring and enforcement initiatives.
4. Maintain active support of efforts to expand and secure BryceHospital in Tuscaloosa.
5. Advocate improved working relations among local governments, state legislators, the Alabama Department of Transportation, both in Montgomery and at the division level, and the private sector to more effectively facilitate, coordinate, and hold accountable identified transportation priorities in the region.
6. Continue support for funding of extension of the runway at the Tuscaloosa Regiona lAirport and modernization and installation of a radar system to support and assure safety as well as economic development opportunities.
7. Aggressively advocate expeditious efforts to move the eastern bypass project forward and hold accountable all of the various governmental bodies and agencies that are barriers to progress.
8. Correct and resolve through the Alabama Legislature, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, or the local District Attorney’s Office, identified deficiencies in the worthless check laws of Alabama and related judicial applications and hold accountable the failure to address.
9. Advocate cooperative efforts among all governmental entities at local, state and federal levels to protect Lake Tuscaloosa including: development and funding of environmentally responsible initiatives and systems; extension of sewer systems; and other identified steps to protect and preserve the water supply of Tuscaloosa County.
10. Actively support and advocate establishment of a regional career-technical high school for TuscaloosaCounty and West Alabama, including development of funding at federal, state and local levels.
11. Actively participate in the political and election process during 2010 to support and facilitate the election of individuals that support and advocate The Chamber’s public and legislative affairs agenda.
12. Advocate and support meaningful ethics reform legislation including elimination of PAC-to-PAC transfers. |
