Posted by Sue Bell Cobb is out of the governor’s race, and Ron Sparks may be attempting to step up his game. From a release from his campaign:
Gubernatorial Candidate Ron Sparks will make a major announcement concerning his campaign for governor. The announcement will include specific plans to guarantee advanced education for every child, reduce taxes, increase funding for Medicaid and education and create a disaster relief fund for agriculture. The Sparks plan will eliminate illegal gambling in Alabama and outlaw gaming in any county where it is rejected by the voters.
The announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m. this morning at his Montgomery campaign headquarters. Sparks faces Artur Davis in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
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I guess someone told him that fridays are for dumping news, so he decided to do this on a thursday?
Amateur Hour doesn’t begin to describe this move.
Something of a preview of Spark’s platform in this article at the Dothan Eagle and in the Gadsden Messenger.
ron’s hold populist garbage of “everyone is trying to hold you down – you are so mistreated – but I’m with you – I’ll help you – vote for me” makes me want to puke. All he has done as Ag Commish is go around to farmers and tell them the USDA (the fed govt) is trying to screw them and not take care of them but he will solve it ! Ummmm…..Ron….. all financial assistance to farmers comes from the USDA….NOT from the Alabama Ag Dept. Give it a rest already.
Has SBC made it official that she is not running? Or is this just the consensus?
Nevermind. Should check oldest posts first. Thanks Danny and Walt.
Sparks has been elected statewide twice. He won 62 counties in 06 and got more votes than any Democrat. I’d be carefule about the “amateur hour” talk. I’ll guarantee you that Artur is not taking him for granted.
And for his next trick he’ll show that the laws of physics no longer apply…
“The announcement will include specific plans to guarantee advanced education for every child, reduce taxes, increase funding for Medicaid and education and create a disaster relief fund for agriculture.”
Three of those items will require more money. The fourth will, depending on where we lie on the Laffer curve, decrease revenue. Curious to see how his math works out.
his math doesn’t work out….period.
i am not a fan of artur but between the two of them, artur is a rocket scientist in comparison.
The announcement is going to be that he is having gender reassignment surgery and wants everyone to address him as “Veronica Sparkles” . . .
haha, post 9. at least sparks would actually get some attention that way !
Personal Friend of Fidel Castro, murderer of Alabama flyers.
The Future of Alabama (According to RON)
http://www.sparks2010.com/read_press.php?article=48
Sparks has updated his website to show his three planks. Free college/trade school/apprenticeships, low taxes, gambling.
Would be interesting to see the spreadsheets and financial assumptions that support this.
Sparks is trying desperately to get Stan Pate and Uncle Milt to be his cash cow. Only problem, they’re telling people they think they can live with Davis on gambling and that they think Sparks has no shot.
It sounds to me like he’s hedging all of his bets on gambling/lottery.
post 14 – sounds a lot like don siegelman. bet it all on the lotto to solve our woes.
I think that a lottery is a good idea I just don’t imagine anyone can win on that platform given its history in Alabama.
Never underestimate the willingness of the electorate to believe money from Montgomery and/or DC is free when the teller of the tale has a good smile and a firm handshake.
Sparks is trying to run the Siegelman campaign over again. The problem, Davis is not Lenore Pate, and the black vote that Siegelman scooped up with the lottery is not about to choose Sparks over Davis, any more than they chose Hillary over one of their own. Second problem, this stuff is rehash. Plays right into Davis’ hands by making him the new ideas guy. By the way, dropping a major policy proposal on 4th of July weekend?