| I've been hoping for a flood of progressive Democrats seeking office in 2010, and we scored a couple of good ones today: Jeremy Scherer for Treasurer and Susan Pace Hamill for House District 63 in Tuscaloosa. Jeremy Scherer to run for State Treasurer “I believe government can actually benefit the lives of the people, so long as it upholds the public’s trust,” said Sherer, a Democrat. He said he would make an official announcement about his candidacy Monday.
I don't know Jeremy personally, but everything I've heard from folks who do know him indicates he is a forward looking, results oriented progressive and just the kind of person we will need to clean up the mess Kay Ivey will be leaving. Susan Pace Hamill will run for the Legislature in HD63 “I believe government must serve the weak equally as well as it serves the strong,” she told friends and supporters in front of Trinity Methodist Church. “I believe tax policy should be written not by those with the most lobbyists, but those with the greatest commitment to equity and fairness. “I believe the quality of public education we provide our children should not be determined by their address, their race or the circumstances of their family. I believe the process through which government makes all policy should be premised on central moral and ethical standards.”
Susan Pace Hamill is no stranger to progressive causes and I'm delighted she is running for the open seat in HD63. She has written extensively on tax policy and is the author of The Least of These: Fair Taxes and the Moral Duty of Christians and As Certain as Death: A Fifty State Survey of State and Local Tax Laws. Her knowledge and dedication to fairness would be such an asset to the Alabama Legislature. Wouldn't it be nice to see a slate of progressive candidates in 2010 from the top of the Democratic ticket to the bottom? |
