Kim Drake cares about Alabama

by: robertsullivan1973

Fri Oct 31, 2008 at 13:10:04 PM CDT

The final hours of this Election Year tick away. Some elections seem all ready decided. Others are not. Every one worth their salt is going to keep working until the last vote is counted.

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals holds jurisdiction over appeals in workmen's compensation cases and domestic relations cases. This includes child custody cases, divorce, annulment, child support, adoption and alimony.

Kim Drake, of the Drake Law Firm in Cullman, a mother and business woman who represents the best of Alabama and truly believes in our values. Kim Drake’s opponent is William Thompson.  

Kim’s Campaign;  

On Tuesday, Oct. 21st, Kim Drake appeared at the Democratic Judicial Fundraiser and Candidate forum. This event was held at the Birmingham Botanical Garden’s. She appeared along side Clyde Jones (Court of Criminal Appeals, Place No. 1), Aimee Cobb Smith (Court of Criminal Appeals, Place No. 2) and Deborah Bell Paseur (State Supreme Court). Congressman Artur Davis (7th Congressional District of Alabama) spoke. It was a good event and offered a good chance for Kim to meet people.

Kim has conducted interviews with the Cullman Times, Huntsville Times, Birmingham News, Mobile Press-Register and WVAS-FM. Kim Drake, her husband Tom Drake, Campaign Manager Robert Sullivan and other supporters have been hammering up signs to everything vertical in the state that can have a nail driven into it.

TV ads supporting Kim began airing this weekend. Last weekend, Campaign Manager Robert Sullivan attended the Birmingham Magic City Classic and distributed campaign materials for Kim at the event. A special thanks goes out to John Powe and the Obama Headquarters in Jefferson County for letting us tag along.

And during all of this, Tom and Kim Drake continue to work and operate as parents, lawyers fighting for the little guy, and people of sincere faith.

William Thompson, who runs a very secretive court, benefits from the same backers and money-hustlers that support Judge Greg Shaw – namely Big Money out of Washington D.C. This means those out of state manipulators are backing their man. Contributions are no way to judge fitness of a candidate.

Most of the money Thompson received was poured into an elaborate bus tour. Not only are these people paying for the bus and mileage, but they have a gaggle of people paid to be an audience who applaud Thompson and boo most everyone else. Nice work if you can get it, getting paid to go riding around in an air conditioned bus and clap on command. The rest of us have to do actual work to make a living.

The bus tour itself is a repeat of the ones Karl Rove organized in the 1990s, and be certain Thompson is a product of what Rove has done to Alabama elections. This time around, Thompson has not bothered to appear at a number of these staged events – he stays at home. The people of Alabama, paid or otherwise, are not important enough for him to bother too much with campaigning.

It is not enough to vote for Obama on Super Tuesday. You need to keep voting Democratic, down the ticket. Vote Democratic for the Alabama Court of Civil appeals on Election Day.

A vote for Kim Drake is a vote for the best of Alabama traditions and values in our courts. Another vote for Thompson is just another bad habit.

Kim Drake for Court of Civil Appeals               Robert Sullivan

P.O. Box 457                                                   Campaign Manager,

Cullman, AL 35056                                          Drake for Alabama Civil Appeals

Office: 256-739-9445                                      Cell: 334-220-4117

kim@drake4justice.com                                   robertsullivan1973@yahoo.com