From: Leah.Wesolowski@p0.f2.n373.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Leah Wesolowski)
Newsgroups: hsv.general
Subject: Dist. 4 Election
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 23:46:03 CST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:373/2.0 - Gateway, Huntsville AL

In a previous message I stated that Glenn Nunley would be District 
4's new commissioner. I am sad to report that this may, in fact, not 
become reality at all--even though Mr. Nunley received more LEGAL 
votes than Mr. Abernathy.
 
 WHY? (I had hoped you would ask that)
 
Now I know you all can read the papers, but the papers aren't giving 
you the whole story...
 
On Thursday I peeked into The Honorable Judge Riddick's office to 
say hi and casusally brought up the District 4 race. At that time 
he agreed with me when I said "It looks like the Coach got it."
 I was sure by the way that the Honorable Judge Riddick replied to 

me that he felt that Mr. Nunley had won fair and square.
 
        I was quite shocked to find the same Honorable Judge Riddick 

on Friday certifying the election. Having been through this June 2nd 
I learned then that once an election is "CERTIFIED" it is virtually 
impossible to get the decision changed.
 
        This distresses me. I hope that it distresses you. Even if 

you do not live in District 4, the issue is not who will serve, the 
issue is can we really have FAIR elections in Madison County?
 
        At one of my boxes (that I KNOW OF) over 230 people who were 

not eligible to vote in my race did so...This is also what happened 
in a much larger precint (37) to Coach Nunley and Grady Abernathy. 
 
        The dellimma we face is that when we start to make an issue 

out of it (as we did over the re-districting of the same County 
Commission back in June) we {and I mean Republicans} are made to feel 
that we should be ashamed to "Cost this county another election". 
This is as far from the truth as one can get.
        First of all the blame lay squarely on the shoulders {in this 

case} of the Board of Registrars. It was that office which printed 
out the lists telling the polling officials which ballots to hand 
out. It is also the head of that office who personally told me in 
June that if I didn't quiet down that I  I would be costing the county 
a new election. Frankly I am sick of this crap!
        Mr. Nunley paid for his signs, paid his filing fees, filled 

out his paperwork, went door to door on a bycycle and put a LOT of 
energy into his campaign. Simple addition and subtraction would tell 
any second grader that Mr. Nunley received more LEGAL votes and that 
SHOULD mean that he is in fact DISTRICT 4's new County Commissioner.
        Had it been the other way around Mr. Abernathy would already 

have been sworn in. It is because he is a Democrat--he's a good ole 
boy and he is also not being a good and decent person for just stepping 
down and doing what is right.
 
Now I ask you...District 4 or not. to WRITE LETTERS about this to 
the Honorable Judge Riddick, Madison County Courthouse, Huntsville, 
Al. 35801.
To Grady Abernathy, Seventh floor Madison County Courthouse, Huntsville, 
Al. 35801.
To the Huntsville Times &News Madison County Record, Speakin' Out 
News et al... Please write. PLEASE!
Leah



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