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Published November 10, 2007 12:46 am - Republican candidates for the Alabama District 12 House of Representative seat spoke on topics ranging from ethics to water conservation Friday at a public forum. GOP candidates meet in forum By Brittany Woodby The Cullman Times Republican candidates for the Alabama District 12 House of Representative seat spoke on topics ranging from ethics to water conservation Friday at a public forum.
Lawyers Greg Johnson and Stephen Parker, county commissioner Wayne Willingham and entrepreneur Bill Floyd will be on the ticket for the Republican primary this Tuesday. Representatives from the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce and The Cullman Times led the forum. The chamber’s governmental affairs committee chairman, Seth Thompson, asked candidates what they felt would be the biggest challenge facing the Alabama Legislature in the next few years. Floyd took the floor first and said he felt like the last legislative session’s political gridlock will be one of the biggest challenges lawmakers will have to face. “The second thing is integrity and honesty in government,” he said. Johnson followed and said he thought one of the biggest challenges would be overcoming personal agendas to speak on behalf of constituents. “Whoever you send to Montgomery needs to know who the employer is and who the employee is,” he said. “They must put aside political differences.” Parker said he perceives the main issue to be the future of ethical reform, specifically PAC (political action committee)-to-PAC transfers. “We can’t have an effective Legislature if (legislators) don’t have respect for those who put them in office,” he said. Willingham said taxation and immigration will be prominent challenges in the near future. “We have to stop open-end increases in taxes,” Willingham said. ETHICS REFORMS Each candidate was then asked their personal opinions about ethics reforms in Alabama and why measures to change ethical standards have failed to pass. 
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