By Laura Johnson | Alex City Outlook
Published Friday, October 30, 2009
The statewide grassroots movement Save Alabama PACT came to Alexander City Thursday when parents and grandparents who bought in to the state’s struggling prepaid college tuition program met at the gym in the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex.
About 65 attendees filled the gym and listened to State Sen. [...]
By JACQUELYN CARLISLE
and GUY RHODES
Updated Nov 12, 2009 – 06:19:38 EST
Several candidates for state, district and local offices gathered recently for a Campaign/Political Session Kick-Off sponsored by Democrats of the 82n District.
The Democratic Party members gathered for the event on October 20 at the Pleasant Springs Social Hall in Tuskegee to hear candidates and District [...]
by: countrycat
Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 17:09:23 PM CST
After the PACT board’s March 24 board meeting, Congressman Artur Davis rebuked the board for its poor performance and called for a special program audit:
I would also renew my call for a special audit that answers the hard questions of how Alabama families were left in [...]
By Adam Smith
The North Jefferson News
Parents and grandparents angered by the failure of Alabama’s prepaid college tuition program are demanding answers from state lawmakers.
At least 250 people attended a Save Alabama PACT meeting Monday night at the Gardendale Civic Center to hear how or if Alabama’s Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) program can be saved.
The [...]
by: countrycat
Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 11:16:28 AM CDT
Alabama’s troubled Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) program was in the news yesterday as some legislators search for ways to fix the program.
Representative Greg Wren (R-Montgomery) held a press conference yesterday to announce a package of PACT-related bills:
State Rep. Greg Wren plans to introduce a three-bill legislative package [...]
By Patrick McCreless
STAFF WRITER
Several years ago, Tom Migus of Cullman bought seven prepaid college tuition program contracts from the state to ensure his children and grandchildren received a college education. With the program now in financial trouble, that education soon may not be available.
Migus is unhappy and he is not alone.
“I told Sen. (Zeb) Little [...]
By Lionel Green
The Reporter
Published October 17, 2009
“We have become, without meaning to, the third political party in the state of Alabama.”
So said Patti Lambert as she brought her grassroots movement, Save Alabama PACT, to Sand Mountain on Tuesday.
PACT is the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program administered by state Treasurer Kay Ivey, who’s running for governor [...]
by: countrycat
Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 15:30:00 PM CDT
Running for political office isn’t an occupation for the faint of heart. It takes stamina, money, time, and effort. The time involved can hurt a career and strain personal and family relationships.
Although I guess that’s obvious, I never gave it much thought until I met Alabama Treasurer candidate Jeremy [...]
By Amanda Peterson
Editor
The last time Jeremy Sherer ran for office, he found a wife in the process. This time, he’s actually hoping to win instead.
Running as a Democrat in 2006 in Alabama House District 34 – a Republican stronghold — Sherer lost badly.
But during the campaign, a business professor at Judson College who helped Sherer [...]
DECATUR, AL - Parents who have invested in Alabama’s Pre-Paid College Tuition Program, or PACT, are worried they could lose their investment. That’s because the program is facing big money troubles. When the stock market took a hit, so did PACT.
Patti Lambert is the co-founder of Save Alabama PACT, and she’s rallying people across the [...]
