By Bayne Hughes
Staff Writer
Three candidates for Alabama state treasurer agreed Monday night that the state has a moral obligation to fully fund the state’s Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program.
Republican George Wallace Jr. and Democrats Jeremy Sherer and Charley Grimsley told the Morgan County Save Alabama PACT meeting at Decatur’s Microtel Inn and Suites that they [...]
Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009
By Kirsten J. Barnes - Special to the Ledger
A recent political forum at the Central Activity Center in Phenix City drew nearly 20 candidates at every political level.
The forum, sponsored by the Alabama Democratic Political Action Club, included candidates for governor, U.S. Congress, state senate, state representative, sheriff, district judge, coroner and school [...]
FLORENCE, AL (WAFF) – The issue of school funding is staying in the headlines with news of another year of proration, but one group of angry parents wants full funding for another education issue- the state’s Prepaid College Tuition Program.
Save Alabama PACT held a meeting was held at First United Methodist Church Tuesday night in Florence.
To give [...]
by: countrycat
Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 18:17:56 PM CDT
What do you get when you cross a donkey with an elephant in Alabama?
It appears that you get a well-connected pol like Democratic candidate for Treasurer, Charley Grimsley, a guy adept at playing both sides of the political game. He’s boasted about his friendship with Lt. Governor Folsom [...]
by: mooncat
Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 22:23:32 PM CDT
Possibly because it will be an open seat, possibly because current Treasurer Kay Ivey has made such a mess of the PACT program that everyone figures it’s a ready made issue, the job of Alabama Treasurer is attracting quite a crowd of hopefuls for 2010.
Democrat Jeremy [...]
By Avery Dame
Metro/State Editor
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Candidates and officials at the Save PACT meeting Monday night agreed on one thing: the state should fulfill the contracts it signed with Alabama residents and those who hold the contracts.
However, solutions as to how the state should go about fulfilling these contracts were varied. Around 130 people turned [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009
By RHODA A. PICKETT
Staff Reporter
More than 100 parents and grandparents concerned about the condition of the state’s Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program met in Mobile on Sunday to hear lawmakers and candidates discuss ways the keep the plan alive.
Many in the crowd that met at the Mobile Gas Auditorium agreed with [...]
by Emily Beckett / Staff Writer
Countless years and thousands of dollars later, many Alabama citizens are worried the earlier efforts they made to pay for their children’s college education are now worthless.
Concerns about the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program were the focus of a meeting held at the Grove Hill Subdivision Clubhouse Thursday night for [...]
by: mooncat
Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 08:50:12 AM CDT
PACT = Prepaid Affordable College Tuition, but after the program lost roughly half it’s value in the stock market, Treasurer Kay Ivey revealed the state was just kidding about the “prepaid” part. Parents and grandparents who purchased PACT contracts (yes, they are legally binding contracts) were understandably riled [...]
The windows in the Grove Hill subdivision club house fogged with recent rains and 70 or more people anxious for answers from state and local politicians about the fate of their children and grandchildren’s college educations, which were guaranteed until the economy collapsed.
