County Commission | The Magazine August 2018 | Page 24

FROM THE COVER
legislation on many routine administrative functions
and reduced the likelihood that a local constitutional
amendment would be put to a statewide referendum.
“We have been very effective over these
last four years,” said ACCA Executive
Director Sonny Brasfield. “Because of
the collective efforts of all 67 counties,
new laws are on the books that positively
impact how counties serve the public on a
daily basis. We’ve also made a difference
defensively; some things we opposed did
not pass, and others were modified to minimize harm at
the local level.”
All 140 seats in the Legislature are up for election
this year, and in many districts, it is not yet known who
will cast votes in the Statehouse next year. Nevertheless,
county preparations are well underway for the 2019
session, with a representative being selected from each
county for the ACCA Legislative Committee.
Committee members have at least two big projects
ahead of them: the once-a-quadrennium task of reviewing
the County Platform and its Foundation Principles and
bringing home a victory next year on increased road and
bridge funding. n
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ALCounties Tweet about
#ALpolitics – a lot!
During the Regular Session this year, Twitter was the scene of
a little friendly contest among ACCA members.
It wasn’t many weeks into the session before ACCA staff
started hearing comments at the Statehouse about “counties
taking over Twitter.” Altogether, counties generated 2,285
tweets and retweets before lawmakers adjourned for the year.
Contest winners will be announced at the Annual Convention.
There will be recognition of the counties with the most tweets
and some special awards in additional categories.