• Registered: 03-28-2009
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Topic: Legislature

People, I hope you'll write or call the legislature using the names, addresses, etc., supplied to you by our email here in Madison County.  It is vital! Again, we have 4,068 contract owners here in Madison County alone.  I'm pretty tired of talking to myself on this location.  I'm asking you to join in.  Please be a member.  What does it take to get through to you?  Volunteer to help.  Are you expecting one or two people to do it for you?  Sorry if I sound harsh, but that's the way I feel.  Find a new member!  I repeat, find a new member and give them my email:  dhpeacher@gmail.com.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to do my part and sent the following today, some by email and some by snail mail.

To:       The Honorable Bob Riley, Governor

House of Representatives, Education Policy
To:       The Honorable Yvonne Kennedy, Chair
            The Honorable Richard J. Lindsey, Chair,  House Education Appropriations Committe
            The Honorable Terry Spicer, Vice Chair
            The Honorable Mac McCutcheon

Senate Education Committee
To:       The Honorable Vivian Davis Figures,       Chair,
             The Honorable Zeb Little, Majority Leader
             The Honorable J. T. Waggoner, Minority Leader
             The Honorable Bobby Denton

I am not going to give you a sob story about the five PACTS we are purchasing for our five grandchildren, very much a financial hardship, -  so far, around $55,000 and counting,

A contract is a contract.  Honor it.  The State of Alabama and its legislature are being tested and there are 48,000+ contract holders out here watching your performance.  The anger is beneath the surface, but make no mistake, it is there...  Do not sell us short.  We legally deserve to get what we paid for. 

Stop dribbling out these tuition payments, semester to semester.  The wondering and worrying we  PACT owners are feeling will only cause the anger to grow.   Fund the program.  Give it your undivided attention.  Give us a guarantee that these contracts will be honored, so we can quit worrying about it, and, by the way, so can you, at election time. 

Very truly yours,

Donna H. Peacher
231 Bell Rd.
Huntsville, AL 35811
(256) 852-7817


(The above may sound a little abrupt, but I'm feeling a little abrupt. I didn't get to all of the names but I will eventually.)

Last edited by dhpeacher (10-14-2009 5:53:30 pm)

  • Registered: 03-28-2009
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Re: Legislature

We put the following on our green PACT cards & sent to every senator:

This session of the legislature is really a moral
(and legal) a test, isn't it?  Who will pass and
who will fail? Will each senator look into his heart and do the courageous thing?  We understand you have a lot at stake and we hope that character and moral fiber will win out over personal ambition.  Can we trust you to do the right thing by voting for the  2-1/2% floating tuition cap for PACT?  It's test time.  We will be watching closely and will vote accordingly.
Ted & Donna Peacher

  • Registered: 03-28-2009
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Re: Legislature

From one of our members
:
Senator Barron,
I understand that there is a Senate Rules Committee meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1:00 p.m. I respectfully ask that you request the bill HB228 be passed on to the floor of the Senate for a vote.

I have identical twin daughters who I purchased two PACT contracts for in full when they were born 17 years ago. They were scheduled to begin college next year but without the fulfillment of PACT, they won't be. And I am sure there are thousands of other Alabama children who's parents bought them PACT contracts that are in the same situation. With time running out on the PACT Bill, it is imperative that it come up for a vote.

Please Senator Barron, ask that bill HB228 be passed onto the Senate floor for vote. Our children's future depends on it.

Thank you sir for your help and support.
Jim

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Re: Legislature

Donna H Peacher The following is from one of our Madison Co. members to Sen. Tom Butler:

Tom,
I understand that there is a Senate Rules Committee meeting tomorrow> (Tuesday) at 1:00 p.m. Will you be attending? I hope so and I ask that yo
request the bill *HB228* be discussed and passed on to the floor of the
senate for a vote.

With time running out on the PACT Bill, it is imperative that it come up
for a vote. It is my understanding that Lowell Barron is expected to stop
the bill from getting to the floor. Please ask that bill *HB228* be passed
> onto the Senate floor for vote. Our children's future depends on it.

Thank you Tom for your help and support.
Jim