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Craig Ford

Craig Ford

Craig Ford is the owner of Ford Insurance and the Gadsden Messenger. He represented Etowah County in the Alabama House of Representatives for 18 years.

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State Leaders Need To Abandon The Extreme And Get Back To The Mainstream

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford   When even the Republican leader in the state senate says you’re out of touch, you know things have gone too far. But that is where we are in Alabama politics these days. It’s about the mainstream versus the extreme, and right now the extreme is winning! In a recently … Continued
October 22, 2015

The Importance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford There are a lot of things that make October a special month: the playoffs in Major League Baseball, the heart of football season, the changing weather just to name a few. But October is also important because it is the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I’ve always been … Continued
October 8, 2015

Bentley Got His Tax Increases, But He’s Still Closing Parks and Drivers License Offices

  By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford  As if $86 million in new taxes and an $80 million raid on public education weren’t bad enough, Gov. Bentley has now announced that he will close more than thirty drivers license offices, as well as some state parks and National Guard armories. The governor has spent this … Continued
October 1, 2015

Rep. Paul Lee Says Those Who Voted Against Taxes Should Feel “Ashamed.” Paul Lee Is The One Who Should Be Ashamed

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford   It would be an understatement to say that this year has been an odd one for Alabama politics. But nothing surprised me more than when Rep. Paul Lee, a Republican from Dothan, came up to the microphone on the last night of the legislative session that ended last week … Continued
September 25, 2015

Republicans In The Alabama Legislature Raise Taxes, Cut Services And Raid Education…And Still Don’t Solve The Budget Crisis

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford   In a special legislative session where their options were to either raise taxes, cut services or raid education, the Republicans in the Alabama Legislature somehow managed to do all three and still not solve the long-term problems in the budget. What’s also very telling are the taxes they chose … Continued
September 17, 2015

The Legislature Shouldn’t Waste Another Opportunity To Pass A Lottery

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford   There aren’t a whole lot of good things anyone can say about what’s been going on in Montgomery lately. The legislature has failed to pass a budget-twice! Next week, legislators return to Montgomery for a third legislative session to address the budget crisis, but there is still no agreement … Continued
September 3, 2015

A Path Forward

  By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford   It isn’t often that legislators in Montgomery are universally in agreement on anything. But this week it happened, twice. First, legislators in the State House of Representatives agreed by a vote of 92-2 to kill the budget that had passed earlier in the year. Additionally, everyone agreed that … Continued
August 13, 2015