Ron Crumpton

Richard Shelby: Curing the Disease by Killing the Economy

By Ron Crumpton Democratic Candidate for United States Senate In a recent op-ed on Dodd-Frank by my opponent Senator Richard Shelby, he promotes the idea that intrusive regulations that were put in place in by a congress bent on politicizing the Wall Street crisis as means of placing arbitrary one size fits all regulations on … Continued

December 11, 2015

Build a New Future – Invest in Education

By Ron Crumpton Education is the silver bullet in America. The starting point for everything that we as Alabamians want to see for our state is in the education of our children. Statistics show that the success of a state directly correlates with the education of its people. Areas with excellent school systems have lower … Continued

August 13, 2015

Wag the Dog: The Republican Record on Job Creation

By Ron Crumpton Candidate Alabama State Senate District 11 It seems that nothing gives Governor Bentley a greater thrill than to go on TV, or speak in front of a group of people, and brag about how his administration has created jobs in Alabama. In fact, with all of these new jobs, we should be … Continued

January 7, 2014

On The House Republican Agenda: What About the Children?

By Ron Crumpton In looking at the Alabama House Republican Agenda, there is a lot of talk about tax breaks that only affects a limited few, and the usual, apparent, “wag the dog” but what about the children? The one thing that is obviously missing from the House Republican Agenda is any mention of education … Continued

December 13, 2013

GOP Goes “All In” On Affordable Care

By Ron Crumpton Candidate Alabama Senate District 11 This morning doors remained shut, offices remained closed and more than 800,000 federal workers have been laid off because members of Congress would rather pitch a fit like a child at Wal-Mart than address the issues facing this country. It doesn’t seem to matter to the Republican … Continued

October 2, 2013

GOP Hypocrisy, the Stimulus and Affordable Care in Alabama

By Ron Crumpton Candidate for Alabama Senate District 11 Sometimes it is hard to stomach the Republican hypocrisy in this state that vilifies every measure taken by the federal government to solve the problems facing this nation, unless it goes to benefit or glorify them… then it is okay. There are two events that blatantly … Continued

September 23, 2013

Alabama State Senate Candidate Disputes Governor’s View of Education

By Ron Crumpton In a recent trip to Pell City (District 11), Alabama Governor Robert Bentley made several statements that could lead someone to wonder exactly what the Republican plan for education in Alabama really is. Statement 1: Not everybody needs Algebra II, but they do need to know consumer math. They do need to … Continued

September 18, 2013

Wag the Dog Politics in Alabama

By Ron Crumpton Candidate Alabama Senate District 11 In government things are seldom what they seem, but why would your elected leaders use spurious propaganda in order to illicit an emotional response from the electorate. Every year, since the Republican takeover of the Alabama Legislature, the public has been roused into a state of frenzy … Continued

September 12, 2013

An Invitations from the Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition

By Ron Crumpton Executive Director , Alabama Patients’ Rights Coalition On September 11, Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition sent the following invitation to the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard. “Speaker Hubbard, “During the past legislative session, the Alabama legislature was faced with the question of medical marijuana, or so we thought. While having … Continued

September 24, 2012

Alabama Cities Censor Political Speech

By Ron Crumpton Executive Director, Alabama Patients’ Rights Coalition, Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition There are many wonderful nonprofits working in the state of Alabama trying to change state law on a variety of issues. These groups are of great importance in the state political structure. Unlike federal legislators, most state legislators do not have a staff, and … Continued

June 11, 2012