Asking for your input
What do you want Alabama’s next governor to understand?
Folks,
Now that I’m the nominee, I’m getting ready to go head-to-head with Tommy Tuberville. But I need to ask you something first.
I want to ask you, personally, how I can best serve you as Governor. I don’t have a platform handed down by any political party. And that means, before my campaign can go any further, I need to hear from you.
I’ve made a short survey, and I’m asking you to take a few minutes to fill it out. Your answers will help shape where I spend my time, what our campaign talks about, and what we fight for in the months ahead.
My campaign has always been built on the issues Alabama families are hurting over right now. Since I started this campaign, I’ve been traveling around the state, and I’ve heard many of the same concerns. Families are being squeezed by rising costs. Folks are working hard but still struggling to get ahead. Rural hospitals have closed, and too many people are worried about whether they can get care when they need it. Parents and grandparents are wondering whether their children will have to leave Alabama just to find a good-paying job and build a stable future.
But I also know there are challenges in your community I may not have heard about yet. Maybe there’s a road in your town that has needed fixing for years. Maybe your electric bill keeps climbing. Maybe your local school is understaffed, your grocery store doesn’t have enough good produce, or your local library has had to cut hours or close its doors. Maybe there’s something happening in your neighborhood that politicians in Montgomery never even bothered to ask about.
Right now, more than two-thirds of Alabamians say they believe government officials in Montgomery don’t care what they think. I wish I could say that surprises me. But after more than ten years of one-party control in Montgomery, too many people have been shut out, ignored, or taken for granted.
If we’re going to build a government by and for the people of Alabama, we need a governor who will listen to the people who know this state best: the folks living it every day. So please, tell me what is bothering you in your community. Tell me what you want your next governor to understand. Tell me what you would ask me if we were sitting across the table from each other.
I’m listening.
Thank you,
Doug Jones
I am happy to help with your survey. Thanks for asking. Our biggest challenge right now is getting the people vote. The primary had such a small turnout . We need to encourage democrats to vote. Their votes have power even with the Republican attempt to redraw district lines and minimize their vote.
Every thing you have talked about doing to address the needs in our state are spot on. I only hope you can become governor to make it happen. A government of the people! 🌊✊
I’m not taking the survey because I don’t live in Alabama. I am interested because my family is from Alabama, as far back as 1820, in some cases.
What I wish people in Alabama ( and the rest of the nation) to know is that helping all the people in the state do better helps everyone. It is possible to do well by doing good.
When the poor have economic opportunity, they work harder and have hope for the future. They are more able to pay taxes and less likely to need help from the public sector. They keep the economy going by spending money. Earning a decent income allows people to support their families and raise children who become good citizens.
When health care is available to all, the population is healthier and better able to work.
When the population receives a strong education, it becomes possible for them to enter professions or skilled trades and to hold higher paying jobs. They are more likely to be well informed about health issues. They are statistically more likely to live long and healthy lives.
Too often politicians pit the hard-working almost-poor against those at the economic bottom. Benefits accessible to all could ease that sense of being left out, ignored, and exploited.