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| Judge Robert Vance |
November 6, 2012 is a important date to remember as we go to
the polls to vote for leadership. President Barack Obama is not the only
candidate looking to carry a victory on Tuesday, but here in Alabama Jefferson
County Judge Robert Vance is seeking to take over the Alabama Supreme Court Chief
Justice seat on Tuesday. If elected Judge Vance will be sign of hope for
Democrats in Alabama and path to progress for our justice system.
A current Republican justice on the Alabama Supreme Court
and several former justices — two of them Republican — urged voters Tuesday to
vote for Democratic nominee Robert Vance for Alabama Chief Justice in the Nov.
6 election. This is a great sign of unity on both sides of the political
avenues. It seems that Republicans and Democrats alike agree on real
leadership.
Current sitting Justice Tom Woodall a Republican and former
Acting Chief Justice Gorman Houston, also a Republican, were among those who
released an open letter to voters on Tuesday encouraging voters to support
Vance, a circuit judge in Jefferson County, over Republican nominee Roy Moore,
a former Chief Justice. Eight other former justices announced their support for
Judge Robert Vance. Don’t count out former
Associate Justice Bernard Harwood a Republican as well have given the
Democratic candidate for chief justice his support.
On the Democratic side Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb and former
associate justices Sam Beatty, John England, Douglas Johnstone, Janie Shores,
and Mark Kennedy, who is also chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party have all
endorsed Judge Robert Vance.
Judge Vance is a experienced judge out of Jefferson County,
his father is well known and the federal courthouse in Birmingham bears his
name. The next Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court is running against a
former Chief Justice that want to reclaim a job, that he abused as Chief
Justice.
Moore was ousted as Chief Justice in 2003 for refusing to
obey U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson’s order that a monument of the Ten
Commandments be removed from the state judicial building.
There is a clear choice in who should be the next Chief
Justice of Alabama, and it’s not the Republican nominee is lagging behind in
campaign cash and support Judge Roy Moore. Enter Judge Robert Vance entered
into the race, he was well liked, he brought a clear choice to the race, he has
leadership skills that the Supreme Court needs and he knows how to balance leadership across political aisles.
We don’t need to go backwards and return to the unethical
leadership of Roy Moore, but move forward to provide our Justice system with
balance leadership. When you see former and sitting judges endorse the
Democratic nominee Judge Robert Vance in unity, it because they too know who
and what is the right and clear choice.
So on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 I encourage you to get our
beds and take a few minutes to stop by the polling place to cast a vote to move
forward. Your vote matters and your vote do count.
