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Ala. county sets 'Barack Obama Day' as new holiday

A small central Alabama county whose mainly black residents gave Barack Obama more than 70 percent of the vote on Election Day has created an annual holiday in honor of the president-elect.

The Perry County Commission voted 4 to 1 to observe the second Monday in November as "The Barack Obama Day." County offices will close and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid holiday.

The sponsoring commissioner, Albert Turner Jr., said the holiday is meant to highlight the Democratic president-elect's victory as a way to give people faith that difficult goals can be achieved.

The majority of the county's 12,000 residents are black.

The county commission's three black members and one of its two white members voted for the resolution.

Commissioner Brett Harrison said Wednesday he voted against the resolution because of the holiday costs to the county, which has a $2.2 million annual payroll and is one of the poorest in the state. He said closing the courthouse would also idle some state employees.

"I'm a Democrat, but just in these financial times, it's not using the county's money wisely," Harrison told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday. "The recognition is certainly well-founded."

Turner said copies of the resolution, adopted at a Nov. 25 meeting, have been mailed to Obama and his transition team.

An Associated Press exit poll found black voters in Alabama almost universally supported Obama while more than eight in 10 whites backed Republican John McCain. McCain carried the state with 60 percent of the vote.

Posted by Fred 2008-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top

#1 Do they realize that he wouldn't piss on them even if they were on fire?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-04 13:27|| 2008-12-04 13:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Most county government hacks wouldn't care if they call it Heinrich Himmler Day as long as it gets them another paid day off...

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-04 16:19|| 2008-12-04 16:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Racists.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-12-04 17:24|| 2008-12-04 17:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Lets make Dec 25th Barack Obama Day instead of the holiday for that other guy.

Posted by The Left 2008-12-04 20:09|| 2008-12-04 20:09|| Front Page Top

#5 next up? Perry County requests bailout funds for budget relief

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-04 20:11|| 2008-12-04 20:11|| Front Page Top

#6 ION OBAMA, WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC, BARACK OBAMA'S ANCESTRAL HOME IS REPOR IN SW IRAN [Iran-Iraqi SHIITE area]. "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD" IS NOW MASTER OF THE US WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENCY. LOCAL SHIITES WONDER IFF OBAMA IS TRULY CHRISTIAN, OR IS ELSE IS A MUSLIM "POSING" AS A US PROTESTANT OR CHRISTIAN???

* SAME > OBAMA'S GRANDFATHER WAS A LOYAL BRITISH SOLDIER DURING WW2 WHOM AFTER THE WAR WAS TORTURED BY THE BRITISH AFTER BECOMING A MAU-MAU AFRICAN REBEL.

HMMMMM....what I like to belabel "MARIANO'S WAR" - I can relate to these in many ways!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-04 23:54|| 2008-12-04 23:54|| Front Page Top

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