Meet John Northrop and HELP to put him on the Alabama Public Service Commission!

The Calhoun County Democratic Committee is excited to have Democratic candidate for PSC John Northrop speak at the September 18th meeting! We ALL get a power bill, but so many of us know very little about the process and the workings of the Alabama Public Service Commission. We get little information on how the PSC works - but know the price of the service continues to rise. This is an extremely powerful office and we need to give this election our attention and support.

John Northrop is former Birmingham Group Leader for Citizens’ Climate Lobby/Citizens’ Climate Education (CCL/CCE). CCL/CCE is an international, non-profit, non-partisan, 99 percent volunteer organization devoted to climate education, advocacy, and action. He is a former journalist, first as a photographer and reporter for the Birmingham News, later as Environment and City Hall reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald; he also has been a writer-photographer-editor for the Birmingham Reporter (an early 1970s Southside weekly) and the Samoa News of Pago Pago, American Samoa.

John’s second career was public education. He served as a school system executive in Arizona, California, Georgia, and in the Kentucky Department of Education. His happiest posting was his last: 14 years as executive director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, where he retired in 2011. He and his wife Ericka live in Vestavia Hills near Birmingham. 

He is a graduate of Andalusia High School, Birmingham-Southern College, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

More information on John Northrop:

• Retired educator: Head of Alabama School of Fine Arts (1997-2011), former Associate Commissioner for Kentucky Department of Education, Assistant Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools, administrator for Riverside Unified School District (CA) and Tucson Unified School District (AZ)

• Former journalist: Birmingham News, Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham Reporter, Samoa News (Pago Pago)

• Graduate: Andalusia High School (1968), Birmingham-Southern College (1972), Harvard Graduate School of Education (1980,1994), Leadership Alabama, Leadership Birmingham

• Community engagement: Citizens Climate Lobby, Sierra Club, Homewood Environmental Commission, YMBC Civic Forum (Birmingham), Alabama Arise, Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform, Transit Citizens Advisory Board to Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority, Action Coalition for Transit (ACT) in Alabama

• Published author: Mayor Todd (drama) and photo/verse books with wife Ericka: Animal Impressions, Postings, Water

• Personal: Wife Ericka, sons Matt and Tom. Interests include photography and outdoors

Here's the remaining details!!

What? CalCoDem September meeting

Where? HQ, 812 Noble Street in Anniston, on the corner of Noble and Hwy 202

When? Thursday, 18 September at 6:00 pm

We will be observing Hispanic Heritage Month and will celebrate the Latino Community with foods such as corn, beans, and chili peppers used in dishes such as tacos, enchiladas, and tamales. PLEASE BRING something that fits in this category to share with others :)

Hispanic Heritage Month is a month-long celebration of Hispanic and Latino history and culture. While we celebrate Hispanic and Latino communities beyond this month, from September 15 to October 15 we give extra recognition to the many contributions made to the history and culture of the United States, including important advocacy work, vibrant art, popular and traditional foods, and much more.

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