2018 Elections

Ted Crockett

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Ted Crockett

Office: Alabama House District 45

Party: Republican

Age: 68

Residence: Hoover, Greystone in Shelby County

Political experience: Shelby County Commissioner, 1996-2008.

Professional experience: Stockbroker, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, 1981-1988; E.F. Hutton, 1990; LPL Financial Services, 1993-2010; currently self-employed.

Civic experience: Board vice president, Shelby Medical Center, 1988-1990; Elder, Briarwood Presbyterian Church, 1991-present; vice president, Dunnavant Valley Greenway, 1999-2017.

Education: B.S. in Finance, University of Alabama, 1972; Series 7 Security License and Commodity and Insurance License, renewable every year.

Main issues: Sewer rates are among Crockett’s key concerns. He also wants to improve Grants Mill Road nearest The Legacy in Greystone on Alabama Highway 119. “The road surface is awful.” He also wants to make sure a project to connect Cahaba Beach Road off U.S. 280 to Sicard Hollow Road continues through to completion and favors flyovers at U.S. 280 and Interstate 459 to help the flow of traffic.

Top contributors: Ted Crockett, $15,000 (Interest and Loan);Gordon Morrow, $15,000 (Loan); Morrow LLC Properties (Loan), $15,000;  Horst Equipment Repair Inc. DBA Thibado, $2,000; Iron Workers Local 92 PAL, $1200; Victoria Fritz, $1,000; Mr. Richard Brooks, $1,000.

Campaign: www.tedcrockett.org

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    Calmly and immediately, the mayor responds: “We shouldn’t even be having that discussion right now. The discussion right now should be about the people, the souls, the lives that we’re trying to save. There will be a time to discuss about a bridge and how we get our bridge back up but right now there are people in the water that we have to get out.”

    On social media, the mayor got mostly applause. The reporter got mostly ripped apart. One X poster wrote: “Shoutout to our mayor Brandon Scott for focusing on the people and showcasing empathy, because the nerve of that reporter to ask about the bridge repair. Like, sir read the (expletive) room.”

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    State Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, hosted a town hall to field questions about the school. Of particular concern was what will happen to the 192-acre campus. More than one compared BSC to the old Carraway Hospital property, which deteriorated for years north of downtown. Read more.