County Commission | The Magazine March 2019 | Page 7

2019 that includes four very again this session. Our challenge is to embrace significant pieces of legislation Our challenge is to embrace that are surely to produce – and support – the phrase – and support – the phrase differences of opinion along that drives everything we do: that drives everything we do: the way. “67 Counties, ONE Voice.” There will be ample “67 Counties, ONE Voice.” To To do otherwise is to ensure opportunity for folks to splinter the 67 individual voices will be do otherwise is to ensure the in different directions on issues drowned out by those who are 67 individual voices will be such as the division of revenue not interested in the success of from a gas tax increase; necessary drowned out by those who are county government. changes to our state’s process When Hancock passed the not interested in the success of for collecting revenue from pen, Franklin responded to his online purchases; revisions to the challenge that the delegates county government. controversial law on funds for must “all hang together.” It is – because everyone has been willing feeding prisoners; and changes Franklin’s response, and not to the growing problem of recruiting to look beyond what might be the Hancock’s admonishment, that new employees under the new “Tier very best thing for their particular should be our rallying cry as the neighborhood in order to embrace II” retirement provisions. opening day of the 2019 Legislative what’s best for all counties. In the To borrow from the words Session approaches. process, we have consistently forged “Yes, we must, indeed, all hang of Hancock – in the face of these public policy that has benefited all together,” Franklin is recorded challenges, what’s the point of counties in a much larger measure as saying back to Hancock, “or “pulling different ways?” than anything a single county could most assuredly, we shall all hang This Association has succeeded achieve on its own. We must do that separately.” n – in a way that has few rivals today Workers’ Compensation | Liability | Property Administering County Insurance Claims Fund members of the ACCA Self-Funded Insurance programs should contact CRS for its insurance needs. County Risk Services Inc. [phone] (local) 1 [phone] (toll free) [phone] (fax) Post Office Box 589, Montgomery, AL 36101 www.countyrisk.org ©Can Stock Photo/dragon_fang Claims Reporting: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] COUNTY COMMISSION | 7