07/14/2008
Runoff election Tuesday
The election runoff is Tuesday, July 15. The only statewide runoffs are on the Republican ticket. The following statewide races will be on the ballot plus the 2nd and 5th District Congressional races along with some local/county races:
- Public Service Commission President: Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh or Matt Chancey
- Court of Criminal Appeals: Beth Kellum or Lucie McLemore
- 2nd District Congressional race: Jay Love or Harri Anne Smith
- 5th District Congressional race: Cheryl Baswell Guthrie or Wayne Parker
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Don't forget to vote tomorrow!
Second special session may be in the near future
Gov. Bob Riley is expected to call the Legislature in for a special session later this summer if Volkswagen decides to build an assembly plant in north Alabama. The Legislature would need to approve an incentives package for financing in order to attract the company to Alabama. If the Legislature approves the incentives package, it would go before voters in the form of a referendum on the November ballot.
Lawmakers could vote to borrow the money or take a lump sum from the Alabama Trust Fund, a savings and investment account that funds a portion of the state budget.
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NFIB/Alabama member Greg Powell, president and CEO of fi-Plan Partners in Birmingham, was the July luncheon speaker for the Alabama Council of Association Executives. |
NFIB member luncheon speaker
NFIB/Alabama member Greg Powell, president and CEO of fi-Plan Partners in Birmingham, was the July luncheon speaker for the Alabama Council of Association Executives.
Greg's presentation featured Your Financial House, a management tool designed to bring all aspects of financial planning under one roof. Greg explained the concept of Fi-Plan Partners was “built on a foundation of helping clients reduce their anxieties, enhance their strengths and give clients the knowledge to do both and the program enables people to achieve the often-elusive goal of financial independence as they define it – to achieve the American dream.”
What you need to know about wage and hour laws
As a small business owner, you face a multitude of laws every day, and NFIB wants to help you make sense of them all. Available as a benefit of NFIB membership, the Small Business Legal Center has designed a series of compliance webinars designed to explain the nuts and bolts of the laws impacting your business on a daily basis.
Beginning July 16 and running through November, each session lasts between 60 and 90 minutes, and will feature experienced attorneys explaining in plain language how you can avoid expensive fines and lawsuits in the day-to-day operation of your business.
July 16 is the first webinar, Wage and Hour Laws: What Every Small Business Owner Should Know, NFIB Small Business Legal Center attorney Beth Milito will guide you through the basics of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the federal wage and hour law. Topics covered include minimum wage, overtime, child labor restrictions, and required posters and records. Visit NFIB.com/legalwebinars for more information on these upcoming sessions.
If you have any questions, please contact the Montgomery office at 334-264-2261.
Sincerely,
Rosemary Elebash
NFIB/Alabama State Director
Rosemary.Elebash@NFIB.org
