To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; gogue08@auburn.edu <gogue08@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Wed, Apr 20, 2022 7:01 pm
Subject: Fwd: Journalistically respectable Alabama TV coverage of 2022 elections
Dear UA President Bell, UAB President Watts, Auburn President Gogue, Samford President Taylor, and Montevallo President. Stewart:
I am an American citizen (and an Alabama resident) who is anxious for America.
My anxiety led me to write the below emails to the indicated professors at your universities, which professors are in the fields of communications, journalism and political science.
Thank you very much for receiving this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: ntdavis2@ua.edu <ntdavis2@ua.edu>; dralewis@uab.edu <dralewis@uab.edu>; brown11@auburn.edu <brown11@auburn.edu>; rchorn@samford.edu <rchorn@samford.edu>; doerflerc@montevallo.edu <doerflerc@montevallo.edu>
Cc: david.hughes@aum.edu <david.hughes@aum.edu>; mnelson@ua.edu <mnelson@ua.edu>; alfranks@uab.edu <alfranks@uab.edu>; jzb0124@auburn.edu <jzb0124@auburn.edu>; mcarey@samford.edu <mcarey@samford.edu>; cofieldj@montevallo.edu <cofieldj@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Sun, Apr 10, 2022 10:12 am
Subject: Fwd: Journalistically respectable Alabama TV coverage of 2022 elections
Dear Professors Davis, Brown, Lewis, Horn and Doerfler,
Yesterday I sent the below email to professors at UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford and Montevallo who are in the academic fields of communications and journalism.
My below email concerns how well Alabama TV stations are serving Alabama voters and serving the functioning of democracy in the 2022 elections.
My below email states my conclusion that I believe the TV stations have not provided journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections to date (i.e., have not provided their own commentary to viewers about candidates and issues), and it seems unlikely they will provide such commentary during the critical next 44 days before the May 24th primary.
I don't know whether the professors to whom I sent my below email will agree with my conclusion or whether there is anything they can do to advance an objective for Alabama TV stations to carry out journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections.
I have identified you as professors in the political science departments at UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford and Montevallo, whose biographies indicate your having an academic interest in the working of democracy in the United States. AUM Professor David Hughes has seemed to show an interest in the subject in his tweeting on #alpolitics, and I am copying him on this email for that reason.
I am sending this email (and forwarding the below email to you) for the same purpose as my sending the forwarded email to the addressees of that email, to wit, to present to you my above conclusion about Alabama TV stations not providing journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections to date, to solicit whether you agree with my conclusion, and, if you do, to solicit whether there is anything you can do to advance an objective for Alabama TV stations to carry out journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
To: ntdavis2@ua.edu <ntdavis2@ua.edu>; dralewis@uab.edu <dralewis@uab.edu>; brown11@auburn.edu <brown11@auburn.edu>; rchorn@samford.edu <rchorn@samford.edu>; doerflerc@montevallo.edu <doerflerc@montevallo.edu>
Cc: david.hughes@aum.edu <david.hughes@aum.edu>; mnelson@ua.edu <mnelson@ua.edu>; alfranks@uab.edu <alfranks@uab.edu>; jzb0124@auburn.edu <jzb0124@auburn.edu>; mcarey@samford.edu <mcarey@samford.edu>; cofieldj@montevallo.edu <cofieldj@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Sun, Apr 10, 2022 10:12 am
Subject: Fwd: Journalistically respectable Alabama TV coverage of 2022 elections
Dear Professors Davis, Brown, Lewis, Horn and Doerfler,
Yesterday I sent the below email to professors at UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford and Montevallo who are in the academic fields of communications and journalism.
My below email concerns how well Alabama TV stations are serving Alabama voters and serving the functioning of democracy in the 2022 elections.
My below email states my conclusion that I believe the TV stations have not provided journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections to date (i.e., have not provided their own commentary to viewers about candidates and issues), and it seems unlikely they will provide such commentary during the critical next 44 days before the May 24th primary.
I don't know whether the professors to whom I sent my below email will agree with my conclusion or whether there is anything they can do to advance an objective for Alabama TV stations to carry out journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections.
I have identified you as professors in the political science departments at UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford and Montevallo, whose biographies indicate your having an academic interest in the working of democracy in the United States. AUM Professor David Hughes has seemed to show an interest in the subject in his tweeting on #alpolitics, and I am copying him on this email for that reason.
I am sending this email (and forwarding the below email to you) for the same purpose as my sending the forwarded email to the addressees of that email, to wit, to present to you my above conclusion about Alabama TV stations not providing journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections to date, to solicit whether you agree with my conclusion, and, if you do, to solicit whether there is anything you can do to advance an objective for Alabama TV stations to carry out journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: mnelson@ua.edu <mnelson@ua.edu>; alfranks@uab.edu <alfranks@uab.edu>; jzb0124@auburn.edu <jzb0124@auburn.edu>; mcarey@samford.edu <mcarey@samford.edu>; cofieldj@montevallo.edu <cofieldj@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Fri, Apr 8, 2022 6:29 pm
Subject: Journalistically respectable Alabama TV coverage of 2022 elections
Dear Professors Nelson, Blankenship, Franks, Carey and Cofield,
I have previously sent you emails about Alabama TV stations editorializing (or not) relative to the 2022 elections. My emails can be found at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/03/al-broadcasters-assoc-and-academics-re.html.
I am an Alabama citizen who desires journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections by local Alabama TV stations.
My opinion is that there is not journalistically respectable coverage unless the TV stations provide their own commentary to viewers about candidates and issues in the election.
Such commentary may be directly expressed to viewers, or be indirectly expressed by means of questions that are asked of candidates in TV interviews.
For weeks I have been pressing the TV stations about their journalistic coverage of the 2022 elections.
The stations have provided no response, except that one TV reporter said, "Local TV stations don't editorialize. We leave that to newspapers and cable."
Based on what I have been able to observe and based on the non-response from the TV stations, my conclusion is that the TV stations have not provided journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections to date (i.e., have not provided their own commentary to viewers about candidates and issues), and it seems unlikely they will provide such commentary during the critical next 45 days before the May 24th primary.
If my conclusion is correct, there are possible explanations, including financial and business considerations preventing the TV stations from providing commentary (particularly the revenues the stations receive for running the TV ads of the candidates), and a lack of qualified staff capable of formulating and presenting commentary to TV station viewers about candidates and issues.
Further, if my conclusion is correct, I believe that the TV stations not providing commentary to viewers about candidates and issues contributes to the debilitation of our democracy that the United States (including Alabama) is experiencing.
I do not know the extent to which your communications/journalism departments interest themselves in advancing an objective for local Alabama TV stations to carry out journalistically respectable coverage of elections (including what the departments teach students who go on to be employed by Alabama TV stations).
In writing this email and my other emails to you, I am urging for your university/college communications/journalism departments to try to advance the aforesaid objective.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Rob Shattuck
4/24/22 Second email to UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford & Montevallo presidents
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; gogue08@auburn.edu <gogue08@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Sat, Apr 23, 2022 9:01 pm
Subject: Fwd: Does Second Amendment gives citizens right to bear arms against the government?
Dear UA President Bell, UAB President Watts, Auburn President Gogue, Samford President Taylor, and Montevallo President. Stewart:
With the same purpose in mind as I had in sending you my April 20th email, I am sending you the below email that I sent to constitutional law professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree on April 15th.
Thank you very much for receiving this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Sent: Fri, Apr 15, 2022 5:34 pm
Subject: Does Second Amendment gives citizens right to bear arms against the government?
Dear Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree,
I have been trying to publicly argue for more than a year that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I say the following in my blog entry Guns again:
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: mnelson@ua.edu <mnelson@ua.edu>; alfranks@uab.edu <alfranks@uab.edu>; jzb0124@auburn.edu <jzb0124@auburn.edu>; mcarey@samford.edu <mcarey@samford.edu>; cofieldj@montevallo.edu <cofieldj@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Fri, Apr 8, 2022 6:29 pm
Subject: Journalistically respectable Alabama TV coverage of 2022 elections
Dear Professors Nelson, Blankenship, Franks, Carey and Cofield,
I have previously sent you emails about Alabama TV stations editorializing (or not) relative to the 2022 elections. My emails can be found at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/03/al-broadcasters-assoc-and-academics-re.html.
I am an Alabama citizen who desires journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections by local Alabama TV stations.
My opinion is that there is not journalistically respectable coverage unless the TV stations provide their own commentary to viewers about candidates and issues in the election.
Such commentary may be directly expressed to viewers, or be indirectly expressed by means of questions that are asked of candidates in TV interviews.
For weeks I have been pressing the TV stations about their journalistic coverage of the 2022 elections.
The stations have provided no response, except that one TV reporter said, "Local TV stations don't editorialize. We leave that to newspapers and cable."
Based on what I have been able to observe and based on the non-response from the TV stations, my conclusion is that the TV stations have not provided journalistically respectable coverage of the 2022 elections to date (i.e., have not provided their own commentary to viewers about candidates and issues), and it seems unlikely they will provide such commentary during the critical next 45 days before the May 24th primary.
If my conclusion is correct, there are possible explanations, including financial and business considerations preventing the TV stations from providing commentary (particularly the revenues the stations receive for running the TV ads of the candidates), and a lack of qualified staff capable of formulating and presenting commentary to TV station viewers about candidates and issues.
Further, if my conclusion is correct, I believe that the TV stations not providing commentary to viewers about candidates and issues contributes to the debilitation of our democracy that the United States (including Alabama) is experiencing.
I do not know the extent to which your communications/journalism departments interest themselves in advancing an objective for local Alabama TV stations to carry out journalistically respectable coverage of elections (including what the departments teach students who go on to be employed by Alabama TV stations).
In writing this email and my other emails to you, I am urging for your university/college communications/journalism departments to try to advance the aforesaid objective.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Rob Shattuck
4/24/22 Second email to UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford & Montevallo presidents
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; gogue08@auburn.edu <gogue08@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu>
Sent: Sat, Apr 23, 2022 9:01 pm
Subject: Fwd: Does Second Amendment gives citizens right to bear arms against the government?
Dear UA President Bell, UAB President Watts, Auburn President Gogue, Samford President Taylor, and Montevallo President. Stewart:
With the same purpose in mind as I had in sending you my April 20th email, I am sending you the below email that I sent to constitutional law professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree on April 15th.
Thank you very much for receiving this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
To: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Sent: Fri, Apr 15, 2022 5:34 pm
Subject: Does Second Amendment gives citizens right to bear arms against the government?
Dear Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree,
I have been trying to publicly argue for more than a year that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I say the following in my blog entry Guns again:
The Constitution creates a government under the rule of law, the use of arms against the Federal government is inconsistent with such concept of a government by rule of law set up by the Constitution, and it is dubious that the courts would hold that the 2nd Amendment gives citizens a right to use arms against the Federal government and hold, for example, that the Federal government is prohibited by the 2nd Amendment from defending itself and disarming the citizens who are using arms against the Federal government.
Multiple times I have solicited from Alabama lawyers such as former U.S. attorney Jay Town, Alabama Supreme Court candidate Gregory Cook and (indirectly) Associate Justice Will Sellers, to set forth their views on whether the 2nd amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. I have gotten no reply from these lawyers.
Thus far none of Mike Durant, Katie Britt and Mo Brooks have said that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government, and statements they have made are suggestive that they believe the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I have not researched the extent to which the United State Supreme Court has addressed the issue of whether the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. In the New York City gun regulation case that is before the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may shed light on whether the Second Amendment gives citizens any right to bear arms against the government.
There is an April 15th Yellowhammer News article "Katie Britt: The Second Amendment is a ‘critical check’ against government tyranny,", which article quotes Katie Britt as saying, “The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government." The article says that Katie Britt intends to author an amicus brief in support of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association’s case against New York’s Second Amendment restrictions.
That the United States was created by means of an armed revolution of the colonies against England can cloud thinking about whether, after the United States was created by and under the Constitution, the Second Amendment and its support for militias gives citizens the right to bear arms against the United States and its government. On this, I think a distinction needs to be made between militias to defend the United States against foreign governments, and militias to protect the States and individual citizens against tyranny by the United States government over the States and individual citizens. In this regard, the Founding Fathers had concerns about a standing army of the United States, and assuring the existence of militias was a way to address that concern.
The Heller case holds that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Currently, the Supreme Court needs to give more guidance about what is reasonable exercise of the police power in gun regulation, and whether and how that police power is limited by citizens having a right under the Second Amendment to bear arms against the United States government as a protection against tyranny by the United States. government over States and individual citizens.
The purpose of this email to you as constitutional law professors is to ask whether you think Alabama politicians and the Alabama public are suffering from misimpressions about the Second Amendment, whether such misimpressions are detrimental to the political ability of America and Alabama to reduce gun violence, and whether you believe you have a civic obligation to correct any such misimpressions that Alabama politicians and the Alabama public have about the Second Amendment.
I think you should draft and send a letter to Gov. Ivey, Attorney General Marshall and the Alabama legislature, which letter is signed by Alabama constitutional law professors (and by other Alabama lawyers and Alabama professors of history and political science as you consider appropriate), and which discusses the right (or not) that the Second Amendment gives to citizens to bear arms against the government.
If you send such a letter, I would personally undertake to distribute copies of the letter to Alabama TV stations and other Alabama media outlets.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
5/22/22
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; gogue08@auburn.edu <gogue08@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu>; terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; melissa.warnke@alabar.org <melissa.warnke@alabar.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; jbuettner@birminghambar.org <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; director@huntsvillebar.org <director@huntsvillebar.org>
Cc: info@cookforcourt.com <info@cookforcourt.com>; judgedebrajones@gmail.com <judgedebrajones@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, May 22, 2022 7:48 am
Subject: Fwd: What are you most concerned about in connection with 2022 elections?
In the final days before May 24th, I am trying to learn from institutions in Alabama what they are most concerned about in connection with the 2022 elections.
You are representatives of two "institutions," first, the "institution" of the Alabama legal community, and, second, the institution of Alabama universities.
(Alabama Supreme Court candidate Greg Cook limited his involvement as a representative of the Alabama legal community (per https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/pressing-al-supreme-court-candidate.html), but I said I would keep Greg apprised of my engagement with the Alabama legal community.)
Below is an email I sent yesterday to Alabama chambers of commerce as representing the "institution" of the Alabama business community.
Please read the below email for helping to focus on what most concerns you in connection with the 2022 elections.
Thank you very much for you attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dcole@bcatoday.org <dcole@bcatoday.org>; ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com <ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; rfigh@montgomerychamber.com <rfigh@montgomerychamber.com>
Sent: Sat, May 21, 2022 6:21 pm
Subject: What are you most concerned about in connection with 2022 elections?
In the final days before May 24th, I wish to learn from institutions in Alabama what they are most concerned about in connection with the 2022 elections.
I further wish for institutions in Alabama to be aware of one another and of what is most concerning to the other institutions.
The "institutions" I identify include the Alabama legal community (particularly represented by the Alabama State Bar); Alabama health care providers (particularly in the public health domain); the Alabama business community (in the form of chambers of commerce); the institution of local journalism (in the form of Alabama TV stations); the institutions of Alabama universities; and institutional parties with roles in K-12 education (teachers, boards of education, etc.).
I believe that institutions expressing publicly their concerns is a way to gain public respect, and that most Alabamians want their institutions to have their respect.
My greatest concern is that the United States is on the verge of being being unable to hold elections, count ballots and have election results that are accepted by both sides, and the consequence of that is that governance in the United States becomes impaired to the great detriment of the country.https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-dang-truth.html.
The way things are going is that "might makes right" may displace the rule of law. https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/january-6th-might-makes-right.html.
I have tried to urge that Alabama chambers of commerce not treat the 2022 elections as "business as usual." https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/emails-to-al-chambers-of-commerce-re.html. I hope I am making headway.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Thus far none of Mike Durant, Katie Britt and Mo Brooks have said that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government, and statements they have made are suggestive that they believe the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I have not researched the extent to which the United State Supreme Court has addressed the issue of whether the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. In the New York City gun regulation case that is before the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may shed light on whether the Second Amendment gives citizens any right to bear arms against the government.
There is an April 15th Yellowhammer News article "Katie Britt: The Second Amendment is a ‘critical check’ against government tyranny,", which article quotes Katie Britt as saying, “The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government." The article says that Katie Britt intends to author an amicus brief in support of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association’s case against New York’s Second Amendment restrictions.
That the United States was created by means of an armed revolution of the colonies against England can cloud thinking about whether, after the United States was created by and under the Constitution, the Second Amendment and its support for militias gives citizens the right to bear arms against the United States and its government. On this, I think a distinction needs to be made between militias to defend the United States against foreign governments, and militias to protect the States and individual citizens against tyranny by the United States government over the States and individual citizens. In this regard, the Founding Fathers had concerns about a standing army of the United States, and assuring the existence of militias was a way to address that concern.
The Heller case holds that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Currently, the Supreme Court needs to give more guidance about what is reasonable exercise of the police power in gun regulation, and whether and how that police power is limited by citizens having a right under the Second Amendment to bear arms against the United States government as a protection against tyranny by the United States. government over States and individual citizens.
The purpose of this email to you as constitutional law professors is to ask whether you think Alabama politicians and the Alabama public are suffering from misimpressions about the Second Amendment, whether such misimpressions are detrimental to the political ability of America and Alabama to reduce gun violence, and whether you believe you have a civic obligation to correct any such misimpressions that Alabama politicians and the Alabama public have about the Second Amendment.
I think you should draft and send a letter to Gov. Ivey, Attorney General Marshall and the Alabama legislature, which letter is signed by Alabama constitutional law professors (and by other Alabama lawyers and Alabama professors of history and political science as you consider appropriate), and which discusses the right (or not) that the Second Amendment gives to citizens to bear arms against the government.
If you send such a letter, I would personally undertake to distribute copies of the letter to Alabama TV stations and other Alabama media outlets.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; gogue08@auburn.edu <gogue08@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu>; terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; melissa.warnke@alabar.org <melissa.warnke@alabar.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; jbuettner@birminghambar.org <jbuettner@birminghambar.org>; director@huntsvillebar.org <director@huntsvillebar.org>
Cc: info@cookforcourt.com <info@cookforcourt.com>; judgedebrajones@gmail.com <judgedebrajones@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, May 22, 2022 7:48 am
Subject: Fwd: What are you most concerned about in connection with 2022 elections?
In the final days before May 24th, I am trying to learn from institutions in Alabama what they are most concerned about in connection with the 2022 elections.
You are representatives of two "institutions," first, the "institution" of the Alabama legal community, and, second, the institution of Alabama universities.
(Alabama Supreme Court candidate Greg Cook limited his involvement as a representative of the Alabama legal community (per https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/pressing-al-supreme-court-candidate.html), but I said I would keep Greg apprised of my engagement with the Alabama legal community.)
Below is an email I sent yesterday to Alabama chambers of commerce as representing the "institution" of the Alabama business community.
Please read the below email for helping to focus on what most concerns you in connection with the 2022 elections.
Thank you very much for you attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dcole@bcatoday.org <dcole@bcatoday.org>; ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com <ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; rfigh@montgomerychamber.com <rfigh@montgomerychamber.com>
Sent: Sat, May 21, 2022 6:21 pm
Subject: What are you most concerned about in connection with 2022 elections?
In the final days before May 24th, I wish to learn from institutions in Alabama what they are most concerned about in connection with the 2022 elections.
I further wish for institutions in Alabama to be aware of one another and of what is most concerning to the other institutions.
The "institutions" I identify include the Alabama legal community (particularly represented by the Alabama State Bar); Alabama health care providers (particularly in the public health domain); the Alabama business community (in the form of chambers of commerce); the institution of local journalism (in the form of Alabama TV stations); the institutions of Alabama universities; and institutional parties with roles in K-12 education (teachers, boards of education, etc.).
I believe that institutions expressing publicly their concerns is a way to gain public respect, and that most Alabamians want their institutions to have their respect.
My greatest concern is that the United States is on the verge of being being unable to hold elections, count ballots and have election results that are accepted by both sides, and the consequence of that is that governance in the United States becomes impaired to the great detriment of the country.https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-dang-truth.html.
The way things are going is that "might makes right" may displace the rule of law. https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/january-6th-might-makes-right.html.
I have tried to urge that Alabama chambers of commerce not treat the 2022 elections as "business as usual." https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/emails-to-al-chambers-of-commerce-re.html. I hope I am making headway.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
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