Hello,
I am Daniel Patterson and I am the Republican candidate for Lauderdale Board of Education, Place 1. I am a Real Estate Broker, Appraiser and Auctioneer. I have been in this business for 20 years.
I have lived in Center Star (Killen area) for 18 years with my wife, Anita Patterson (Anita is an Associate Broker with Coldwell Banker and is also an Appraiser). Our two children who are 15 and 13 years old attend Brooks High School.
I graduated from Lauderdale County High School in 1976 and earned a BS Degree from UNA in 1987. I have worked toward my MBA at Indiana University and at the University of North Alabama. I am a Past President of the Shoals Area Board of Realtors MLS. I am a Past President of the Alabama Auctioneers Association and have held every board position with that association. I am a Christian and a Conservative Republican.
I made the switch from Democrat to Republican within the past two years because Republican policies better reflect my beliefs. My entire family have traditionally been Democrats as have the majority of Lauderdale County Voters since FDR and the formation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930's. Times have changed and Lauderdale County needs to elect some Republicans to local offices in order to better communicate with those on the State and Federal level.
My platform is to work with our Superintendent of Education and other Board members to run the Lauderdale County School System in the most effecient and productive manner possible while providing our children with a quality education. I will not support tax increases in any shape, form or fashion. I will see that Lauderdale County Schools gets their fair share of funding from the state and federal levels. I do not want any good teacher or support staff of the Lauderdale School System to be laid off or terminated because of a lack of funds.
I have seen quite a bit of marketable goods being thrown away by the schools. This could easily become an asset and a source of income for our schools. My expertise is identifying and selling marketable property, whether it is real estate or personal property, and turning it into assets. That is what I intend to do for the Lauderdale County School System.
Myself and most of the other candidates have spoke at several forums that were advertised and open to the public. These forums are set up for the public to listen to the candidates and ask questions. Most were sparsely attended.
You will be seeing more of my campaign as the November elections come nearer. I do not like political signs and consider them to be quite ineffectal, litter and an eyesore . I would like to run my campaign through internet communications, newspapers, radio and public speaking. We have several avenues of free advertising available to us that get our candidate information out without having to spend a half years salary to get elected.
In these tough economic times with pro-ration facing us we need board members who are conservative, yet creative enough to find the funding needed to properly run our Lauderdale County Schools. I can help do that !
My e-mail is : ajpatterson@aol.com .
I will be glad to answer any of your questions.
Thank You,
Daniel Patterson
Republican Candidate
Lauderdale County Board of Education Place 1