{"id":229617,"date":"2025-05-07T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/ugly-tactics-cloud-house-race-that-shouldve-been-about-service\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T22:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:55:09","slug":"ugly-tactics-cloud-house-race-that-shouldve-been-about-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=229617","title":{"rendered":"Ugly tactics cloud House race that should\u2019ve been about service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>What began as a promising, issues-focused Republican primary in House District 11 has unraveled into something far less dignified. Instead of a contest between two respected conservatives, the race has veered into baseless conspiracies, personal attacks and a strategy built more on suspicion than substance.<\/p>\n<p>Former Cullman County Board of Education member Heath Allbright and retired Army Colonel Don Fallin should be offering voters a thoughtful debate about policy, priorities and representation. This race should have been a credit to the Republican Party \u2014 one that honored the values of service, community and conservative problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we\u2019re witnessing the kind of political behavior that drives people away from public life: shadowy mailers, whispered accusations and outlandish claims of \u201cMontgomery insiders\u201d pulling the strings.<\/p>\n<p>Much of this noise is coming from Fallin\u2019s campaign and the PAC supporting him \u2014 1776 PAC. They\u2019ve accused Allbright of being a \u201cplant,\u201d a puppet of political elites in Montgomery. Their entire case? That Allbright has long-standing working relationships with Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and outgoing HD11 Rep. Randall Shedd.<\/p>\n<p>But that narrative collapsed under its own weight when Fallin himself backtracked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/1819news.com\/news\/item\/allbright-fallin-spar-over-campaign-finances-claims-of-special-interest-influence-in-hd11-race-this-isnt-how-republicans-should-conduct-themselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement to 1819 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also would like to clarify that I was given wrong information, and it has come to my attention that Senator Garlan Gudger and Representative Randall Shedd have remained neutral throughout the election process,\u201d Fallin said.<\/p>\n<p>So why are these claims still circulating? Why are supporters still clinging to a fiction even the candidate no longer stands behind?<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The truth is that branding someone a \u201cMontgomery insider\u201d is a tired political tactic \u2014 meant to stir up resentment and suspicion rather than offer substance. It reduces relationships and experience to liabilities and hopes fear will do the rest. But in this case, the narrative simply doesn\u2019t hold up.<\/p>\n<p>Heath Allbright isn\u2019t some out-of-town political operator. He\u2019s Cullman through and through. He was born and raised there. Educated there. Runs a business there. Worships there. Raises his family there. He was elected \u2014 twice \u2014 by the people of Cullman County to serve on the school board. If that\u2019s a \u201cplant,\u201d then the roots run deep.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also nothing sinister about working relationships in the legislature. In fact, a representative who has earned the respect of leadership is better positioned to bring real results home. That\u2019s not corruption \u2014 it\u2019s how governance works. It\u2019s how roads get paved, schools get funded and real progress gets made.<\/p>\n<p>What we\u2019re seeing from the Fallin campaign is not leadership and it\u2019s not courage. It\u2019s the politics of distraction, driven by a lack of vision and a fear of losing on merit.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Reagan famously urged Republicans to follow the Eleventh Commandment: \u201cThou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.\u201d He understood that eating your own for short-term gain comes at the long-term cost of trust, unity and governing capacity.<\/p>\n<p>That wisdom has been discarded here. One candidate has remained focused on the issues, declined to attack his opponent and chosen the high road. The other has taken a different path \u2014 one littered with rumor, resentment and recklessness.<\/p>\n<p>The voters of House District 11 deserve better. This race is not just about who fills a seat in Montgomery. It\u2019s a referendum on the kind of leadership Alabama needs \u2014 steady, thoughtful and grounded in service, not spectacle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leadership isn\u2019t loud. It doesn\u2019t hide behind attack ads or whisper campaigns. It stands firm, speaks plainly and earns trust the way Allbright has: one quiet act of service at a time.<\/p>\n<p>The people of this district are decent, discerning and grounded in common sense \u2014 they deserve a representative who reflects their values, not one who panders to their fears.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What began as a promising, issues-focused Republican primary in House District 11 has unraveled into something far less dignified. Instead of a contest between two respected conservatives, the race has veered into baseless conspiracies, personal attacks and a strategy built more on suspicion than substance. 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