Congressman Carl Holds Fairhope Town Hall

Fairhope, Alabama 

 

Congessman Jerry Carl at Fairhope city hall.

FAIRHOPE CITY HALL

First district Alabama Congressman Jerry Carl held a town hall meeting this afternoon in the council chamber. 

He said the three questions he gets asked most often in his first six months in office are about:

1. Illegal immigration. He said finishing the wall and more help for border patrol there are his priorities. He said Alabama already has its national guard helping there.

2. Abortion.  He said this issue won't really get settled until the Supreme Court decides it. A current Republican bill to curtail has no democratic support.

3. National security is his number one concern. He said he sits on the Armed Services Committee and wants more funding for the military but the current administration is not asking for any increases. He added he thought the next "real war" will be fought "in space."

SOME QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC

1. A citizen asked if the EPA could do anything about the "ash pond" on Mobile Bay; Carl said as far as he knows that is solely a state issue. 

2. The I-10 bridge project? Carl said it was put back on the TIP by the ESMPO ... so it is back on the federal "radar" ... "if we can find any money." He said he has not been  contacted by the Biden administration about infrastructure.

3. Critical race theory?  He said he opposed "teaching kids to hate each other in public schools" and encouraged citizens to become more active locally at school boards, city councils, etc.  Carl: "Local government ... is the best government."

4. Origins of the coronavirus? He said there was a committee looking into it. He wondered if officials like Dr. Fauci who seemed to change opinions so much had any conflicts of interest. Carl: "Like to know. Did he have stocks ... in 3M ... masks .. for instance?"