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| Sullivan at left. |
ANNUAL MONTGOMERY CONVENTION
Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan's one year term as Alabama League of Municipalities president ended Friday during the organization's annual convention in Montgomery; she had been its Vice President the year before.
During an interview with Todd Stacy's 'Capital Journal' APT news show, Sullivan called her term "great" especially the "relationships" with other officials she built during the year.
Sullivan: "Representing Fairhope and the League is not something I take lightly ... really enjoyed it ... interacting with other officials ... will remember it forever."
Mayor Rusty Jessup of Riverside was elected as the organization's next president.
(Mayor James Nix also severed a term as president -- in the early 1980s.)
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