Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Coffee Corner in Alex City Date:   1/26/2020 10:38:07 PM

Decatur is a suburb of Huntsville and has nothing in common with Alex City.  

The whole of Alex City leadership is counting on developing tourism on Lake Martin.  It's really their only plan.  The rumors are circulating again that there is going to be "something big" coming that is going to save Alex City.  My uneducated guess is that this is a resort of some kind that Russell will build on LM, because otherwise, other than Wind Creek there isn't any attraction for tourism on Lake Martin.  

They continue to fight the demographics of Alex City.  Aging population, low median income, no skilled workforce.  I've heard that they want to expand the curriculum for CACC.  But all this stuff is going to take years, not months to come to fruitition.   The new HS they hope will attract people here too.  

I understand the $80K salary for the mayor has been shelved for the time being.  There was also a discussion to do away with the mayor, et al, and hire a city manager.  That makes sense to me, because instead of the popularity contest that seems to be the election process, it would mean that perhaps they could set specific skills and hire someone that knows what they are doing.  But I think that is too much change for Alex City.  I think there are a lot of people still hoping that some big manufacturing company will show up with $40 and $50 an hour jobs.