As qualifying for Tuscaloosa’s municipal elections draws to a close, a third candidate has emerged seeking the mayoral seat.
Serena Fortenberry is a University of Alabama professor who became active in local politics in 2017, when she publicly opposed a rezoning that would have allowed a fast- food restaurant to open just blocks from her west Tuscaloosa home.
Now, she has gone from concerned resident to just the third woman to launch a concerted bid for the Tuscaloosa mayor’s seat since the 1970s.
Judy Moody launched an unsuccessful bid for the seat in 1976 following the death of longtime mayor Snow Hinton. Moody made it to a runoff out of 20 candidates before losing to eventual mayor Ernest “Rainy” Collins, who went on to secure a full, four-year term the following year.
by Bajan Reporter / December 21st, 2020
The Annual General Assembly of PanAm Sports, the Olympic Body responsible for the Pan American continent, was held virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, December 15 and Wednesday December 16.
Elections were held for a new Board of Directors to manage the organization for the period 2020 to 2024.
Mr. Neven Ilic of Chile was re-elected President. Barbados falls within Group 2 of the organization and the following were elected to the Board from this Group:
Keith Joseph – St. Vincent and the Grenadines –
Vice President
Veda Victor-Bruno – Grenada – Board Member
Alphonso Bridgewater – St. Kitts and Nevis – Board Member
Mr. Simmons, the Secretary General of The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. was elected to serve on the Board for the first time. He is one of Barbados’ leading sports administrators. He became involved in soccer as a teenager, playing for various teams and was eventually elected to the Executive Board of the Barbados
BOA’s Simmons elected to PanAm board
Article by December 18, 2020
Veteran Barbados Olympic Association administrator, Erskine Simmons, has described as a “dream”, his elevation to the board of the Pan American Sports Organization.
The long serving Secretary General of the Barbados Olympic Association, Simmons becomes the second Barbadian to sit on the Board of Directors following his uncle, Michael Simmons, who was the first black man elected to PanAm Sports in 1975.
With the appointment as a board member, Simmons ended Barbados’ nearly three-decade for a return to the body and said it was a “wonderful feeling”.
“This is kind of a dream of mine,” Simmons told Barbados TODAY.
NEVEN ILIC IS UNANIMOUSLY REELECTED PRESIDENT OF PANAM SPORTS 12/17/20
At the LVIII General Assembly of Panam Sports, the Chilean obtained 52 votes from the member countries confirming the tremendous support he has in the continent and the recognition of the great work he is doing while leading the Pan American Sports Organization.
Mario Moccia from Argentina, Jimena Saldaña from Mexico and Keith Joseph from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were elected as the three Vice Presidents. The new Executive Committee Members are Susanne Lyons from the USA, Miguel Angel Mujica from Chile, Erskine Simmons from Barbados and Juan Santiago Estrada from Nicaragua.