Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse: Where the real power lies

  During the 2012 election year we enjoyed observing the presidential race nationwide as well as judicial races statewide. However, probably the most important races for many of you occurred during the dog days of summer. We had mayor’s races throughout the state this year. All municipalities with the exception of Montgomery, Birmingham and Mobile elected their mayor for the next four years.

  The mayor of a city is a very high profile post. Mayors have more influence and importance than most folks realize. It is the real bastion of decision making when it comes to public policy. They affect their constituents’ lives every day. The mayor of a city is where the rubber meets the road in Alabama politics.