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Save the date: Ala. county passes Obama holiday
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 03, 2008 03:27pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 3, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MARION, Ala. – In central Alabama's Perry County, government workers already get a day off for President's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Veterans Day. In 2009, they'll get one more: "Barack Obama Day."
The rural county, which overwhelmingly supported Obama in last month's presidential election, has approved the second Monday in November as "The Barack Obama Day." Commissioners passed a measure that would close county offices for the new annual holiday and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid day off.
Sponsoring commissioner Albert Turner Jr. said the holiday is meant to highlight the Democratic president-elect's victory as a way to give people faith that difficult goals can be achieved. |
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