Governor Robert Bentley appointed Matthew Brown, a Fairhope resident, to represent District 1 on the Alabama State Board of Education last week. Brown, an engineer and attorney, is best known for spearheading the Educate Baldwin Now campaign against higher property taxes to fund the Baldwin County Board of Education’s proposed capital campaign for schools, which was overwhelmingly defeated by voters March 31. District 1 includes all of Southwest Alabama.
Incumbent Matthew Brown is one of four candidates vying for a position on Alabama’s State School Board.
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Brown will fill the vacancy left by Al Thompson, whom Bentley recently appointed to the newly created Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees. Thompson is a Bay Minette native and Baldwin County High School graduate. District 1 includes Baldwin, Mobile, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and Escambia counties.
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