Jess Brown Quotes

You have those rare occasions when an issue gets a lot of publicity and coverage and that's when most legislators would vote in accordance with the mainstream views back home. But those are rare occasions. On most issues and most bills, the level of public concern and understanding is, frankly, very low. And when that goes down, the amount of power and influence lobbyists have in that (Statehouse) goes up. That is true on most issues. - Jess Brown

We have found through the history in the county that people really like agriculture being here and they just have a thirst for knowledge about it. That is why we set up this organization, to respond to their interest in learning about agriculture. - Jess Brown

Those voters have all now gone to the graveyard, so all the African-American voters in the last two generations have grown to see the Democratic Party as the party of civil rights and social programs. For those reasons they have voted in large numbers for the Democratic nominees for public office. - Jess Brown

The conditions were just right for it (Tuesday). We prefer sunny, windless days. - Jess Brown

The biggest thing Riley has going for him is the 3.8 percent unemployment rate. If the state continues to do well in employment, in the economy, it will be tough to wage a fight against Riley. I don't think he'll get much political help from the storm. - Jess Brown

It's a little too early to say anything. It's not necessarily a trend. Things fluctuate from year to year and from month to month. You could have a high month in January, and it could even out pretty quickly. - Jess Brown

It will be a classic clash between the church factor of the Republican Party and the business factor of the Republican Party. - Jess Brown

If the Moore faction wins three or four of those seats, and especially if Parker beats Brown, I think the perception will be ... that the church faction of the Republican Party is now more powerful at the ballot box in Alabama than the business faction of the Republican Party. - Jess Brown

He's running as a Republican, but he manifests a populist flair. - Jess Brown

A lot of the undetermined deaths are suspected cold stress. There's been a lot of weather fluctuation this year, so that could be the cause. - Jess Brown

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