Tuscaloosa mayor race gets third candidate, Serena Fortenberry
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 longtim...
Source: tuscaloosanews.com