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The Northeast Alabama Regional Airport is dying from “benign neglect.” The Pilgrim’s Pride animal parts rendering plant issue has only highlighted this neglect.   The Gadsden airport could be one of the cornerstones of economic development if only someone in city government could see the benefit of this potential jewel. The whole local economic development team has been asleep at the switch.  One of the first conversations I ever had with the mayor was at the Gadsden Country Club. We were talking about nothing in particular when I remembered an announcement in The Gadsden Times...

You can always tell when someone is on the wrong side of an issue when he or she resorts to name calling and defensive statements. Such is the recent case of David Hooks, director of the Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority in response to Gadsden City Council member Thomas Worthy’s comments during last week’s council meeting.  Worthy spoke of Rep. Robert Aderholt’s letter to the Federal Aviation Administration, asking the agency to consider the opposition to a proposed Pilgrim’s Pride rendering plant on Gadsden Airport Authority property, when making any decision ...

It sounds like Back is ready to go to war with his own constituency. Not a wise move if one has future political aspirations.

Transportation, workforce and quality of life make Gadsden the perfect industrial location for any advanced manufacturing company.