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Covering all of Baldwin County, AL every Friday. One night with “A Christmas Story” PAGE 12 Lakewood Golf Club gets new look The Baldwin Times PAGE 15 DECEMBER 8, 2017 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ Protestors at Moore rally aim to send a message: Alabama not 100 percent behind candidate SUBMITTED PHOTO By ALLISON MARLOW said Ginger Poynter, of Daphne. good people here who will not [email protected] “We believe the women.” vote for him.” Angie Swiger The women are part of a na- As the crowd gathered inside More than 70 women gathered tionwide movement called The the barn at Oak Hollow Farm, a resigns at Oak Hollow Farms tonight, Handmaids' Resistance. Their handful of women stood outside many cloaked in hoods and protests, and costumes, are in- with their heads bowed. Media from county robes resembling characters spired by the television show, members encircled the group from the television series, “The "The Handmaid's Tale," the story and jostled for interviews and school board Handmaid’s Tale.” of a dystopia where women are photos. Their goal, many said, was silenced. A man burst through the By CLIFF MCCOLLUM not to change the minds of vot- Tonya Trytten, of Fairhope, group and shouted, “Fake [email protected] ers entering the Roy Moore said she has long been involved news!” He shook a stack of rally, but rather to assure the in local politics and attended papers in the air and told the In a surprise move rest of the world that not all of the protest because she was ap- crowd he had proof that CNN during Tuesday’s Bald- Alabama is behind the twice- palled that people would vote for paid for protestors to appear at win County Board of removed judge as he runs for the Moore simply because he was a rallies. Education meeting, board U.S. Senate. Republican. Moments later a man with a member Angie Swiger re- “We want the rest of the na- “I’m embarrassed for Ala- “staff” button told the women signed from her position tion to know that all of Alabama bama,” she said. “I want other on the BCBE, effective ALLISON MARLOW / STAFF PHOTO does not support Roy Moore,” people to know there are a lot of SEE MOORE, PAGE 2 immediately. Swiger, who repre- sented Gulf Shores, Or- ange Beach, Elberta and Bon Secour on the board, read from a letter of res- Hite and Malone give update on South Baldwin Tourism ignation she’d written By JESSICA VAUGHN Baldwin’s hotel data as com- There has been an incredible selling more rooms than ever at the end of the board’s [email protected] pared to Alabama’s. STR needs increase in demand, coming before. December meeting. three numbers from a hotel to in at a 2.6 percent increase “I would say things are going The letter read as fol- FOLEY — The South Bald- properly collect and analyze through October 2017. The sup- to continue that way for the lows: win Chamber of Commerce their data: the rooms available, ply growth is at 1.8 percent, next few years,” Hite said. “Bar- “There have been a brought the 2017 Leadership rooms sold, and room revenue. which Hite says makes a very ring any crazy events that we lot of questions lately in Series Lunch to an end on Nov. “With those three numbers good supply and demand bal- can’t anticipate.” regards to my service on 28 with an update on tourism in we can calculate occupancy av- ance at this point in the cycle. RevPAR growth is also hap- this board, where my al- South Baldwin County, focus- erage, daily rate, and revenues “For the amount of new de- pening in the hotel industry, legiance lies, and how I ing on hotel data. Speakers for for available rooms (known velopment that’s coming in, the with 92 consecutive months intend to move forward. the event were Amanda Hite, as RevPAR in the hotel busi- demand growth is still outpac- of growth in the U.S. Hite pre- “In my nine years of the CEO and President of STR, ness),” Hite said. “For anyone ing that, which gives us posi- dicted the industry would be service to this board, a privately-owned company in the hotel industry, they know tive occupancy, positive rate setting a record there as well. Baldwin County Schools, located in Nashville that spe- RevPAR is sort of what you live growth, and positive RevPAR For South Baldwin in specific, and District 5, I have cializes in data collection from or die by and how you’re per- growth,” Hite said. growth has been steadily rising. always been honest, hotels, and Herb Malone, CEO forming against your competi- Currently in the U.S., there is “For the state of Alabama fair, and forthright. My and President of Gulf Shores tors.” a 67.6 percent occupancy rate, through October of this year, impeccable reputation and Orange Beach Tourism. Hite stated that the hotel which Hite says is an all-time $1.2 billion has been collected speaks for itself, and I Hite began the presentation business has been doing well high for the hotel industry, and have worked very hard by giving an update on South for the last six or seven years. every month the industry is SEE TOURISM, PAGE 4 to be a strong advocate for Baldwin County and for ALL of District 5 in- cluding Elberta, Orange Beach, and Gulf Shores. Tax renewal for school funding also on Dec. 12 ballot SEE SWIGER, PAGE 23 By CLIFF MCCOLLUM did not receive the 60 percent of for any tax renewal, but be- and conservative management [email protected] the vote needed to be renewed fore it expires in January we programs to save the taxpayers back in March 2016. The vote in feel the voters need to make money and do more with less,” BALDWIN FAST FACTS While Alabama’s U.S. Sen- December for this mill would this decision,” Tyler said. “We Tyler said. “I hope the voters ate rate might be gathering only require a 50 percent plus wouldn’t be doing our job if we recognize the effort we’ve put all of the attention, Baldwin one majority. didn’t let the voters decide.” into focusing on academics and The Dec. 12 vote for the one County voters will have an- Superintendent Eddie Tyler Tyler said the school system better financial management. mill property tax renewal other decision to make on their said the system would like to has tried to show Baldwin Ultimately, I trust the taxpayers will be the last renewal vote ballots Dec. 12: whether or not have the mill expire, but County residents that it is a dil- to make the best decision and on millage for the next 30 not to renew an existing one that it has not been taking on igent manager of the taxpayer we will live with their answer.” years. mill property tax dedicated to any political campaigning to funds it receives. The renewal of the one mill school funding. try to sway the public’s opinion. “This system has worked would allow the school system Source: Baldwin County The mill will take the place “We’re not cheerleading and hard over the past couple of to keep around $4 million in an- Public Schools of a previous millage tax that we haven’t been campaigning years to implement innovative nual revenue. Deaths Page 22 Gulf Patricia J. Brehm William M. Gulledge III Don Sims Coast Virgie Lou Campbell Gary Michael Hayes Milam Albert Smith Jr. Media Rufus E. Chavers Mark D. Herrero Sarah Calhoun Spivey Ernest E. Daft Charolette C. Kindred Jeffery F. Waldrup VOLUME 127 • ISSUE 30 Eleanor Jo Durham Michael P. O’Neill Frank Robert Wayne 1 SECTION • 24 PAGES Oscar J. Frazier Henry Earl Page Janice Hester Weston Joseph Garner Terry Lynn Purdy 2 • The Baldwin Times • December 8, 2017 • Gulf Coast Media The Baldwin Times 901 N. 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