Brack: Ford offers leadership model for South

The Center for a Better South's Andy Brack suggested today in The Anniston (AL) Star that Southern legislators could do well to emulate the leadership of the late Gerald Ford:

Southerners may not agree with everything offered by their state governments but they do expect for them to be fair, open and decent. Southern legislators should emulate Gerald Ford's style of leadership in 2007 by promoting better, more decent government.

Brack also suggested to state lawmakers that they revisit their state tax structures to make taxes fairer to everyone, as outlined in the Center's 2006 book, "Doing Better: Progressive Tax Reform for the American South."