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Members Appointed To Ala. Constitution Commission

Montgomery, AL – A broad range of Alabama residents, including a former governor, have been appointed to a commission to study ways to revise Alabama's 1901 Constitution.

Gov. Robert Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh announced Wednesday appointments to the commission that was established by the Legislature.

Appointed by Hubbard were Democratic state Rep. Patricia Todd of Birmingham; John Anzalone, principal of a Montgomery-based research firm, and Greg Butrus, a Birmingham attorney. Marsh's appointments included Birmingham attorney Matthew Lembke; attorney Jim Pratt of Birmingham, and Carolyn McKinstry, a survivor of 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing and president of the board of the Sixteenth Street Foundation.

Appointed by Bentley were former Gov. Albert Brewer, community activist Becky Gerritson of Wetumpka and Vicki Drummond of Jasper.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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