Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle spoke Tuesday in a meeting at the Fort Payne Coal & Iron Building about “changing the conversation” about the state of Alabama.
Battle, who said he announced his plans to run for governor of Alabama in May 2017, spoke briefly to a crowd of 30 or so in Fort Payne on Tuesday about what it would take to help bring in new jobs and industry to grow the state of Alabama.
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