Yolanda Flowers in 2022 AL Governor's race
On Abortion:
Don't ban abortion but provide counseling for a real choice
Flowers said she hopes to provide counseling for mothers who are considering abortion and to establish more resources for people who carry babies to term but don't want to raise them. She said she does not believe that abortion should be illegal. "We
don't need to ban abortion, but abortions need to be done safely," Flowers said. "I'm not trying to sway them, I'm not trying to change their minds, but just giving them information and informed choices so that they can make a real choice."
Source: Birmingham News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jun 19, 2022
On Budget & Economy:
Invest in community job training and workforce development
It is Yolanda's goal to support small businesses and invite business into our great state to operate and grow. Yolanda will invest in community job training and workforce development to ensure that our workforce is always strong
and our industries are always filled with hard workers who are prepared and ready to work. Yolanda will continue to shepherd the businesses that have already selected Alabama as home to their business.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Budget & Economy:
Lottery can fund infrastructure, accessible broadband
When we focus our attention on supporting our own lottery, we will gain much. Our money will go to funding our education, making it possible for our children to attend in-state universities and community colleges. Our infrastructure
will not be neglected anymore because we will have the money to pay for more staff. Our police departments will be able to hire more officers. Broadband will be accessible to all rural counties and small businesses.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Budget & Economy:
Supports state lottery to fund schools, roads, highways
1819 News asked if she supported an Alabama lottery. "Yes, people are gambling anyway," Flowers said. "They are going to gamble. We ought to get some of that money that we are losing to Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and other states."
1819 News asked if Alabama approves gambling where should the money go? "Schools, roads, highways," Flowers said. "The roads have so many potholes here that my car is constantly getting out of alignment. Not in building jailhouses and prisons."
Source: 1819 News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jan 31, 2022
On Crime:
Private prisons have corrupted Alabama's justice system
We all know that the criminal justice system is biased in our state. Advocacy, investigations, and "ground-up" change are needed to ensure that our system works for all Alabamians.
Citizens should trust their justice system to do what is right regardless of the color of their skin. Private prisons have corrupted Alabama's justice system.
Alabama's prisons systems have always been an issue, but it has come into the spotlight recently. Alabama's correctional facilities need proper funding, but there are other things that can be done to help the system as well.
Yolanda does not approve of Governor Ivey's allocation of funds to build more prisons.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Crime:
Hire police, prison guards who are psychologically suited
Flowers said that the state needs to hire law enforcement and prison guards with the right mentality for the job and that not everybody is psychologically suited for those positions.
"You have to have a mind for that and a heart for that," Flowers said. "You have to be able to apprehend somebody without shooting them. "Everybody is not qualified mentally to carry a gun. A lot of people do not know how to handle power."
Source: 1819 News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jan 31, 2022
On Drugs:
We must revisit fair sentencing and petty drug offenses
It is time that we invest in recidivism and rehabilitation. As Governor, Yolanda will work with Nonprofit organizations to facilitate the growth and development of our formerly incarcerated Alabamians so that they may become productive and contributing
citizens to our budding community. We must revisit fair sentencing and petty drug offenses that incapacitate so many black and brown individuals from ever pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Education:
Funding for public schools is crucial, use money lottery
Yolanda is proposing the Lottery to fund our schools. Money from the lottery will fund better built schools with clean, filtered water, cleaner air system, and two nutritious meals. Funding for public schools is crucial and will be
greatly increased by funds from the lottery. More funding will also help to increase teacher pay. Increased teacher pay will attract more teachers to the profession.
Every student, upon entering school, is to be given a psychological evaluation to site any learning disabilities by the age of five. This will help the teacher, along with the psychologist,
to better design a curriculum for the students and develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). This plan will follow the child to ensure they are successful through their education program.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Education:
Schools must be desegregated & become more diverse
Schools must also be desegregated.
The bias on our public school systems can still be felt today, and Yolanda will ensure that schools become more diverse.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Education:
Supports school choice if parents feel child learns better
1819 News asked Flowers if she supported school choice. "If the parent feels that the child learns better at the school then yes," Flowers said. "I hate to say that." Flowers said that she would like for everyone to get a quality education at
every school and that there are no "failing schools" but achieving that is going to take some time.
Source: 1819 News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jan 31, 2022
On Gun Control:
Supports gun rights, but raise age for owners to 21
Flowers also said she supports the rights of gun owners but believes that the state should implement more stringent laws about purchasing and usage. She wants to raise Alabama's legal age for gun owners from 18 years old to 21.
Flowers said that she wants psychological evaluations for people who want to purchase guns in the state, as well as training for pawn brokers and other gun salespeople.
Source: Birmingham News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jun 19, 2022
On Gun Control:
Opposes permitless concealed carry of guns
1819 News asked Flowers if she favored ending the gun permit requirement for concealed carry. "That is dangerous to me, No, I don't," Flowers said. "A gun is power, and some people can't handle power."
"Everyone should be able to go to the store without carrying a gun," Flowers said. "All the violence is because you can buy a gun here. I am not for it."
Source: 1819 News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jan 31, 2022
On Health Care:
Healthcare is a right, we must create a comprehensive plan
Healthcare is a right. We must create a comprehensive plan with top medical professionals and economists to determine a cost efficient healthcare plan that works for our most vulnerable population.
Alabama also has one of the highest mortality rates in the country. Access to high-quality medical care for low-income families will help to combat the mortality rate.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Jobs:
Raise minimum wage to $15/hr., people deserve a living wage
Yolanda also proposes raising the minimum wage in the state of Alabama to $15 dollars per hour.
Alabamians deserve at least a living wage.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
On Jobs:
Every high school needs to have a vocational side to them
Flowers said that Alabama needs to do a better job of teaching our children and she stressed hands-on learning like the 4H. "Every high school needs to have a vocational side to them,"
Flowers said. "Every high school should teach farming, auto mechanics, nursing, welding. Not every child is going to college."
Source: 1819 News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jan 31, 2022
On Principles & Values:
My campaign is based on the word of God
Yolanda Flowers is the first to say she's not like the rest of Alabama's gubernatorial candidates. "I'm different," Flowers said during [the] runoff debate. "I come with the perspective--and I make no slight of it--my campaign is based on the word of
God." "God has given me a vision of what he saw in Alabama," she said during the debate.
Source: Birmingham News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race
Jun 19, 2022
On Welfare & Poverty:
Support Medicaid expansion for working poor, rural hospitals
Yolanda will propose that Medicaid Expansion apply to not only senior citizens but for those who do work yet can't afford healthcare. It is the government's duty to make healthcare affordable for those who do work with minimal to no premiums and low
copayments for primary care physicians and specialists. Alabama has had too many rural hospitals close due to lack of funding, and Republicans have refused to allocate the funds for them. Expanding Medicaid will help each county to have a hospital.
Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org
Jul 19, 2022
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