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Rep. Terry Everett
US Rep for the Second Congressional District in Southeast Alabama for
16 years
"He's been a solid voice for Alabama in Congress,"
Republican Party Chairman Mike Hubbard
- U.S. Rep. Terry Everett at 70 retired from Congress in 2007. He
left southeast Alabama's 2nd Congressional District which
covers much of southeast and central Alabama after 16 years in
office.[1] Terry Everett of Rehobeth, AL, a former newspaper
publisher and farmer, cited health as the reason for stepping
down. He plans to return to his southeast Alabama farm to enjoy
the life of the gentleman farmer, tending his fruit trees and
woodworking hobby.[1][2][3]
Everett figures in the Siegelman case because of his close
relationship to Judge Everett Fuller (thus the middle name) and
because his friend Fuller is the "Siegelman judge". They went to
the same Baptist Church in Enterprise Alabama and Fuller was a
faithful supporter of Everett's political campaigns.
Terry Everett was elected in 1992 in a surprise victory against
George Wallace Jr., then a democrat. The nature of that
election raised eyebrows because there were a significant
number of out-of-state consultants working on the campaign.
The word on the street was that Everett had sought help in the
upper echelon of the GOP and got it. However, The Decatur
Daily (Sept 27, 2007) painted the election as not unusual, but as
a heritage of the Goldwater/conseravative influence on Alabama
in the 60's.
Everett became an influential member of Congress. He was the
ranking minority member of the Intelligence Committee, and the
former chair of the panel's strategic forces subcommittee.
Everett, who claims to have been an Air Force intelligence
specialist in Germany in the 1950s, said that his position on the
US Congressional Intelligence committee was one of his most
enjoyable. Everett is an ardent supporter the National Security
Agency's warrantless surveillance program.[3] "I think some of
the most important work I've done I can't talk about because it
was on the Intelligence Committee," he said.
He was also a member of the agriculture and armed services
committees. Everett's district includes the Wiregrass area of
Southeast Alabama, an important agricultural region known for
its peanuts, cotton and other crops. The district is also home to
two major military installations — the Army's flight training base
at Fort Rucker near Ozark and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base
in Montgomery.
His extremely conservative views reflected his lower Alabama
constituency.[2] Everett's district includes the Wiregrass area of
Southeast Alabama, an important military district because it is
home to two major military installations, the Army's flight training
base at Fort Rucker near Ozark and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force
Base in Montgomery. Everett focused much of his congressional
efforts on farming and even more of his efforts on preserving
and nurturing the military presence in his district.
But some questioned his qualifications for that post. The
Congressional Quarterly’s Jeff Stein asked Everett: “Do you
know the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite?” He reports
the answer:
- Everett responded with a low chuckle. He thought for a moment:
‘One’s in one location, another’s in another location. No, to be
honest with you, I don’t know. I thought it was differences in their
religion, different families or something.’
- One area of expertise for Terry Everett, however, is Defense
Contracting. Which raises some questions concerning his
relationship with Mark Fuller, because much of Fuller’s livelihood
comes from closely-held businesses that are based on federal
government military contracts. Everett's skills and connections in
Defense Contracting resulted in a significant increase in
government contracts for Fuller making him a wealthy business
man.[2]
In a word, Rep. Terry Everett has acted as Fuller’s lobbyist in
Washington to obtain federal contracts for his defense-related
companies.
- [1] Decatur Daily News Sept 27 2007
[2] Harpers, August 1 2007
[3] Locust Fork Journal May 9 2006
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| photo: gov Rep. Terry Everett Some consider Everett a "lobbyist" in Washington for Judge Fuller's commercial interests. |
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| Mark Everett Fuller |
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| Rep. Terry Everett |
| Chief Judge Mark E. Fuller, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, stakeholder and past President of Doss Avaitaion |