Land and Tax Reform

Keeping Our Wealth Local, Investing in Our Communities

Out-of-state investors own vast amounts of land in Walker, Lamar, and Fayette Counties, extracting wealth while giving little back to our district. A tariff on the top timberland owners, most of which are absentee owners, will raise $2.5 million to reinvest directly back into our communities.*

We’ll keep more of our wealth in our District and put power back where it belongs—with the people.

THE NUMBERS

Walker County absentee owners = 39.4% of timberland

Lamar County absentee owners = 58.3% of timberland

Fayette County absentee owners = 68% of timberland

A handful of Yankee timber investors extract millions of dollars in wealth from our communities every year, but by placing a tariff on the top 35 land owners (2,000 acres or more) in Lamar, Fayette, and Walker Counties, we will raise at least $2,503,168 from mostly out-of-state investors and private equity firms.

"Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil that you have been extracting from them.” - Nehemiah5:11 

*This does not include potential revenue from the parts of Tuscaloosa and Jefferson County that are included in District 5.