Picking, Politicking, and Pontificating (While Faithfully Fighting Corruption) - Ball, Mike
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Wisdom finds us through regular introspection as we reflect on our life experience while searching for our purpose. In October 2013, Mike Ball was about to enter his 12th year as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives when he was driven to his knees by a series of moral and ethical dilemmas. As an active participant in the Republican takeover of the Alabama Legislature after 136 years of Democratic Party domination, a series of ethical failures across the highest echelons of political power in Alabama created a storm of corruption that he recognized as a threat to its constitutional…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Wisdom finds us through regular introspection as we reflect on our life experience while searching for our purpose. In October 2013, Mike Ball was about to enter his 12th year as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives when he was driven to his knees by a series of moral and ethical dilemmas. As an active participant in the Republican takeover of the Alabama Legislature after 136 years of Democratic Party domination, a series of ethical failures across the highest echelons of political power in Alabama created a storm of corruption that he recognized as a threat to its constitutional system of governance. Picking, Politicking, and Pontificating is the product of the introspection and reflection that helped Mike realize the touch of an Unseen Hand that had discreetly and deliberately steered him into the center of the storm and safely out of it. Recognizing corruption that other political leaders ignored and his sense of duty to expose it added urgency to his perpetual quest for truth, wisdom, and moral fulfillment. This is the story of an improbable journey through childhood tragedy and into a half-century of public service as a Marine, state trooper, criminal investigator, and a legislator while providing an inside view of the political and the legislative process from the perspective of a veteran legislator whose political instincts could not overpower his moral compass during his never-ending struggle against corruption.
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Mike Ball has spent much of his life facing adversity while serving others. After struggling through a childhood fraught with difficulties due to his mother's chronic mental illness and his father's tragic death, Mike Ball began a half century of public service when he joined the U.S. Marines in 1973. After he completed his service as a Marine, he became an Alabama State Trooper. He wore the trooper uniform for 8 years, until 1986 when he transferred to the Major Crimes Unit of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation where he served until his retirement in 2003, soon after being elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002. During Mike's years of service inside the political world, his investigative skills and moral compass enabled him to navigate through a series of moral dilemmas that often challenged his faith but never broke it. In 2022, after serving two decades as the Alabama House District 10 Representative, Mike declined to run for another term in the legislature so he could spend his remaining years as a storyteller, philosopher, musician, and mentor to those who desire to serve others in a world that has always been corrupted by oversized egos whose primary objective is to serve themselves.