Redding Pitt, former head of Alabama Democratic Party, has died
Source: AP
A one-time chairman of Alabama's Democratic Party who also served as the chief federal prosecutor in Montgomery has died.
Law partner Ken Riley says Redding Pitt died Sunday. He was 71.
The cause of death wasn't immediately released Monday.
Pitt was a Decatur native who served as chairman of the state Democratic Party from 2001 to 2005 after working as U.S. attorney in Montgomery for seven years beginning in 1994. President Bill Clinton appointed him to the federal position.
A former Army captain in Vietnam, Pitt received a Bronze Star for service in the infantry and intelligence divisions.
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Will Pitt's dad.
Condolences, Will.
He was a fine man.
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Prayers for family and friends
(To be honest, I never even knew Alabama had a Democratic Party.)
Joe Reed is a black wielder of political power, head of the Alabama Democratic Conference.
The ADC is basically the NAACP on steroids of the Alabama Democratic party.
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Joe-Reed/3705827
Somehow (I have no idea how) he has hijacked the state party.
We are pretty much fucked until he is either dethroned or dies.
