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Newburgh Town Council
District # 3
Alonzo Moore
Jr.
MY HEART AND MY HOME ARE IN NEWBURGH
Candidate Bio
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Alonzo has been a resident of Newburgh
(68 years) all his life. His family has lived in Newburgh since 1863,
when his great-grandfather; Frank Foldon, moved there as a runaway slave
at the age of 15. His mother was born in Newburgh in 1900 and his father
came to Newburgh in 1915. Alonzo is one of five children, three of whom
are still living, including two sisters in Boston, MA.
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Councilman Moore has four children. He
has two daughters who are graduates of the University of Evansville and
still live and work in Evansville. He also has a daughter that lives in
Austin, TX, who is a deputy sheriff and his son, who is also a Warrick
County resident, lives in Tennyson and works in Evansville in the
cellular phone industry.
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Alonzo and his wife Shirley have been
married for 15 years and together have 9 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
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He attended the Jefferson Street Colored
School from the first through eighth grade then Lincoln High School in
Evansville, before graduating in 1958 from Newburgh High School. Mr.
Moore has taken classes at the University of Evansville in photography,
real estate sales, art and calligraphy.
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His first job while still in school was
cooking breakfast for Mrs. Marie George-Sonntagg, who owned the Sonntagg
Hotel in Evansville. Also while still in high school he worked for Dr.
Rogers cleaning his office, sharpening and sterilizing needles and
trimming and filing x-rays.
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Alonzo retired from Alcoa after 34
years, working in the Facilities Maintenance Department. He was a member
of the United Steel Workers Local 104 and is also a graduate of the
AFL-CIO sponsored Union Counselor Program.
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Some of Mr. Moore's hobbies include
photography, collecting teapots, monkeys and playing the organ.
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Before being elected to the Newburgh
Town Council he served as a member of the Newburgh Volunteer Fire
Department and has worked as a volunteer for the Newburgh Fiddler
Festival and the Newburgh Wine & Art Festival. Mr. Moore has also served
on the Newburgh Parks & Recreation Board as a board member and was
the park commissioner. He was a member of the Newburgh Jaycees and
during his time he served as State Director, Secretary, External
Vice-President, and President of the local chapter, and as Region 7
Vice-President for the Indiana State Jaycees.
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Councilman Moore is a member of SOAR,
The AFL-CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Historic Newburgh Inc.
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Alonzo is a member of the Warrick County
Democratic Central Committee and is also on its Executive Board serving
as the District 6 Representative. He is also the Precinct Committeeman
for precinct 22 in Ohio Township.
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For the past 25 years he has worked with
The A. Philip Randolph Institute in Voter registration and Get Out the
Vote efforts, traveling from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C. and from
Chicago to Orlando, and several cities in between.
Goals
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Alonzo wishes to see Newburgh become the
kind of town where people from other places look upon us as a small town
where they would love to live and raise their families. Not just for the
beautiful view of the river, but for all of the other things the town
has to offer. The historic buildings, the best schools and teaching
staff in the tri-state, summer and winter sports, great parks, the best
police and fire protection, and most of all the content of the character
of the citizens of his town.
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He would like to see the population of
Newburgh become more diversified as for minorities living here and them
becoming more involved in what Newburgh has to offer.
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He would also like to see more of the
citizens of Newburgh attend the open meetings at the town hall and
personally become more involved and he would like to have every citizen
in Newburgh registered to vote and then take advantage of that
opportunity.
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Additionally Councilman Moore would like
to see greater participation by the local business owners at the
meetings as well.
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Due to his extensive involvement with
the parks he would like to see more work done on the buildings at the
Old Lock & Dam Park as the Town has been trying to improve them but he
feels that more still needs to be done in this area.
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Mr. Moore will also work for additional
improvements on our streets for those who both drive and walk in
Newburgh. To this end he would also like to see the Rivertown Trail
started and completed during his tenure on the council. Alonzo will
continue to work on the implementation of the Safe Ways To School
(sidewalk) Program started earlier this year for the safety of our
children.
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He feels very fortunate to have been
serving on the Newburgh Town Council when the committees started and
finished the work on the Old Town Hall (Ebenezer Hall) and the (IHOP)-
Indian Hill Overlook Park.
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Alonzo also feels that the Town needs to
consider annexation to be able to provide more and better coordinated
services to the residents of the Newburgh community.
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There are other issues that need to be
considered for the improvement of our fire protection in and around
Newburgh, such as obtaining a grant to help pay for a badly needed new
fire truck with little or no cost to the town of Newburgh
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Because this is his home he has always
loved Newburgh and has always worked as a team player to improve the
area. He has thoroughly enjoyed working with the members of the town
council, the town manager and all of the employees that he has had
contact.
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Alonzo is always available to serve and
provide the commitment and leadership that the people of Newburgh
deserve, but he rightfully believes that no one person has all of the
right answers!
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If you wish to contact Alonzo for help
on any issue feel free to email him at:
abmoore@newburgh-in.gov
MY HEART AND MY HOME ARE IN NEWBURGH
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